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=media type="custom" key="15411072"= = = = = toc =Search= [|Sweet Search-] This search engine has over 35,000 websites that have been approved by teachers, librarians, and research experts. [|Kid Rex]- This search engine has been filtered to be a kid-safe search engine that is powered by Google. [|Ref Seek] -This search engine is mainly for academic use and eliminates the advertising and paid links. [|Famhoo]- This search engine provides a stricter filter then the main search engines. [|Ask Kids]- This is a kid friendly search engine that is divided into five different categories including: School House, movies, games, images, and videos. [|Wolfram Alpha]- This search engine is used for more number based questions. [|Google Scholar]- This search engine main focus is on scholarly journals, Supreme court records, and patent records.

=Teacher Tools= [|Moodle] A nice site for teachers to host a class website with the use of forums, quizzes, and many more things.

[|Animoto] This is a good site to make short videos for an intro, or overview of an upcoming lesson.

[|Google Docs]This is a great website for a teacher to use as a back channeling tool or also another good way for a forum during a class discussion instead of having a verbal discussion.

[|Voice Thread] Great tool for teachers to use in order to get the students active in participating while they are learning their information.



=Student Tools= [|Quizlet] Using quizlet can help students learn material they to know for a test.

[|Blogger] A good way for students to express their feeling about a book they read or information they covered in class.

[|Prezi] Is an exciting site to give a presentation where students can enjoy their freedom and design of a presentation.



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Blogs
[|I Want to Teach Forever] This gives a good overview of different tools to use in the classroom

[|Free Technology for Teachers] This is a good blog that helps include technology into the classroom.

[|Larry Ferlazzo] This blog gives news ways technology is used

RSS
[|Misscalcul8] This is a great feed for teachers who are in the mathematics field and are looking for another tezcher who has already completed lessons that work with a classroom.

[|Education Week: Mathematics] This RSS feed is a good one for whats happening in the mathematics field.

[|Let's Play Math] This feed gives examples of math games that can be used to help students learn math.

=Resources for Students= [|Linear Equation] Explains linear equations, what they consist of and gives some example problems solved step-by-step. [|Quadratic Equation] This site explains the quadratic equation and gives examples of how to solve them. [|Quadratic Formula] This site gives a detailed explanation of the quadratic formula and how to use it. [|Systems of Linear Equations] Columbia.edu gives different ways to solve system of linear equations along with examples. [|Graphing Equations] This site helps with graphing both linear and quadratic equations [|Slope] This site is great for explaining the different types of slopes for a line and getting the equation into slope-intercept form. [|Completing the Square] Going step-by-step is a great process for students to learn how to use completing the square in quadratic equations. [|Vertex] Gives the equation of finding a vertex and an example for students to follow in finding a vertex. [|Intercepts] This site gives information on how one should go about solving for the x and y-intercepts of an equation.

Algebra
[|Math is Fun] This website gives the different parts of algebra and shows examples.

[|Algebra Help] Another helpful site with lesson plans, examples, and worksheets

[|Purple Math] This website helps students with linear equations

Geometry
[|Geometry Lessons] This website has lesson plans for geometry that can help the teachers or students

[|Geometry Equations] This site gives the different types of triangles, area, surface area, perimeter, and etc.

[|Worksheets] Many different worksheets that deal with geometry that can be for the teachers use or extra help for the student

=Video Links= [|Quadratic Equations] - For this assignment the students were to complete the quadratic equation in the three different ways that you are able to use. The first student solved by factoring, the second student solved by completing the square, and the third student used the quadratic formula to solve the equation for the x solutions. The students are learning how to go step by step in finding the answer without skipping steps which is a useful tool in mathematics because even without getting the right answer students can be graded on there work along with getting the correct answer. This is better than other types of projects because it forces the students to show all the work and explain how they came to their answers while allowing other students to see how they performed their work.

[|Linear Equation] - The assignment is to figure out the linear equation that would be given and graph the line while also finding different points on the line. The students had to complete the graph and fill in the points and they learned how to graph the linear equation from being given different parts of an equation. This Voice Thread is a good way for students to see how it is done while also being able to explain what they were thinking while they did their graphs so if they made a mistake the teacher can find out where the mistake was. This can be better than other projects because the students can explain their actions in words instead of having to write out what they did step by step on paper.

[|Quadratic Formula] - This Voice Thread allows students to learn the quadratic formula and how to use it. It gives the standard for of a quadratic equation and allows students to follow the teacher while listening, reading and still being able to write down what they need too. They can pause at any time they need to and are also able to comment on the video if they have any questions on the topic. The students will learn how the quadratic formula works and how the answers come out of using it. The worth of this Voice Thread isn't feel important to the students need as compared to other types of projects that could possibly be better but this is a great way to show how the quadratic formula can be used.