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Another day, another great list for you. Teachers Love SMART Boards has kid friendly holiday resources that will work well on you SMART Board and/or Tablet PC. This is the 2008 list, I expect the 2009 will be posted shortly. Enjoy! Teachers Love SMART Boards 2008
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Crayola Coloring Application http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/ Do you remember when you got your first 64 pack of Crayola crayons? The one with the sharpener built in to the back? Life was good! Crayola has a wide range of crayons, markers, colored pencils stamps and more that you can purchase and be creative with now. If you want [...]
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I am not condoning starting the holiday countdown just yet, but I know many of you like to get your links and bookmarks prepared in advance. I also know that many of you take the time to expose children to the history behind some of the traditions we hold dear, and traditions of other cultures. [...]
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I was drafting a re-write of my Pandora handout to include building a seasonal station when I came across a list of eight other places where teachers can get free online holiday music. I was pleased that each service offered something a little different and that all were available from within the district. Before I [...]
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http://www.letssaythanks.com/ Use this site to have children write postcards to service members. They can choose from several designs and several messages. There is also an option to for them to create their own message. It takes just a few minutes to do and would be a great discussion starter of thinks to be thankful for [...]
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http://www.webkinz.com As you rush home with your treasures over the next few weeks, consider a gift to your students that won’t set you back very much and will bring lively and high level discussion to your classroom: A virtual class pet. It is rare that I recommend a commercial product, I am really geared toward [...]
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http://www.shapecollage.com/ Use Shape Collage to create fun picture collages. You have several options including a square, circle and a few animal shapes too. The site works quickly, and you can use your own photos or a web address of a public photo album. I added Shape Collage to the “Class Pictures” tab on Tablet Talk [...]
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I recently discovered a new blog that you might enjoy. It is written by Kevin Jarret and he has a host of exceptional technology activities for young students. He has an old post where he describes, in detail, how he uses PinkyDinkyDoo with his students for story telling and vocabulary acquisition. I thought it was [...]
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I saw another good collection of Thanksgiving teaching activities on Free Technology For Teachers today. I especially thought the National Geographic For Kids was engaging. There is a kid friendly article, an interactive self-checking Thanksgiving quiz and a “Funny Fill-In” (think: Mad-Libs).
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I did not used to recommend that people use Google Sites for their class website. I found the templates to be on the boring side, it was more difficult to use than other tools such as Weebly and I didn’t like how the URL was so long once the site was published. Two of the [...]
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