And The Winner Is…

Posted on March 3, 2010 by JR

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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Enter To Win $150k Wireless Lab

Posted on February 12, 2010 by JR

http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/wawl/ Discovery Education is holding a sweepstakes with three grand prize packages. The lucky teacher will receive a class set of computers, a whiteboard, response system and more. I read the fine print quickly and it looks like you register once, then you can use a twitter account to receive two additional entries per day. [...]

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Win 20 Netbooks With Doodle For Google

Posted on February 3, 2010 by JR

Source: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html Google recently announced details of the new contest where students can design their own take on the Google logo.  Teachers must register their school and be the one to actually submit the logo to the contest.  (I found the write up about he history of the logo interesting, it might make a good [...]

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Donate Food While Learning

Posted on January 14, 2010 by JR

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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Edublog Award Nominations

Posted on December 2, 2009 by JR

My Nominees for the Best in Education Blogs for 2009 Best individual blog Free Tech For Teachers A mind-numbing quantity of exceptional resources, the blog that inspired me to start my own. Best new blog SMART Board Goodies A SMART Board and elementary centered blog. Best resource sharing blog Websites Of The Day Check out [...]

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Free Rice

Posted on September 22, 2009 by JR

http://www.freerice.com/ Increase vocabulary knowledge while helping to feed the hungry. This site is not designed for elementary students, the words are difficult. It could, however be used in conjunction with a dictionary (online or old fashioned book, remember those?).  Have students work in groups or use resources to earn grains of rice. There are other [...]

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