#1 - Teacher Resource Sharing Site Review

Teacher Resource Sharing Site Review

website :  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/                  personal rating : ★★★★★/5

General description of the website

Free Technology for Teachers provides teachers with free websites and resources that they can use in their classroom.

Richard Byrne is the founder of this website. Every day he publishes reviews, recommendations, and general resources about all kinds of technology with suggestions for using it in the classroom, and it’s all free.  In addition to that, he is a noted Google Certified Teacher and currently serves a full-time writer and consultant that provides professional development seminars on video creation and classroom uses for Google.

 Menu description

1. Blog Home

•  Main page. the newest artcle is displyed.

2. iPad Apps for School

• This menu is directly linked to the website : ipadapps4school.com
• Good place to learn about iPad apps for schools.

3. Android 4 School

• This menu is directly linked to the website : www.android4schools.com
• Good place to learn about Android apps and tablets for schools.
• The website provide reviews of Android-powered apps that are appropriate for use in K-12 settings and some suggestions about how those apps could be used by students, teachers, and school administrators.

4. Google Tutorials

• This page contains tutorials for using Google tools.

5. Free Guides

5 PDF files below will give you a sense of what this blog is all about.

• The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators
• How to do 11 Techy Things In the New School Year
• Google for Teachers
• Google Earth Across the Curriculum
• Beyond Google - Tips and Tools for Improving Internet Search Experience

6. Alternative to YouTube

• Some excellent educational content can be found on YouTube. However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. Therefore, Richard Byrne compiled a list of 48 places to find educational videos that don't rely on YouTube.

7. Advertise Here

• This page provides more details on traffic statistics and answer any questions someone may have about advertising on this website.

8. Work With Me

• Services he offer

9. About the Author

• The Author is introducing himself.

10.Favorite Resources

• 20 lists the most visited posts to appear on this website updated on July 1,2011.
(47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom is currently ranked as 1st.)
• 10 lists are based on his personal selections for favorite resources.

11.Creating Blogs and Websites

• This page is where you can find resources related to his presentations about creating effective blogs and websites to complement instruction.

12. Video Creation Resources

•  This page is designed to introduce and show you how to use various free video creation resources.

The quality of the content

As you can seen above, the resources are created or introduced by the author who has worked in both educational and techonological field. Therefore, the fact will add to your trust.

The content is for teachers to continuosly improve, adapt, and adopt new strategies for reaching their students regardless of the education level.

Here are some examples.

Flashcard Stash - creat online vocabulary flashcard to share with your students

Listen and Read - a set of 54 non-fiction stories of scholastic for K-2 students

PDF Mergy - a free tool for combining PDFs

Functionality of the website 

Overall, most component of this site work quickly and correclty as well as well-organized.

Every article includes some simple guideline of the content and <application for education> after the review , <You might also like> following the article are useful for teachers to apply their needs.

Various ways to share are offered on this website such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Rss, mail, and Linkedin. Additionally, this website allows the vistior to respond in some way. Therefore, it is easy to interact with other teachers.

   

I would like to finish my review by quoting the author. "I believe that when used correctly, technology has the power to improve student engagement and student achievement. I also believe that technology gives teachers the ability to form powerful, global, professional learning communities."