What I’m Reading
Awesome Stories via kwout (This is the last of my auto-posts) I have been meaning to take the time to look at “Awesome Stories” since I heard about it several months ago. I enjoyed the intuitive way that the different video and audio clips were arranged and were searchable. I found the original historical documents [...]
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http://coolmath-games.com/ Isn’t it great when your kids teach you something? My girls taught me all about this block game they have been learning about at school, and then proceeded to beat me at it time and time again. It is called Bloxorz and you essentially have to rotate a block in such a way that [...]
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http://www.letssaythanks.com/ Use this site to have children write postcards to service members. They can choose from several designs and several messages. There is also an option to for them to create their own message. It takes just a few minutes to do and would be a great discussion starter of thinks to be thankful for [...]
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http://www.webkinz.com As you rush home with your treasures over the next few weeks, consider a gift to your students that won’t set you back very much and will bring lively and high level discussion to your classroom: A virtual class pet. It is rare that I recommend a commercial product, I am really geared toward [...]
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http://www.onemotion.com/ This site has five sections to it. There is an online drum machine and canvas for painting. I have added these to the Art and Music lists, respectively. There is a snake game which isn’t overly educational, but I think it would be a good exercise for mouse or SMART Board skills. There is a spider [...]
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