What I’m Reading
I came across a post today that was too good not to share! It is a list and quick explanation of about 77 different places to find educational games, including many where you can create your own custom educational games. Whether you use a game as part of a learning station, a fun way to [...]
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Game: Flabby Physics Sometimes less is more. For a simple game that will give you context to talk about physics terms such as gravity, velocity and collisions, check out Flabby Physics. There is one goal: hit the star with the ball. There is one control: the space bar. Yet, for some reason, I just can [...]
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SMART Notebook Express Link: http://express.smarttech.com/ SMART Notebook Express is a scaled down version of SMART Notebook. It is available for use online and has the (very) basic features of SMART Notebook program. Using the express version might come in handy in one of these situations: – Your Tablet PC is unavailable and you have to [...]
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Site: http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en Paste a block of text and the computer reads it aloud to you. I found the female voice to be a little less robot sounding. I wouldn’t think this would be a solution for listening to a whole story or article, but with some training kids might benefit from learning how to access [...]
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Site: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm I have been keeping an eye out for resources that read aloud to young children. I’m convinced it is a positive experience for students to hear different voices modeling fluency. I saw this site being discussed by some teachers on twitter and I like it a lot, though I think it could be [...]
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Three Typing Activities from ‘Make Use Of’ I just came across a write up about three very good typing sites that are kid friendly. There are hundreds of online typing games and tests available online; I enjoyed the fact that these were very kid-friendly, had little or no advertising and of course were fun. Keyboarding [...]
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http://www.freerice.com/ There are multiple ways to donate money to the relief effort in Haiti and to help feed the hungry in general, but I can’t imagine an easier way for children to get involved than using http://www.freerice.com/ The site is simple: answer quiz questions and money is donated to the UN Food Program. The default [...]
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http://www.physicsgames.net/ http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Alphabet_Shoot.html I read recently that Crayon Physics was celebrating it’s anniversary by having a really good sale on the deluxe version of their software. As much as I like that program it tends to hang up my tablet, even in the demo mode, so I can’t really justify purchasing the full version. I like [...]
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These recently came across the STC mailing list. I felt I had a little more control of the scissors on the second choice. Enjoy. Make-a-Flake http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/ Popular Front Snow Days http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/ Also, look at Snowflake Bentley’s microscopic snowflake images.
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