Online+Resources

Need resources to integrate technology into your every day lessons? Here are some of the links shared by your fellow STAR teachers.
 * ReadWriteThink-Check out the Plot Pyramid **
 * [|Plot Pyramid] **
 * Tumble Books (username: broward password: books) **
 * [|Books for Kids] **
 * BrainPop! (username: longscreek password: brainpop) **
 * [|BrainPop!] **
 * MyCapstone Library (username: jacksonville password: jacksonville) **
 * [|My Capstone Library] **

Using your ePad

Support: support@rmeducation.com Easiteach Resources - Learn how to use this interactive software as a tool with your curriculum. Check out the "How-to" Videos Easiteach Webinars -Webinars are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Easiteach Training. You will learn what you need to get started and how to register. Easilearn - You a content portal for RM curriculum software Easiteach Downloadable Lessons - Ready to use lessons you can download and use in your content areas. Florida State Standards Alignment- Easiteach lessons correlated to the Florida Sunshine State Standards
 * E **[[image:http://www.rmeducation.com/_RMVirtual/Media/Images/RM_ePad_LRG_600x600.jpg width="119" height="119" align="left"]]**asiteach- Interactive Software **

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**How to block auto-updates in Easiteach** One nice feature in ETNG is the auto-update function that allows users to download the latest versions of the program. However, some schools don’t like this feature because it can cause a strain on a school’s Internet connection if many teachers all update at the same time. Also, some schools discourage teachers from performing these kinds of updates. Here is a summary of how to block these updates: 1. Go to C:\Program Files\RM\Easiteach Next Generation 2. Open the file: 'LightboxEducation.Easiteach.Shell.exe.config' and change the value of 'EnableUpdateCheck' to 'false' ======
 * Easiteach e-Course launched on Easiteach.com ** A free, six-part e-Course for Easiteach Next Generation is now available for customers on Easiteach.com. The course is designed to give customers helpful activity ideas and tips for making the most of the many tools in ETNG. After a user registers for the course they receive an email once every 5 days for 30 days. Each email introduces the customers to different classroom-ready ideas and provides them with step-by-step instructions for activities such as creating a weather map and collecting statistical data and capturing it in a graphic organizer.


 * Great websites to use in your classrooms! **
 * Pick one and see how you can incorporate it into your classroom! **
 * Your kids will thank you! **


 * Glogster || Wordle ||
 * Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends || Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text ||
 * Edmodo || Wikis ||
 * Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech || Crowdsourcing at its finest. Like Wikipedia, Wikispaces is very helpful ||
 * Bubbl.us || Wix ||
 * Free application to brainstorm online || Easily make your own flash-based website ||
 * Twitter || [|Ning] ||
 * The micro blogging service that many love or hate. || Despite a new cost-based membership program, Ning allows you to have your own social network ||
 * WordPress || Primarypad ||
 * Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging. || Web-based word processor ||
 * Prezi || Spicy Nodes ||
 * Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint || Innovative way to organize your web visits ||
 * Wallwisher || Delicious ||
 * An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose) || One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web ||
 * Animoto || Myebook ||
 * Make beautiful videos from images in a snap || Virtually publish your book and sell it ||
 * Blabberize || Voki ||
 * Make your images talk…that’s right. || Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice ||
 * Weebly || DoInk ||
 * Create your own website or blog, very easy to use || Create animations using this simple website ||
 * Flickr || Warning Sign Generator ||
 * Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print || Make your own caution and warning signs in a flash! ||
 * Slideshare || Scratch ||
 * Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions! || Create and share stories, games, art, etc. ||
 * Audioboo || Kerpoof ||
 * Easily record and share audio || Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all ||
 * VoiceThread || Tagxedo ||
 * [|GoogleDocs] || Like Wordle but a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images ||
 * The top real-time document creating and editing cloud-based system || SmartKiddies ||
 * GoogleSites || Creative math and other educational problems to help everyone learn ||
 * Make your own website while knowing nothing about websites! || Bitstrips ||
 * Diigo || Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others ||
 * Popular social bookmarking site || Popplet ||
 * GoogleEarth || An easy way to share visual ideas ||
 * View anywhere in the world anytime || Storyjumper ||
 * Aviary Myna || Easy way to create your own stories for kids and bring them to life ||
 * Make your own music or remix just about anything else || Storybird ||
 * TimeToast || Build your own stories (with images) and share them with others ||
 * Fantastic timeline visualization tool to understand history || Word Magnets ||
 * GoAnimate for schools || Phonics reinforcement and sentence building exercise ||
 * State of the art animation tools for schools || Museum Box ||
 * PBWorks || Innovative way to understand history ||
 * Thousands of educational wikis and workspaces (build your own!) || Atmosphir ||
 * Schoology || A build-your-own video game ||
 * Learning management, online education tools, and much more || Empressr ||
 * Google Timeline || Rich media presentation tool ||
 * A unique way to view the news || Zoho ||
 * Online-Convert || A great alternative to Google Apps ||
 * Convert anything to anything (audio, video, text, etc.) || EasyBib ||
 * ReadWriteThink || The free automatic bibliography and citation maker ||
 * Tons of classroom resources and PD goodies || ToonDooSpaces ||
 * Crocodoc || Easily publish custom comic strips ||
 * Annotate and edit PDFs ||  ||

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This is a great Math/reading Resource. You can create your own class and test them on a specific benchmark.