This document provides a list of many free online resources that teachers can use with their projectors in the classroom, including: 1) Google Docs for online document creation and collaboration. 2) Websites for mind mapping, maps, slideshows, creative writing inspiration, attendance, morning messages/attention getters, virtual manipulatives, Skype, PowerPoint ideas, videos, current events, virtual field trips, timers, name generators, read alouds, dictionaries, transitions, shadow puppets, and tracing activities. 3) Suggestions to make the most of teaching moments by exploring online resources.

1. Using Your
Projector in Your
Classroom
By: Heather Lewis

2. Google Docs
Google Docs is a suite of products that
lets you create different kinds of online
documents, work on them in real time
with other people, and store your
documents and your other files -- all
online, and all for free. With an Internet
connection, you can access your
documents and files from any computer,
anywhere in the world.

3. Mind-Mapping
https://bubbl.us/
-Savable
-Shareable
-Printable
-FREE

4. Mind-Mapping
www.text2mindmap.com

5. Maps

6. Maps

7. Maps
Google Maps
https://maps.google.
com/

8. Slideshare
http://www.slideshar
e.net

9. PicLits
PicLits.com is a creative writing
site that matches beautiful
images with carefully selected
keywords in order to inspire
you. The object is to put the
right words in the right place
and the right order to
capture the essence, story,
and meaning of the picture.
http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

10. Taking Attendance
Please Sign In:
**Can also use Smart or Promethean Technologies

11. Morning Message
Display information
to get your
students started
for the day.

12. Good Morning Class!
Today’s Problem:
You have 1 million
dollars to donate.
Who would you
donate it to and why?

13. Morning Attention
Getter
-Have a slideshow of
pictures playing for
students to look at
when they come in

14. Morning Attention
Getter
-Show students a
short video to
“hook” their
attention (helps get
kids to class on time)

15. Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/

16. Virtual Manipulatives
• http://www.mathplayground.com/math_manipulative
s.html
• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/math
ematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html
• http://www.abcya.com/fraction_tiles.htm
• http://www.mhhe.com/math/ltbmath/bennett_nelson
8e/VMK.html?initManip=patternBlocks
• http://highered.mcgraw-
hill.com/sites/0073519456/student_view0/virtual_manip
ulative_kit.html
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/

17. SKYPE
Chat online with
classrooms and
people across the
world!

18. PowerPoint
• Display notes for classes
• Display instructions
• Cut down on
preparation time
• Use for more than one
class
• Share with the students

19. Ideas for using PowerPoint in the
Classroom
• Bell Ringers and Exit Slip Activities
• Some textbook companies include a CD with
pre-created classroom PowerPoints.
• PowerPoint games such as Jeopardy can be
used for reviews at the beginning or the year,
before a test or state testing.
• Modifications for students with disabilities.
Teachers can print out the classroom notes
so that a student with disabilities can focus
on the teacher rather than focusing on
writing down information from the
PowerPoint and processing everything the
teacher is saying.

20. Ideas for using PowerPoint in the
Classroom
• Presentations for parents such as open
house. Set the PowerPoint to run
automatically so parents can watch the
presentation.
• Student created PowerPoint's: Book
Reviews. Historical Person Presentation,
Flash Cards, Digital Books - students
can turn a story they have written into
a digital story book, Science Fair
Presentations, Group Projects

21. Ideas for using PowerPoint in
the Classroom
• PowerPoint games such as
Jeopardy can be used for
reviews at the beginning or the
year, before a test or state
testing.
• http://www.edtechnetwork.com
/powerpoint.html

22. Model Examples
• Show students an
example
• Model procedures and
various assignments
• Model expectations
• Model correcting errors

23. Videos
• United Streaming
(Discovery Education)
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

24. Videos
• YouTube
• SchoolTube
• TeacherTube

25. Videos
• YouTube
• SchoolTube
• TeacherTube

26. Prezi.com
• Prezi is a cloud-based presentation
software that opens up a new world
between whiteboards and slides. The
zoomable canvas makes it fun to
explore ideas and the connections
between them. The result: visually
captivating presentations that lead your
audience down a path of discovery.
• Example: http://prezi.com/wxyivaj-
4yoq/martin-luther-king-jr/

27. Wordle.net

28. tagxedo.com

29. Current News/Events
• CNN
• Fox News
• NY Times
• ANY News Source Can be found
online
• Weather Resources
• News for Kids:
• http://www.dogonews.com
• http://www.timeforkids.com/news

30. Virtual Field Trips
• White House
• Statue of Liberty
• http://www.atozkidss
tuff.com/trip.html

31. Free Online Timers
• http://www.classtools.net
/education-games-
php/timer
• http://www.online-
stopwatch.com/classroo
m-timers/
• http://www.timeme.com/

32. Free Online Random
Name Generators
• http://www.classtools.
net/education-games-
php/fruit_machine

33. Free Online Read Alouds
• Tumble Books
• http://www.storylineonline.net/
• http://www.barnesandnoble.co
m/u/online-storytime-books-
toys/379003588/
• http://storytimeforme.com/
• http://kids.aol.com/KOL/1/KOLJr
Stories

34. Free Online Read Alouds
• Tumble Books
• http://www.storylineonline.net/
• http://www.barnesandnoble.co
m/u/online-storytime-books-
toys/379003588/
• http://storytimeforme.com/
• http://www.wegivebooks.org

35. Online dictionaries
• Visual Dictionary:
http://visual.merriam-
webster.com/
• http://kids.yahoo.com
/reference/dictionary/
english

36. Transitions/Brain Break
• http://thestorystarter.c
om/scribble.html
• http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=1_78Ck10tSE
• Search Online or
Youtube for Brain
Break Videos

37. Shadow Puppets Story
• Use the projector to
allow students to
make stories out of
shadow puppets

38. Trace Things On Paper
• Display picture
• Trace onto butcher
paper!

39. Teaching Moments
• Make the most of a
teaching point or
teaching moment by
exploring online to
find answers

40. Endless Resources
• http://www.edzone.n
et/~mwestern/stuff.ht
ml