What I’m Reading
Site: http://www.poster-street.com/ Source: FreeTech4Teachers Another stellar resource from the same people who bring you the exceptional Certificate Street. Download and print colorful posters to decorate your classroom. Colorful posters with positive messages build a community feel for your room. The Free Tech 4 Teachers Blog suggests a tip printing Poster Street items and some other [...]
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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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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 [...]
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http://www.photofunia.com/ Yet another fun place to embellish your digital pictures. I especially enjoyed the postage stamp and newspaper effect. Site was similar to Image Chef. I liked it because it was easy to use, some effects used two pictures and it was free. I might use caution before using the site with students, some of [...]
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http://www.techlearning.com/article/26018 Check out the T + L 2009 Leader of the Year article, featuring our own JCPS IT Director. (In a hurry? Skip to the fourth feature) Congratulations Carry! http://www.edutopia.org/node/9302 http://www.edutopia.org/louisville-sel-care-for-kids While I am shamelessly plugging my employer, go ahead and check out the Edutopia story and video on the JCPS CARE For Kids program.
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Thirteen Most Inspiring YouTube Videos Are you looking for some fodder for a morning meeting or a journal topic? See if any of these inspiring YouTube videos get your students discussing, writing or reflecting. Enjoy.
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I enjoyed spending the day with the awesome teachers at Kenwood and Schaffner yesterday. With the new year comes new resolutions and I shared a presentation I called “Ten For Ten.” Here are are the first few of the ten Tablet PC and projector resolutions for the new calendar year that will increase student engagement [...]
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http://bighugelabs.com/ BigHugeLabs: Do fun stuff with your photos via kwout Looking for something fun to do with your holiday images? Check out Big Huge Labs to do cool tings with your pictures. I just added Big Huge Labs to the list of fun things to do with your class pictures. Look at the other items [...]
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http://explore.org/ I came across an interesting video site while catching up on the NCS blog that you might want to, ahem, explore. It is called Explore.Org and it has some exceptional video resources that will aid in your instruction. The thing that caught my attention about these videos is the amazing picture quality and cultural [...]
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