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Quick note on the subject of Tablet Talk… I have more or less synced up the blog, the twitter stream, the mailing list and (finally) the facebook page. If you are subscribed in more than one of these places you will be receiving redundant content, so feel free to adjust according to your needs and [...]
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As I was polishing my presentation for KySTE this morning, this quote came to mind. I remember it being printed out and posted in several teacher’s rooms when I was a high school student. Those were the “Print Shop Days” when it was new and innovative to print out little motivational posters. It went nicely [...]
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Site: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Do you ever want your students to chart their findings of scientific observations? Do you need to create a pie chart, bar graph or other representation of data for a class meeting and find Excel to be just a little intimidating for a quick project? Here is the most simple and straight forward [...]
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I’m going to depart from the usual subject of great teaching sites and talk about super deals on this post. Whether you are shopping for school related items or just trying to stretch that public servant salary, here are a few sites that might interest you. My first stop for purchasing computer gear is always [...]
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Source: Free Technology For Teachers Site: Wacky Web Tales Okay, we all endured learning about the parts of speech when we were younger, right? One way to increase the engagement level is to use the Mad-Libs style games. Surely you remember doing this as a child, right? You entered in a noun, a verb, your [...]
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Source: Jane’s eLearning Pick of the Day Site: TypeWith.Me There is a super simple and ultra functional website called Etherpad. Etherpad allows you to create a document that multiple people can edit at once. It can be handy for collaboration with other teachers, creating a super-simple wiki page and a few dozen other uses. There [...]
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C-J Article Check out the Courier-Journal article about JCPS teachers using twitter to increase school to home communication.
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http://www.certificatestreet.com/ I learned recently that the site formerly known as “My Award Maker” has returned, but under a new name. Check out Certificate Street for colorful, printable and customizable certificates and awards for all occasions. There are more certificates than one could ever make use of, and they are categorized nicely by Sports, School, Special [...]
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“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” -Maya Angelou There is a certain quality of the human voice that simply can’t be expressed in text. You can use sideways smiley faces, underline words and add abbreviations like LOL all [...]
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