Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/30/2008
10 Great Sites for Finding Free Educational Games « Educational Games Research
ducational games are a great way for students of all ages to learn and retain information. The internet is full of sites that offer free access to games of all kinds, and there is no shortage of educational games that can be downloaded, or simply played right on your web browser.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/29/2008
Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more with your voice, notes and highlights.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/28/2008
Behaveyourself.com: Online Manners Matter | Edutopia - Annotated
From email to social networking to classroom blogs, today's students are online, both in and out of school -- a lot.
Key competencies / The New Zealand Curriculum / The New Zealand Curriculum - NZCurriculumOnline
curriculum_election_matters.pdf (application/pdf Object)
This is a PDF of elementary-level lesson plans to run a mock election using fantasy candidates.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/27/2008
Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids
Storynory is an online treasure trove of audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. We also provide a sprinkling of verse.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/22/2008
This year, Google is working with the National Student/Parent Mock Election to get students of all ages excited about the November elections. Students engage in activities to learn about the candidates and issues, then cast mock ballots that are counted along with those of millions of other students across the nation.
Web 2.0 Resources for Instructional Integrations For The21st Century Classroom
Tech-Ease: Quick Answers to Real Classroom Technology Questions
Quick answers to real classroom technology questions.
U.S. Presidential Elections: In History and Today
With the election countdown underway, teachers and school librarians will be the go-to source for political Q&A. And, just in time, is the launch of ABC-CLIO's resource, "Presidential Elections: In History & Today." This free site features historical background on elections with classroom activities and research project ideas that will help put this presidential campaign into historical context for students.
Printable Concept Map Index@2Learn.ca
Need a Concept Map blank form to use with your students? Select one of the fifteen blank form styles featured here.
Time for Kids | Classroom | Mini-Lessons
Students will locate countries on a world map or globe.
Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
Federal source for national maps and geographic information that contains an online map maker, dynamic maps, printable maps, articles, free geographic data, and more.
ICDL - International Children's Digital Library
Great resource -- especially for the Smartboard or second language as many of the books are written in different lanquages -- great to share with another global classroom.
Get Smart - Interactive Activities
Please note that these pages contain a collection of links to suitable activities to support and enhance classroom teaching and learning.
Jeff Ertzberger PowerPoint Games
PowerPoint Games and Game Templates
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/17/2008
Create your own FREE live broadcast
Bloom's Taxonomy defines six different levels of thinking.
techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders
There are two ways to find a grant, contest, funding opportunity or recognition program for which you or your students might qualify:
Education Week: Networking Teachers Coaxing Colleagues to Use Technology
An article highlighting the LC Institute in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Monster Exchange Project, English Writing Project
Monster Exchange is designed to encourage the development of reading and writing skills while integrating Internet technology into the classroom curriculum.
Magazine: Create a magazine cover from your digital photographs
Make your own magazine cover! Be a superstar! Prove to your friends how famous you really are! All you need is a photo from that fancy digital camera of yours.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Managing Headphones
I have been in the process of getting my new lab set up. With budget constraints and wanting to get the most bang for my buck, I headed to the new Dollar Tree in town on a mission to find headphone hooks. I was originally going to use the 3M Command hooks, but they were a little pricey. (I needed the larger size due to the width of the headphones.)
I got lucky! At the dollar store I found a pack of nine suction cup hooks for $1.00! I was very excited! (I have attached a photo.) I did notice that they hook would not stay stuck to the iMac Superdrive that I have as a teacher workstation. They are still sticking on the iMacs though - different type of plastic.
Even though the 3M are supposed to come off, I still felt a little hesitant about fastening them to brand new computers. This was quick, easy, and inexpensive solution to my problem.
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/16/2008
Welcome to Googlitics (Googlitics)
At this site you'll find links and lessons to help your students participate and learn about American political elections with online tools from Google.
ED Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet-- Pg 2
Resources for Cross-cultural Interaction and Project Work
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/15/2008
The coolest place for digital photography hobbyists
Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends
Games, quizzes, hangman, math games, same game, roman numeral games — FactMonster.com
The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Resource kit for creative communities
In this resource kit, community organisations can find helpful online guidance, ideas and tools for developing and facilitating e-learning in communities and regions.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/11/2008
Digital media for the classroom and professional development.
PBS Teachers | learning.now . Using Blogs as a Novel Approach to Engage Students | PBS
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/10/2008
Posterous - The place to post everything. Just email us. Dead simple blog by email.
Is the place to post everything. just email us.
GoAnimate - Learn more about making great animations
GoAnimate can do loads of stuff!
greeting cards, scrapbooking - Smilebox.com
Smilebox is a fun and engaging service that connects you with family and friends using your photos and videos. It's free, easy to use, and the results are amazing.
One topic given particularly close attention was that of questioning in the classroom. Dennie Wolfs remarks provided the keynote for these deliberations, and the version of her talk presented here has been expanded slightly to take into account questions raised by institute participants.
PicoCricket - Invention kit that integrates art and technology
With PicoCrickets, you can create musical sculptures, interactive jewelry, dancing creatures, and other playful inventions.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/08/2008
Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills Teaching Tools: Book Punch
Book Punch is a flexible, cost effective, easy-to-use, web-based reading and writing teaching tool.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/06/2008
A categorized list of images found in the Pics4Learning collection.
Science Fair Projects, Science Fair Ideas - Science Fair Sanity
Science Fair Sanity is a FREE resource for students, teachers, and science fair coordinators.
Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides
Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
7 Things You Should Know About Geolocation | EDUCAUSE CONNECT
Geolocation, also called geotagging, is the practice of associating a digital resource with a physical location.
Voicethread 4 Education » home
Hello and welcome to the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki.
How to Change the World: Winners of World's Best Presentation Contest
These are the winners of the Slideshare World's Best Presentation Contest. Notice the use of pictures and graphics, big fonts, and minimal text.
11 Google Apps Improvements for the Classroom | ICT in my Classroom
Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
Education World® : Teacher Tools & Templates
Use these election-related templates as informational handouts. Then delete the data to create election worksheets and quizzes.
Here are some basics to help you maximize the effectiveness of your Google search.
Time for Kids | Classroom | Mini-Lessons
Create a sequence chart and run-for-office board game.
When Americans are casting our votes for the presidential candidates, we are actually casting our votes for electors, who will cast their votes for the candidates.
These pages explain the election process for Federal officials. Designed for grades 3-5.
By the People: Election 2004 . For Kids, Parents and Teachers | PBS
Young people who do vote often do so because they learned about the importance of elections when they were kids and they grew to believe it was an honor and a privilege.
Features a large collection of lessons plans to teach your students about elections.
Online NewsHour: Presidential Election Coverage: Vote 2008 | Lesson Plans | PBS
Students examine the growing field of candidates and analyze the role of the Internet in the race for president.
Education World ® : Lesson Planning: Election 2008 WebQuest
Lesson plans, Internet sites, and curriculum ideas will help your students understand the impact of elections.
This online video course will introduce you to the benefits and disadvantages of the new and controversial publication format.
Here you will find five different graphs and charts for you to consider.
American express grants for educational activities.
Coalition for Science After School
Science and Technology After School Seminars
This website provides opportunities to learn more about the Bill of Rights. It provides links for students and educators. Constitution Day 2008 materials are available.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Tech Tip for Teachers - PowerPoint
Creating Hyperlinks in PowerPoint Select an object. It can be an AutoShape (shape), placeholder, or the text itself. If you select text, the text will have an underline and become the hyperlink color in the color scheme (theme colors). Then choose Insert > Hyperlink (in 2007, Insert tab > Links group > Hyperlink).
In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, choose the type of link on the left:
- Existing File or Web Page
- Place in This Document
- Create New Document
- E-mail Address
Then locate the slide or file, enter the Web URL, or enter an e-mail address. Click OK.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/03/2008
BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free
Welcome to BibMe! The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills.
Easy APA and MLA bibliography Formatting Tools and Resources at carmun
Start your work by saving this source to a folder. Folders allow you to organize your papers and store books / articles.
Bibomatic.com, the online bibiliography generator
Uses ISBN numbers find books and format citations.
OttoBib - Free Automatic Easy Bibliography Generator. Fast! MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian
ISBNs are for books only. The ISBN can be found on the back cover or in the first few pages of a book.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 09/02/2008
This list is a collection of resources I've found concerning internet safety. My students will be creating a presentation to give to their parents on the teens-eye view of internet safety. Please feel free to leave any comments and/or suggestions.
Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. You can also find the organizers in Spanish.
A list of links to support the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning in the K-12 environment. \n\n(There are over 50 items here, so be sure to visit the second page or choose to see 100 items from the bottom of the page.)
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