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YouTube celebrates as it turns 7 today. It is hard to believe that the popular video-sharing site is not older. Do you find YouTube helpful in your teaching and learning? Have you seen these helpful tips about making YouTube less cluttered on the screen? Have you seen these great YouTube channels? Either way, take a [...]
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Contest Link SMART is giving away a SMART Table interactive learning center. I just filled out the form and it took 45 seconds. Good luck!
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The Orange Leaf in Clarksville will be offering free yogurt for teachers today through Thursday for Teacher Appreciation. Bring your ID.
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http://rhymenlearn.com/ How about 25 “squeaky clean” math and science videos? Use the catchy and current tunes and illustrated movies to teach, reteach, or introduce challenging content in math and science. Enjoy.
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Would you like to send text messages to groups of parents, students, or teammates? SendHub looks like another interesting option for doing just that. According to the site, you can create a new number and a “Key Phrase.” Your audience will “opt-in” to the contact list and receive a group text message from you when [...]
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At Kickboard you have the ability to set up a class to track grades, behavior, and more. The site is free for individual teachers, so give it a try. You can personalize how you keep track of items (conduct points, clas cash, etc) and the site will give you an easy to use interface for [...]
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Check out “Youngzine” for news and videos for school-aged children. According to the site: “Youngzine is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world — in a simple, engaging and interactive manner. Our goal is to help parents and educators create a vibrant community of globally aware [...]
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It is 3/14, so here are a few quick math resources to help you celebrate Pi Day! BrainPop has a video on the subject, which you can follow up with a ten question multiple choice quiz. Don’t forget that even if you do not have a BrainPop subscription, they offer several free movies at any [...]
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Note: I am looking over the tools in my free eBook A-Z Cool Tools in preparation for a presentation. I know that many of you receive this content via RSS or the email list, and have not seen the book linked to my blog, so I thought I would post the A-Z items as blog [...]
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