Reading PowerPoints

I recently found a teacher's site, Mrs. Travis Classroom, that has great Power Points on reading skills.  Check out this site when you get a chance.
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Learning.org Interactives Site

Learning.org is a wonderful site full of interactive games to support our curriculum.  Students love them and learn a lot from the various activities.  Check out this site. Pin It

WatchKnowLearn.org

One of my new favorite sites is WatchKnowLearn.org.  This site is a collection of different educational videos to support the curriculum.  I have used this site many times to gather sites to use as I flip my classroom.  Most videos can be embedded into a wiki, blog or other sites. Pin It

Scientific Method

This week we learned about the scientific method and did a short experiment to show each step. We put a gummy life saver in a cup of water. We made a hypothesis, conducted the experiment, recorded our observations and drew our conclusions.

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Qrafter Pro...QR Codes Anyone?

This year I made a goal of integrating QR codes more into my classroom. I found this wonderful QR app for my iPad called Qrafter Pro. Qrafter has a free version and a pay version. I download the paid version for $2.99. I love this app. I can make QR codes and print them. I can also read QR codes as well. I used this program to make my beginning of the year bulletin board. Each student has their own messages they can read using a QR reader.

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Open House Parent Gift

This year I decided to give the parents an apple. On the leaf I wrote:
An apple for the teacher...
It's really nothing new.
Except when you remember,
Parents are teachers too!

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Beginning of year treat bags

This year I had the time to make treat bags for the beginning of the year. I tried to use a technology theme to go with our eMINTs classroom. I put a Mounds bar for mounds of information found on the internet, Smarties for being a smartie about internet safety, a Whooper for our wiki has a whooper of information, Jolly Rancher for voicethreading is a jolly fun way to make books and Three Musketeers for being a three musketeer with cooperative learning.

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NetSmartzKids Videos

NetSmartzKids is a site that have wonderful internet safety videos for students. My students love the songs on the videos. I use these at the beginning of the year to teach internet safety to my students. Pin It

Multiple Intelligence Test

The Birmingham Grid for Learning Multiple Intelligence test is a wonderful tool I like to use at the beginning of the year. Each student takes the test.  The results are then shown in a circle graph.  I always find this test to be very insightful into the needs of each student.  Pin It

hp Teacher Exchange

I recently rediscovered hp Teacher Experience.  This free membership site has lots of wonderful websites, lessons plans, and ideas for teacher using technology in the classroom.  I have found several very interesting sites to use in the classroom.  Check out hp Teaching Experiences.
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Smart Notebook for the iPad and Mobile Devices

I am very excited to read that Smart Notebook will be offered on iPad and Mobile Devices very soon.  I have often thought it would be nice to use the same program for my iPad, computer and Droid.  They do not say when it will be released. 
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QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator from classtools.net

QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator from classtools.net is a great tool to make Treasure Hunts in your classroom.  What a great way for students to learn your classroom at Open House or on the first few days of school.
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Math TV.com

MathTV.com  is a wonderful site full of math videos.  This site covers curriculum from elementary to high school.

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Mathlanding.org

I happened across a great website on Pinterest called Mathlanding.  Mathlanding is in beta form. Mathlanding is a free resource that contains thousands of videos,lessons, websites, and interactive practice sites for math.

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Evernote and Skitch

Evernote and Skitch are two great free programs to use for diagraming. I used Skitch this week to take a picture of my flower containers. I then labeled each picture with the plants I put in the containers. I am very excited about having a labeled picture gardening journal. My Skitch pictures were then saved into Evernote so I will have them in the future.

I began to think of the possibilities for Skitch and Evernote in the classroom. Student journaling, mini lessons and diagraming. Check out Skitch. It is a wonderful program made for the iPad, iPhone, and Droid.


 

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Khan Academy

The Khan Academy is an awesome site of math videos that explain different math concepts. The videos range from simple math the high school level concepts. There is also an iPad app which is free. I will definitely use some of the videos next year.



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Symbaloo

I was recently reading an article about the flipped classroom. One tool students used to organize their web tools was Symbaloo. Symbaloo is a free web service that allows you to organize websites. Symbaloo can be used on many mobile devices. I added Symbaloo to my iPad and my Droid.




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Lego Comic Builder

Lego has a comic builder that allows students to make their own comics and print. Students can select backgrounds,Lego characters, cars, and add captions.

 

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Twurdy

I recently ran across a search engine called Twurdy. Twirly is in beta form. This search engine shows the readability level of information.

 

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World Wonder Project

I happen to be reading Cool Cat Teacher Blog this morning and ran across a new site that looks very interesting. Google has made the World Wonder Project that consists of 132 different locations around the world. Each locations has pictures, videos and information. There are also teacher guides for elementary and secondary. This site does work on an iPad, however the 3D model will not show up on an iPad. I found Independence Hall to be interesting and is part of our curriculum.

 

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QR Treasure Hunt Generator

I recently was reminded of a great site that allows you to make your own QR codes. You can make a series of questions with the QR Treasure Hunt Generator and then the site will help you convert to QR codes that you can hang around the classroom. I had the idea to use these QR codes at Open House to put fun facts about myself so parents and students can learn a little about me.



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Blogsy

I have begun trying to blog on my iPad. I first downloaded the Blogger app. I works well for basic pictures however I could not figure out how to hyperlink sites. As I researched how make my iPad more blog friendly I ran across Blogsy. Blogsy allows you to upload movies,pictures, and hyperlink on many different blogging platforms. It is easy to learn and has solved my iPad blogging problem! Blogsy costs $4.99 at the app store. Pin It

PrintnShare Pro

Since purchasing an iPad I have encountered several occasions when I have wanted to print from my iPad. I also have wanted to connect to my home server to access documents stored there. After much research my husband ran across PrintnShare Pro. I know can print from my iPad and access local files from our home servers. PrintnShare Pro does cost $5.99 but is well worth it. Pin It

Watch Now Learn

WatchNowLearn.org is a great website which offers educational videos you can use to support concepts.



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NeoK12

I recently ran across Neo12. Neo12 is an educational video,lessons,quizzes, puzzles, and games site for children. It is a nice option to support lessons.

 

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End of the Year Student Gifts

I am a follower of the Confessions of a Teaching Junkie  blog. One recent post showed end of the gifts to students using Wordle. Wordle is an on-line tool that creates word clouds. I have used Wordle in the past for vocabulary words. The post showed using wordle to make word clouds for each student. I made an organizer with each of the students names on it.  I had the student write down one adjective to describe their classmates.  I then took the organizers and made Wordles for each student.  I then went to the dollar store and purchased frames for each of the Wordles and framed them. The students loved them.

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Scoop it!

I recently participated in Cook Tools to Curate Content webinar sponsored by Infinitec.  During this webinar I was introduced to Scoop it!  Scoop it is an on line site which allows you to make magazines.  Scoop it is a free site.  Scoop it makes it easy to link sites for student research.  My students were so excited to research using the sites I scooped.
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