Lauren's Resources

**Quizlet**

https://quizlet.com/

Quizlet is a website and application that provides different study tools, available worldwide. The application is free, and is available on other iOS and Android software systems. A user name is not necessary unless you want to save or edit a specific quiz. There are many premade quizzes, but you can also create your own. This is a great study tool for students of all ages, even college students. You can create and find quizzes with pictures as well as with definitions. You can even create a quiz with both. Once you have found or created the quiz you want, you can study using many different formats. One option is to use flashcards. Another option is located under the learning tab. Under this tab, short anwer questions are used. The next format choice is a spelling test. Under the testing tab, you can take a practice test that combines short answer, multiple choice, matching, and true/false questions. The Scatter tab allows you to play a matching game in which you will drag the word to its definition. Finally, under the Race tab, or Space Race, you may play another matching game where you, “destroy the scrolling words by typing in their corresponding term.” Both teachers and students can create quizzes and study guides on this website. Here is an example of what Quizlet looks like.

**Anatomy 4D**

http://daqri.com/project/anatomy-4d/#.VYGoO-cg878

Anatomy 4D is a free application that is available on both iOS and Android operating systems. This application brings pieces of paper to life. By using a tablet or phone camera, images that are printed on a piece of paper appear as 4D images.

You must visit the website listed above to print off specific papers in color in order to bring the images to life. Once the specific images are printed and the application is downloaded, a student or teacher can look at 4D images of a heart and a full human body. I printed off the paper from the website for the heart. Using an iPad, I opened the Anatomy 4D app. I placed it over the paper that I printed off, and a 4 dimensional beating human heart appeared. It can be enlarged or reduced.

You can then click different options in order to see specific part of the heart . For example, you can click on “aorta” and the top, outer section of the heart will disappear so that the aorta can be seen. This is a new application, so there are not many images available at this time. Students do not  have to wait until having a gross anatomy class in order to see the inside of a body.  In the future more pages are expected to be available for printing so that more parts of the body can be examined. Here is an example of the image you could see on your tablet or phone.

**Coach My Video**

http://www.coachmyvideo.mobi/

Coach My Video is a free application available on iOS operating system. This is an application in which you can record a player or teammate for video analysis. You can snapshot, pause, and look at the images in slow motion. This application allows students to work together, coaching one another. It also holds children accountable in discussing their technique. This allows for immediate visual feedback, which allows students to grasp new skills quicker and easier. Although the focus of this application is sports, it could also be used in science labs. Here is an example of what is seen within this application.

**Spark P.E.**

http://www.sparkpe.org/

Spark P.E. is a website available to all teachers. This websites offers physical education activities, classroom activities, recess activities, after school activities, childhood activities, and activities for coordinated school health initiatives. There are not very many lesson plans in these specific categories available for free, but more are available for purchase. For physical education teachers specifically, it offers lesson plans for different age groups and skills, webinars (which are similar to Live Chats on Twitter), trainer tips, grant finder, standards alignment, links to blogs, links to conferences and workshops, and eNewletters that offer, “interesting articles on our profession, grant info and support, teaching tips, and SPARK news each month.”

**Plan Book**

https://planbook.com/

Plan book is a websites that makes lesson planning easier. On this websites, you can create lesson plate templates and color code it by subject area.  You can print and view your own lesson plan by day, week, or class. This websites allow easy connection to national, state, and local standards, while also allowing for files to be attached to you lesson plan. Last but not least, you can share your lesson plans with students and fellow teachers. This website offers a one month free trial, and cost $12 a year. Here is an example of a lesson plate template when looking at an entire week. You may also view lesson plans in a daily formative or list format. In my opinion, the list formative seems like an easy idea for substitute lesson plans.