What I’m Reading
The latest version of the Did You Know/Shift Happens video series has been released. The series has been viewed over 40 million times online and serves as an eye-opening call to action for using engaging technology with students. The intended audience of the most recent version is the state of Iowa, but the information is [...]
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For the budding musicians in your class: 10 Interactive Music Sites for Fun and Learning The “Pattern Block Rock” and BBC Orchestra pages look especially promising. I’ll be adding them to my list of links for Art, Music and PE teachers.
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Z-Type A fun and action-packed space-shooter game designed to test your typing speed and accuracy. Z-Type doesn’t instruct or give lessons, but for pure fun and practice, it is a worthwhile addition to the sites you share with your students. If you aren’t in to blowing up words, click here for ten more typing speed [...]
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In no particular order I would like to share and comment on four places to get short instructional videos that you can use for teaching or learning. I enjoy watching a quick video about a tool to get an overview of it before I dive in and start clicking on things. Whether you use these [...]
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It’s no secret that YouTube contains some excellent videos for teaching and learning. You can find videos on any subject under the sun and they can help you illustrate many teaching points, serve for class discussion starters or introduce difficult concepts. YouTube can be a little challenging for teachers, though, because of the “recommended” videos [...]
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If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know that I am a big fan of wordle. I’ve posted about it several times, most recently here. There are other word cloud generators out there, and they all fulfill their own little niche. There is a new one that was recently [...]
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Link: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/commonsense/ and http://www.commonsensemedia.org/internet-safety I saw a great public service announcement on the Disney Channel this evening starring Phneas and Ferb. They provided some great tips for kids to consider regarding internet safety and, well, common sense. I went to the site they recommended and learned that Disney has teamed with Common Sense Media to [...]
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Source: http://typing.weebly.com/typing-games.html The author of the iLearn Technology has recently placed some of the very best keyboarding activities in one place. Each is kid friendly with little or no advertising and would be a great addition to your list of bookmarks on your classroom computers. Enjoy!
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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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One More Cool Light Show Snowflake Workshop Story Line Online “Polar Express” Okay, this really is my last Holiday Post. The light show linked up top and the Polar Express reading came from the awesome teachers at RP. The story (and other stories too) are read by celebrities and many have activities to go with [...]
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