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I had a one hour session at Foster yesterday afternoon. They were interested in creating posters for the classrooms. Among the tools we explored: Poster Street http://www.poster-street.com/ Download and print fun posters from a variety of categories. Posters are free and there is no log in needed for the site. Posters are colorful and they [...]
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Those of you who know me personally or who have been reading this blog for 15 minutes or longer know that I can’t spell to save my life. Having said that, I still get a kick out of things like this. This picture came across twitter, but if you like funny signs that are either [...]
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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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Love it or hate it, it’s testing time. Here is wishing you and your students the best of luck on the KCCT! Here are some tools that might help you out the next few weeks: Egg Timer: http://e.ggtimer.com/ Simple, no frills timer that works in your browser. The black lines around the borders give another [...]
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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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The “Spell With Flickr” utility can now be found under a new domain name. Navigate to http://picurio.us/ and type in the word you want to spell. The new setup appears to handle phrases better than it used to. There still isn’t a quick way to download the word you created, so use the Tablet PC [...]
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As I was polishing my presentation for KySTE this morning, this quote came to mind. I remember it being printed out and posted in several teacher’s rooms when I was a high school student. Those were the “Print Shop Days” when it was new and innovative to print out little motivational posters. It went nicely [...]
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http://apostrophe.me/ An interesting graphic that would be worth printing out or at least sharing with the students, courtesy of “The Oatmeal.” (The Oatmeal, while not offensive or off color, is not a kid friendly site. )
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My favorite bumper sticker ever reads: “If You Can Read This, Thank A Teacher. If It’s In English, Thank A Soldier.” Veterans Day is Wednesday and the Department of Defense has some suggestions of how to celebrate the day. The list can be found here. They also have a link to printable posters. If you [...]
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http://www.says-it.com/ Fun graphics and art you design yourself. Great for classroom posters, handouts, bulletin boards and webpages. Put your class or school name on a truck, on Jeopardy! slide or a host of other options. Enjoy!
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