Gizmos are interactive online simulations for math and science education. They are developed by ExploreLearning, a company that specializes in providing digital tools and resources for teachers and students. Gizmos help students better understand complex scientific and mathematical concepts through hands-on, engaging virtual experiments and activities. These simulations cover a wide range of topics, from elementary to high school level, and are designed to align with educational standards and curricula.

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"Browse our collections of free, engaging, and customizable activities that’ll help you invite, celebrate, and develop your students’ thinking. Students will share their ideas using card sorts, sketches, images, multiple choice responses, and a large and growing list of other components."

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the difference on how students can learn with synchronous and asynchronous learning

three different types of virtual learning

Helpful resource for Blooms. 

This is a non-profit association which promotes inviting students into the learning environment. 

Medline is an easy access resource for disease processes and drug information. You can register and get the application on your phone for easy access. It is supported by NIH and can be a citation for your work.

Engaging group and distance learning for teachers and students.

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This a great site for healthcare students. There are plenty of activities. You may have to create a free account to access the material. Well worth it.

My students have enjoyed using an escape room to help pull concepts together. Here is a link to one that I created.

Helpful site for teaching

I am a nursing online instructor, so APA formatting is part of every assignment. I often refer to this website and send to my students while they are compsing their papers. It has all the different types of formatting, along with a sample paper. 

More than 400 videos on different topics in Physics

Our school system recently started using this learning managment system called Its Learning. It has everything on one site.

This site is all about scientific research into how the mind works. It’s written by a psychologist and author, Dr Jeremy Dean. The aim is to write simply and clearly about psychology so that anyone can understand it. 

Color is an important part of any design, but if you make a bad choice of colors your design can say something different than you intend it to. How colors are perceived depends a lot on the culture a person was born into, and with the below chart you can get a better sense of how the colors you choose affect your customers in various cultures. The chart lists colors and meanings that various different cultures associate with those colors. Note that in some cases, the color is also associated with another “thing” such as a “white dove” in western… >>>

I encourage students to use Wix to create e-portfolios that are required for a class I teach. It allows students to create web sites with templates, so they can focus on the content of the e-portfolios instead of the details of creating a web site.

This site contains many common grammar and word usage errors. I use use it as supplemental material for my communication class.

I truly believe that creating a detailed academic and personal bio to share with your students will place them more at ease with the  entire course.