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My Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Couldn’t Teach Without 1. Pandora. Stream different styles and genres of music for your students. Build an (optional) account and Pandora will learn your preferences. Play music to match your learning units (ie Bluegrass for Kentucky history, Big Band while reading about the 30s and 40s). Expose [...]
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Some BrainPop related items: 1. The September 11th video is available for free, even for non-subscribers. There is frequently a ‘featured video’ available, check back from time to time. It is usually a timely or seasonal related item. 2. During the month of September the whole ‘Digital Citizenship’ series on BrainPop is available for free. [...]
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Thought this was worth sharing: http://techlearning.com/article/17198
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http://www.last.fm I’m not going to stop using Pandora just yet, but the more I learn about Last.FM, the more I like it. Similar to Pandora, (http://pandora.com) you can build an account and create ‘radio stations’ based upon different artists or song genres. I like to use the example of the teacher who plays classical music [...]
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Here is (yet another) fun way to embellish your digital pictures. I added http://www.tuxpi.com/ to the ‘Class Pictures’ page, and thought the ‘Motivational Poster’ ‘Newscast Picture’ and ‘Speech Bubble Picture’ would be especially fun in the classroom.
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http://metaatem.net/words/ This is a fun one for learning about anything from the alphabet to architecture. You simply type a word and this handy utility will find the letters in different flickr photos to create a banner. The banner can be downloaded or embedded in a class site or blog. (I used a screen capture tool [...]
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How many times a day do you tell your students, “Please take five minutes and do such and such…” or “Only 15 minutes left before we…” Here are two options if you want to use your projector to give your students a good awareness of the time they have left to accomplish something, not to [...]
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http://www.crayonphysics.com/ A second grade teacher at one of my schools shared this with me today. It reminded me of MS Physics Illustrator, only more colorful and kid oriented While it isn’t freeware, Crayon Physics has a free version that will keep your little ones busy for a while and looks exceptional on your SMART Boad [...]
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Even if you are like me and can’t carry a tune or read music you will enjoy this virtual keyboard. Music teachers will enjoy the range of instruments and ability to play chords. Check out the Virtual Keyboard: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
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