Thirty Tips for teachers! Free resources you can use in your class right now. There's a mixture of strategies and tech tools, so browse through and find what works for you!

1. Resource-O-Rama
Compiled by Lisa Van Gemert CC BY-NC-SA
lisa@lisavangemert.com

2. 1 .Tag Galaxy {taggalaxy.de}

3. The search term will appear
as the central “planet.” Sub-
topics will appear as satellite
planets. Click on the planet
you want for photos related to
that topic .

4. You can use your cursor to
“spin the planet” to view the
images, and then click on
them to be taken to their
location on Flickr.

5. 2. Adjective Name Game
Find the rules here
http://bit.ly/adjectivenamegame

6. 3. Bitly {bitly.com}
Shorten pesky, long
urls into short, pretty
ones with just a click.

7. If you register for a {free} account, you can edit the links
to whatever you like. If that short link is taken, a helpful
message will say, “Sorry, that’s taken.”

8. 4. Screencast-o-matic.com

9. tips printout [bit.ly/som-tutorial)

11. 5. Brain breaks
{brainbreaks.blogspot.com}

14. 6. Kiva {kiva.org}: microlending

16. 7. Picmonkey {picmonkey.com}

17. 8. Pixabay {pixabay.com}
My fave free
image site.

18. Other image source {morguefile.com}
A fave free
image site. Not
even an account
necessary to
download.

19. other image source: {freeimages.com}

20. other image source:
{freerangestock.com}

21. Don’t forget to get your free photo of
the week on iStock & ShutterStock.

22. 9. Customize Chrome
bitly.com/chromeapps

23. and/or create your own
landing page with myfav.es

24. 10. Zentangle {zentangle.com}

25. 11. Create docs in PPT {tutorial here}

26. 12. Tineye {labs.tineye.com}

27. {labs.tineye.com}

28. 13. Poll Everywhere
{polleverywhere.com}

29. 14. Font Love {fontsquirrel.com}

30. {dafont.com}

31. 15. Library of Congress {loc.gov}

32. 16. ClipConverter.cc

33. 17. Fave mistake board

34. 18. Infographics {infogr.am}

35. 19. Using infographics in class

36. 20. Labyrinth
{http://bit.ly/printablelabyrinth}

37. 21. Photofunia {photofunia.com}

39. 22. Cartoons in the Classroom
{newspapersineducation}

40. 23. Become a PowerPoint Ninja
{elearningblog}

41. 24. Remind {remind.com}

42. 25. Ninja words {ninjawords.com}

43. 26. Pass the word
{find directions here}

44. 27. Motivate {bighugelabs.com}

45. 28. Best boards
{pinterest.com/brightkids}

46. 29. Colourco {colourco.de}
Drag your cursor around
the screen to find the color
you like and the hex code
will display in the middle.

47. 30. Excellence in Reading
{mensaforkids.org}

48. Do you know an awesome resource?
Tweet it to @gifted_guru!