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Guest Post By Russ Hockenberry The Good Computer Podcast was started to teach technology and digital citizenship concepts to the pre-K through 2nd grade crowd. It does this by using puppetry, animation, music, and digital storytelling to convey its themes. Each episode covers some basics of the topic, and serves as a jumping off point [...]
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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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http://pictureofa.net/ “Picture of A….” is a simple collection of pictures. The pictures are high in quality and free to use for educational purposes. They appear to be squeeky-clean and safe for school. Use as a first stop when looking for images to teach with, add to presentations or for students to use in their work. [...]
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I just renewed my free Animoto for Education account for another year. Animoto is a wonderful interactive web tool which makes it easy to create stunning videos set to amazing music. Registering as an educator will allow you access to the “Plus” account, which would usually be a fee based subscription. This account allows you [...]
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Pandora Internet Radio For Your Classroom By Jeremy D. Renner Victor Hugo stated that “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.” The acclaimed French novelist and poet must have held music in high regard, and many teachers feel the same way. Music can help create a caring community in [...]
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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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Another way to make YouTube work for you is to use the free online conversion tool Zamzar. Located at http://zamzar.com/ this utility helps you convert files from one format to another. Using YouTube as an example I can copy the web address of the video I want to show. When I paste the URL of [...]
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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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Kerpoof! Revealed today that they will be releasing a new pen every week this summer. Kerpoof is a great place to let kids unleash their creativity, and can also also be used as an alternative to SMART Notebook for writing on your SMART Board, multimedia story creation, spelling practice and a whole lot more. On [...]
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