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http://explore.org/ I came across an interesting video site while catching up on the NCS blog that you might want to, ahem, explore. It is called Explore.Org and it has some exceptional video resources that will aid in your instruction. The thing that caught my attention about these videos is the amazing picture quality and cultural [...]
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http://www.google.com/dictionary Mashable’s Five Best Sports Moments of 2008 Two for one post: Google has released their online dictionary tool. You have, for a while, been able to add the phrase ‘definition’ to a word and find the definition via dictionary.com, but by adding the above sight to your bookmarks you can save a step and [...]
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Google’s popular gmail service is offering a free holiday card to be sent (through the real live mail!). You do not need a gmail account to use the service. Have your students navigate to https://services.google.com/fb/forms/gmailholidaycard/ and fill out the card. There are several options for the style of card (including some non- Christmasy ones, if [...]
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File this one under very little educational value, but it will make your students laugh. http://www.sundog.net/carolofthechins/flash/card.swf The person who shared it with me wrote, “Type in any Christmas song and see what the little puppets do. Also, type in any non-Christmas song (I typed in Happy Birthday) and you’ll get a kick out of [...]
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My Nominees for the Best in Education Blogs for 2009 Best individual blog Free Tech For Teachers A mind-numbing quantity of exceptional resources, the blog that inspired me to start my own. Best new blog SMART Board Goodies A SMART Board and elementary centered blog. Best resource sharing blog Websites Of The Day Check out [...]
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Excellent activities listed in recent Scholastic newsletter. Teacher Update: Winter Holidays Activities Plus Free Clifford Flash Drive Posted using ShareThis
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Today is December 1, which is when children in Europe start counting down the days until Christmas with an Advent calendar. Check out the list of online advent calendars at the Make Use Of blog. I found one of them to be blocked, and numbers 4, 5 and 8 to have potential for use in [...]
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