What I’m Reading
I saw a question on the STC mailing list the other day about recommended sites for young FMD students, and I thought some of the recommended sites were quite good. I think most of these would be beneficial for Pre-K, K, young first graders, non-readers and in some cases young ESL students. I looked into [...]
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http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/ Did you know there is a Jefferson County school system in Tennessee? I don’t know much about them, but they have a great web presence. If you would like a good starting point for PowerPoint games, Jeopardy games and templates and Guess The Covered Word games, you might see what they have to offer. [...]
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Word Magnets In three steps you will have word magnets that you can move across the screen of your Tablet PC or SMART Board. First, type or paste the words you want to manipulate. Second choose your background (ie: Venn Diagram, T-Chart, Alphabet. Finally, start dragging the words around. I can imagine this being handy [...]
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http://www.triptico.co.uk/flashFiles/calculator/calculator.html What can I say, some blog posts are more exciting than others. There isn’t much to say about this really big calculator other than, well, it’s a really big calculator. Handy for teaching the functions and doing problems using your projector.
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http://www.kisstunes.com/ Check out this online piano keyboard. Your computer keyboard will allow you to play notes and songs, and you can even record them, play them back and download them. Expose your students to the very basics of notes and chords and let them come to the SMART Board or class computers and bang out [...]
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Why: Weebly was sometimes difficult to edit within JCPS Net. WordPress will give me more detailed user statistics and the ability to update blog via email. Hopefully, it won’t be so difficult to edit. Where: The new address will be http://tablettalk.info How: I set up a WordPress account at http://wordpress.com. Very easy, very free. I [...]
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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/08/pbs-kids-get-your-web-license.html This is a two for one special. First, check out the write up about the PBS Kids web license. It is a good teaching tool for young children using the internet. It covers the basics of internet safety and responsibility, and at the end of the quiz the kids get a ‘license’ to use [...]
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http://www.photoshow.com Roxio PhotoShow is Animoto meets Comic Life. I enjoyed being able to upload more than 15 images and having (some) control over the outcome of the video. I like the simple but adequate caption and title options, and the dialogue and thought shot bubbles make it an exceptional tool for education. It is easy [...]
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Cool Cat Check out this animation from British artist Jacqui Lawson. Use as a story starter or to start a discussion of warm and cool colors, the elements of art, fantasy versus reality or just have a little fun showing it to your students.
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Why: Weebly was sometimes difficult to edit within JCPS Net. WordPress will give me more detailed user statistics and the ability to update blog via email. Hopefully, it won’t be so difficult to edit. Where: The new address will be http://tablettalk.info How: I set up a WordPress account at http://wordpress.com. Very easy, very free. I [...]
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