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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Laptops in the Past
Posted on March 21, 2012 by JR
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Kideos- Videos for Young Children
Posted on March 7, 2012 by JR
http://www.kideos.com/ Kideos looks like a fun and safe site for child-friendly videos. The items I viewed all appeared to be YouTube videos, but they were categorized by age range and did not have any of the comments, advertising, or suggested videos which frequently make teachers nervous on YouTube. The videos, at a glance, did [...]
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Fun Picture
Posted on March 7, 2012 by JR
Source: http://walyou.com/sandwich-sandals/ What do we have here? How about a real-life pair of sandals that look like a sandwich! I think this would be a good image to show your students when you are working with homophones or as a fun writing prompt. Enjoy!
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 14, 2012 by JR
Three fun things things to do with your class today, in ascending order of nerdiness: 1. Check out the google doodle. 2. Make your own message on a candy heart 3. Create an interactive music video, where the super-cool band OK, GO spells out your message. You need to use the Chrome browser. Click here [...]
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Teachers Ski Free on 2/24
Posted on February 7, 2012 by JR
It has been a mild winter here in the area, but you can still enjoy skiing and snowboarding less than an hour away. Paoli will be offering another Teacher Appreciation Day this year, so grab a friend and head on up. Rather than trying to summarize the fine print, pasted below is the text of [...]
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Custom Sign Generators
Posted on May 19, 2011 by JR
Have some fun with your students’ names! Place them on a Hollywood Star or McDonald’s marquee. Here are some of the better “sign generators” I have come acrosss. Enjoy! Click here for a nice collection of image generators including the “Dummies” book series, license plates, and the presidential seal. Click here to customize a fortune cookie, [...]
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Sweet Treats for Good Grades
Posted on April 20, 2011 by JR
Most of you are in the middle of testing, so your kids might enjoy some good news: They can bring their report cards in to Graeter’s and will get a free kids cone if they have an A. They can also show it to the nice folks at Krispy Kreme and they will give a [...]
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The White Marker Prank
Posted on March 31, 2011 by JR
Here is a good SMART Board prank! I shared the directions last year, but I thought a few illustrations might be helpful. Turn all the markers on an unsuspecting teacher’s SMART Board to white on Friday. They will try to write something, and think the markers are malfunctioning, but they are really just writing white, [...]
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Impossible Word Search, Crosswords For Friday
Posted on March 30, 2011 by JR
You have to have a little fun with your kids Friday. Be sure to do it late in the day, or they will be trying to get one over on you the rest of the day. Here are a few impossible crossword puzzles and word searches. I like the two at the top because they [...]
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