Wordle Down, 12 Other Word Cloud Generators

It seems the wildly popular and teacher friendly web based text cloud generator site is down.  There is a copyright issue with the name “Wordle” and while the issue is being taken care of you won’t be able to access http://wordle.net
There are other places where you can creae “Word Clouds.” While wordle is  my favorite, [...]

testing, ignore

Dr. Suess Celebrations At Target Stores Saturday

This is worth passing on to your students: there will be a story time and family activities at area Target stories this Saturday. Click here for more details.
While on the subject of Dr. Suess and Read Across America, here are a few handy links to get you started:
Suessville for games and activities
Dr. Suess on Wikipedia [...]

Fe Fi Fo Fum, I Hear Kids Books Read By An English Mum

Original Source: iLearnTechnology Blog
Online Children’s Stories: AudioStories.Com
AudioStories.Com has a collection of children’s stories read aloud.  I appreciated the ‘classic’ nature of the selections and the ease with which I was able to listen to a story. I chose “Jack And The Beanstalk” and it was read by a narrator with a lovely British accent, making [...]

The Book Fair Diner Animoto

Check out the awesome animoto video created by Leah Slucher, RP Librarian. Animoto is a free site which allows you to create video slide shows using digital images that you upload. You can select from their music collection or upload your own, and the site does the mixing of transitions and effects for you.  If [...]

Kerpoof! for Pre-Writing

http://www.kerpoof.com
Kerpoof Screencast – Renny from TNLI 21c on Vimeo.
I spent the day with the awesome Roosevelt-Perry teachers working with the kid-friendly  multi-media generator Kerpoof! The video embedded above gives a really nice overview of the main features.  I added that the .pdf files linked in the “For Teachers” section at he bottom of [...]

Weather Or Not…

Source: LifeHacker and SMART Board Goodies
The weather has sure been a topic of conversation lately, hasn’t it?  We had the pleasure of hosting some educators from Great Britain this week and they ‘weathered’ a snowed out conference day on Monday, a regular snow day Tuesday, and in true Louisville fashion it was 45 and sunny [...]

twitter unblocked for teachers. great. what’s twitter?

I’m happy to report that JCPS and CES are experimenting with opening up certain previously blocked web sites and services for teacher use.  The micro-blogging platform twitter is one site you have probably heard a lot about and likely not known how it could help you as a teacher.
1. Check out [...]

Ebony and Ivory

http://www.cmagics.com/beta/piano/

Virtual Piano: Online music innovation at its best! via kwout

Another virtual piano. I enjoyed the ability to record the music without setting up an account. I also enjoyed creating music with the letters they provided, it made it possible to play the piano without needing to read the music.
I found myself thinking that this might [...]

Enter To Win $150k Wireless Lab

http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/wawl/
Discovery Education is holding a sweepstakes with three grand prize packages. The lucky teacher will receive a class set of computers, a whiteboard, response system and more.
I read the fine print quickly and it looks like you register once, then you can use a twitter account to receive two additional entries per day.
Use http://laterbro.com/ or [...]