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= = =Kim's Shared Resources for Blackboard Collaborate Mini-Geek Fests=

= Kim's Resources and Links for January 9, 2012 =

**Duo Lingo** [] Learn a language and help translate the web. What makes this web site unique is their approach to learning a language. Watch the short video on the home page to get a full explanation of how the site works.

**Virtual Field Trip Resource** [] From the presentation by Jayme Linton at the K12 Online Conference. Be warned, you might end up getting lost, visiting the Sistine Chapel or Taj Mahal! This was my first visit (ok, at least that I can remember!) to a site using Symbaloo and I love it! It is visually easy to read, allowing you to dive right in to find the information you want.

**Little Bird Tales** [] Story building tool. I am not too sure about this one...yet. Liked the fact that you can set-up an educator account to use with your students. Also easy to use. After building a short story I went ahead and purchased it. At $.99 it is risk worth taking. :) Consider checking it out....

**Kideos** [] Videos for kids, organized by ages. From the website -  Kideos is the premier destination for kids to safely watch videos online. Each video on Kideos has been screened by our Video Advisory Council before it makes it onto our site. Our goal is to empower parents to feel comfortable allowing their child to spend time on Kideos, while also making sure children have a thoroughly entertaining experience.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Geo Cube** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Rubic cube and geography, never thought I would see this kind of combination. Information is organized on a a rubric cube you can manipulate to see the various topics covered. As a visual learner I found this to be an interesting website, worthy of sharing with others.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Digital Vaults from the National Archives** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Anything from the National Archives is going to be worth checking out and that is especially true for this site. With just a few minutes of exploring the site, you will be able to manipulate the pictures and information to find information.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Word Hippo** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Online dictionary and translator....and...so much more! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How they came up with the website name Word Hippo, I will never know. Wait, who cares! It is a unique site that allows you to look up rhyming words, translations, opposites, thesaurus and even sentences that have a particular word in it.

= Kim's Resources and Links for November 14, 2011 =



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">English Vocabulary Games ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Wow!** doesn't really describe all that is offered at this website.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">English, Foreign Language and Literature Games

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Vocabulary Learning Resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> Vocabulary of the World
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Analogy Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Antonym Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Compound Word Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Context Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Contraction Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">English Language Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Foreign Language Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Hig Pig Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Homophone Games
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Idioms Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Latin Learning Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Literature Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Oxymoron Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Parts of Speech Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Phonics Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Prefix Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Root Word Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">SAT Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Spelling Games
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">Suffix Games

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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">ABCya.com ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[] **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From the website - ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Grades K-5

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Some games take a bit of work to figure out (OK, maybe just for me)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> Loved the animation [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> (once I figured it out!) -was able to create an animation thanks to the Show Previous Frame function. Who needs Flash!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Word Cloud - easiest ever! []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Spelling Practice [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> - word isspoken then students move letters into correct box. As letter is moved, it is spoken.



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">ISTE Literacy Special Interest Group (SIG) ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">This is my first ISTE podcast and not my last! Loved all I learned from host Mark Gura! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Episode #1 focused on book trailers and a interview with Patricia Polacco. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">My personal favorites from the podcast....


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Booktrailers - [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> Booktrailers for All
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">By grade leve, easy to navigate, providing great resources for teachers to use before exploring out on their own to do this in their classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Creative Educator magazine online - [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> From Tech4Learning. Tech4 Learning does a good job of providing information for all teachers. Though they are a company who has products to sell, they are generous in providing usefull, free resources for all teachers.

= All things British... =

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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From the BBC, Words and Pictures ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">The only word of caution may be that with the British accent there may be some confusion for younger grades. Still worth looking at!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phonics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">CVC Words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Consanant Clusters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Long Vowel Sounds
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">High Freguency Words



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From the BBC, Science Clips ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Since this not designed for teachers in America you may have to look around a bit to find exactly what you can use. It is worth taking the time to explore....
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ages 5-11
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources for teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">A few of the topics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sorting and Using Materials
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Light and Dark
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pushes and Pulls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Changing Circuits



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From Nova ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Create a DNA Fingerprint ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Older students will love this lesson and activity

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From the website - DNA. It's what makes you unique. Unless you have an identical twin, your DNA is different from that of every other person in the world. And that’s what makes DNA fingerprinting possible. Experts can use DNA fingerprints for everything from determining a biological mother or father to identifying the suspect of a crime. What, then, is a DNA fingerprint and how is it made? Here, you'll find out by solving a mystery—a crime of sorts. First, you’ll create a DNA fingerprint (we'll supply the lab and all necessary materials). Then you’ll compare this DNA fingerprint to those of all seven suspects to nab the perpetrator. Ready? Let's get to work!



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Playing with Time ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">From the website: Playing With Time is an exciting, new project that looks at how the world around you is changing over many different time periods. The project consists of two major parts: this web site and a traveling museum exhibit. The site is being developed by Red Hill Studios. The exhibit is a collaboration between Red Hill and the Science Museum of Minnesota.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Here at the Playing With Time web site, unseen worlds of change will be revealed. You will see time speed up and slowed down, and behold the beauty of change. Time will be in your hands to witness, replay, and even create. You never know... you might not look at things quite the same way again.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Students are going to love these.... = Kim's Resources and Links for September 12, 2011 = **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Teaching Channel ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">http://www.teachingchannel.org/ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">From the website... <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Everyone has a story about a remarkable teacher. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">At Teaching Channel we believe what makes teachers inspiring is //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">how // they became experts -- the hours and years they've dedicated to improving their craft to benefit their students And because we know teaching is not one-size-fits-all, we tailored our technology so you can find what works best for you.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Water Balloon Bounce
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Woman Aging
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Snail
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Night
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fire Cracker

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Our mission is to capture their technique on video so that all teachers -- new or seasoned -- have a place to find inspiration. Of course you //could just// learn back and admire great stories, but we also provide tools to take a few notes, trade ideas and even build your own personal workspace.

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Over 5900 teachers have contributed to this site! covering all subject areas grades k-12. //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Amanda Dahl is a Middle School Technology teacher who is a leader in the Madison School District in Google Docs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Google Forms with Amanda Dahl **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recently she taught a Google Forms CATNIP class. It was such a big hit she was asked to present the same class at a local AzTEA conference.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will, most definitely, want to bookmark this site!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.toytheater.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">From the website.... <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Toy Theater is a collection of early learning activities. An eclectic "Theater" of learning toys, it is a safe place to play and learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Toy Theater is aimed at both preschool and primary school age children but is open to people of all ages, even you. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">No! Toy Theater is free for everyone. We display ads supplied by Google to generate revenue to support the site. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">$10 per year fee to use site without ads - such a deal! // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Toy Theater **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is Toy Theater? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who is Toy Theater aimed at? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Does Toy Theater cost anything? **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cautionary note....this website is addictive!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mrs. Gebauer’s Website **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mrs. Gerbauer has put together an incredible treasure chest of resources primary (focus is 2nd grade) resources.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The link provided above is for the Word Work/Spelling area.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Though there is much to explore, I limited myself to the first 2 sections of Making Words. This brought up a Harcourt interactive site. This is another site you are going to want to bookmark!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">From the website... <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interactives **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Amazing Space **

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bill Nye, the Science Guy ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">[|http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds] = Kim's Resources and Links for September 12, 2011 =
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Bill Nye eCards - seriously? Yes, seriously.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">"Consider the following" - do you remember this from his TV show?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Home Demos
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Episode Guides
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Video Segments
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Articles
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Archives
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">And more...

**Merriam-Webster's Word Central Games**
http://wordcentral.com/games.html **Merriam-Webster's Word Central Games-Alpha-Bot** http://wordcentral.com/games/alpha-bot.html **Merriam-Webster's Word Central Games-Robo-Bee** http://wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html **Merriam-Webster's Word Central Games-Robo-BIGbot** http://wordcentral.com/games/bigbot.html **Merriam-Webster's Word Central Games-Jumble Kids** http://www.uclick.com/client/mwb/tmjkf/

**Cartoonster** http://www.cartoonster.com/

Wes Fryer: Playing with Media/Images
http://playingwithmedia.com/pages/images **Tony Vincent: Learning in Hand/Project Based Learning** http://learninginhand.com/pbl **Flisti: Free, online polling tool** http://flisti.com/ **Educational Jargon Generator** http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html

The Kids Should See This
http://thekidshouldseethis.com/ There's just so much science, nature, music, arts, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them... But we don't underestimate kids around here. Off the grid-for-little-kids videos and other smart stuff collected by Rion Nakaya and her three year old co-curator.

Welcome to Switcheroo Zoo
[] Students will have a ball with this site. It is educational and silly!

**Escape Motions**
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;">[] Art teachers will love this as will their students. Though I don't even begin to understand it all, I do enjoy setting my creativity free while trying out all the tools on this site! As is true with all on the web, be sure to check out //all// aspects before letting students "roam free".

**Symphony in Slang**
Tex Avery Classic Cartoons [] I found this video on the Learn It In 5 website. Symphony in Slang is a cartoon story told through the use of idioms. Though some of the phrases are dated, students will still get a kick out of the old cartoon.

Education Cartoons
by Randy Glasbergen [] For usage permission, more information or a budget-friendly rate quote, please e-mail: randy@glasbergen.com.

Social Media Musical "Gotta Share"
Improv Everywhere [] From the website: Improv Everywhere, a well known improv group that became famous for bursting into spontaneous musicals at random public places, appears at a bonified social media conference in New York called the “GEL Conference” to sing about how connected (obsessed?) we are to social media. It is already a testament to the growth of social media that there are social media business conferences just about social media. Remember just a few years ago, facebook, twitter and the concept of social media was not well known! Enjoy.

Tech on the Net
Clipart: Computer Keyboard Keys [] Keyboard clip art. Not just for tech teachers! You can loads of fun creating messages and bulletin boards. = Kim's Resources and Links for July 11, 2011 = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.teachersfirst.org]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TeachersFirst **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Registration required
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Classroom Resource
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TeachersFirst’s Classroom Resources area includes anything you would use with students in the classroom. You can find over 12,000 educator-reviewed web resources, searchable by subject/grade or keyword. You can also find lesson plans/units, ready-to-go content you can share on student computers, a projector, or interactive whiteboard, and special topic collections of web resources. Everything we offer will show up via keyword searches, or you can simply browse. We even offer just-in-time collections organized into a classroom planning calendar.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TeachersFirst Exclusive
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TeachersFirst’s ready-to-go, projectable classroom activities are designed for either whole class or student-centered use. The range of subjects and grades is broad, spanning from poetry and literary devices to important historic events. All these activities were created by experienced teachers, and many have been used extensively in the teachers’ own classrooms before sharing them on TeachersFirst.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Offer these activities on an interactive whiteboard or projector, on student laptops, or even as a computer center. Be sure to share the links with students so they can access them from home or during study times for self-directed learning, review, or enrichment. Don’t forget to use your free TeachersFirst membership to mark ready to go Favorites or share comments about classroom successes with these activities.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professional Resources- focus for this “sharing”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TeachersFirst’s Professional Resources include everything you need to save time and be a better teacher. Included are strategies for <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__differentiating__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__must-know professional topics__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> like cyberbullying and copyright, help for <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__newbie or substitute teachers__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, quick access to important <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__outside sources__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__reading resources__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and ideas for all grades, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__rubrics__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__tech tips and best practices__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__timesavers and handy tools__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and ideas for <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__working together with parents__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Timesaving bulletin board hang-ups, curriculum-connected reading lists, and tutorials on using wikis and blogs in the classroom are just a click away, all written by real teachers like you. You can also access <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__OK2Ask™__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, TeachersFirst’s free, online “snack sessions” for teacher self-directed professional development.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**OK2Ask**-focus of this "sharing"
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome to OK2Ask™, a series of live, online "snack sessions" (available both live and in archived format) for self-directed teacher professional development and exploration. These sessions, scheduled at convenient times for you to attend from any computer (kick off your shoes!) will share great ideas you can use in your classroom, courtesy of TeachersFirst's staff. You know our style, so you know these sessions will be useful and teacher-friendly.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Offer free webinars, both live and archived.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I watched Building Schoolwide Literacy with Fee Web 2.0 Tools

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Story Place - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tales
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading List
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Things to print up
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Hive
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Preschool Library has 15 themes

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web, for any topic you specify. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Example: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=educational+technology#table/ag4VzPEvbQHLfiIK0YqBw2og]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Squared **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts about your topic are organized into a table of items and attributes (we call them "Squares" for fun).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you're interested in.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">See the websites that served as sources for the information in your Square.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Save and share Squares with others.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arcademic Skill Builders (Arcade + Academics = Fun Learning) **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Register for a free account
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multi-player and single-player games. Click 'Play' on our games below to get started.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academic Plus – paid version
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Want to track scores, need Academic Plus
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sign up for Beta version for free

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As you travel through this site you will see some familiar resources, such as Math Playground....
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Game Classroom **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No registration needed
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Game Classroom was developed to address needs we witnessed firsthand as parents and educators. Too often educational materials and lesson plans fail to make learning an enjoyable experience for students. Our mission is to provide a fun and educational environment for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We've thoroughly searched the web for engaging and educational games for kids, and then developed skill pages that pair these games with relevant worksheets, learning tips and homework help. We've collaborated with top educators to ensure that all of our educational resources are age-appropriate, relevant and compliant with academic standards. Our team of educators has created a vast library of lesson plans, homework help and problem sets as an additional resource for students, teachers and parents.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As online games become increasingly pervasive in the home, we strive to offer a site that adults can trust and children will enjoy. We promote education, imagination and literacy…while always making sure kids have fun on Game Classroom!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Search by grade level, worksheets, videos, lessons.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Math and LA focus
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lessons/tips/online resources/extra help/games



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brightstorm **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our mission at Brightstorm is to be the best place to learn in the world. We believe that great learning starts with great teaching. So, we find the best teachers, film them teaching, and build learning solutions around those great teacher videos.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our current solutions target the __high-school age curriculum, i__ncluding Math, Science, SAT, ACT and AP subjects. Over 20 million students study these topics in the US every year-we believe this large market of web-generation users will be the first to define new ways for all of us to learn.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some of our products are free, and some are paid. For instance, Brightstorm Math and Brightstorm Science videos are free—these 2,500+ videos cover every topic in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, Trigonometry, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. __Our paid products__ include great tools like Math Homework Checker and test preparation programs for the SAT, the ACT and several AP courses. Great teaching forms the core of these comprehensive programs, which also include practice quizzes, downloadable materials, full-length practice exams and more.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For us, these steps are just the beginning of Brightstorm’s journey to revolutionize the way people learn. The power of a great teacher in action is undeniable, and we believe that everyone will learn the Brightstorm way in the years to come. Now, with Brightstorm, every learner can have access to the best teachers, wherever and whenever they want. This is a revolution—come join us!

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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BatchGeo and Google Form **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From Tech Tips from Tammy Worcester
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Love this one for several reasons....use google forms, google earth and it is so easy!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to directions by Tammy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://web.mac.com/tammy.w/TipOfWeek/TammyWTechTipOfWeek/Entries/2011/7/7_Tip_103_-_BatchGeo_%2B_Google_Form_%3D_Cool_Collaborative_Maps!.html]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As always, Tammy provides directions that are visual and easy to read.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a “marriage” of the app BatchGeo and google forms. Build a form in google docs, gather info, copy and paste this into BachGeo, and make a map.



@http://notaland.com/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTA **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nota is casual collaboration.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nota is a unique, cutting-edge collaborative web platform that allows users to create, share and collaborate on presentations and virtually any other form of online material. Using Nota’s proprietary toolset, users can instantly integrate text, video, maps, clip art, photos from web album or on the local computer, or license-free images Flickr, and material from an ever-expanding array of sources. Users can then instantly embed their work in Facebook or blogs, and can share and collaborate with friends.


 * [[image:Nota_page_1.JPG width="615" height="526" link="http://%20%20%20%20http//notaland.com/kthomas/76743%20"]] ||
 * Example Nota page (1) ||


 * [[image:Nota_page_2.JPG width="615" height="423" link="http://notaland.com/kthomas/77196%20"]] ||
 * Example Nota page (2) ||

Resources for June 13th, 2011
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[] online interactive creative drawing program
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bomomo **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.flipsnack.com/flips/4d80322d9c0f30f20495d2435bq97103__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - example <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PDF documents to Flip book you can share and/or embed.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flipsnack **

[] Much like Flipsnack except the document you upload doesn't have to be a PDF. This example is from a PowerPoint. []
 * Calameo**

Could down with some color and style! Check out: [] To see all that they offer in the category of "Countdowns" visit []
 * Sermon Spice Timers**

[] Just came across this one and looking forward to exploring all that it offers....
 * Google Tools for Schools**

Resources for May 9th, 2011
<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">** Flocabulary ** [|http://www.flocabulary.com]

Flocabulary produces educational hip-hop music and engaging curricular materials to teach academic content for grades K-12.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**AIMS Videos**** Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards ** **Richard Pino, 8th grade LA @ McKemy Middle School in Tempe Elementary** **Bubble It** [] **AIMS AIMS Baby** []

Sketchcast [] <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">Any sketch can then be embedded on your blog/ homepage for people to play-back, and you can also point people to your sketchcast channel here (or let them subscribe to your sketchcast RSS feed). Sketchcasting is new but it's based on an old principle: the whiteboard (or the napkin in a bar) on which you sketch something to get a concept across... or to just have some fun. Sketchasting was invented by [|Richard Ziade] on July 23rd, 2007, [|Creative Commons licensed].

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Magisto** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **[]** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Turn videos into short clips <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Have to sign up for an invitation - may take awhile to get in

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">** Behold [] ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> [|Behold] TM is a search engine for high-quality Flickr images. It aims to answer your queries based on what is inside the images -- at the pixel level. It offers a completely new way to search for images, using techniques of [|computer vision]. It is different to standard image search engines, such as Flickr or Google, because those search through images using only image tags and filenames.

Today's Meet **[]** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Backchanneling "lite" <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Easy to do. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Able to print up transcript. (Saved for 24 hours.) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">** Movies you can download...legally! ** **[]** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">While you constantly hear about how downloading movies is illegal, there are numerous free legal movies you can download. Sure we aren’t talking about the latest summer blockbusters here, but there are some great films out there on the Internet that can be had for free. ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies. We’ve gathered together 40 of the best ones that will keep you entertained for hours on end, all without costing you a dime outside of using some of your bandwidth. Enjoy! ===

Foldables: Using technology for “hands-on” activities and lessons for students (and teachers!) __http://foldables.wikispaces.com/__ The purpose of this wiki is to provide a place for K-12 educators to learn more about the Foldables® that can be used across the curriculum and to share success stories and creative ideas about how to use them in the classroom.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0.182292em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Subject areas: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LA **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Math **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Science **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Social Studies **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Unified Arts **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ESL **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Test Prep **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Technology **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Cross Curricular **

An example of one activity that is remarkable…. Foldable for the story of Wilson Bentley http://foldables.wikispaces.com/Snowflake+Bentley Provides:
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Concepts, Skills, Big Ideas and Essential Questions
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Rubric
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Visual directions

Foldable® Directions [|How to Make a Pocket Book Foldable] [|How to Make a Response Journal Book Journal] [|How to Make a Layered Look Book Foldable] [|How to Make a Venn Diagram 3 Tab Foldable®] [|How to Make an Interest Bound Book Foldable®] [|How to Make a Two-Tab Cause and Effect Foldable®] [|How to make a Two-Tab Book point of view]

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0.28125em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">A podcast for the students, teachers and community in the Madison School District. <span style="display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Because of Mr. Terupt **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with Michelle Hoffman, Library Associate, Madison Park Middle School <span style="display: block; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.197917em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">[|__http://kthomas79.podomatic.com/entry/2011-03-06T13_57_42-08_00__]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mad About Books **

<span style="display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Brooklyn Nine **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with Deborah Reker, Head Librarian, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">Madison School District <span style="display: block; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.197917em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">[|__http://kthomas79.podomatic.com/entry/2010-05-19T18_33_39-07_00__]

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Skype Buddies Project Mrs. Dewberry, 8th Grade Language Arts Madison Meadows Ms. Atkinson, 1st Grade Madison Simis http://dewberryskypeproject.wikispaces.com/ [|The Frog and the Flea] from [|Kim Thomas] on [|Vimeo].

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;"> It is easy! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;"> It is fast! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;"> Teachers love it! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;"> No mo’ //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;">kick, kiss, etc. //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.814815em;">with YouTube! [|__http://quietube.com/__]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Quietube… **

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tammy Worcester **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Tammy ****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">’ ****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">s Technology Tips for Teachers **
 * Tip of the Week
 * Ideas-Activities
 * Internet Resources
 * Training Handouts

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0em 0pt; text-align: left;">As you can see, I spent a little time “monkeying around” in this site…pun intended!
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Internet Resources>Just for Fun>Cameroid-Use your webcam to take photos on line!. **



Storyjumper
[] This is, without a doubt, one of the best websites I have come across in a long time. It is so wonderfully easy to use!

Photofunia
[] I am sure there are many sites that you can do this type of work in, but, this one is easy to use, making it a winner for me! Cautionary note - more for personal use, not necessarily something to use in front of students. I would suggest creating then showing final project to students.

Make your Case (Scholastic)
[] Think you’ve got the Seventh Amendment down? Then it’s time to //**Make Your Case**//. Take part in this courtroom trial simulation and learn how important our right to a trial by jury is. You’ll play the role of an attorney in a civil case against one of your classmates. You can also play as teams. Bring your best game, because we’re keeping score. Each player or team of players will score points for asking witnesses the correct question or making the right objection.

Google Art Project
[] What is the ‘Art Project’? A unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail. Why is there a difference between the museums in terms of the number of galleries, artworks and related information?Google approached the museum partners without any curatorial direction, and each museum was able to chose the number of galleries, artwork and information they wanted to include, based on reasons specific to them. All content in the information panel pertaining to individual artworks was also provided by the museums.Why are some areas or specific paintings in the museum Street View imagery blurred?Some of the paintings and features captured with Street View were required to be blurred by the museums for reasons pertaining to copyrights.Are the images on the Art Project site copyright protected?The high resolution imagery of artworks featured on the art project site are owned by the museums, and these images may be subject to copyright laws around the world. The Street View imagery is owned by Google. All of the imagery on this site is provided for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the art project site, in the manner permitted by [|Google’s Terms of Service]. The normal Google Terms of Service apply to your use of the entire site.
 * **Explore museums with Street View technology:** virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore.
 * **Artwork View:** discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos.
 * **Create your own collection:** the ‘Create an Artwork Collection’ feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalised collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family.

Our partners:For now the following museums are included in the project:
 * Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin - Germany
 * Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC - USA
 * The Frick Collection, NYC - USA
 * Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Germany
 * The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC - USA
 * MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC - USA
 * Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain
 * Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid - Spain
 * Museum Kampa, Prague - Czech Republic
 * National Gallery, London - UK
 * Palace of Versailles - France
 * Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
 * The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Russia
 * State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Russia
 * Tate Britain, London - UK
 * Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Italy
 * Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Knoword
[] Knoword is a game of quick thinking, smart decisions and great words. It focuses on teaching and advocating proper spelling habits, as well as good observational, analytical and typing skills. What makes Knoword different from all the other //fun// word games out there is that it's //actually fun//! With its fast-paced, addictive gameplay and a competitive and comprehensive player ranking system, Knoword pushes the limits on contemporary puzzle games and provides its players with a truly rewarding experience.

Make Use of
[] Numerous calendars you can download. Will need to register to download calendars. Names of calendars:
 * Doodle
 * My Owl Barn
 * Alice Cantrell artwork
 * Blog Guide Book
 * Blue Ant Studio
 * More....

One Word
[] You are given 60 seconds to write about one particular word. Example: When I did this I ended up with the word "stamp". I wrote about a stamp used on a letter. For 60 seconds I typed (trying to make sense!) about stamps, asking if they were a thing of the past. When my time was up I was able to see what others written about this as well. There website states the purpose is to "learn to flow". I found it thought-provoking and fun. :)

Where Children Sleep
[] From The author's (James Mollison) website (http://www.jamesmollison.com/project.php?project_id=6) "Where Children Sleep- stories of diverse children around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms."

Saysit
[] Had to have one fun one in the list tonight! Says-It.com image makers allow you to create your own funny photos and graphics - simply type in some text and choose from a few simple options.

Dot Voting
[] A //quick// online voting tool.

Online Stopwatch
[] Nifty tool to use in your classroom, during professional development or at a staff meeting.

Jigsaw Planet
[] Jigsaw Planet was shared in our last show. This link is to an activity a Madison teacher created with Jigsaw, showing how it can be used in a language arts lesson. After viewing this example you may come up with some other ideas on you can use it in your own classroom.

Voki [] I realize most of you may already be aware of, and possibly using, Voki. It is such a good educational tool I thought it would be okay to bring it up again so we could share ways to effectively use it in the classroom. This can be to deliver instructions (that can be played over and over again for those who need reinforcement), introduce a lesson (briefly since each voki can only be 60 seconds - you might need to create several to get all the information in, but, would provide a perfect way to segment the information), have students explain their work, a shared story with several authors...etc.

Resources for using Voki in the classroom. [] http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/Voki

Resources for November 8, 2010
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Wanted Poster
Upload your own picture, add text and have fun!

And now on to some serious educational stuff…

Shodor
Established in Durham, NC in 1994, Shodor is a nonprofit organization serving students and educators by providing materials and instruction relating to computational science (scientific, interactive computing). Tonight we are going to look at the Interactive portion of the website. []

Jigsaw Planet (Back to the fun stuff…)
[] Use their pictures or upload your own to create a fun puzzle.

EdHeads (Interactive and/or simulations)
[] · Create a line of Stem Cells · Deep Brain Stimulation · Crash Scene · Virtual Hip Resurfacing (not for the faint of heart…..) · Virtual Hip Replacement · The Odd Machine · Virtual Knee Surgery · Design a cell phone · Simple Machines

Just for fun....from the ASSET Educator's Day, Oct. 2nd.


BeFunky Peggy! BeFunky http://www.befunky.com/

== While at ISTE this summer I finally got to see a presentation by Ian Jukes http://www.committedsardine.com/ You gotta love the name of his website! 21st Century Fluency Project - group sharing experiences and ideas. Resources:
 * Committed Sardine**
 * Funny pictures (http://www.committedsardine.com/resources.cfm)
 * On this site (one of many he has) he provides some of the pictures he uses at the beginning of his presentations. You are going to find some that you may want to use for PD or in the classroom. Cautionary note, be sure to preview the pictures before displaying them....
 * Small Bit Guides (http://www.committedsardine.com/handouts_smallbytes.cfm) - you will need to sign up for an account to access the Guides
 * Google Forms
 * Animoto
 * Prezi
 * Wordle
 * Mindmeister
 * Twitter
 * Mixbook
 * Skype

http://www.khanacademy.org/ This site not only teaches several content areas, but it also revives your belief in the knowledge there are truly good people out there! Salman Khan starting helping his 6th grade niece with math by posting little tutorials on You Tube for her. Others started to watch and respond and the website has grown to a world-wide resources with over 1800 videos.
 * Khan Academy (Math, Science, Humanities and Others, Test Prep and Talks and Interviews.**

It is without any sense of guilt or shame that I admit to everyone that I am "borrowing" my resources for tonight from the Classroom 2.0 Live Show with Adam Bellows. http://gl.am/u52rb One of the great things about being a Peggy Wannabe is that I get to learn about some really great tools, like gl.am, a website that allows you to consolidate links. This gl.am is from the show, providing all the links. Things go a little strange when working through the gl.am when you get to The Tech Commandments. You may not be able to get back to the gl.am page so I have added the links to my most favorite from this resource.
 * Sept. 13th, 2010 **

http://www.edutecher.net/ Home page for some of the resources shared tonight. Adam Bellow has done a truly remarkable job of putting together truly useful resources togehter.
 * Edutecher**

http://www.edutecher.net/links.php Links listed by subjects and grade level. Be sure to bookmark this one (hopefully in Delicious!), you will want to come back to this one, time and time again.
 * Edutecher Links**

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/user_session/new Save toner, save paper, save the world! Can take a bit getting used to....
 * Print What You Like**

http://redz.com/home Fun search tool. There is a bit of a theme in many of these sites - different ways to present information.
 * Redz**

http://taggalaxy.com/ Without a doubt, one of my favorites! You can look through Flickr photos in a truly unique way.
 * Taggalaxy** - photo searches

http://www.tubechop.com
 * Tube Chop**
 * TubeChop** allows you to easily chop a //funny// or //interesting section// from any YouTube video and share it.

http://boolify.org/ Boolean searches...do we still use them now that Google rules? Hope so!
 * Boolify**

http://www.search-cube.com/ Here is another one that will "knock your socks off" in how information is displayed (reminds me a bit of Taggalaxy).
 * SearchCube**

http://www.sumopaint.com/home/ Fun, free, easy - what more could you ask for? Let your students loose, stand back and enjoy.
 * Sumo Paint**

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/ Games, Coins & Medals, Toons, Coin News and Collectors Club
 * H.I.P. Pocket Change - US Mint - Government** (Not from Adam Bellows resources)


 * August 9th, 2010 **

http://ted.com This link comes with a warning - be ready to spend some time in front of your computer. The "talks" presented run the gamut, thoughtful, interesting, humorous, hear, educational, etc.
 * Ted Talk**

http://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam.html Description: //In "THE 99," Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime -- they smash stereotypes and battle extremism. Named after the 99 attributes of Allah, his characters reinforce positive messages of Islam and cross cultures to create a new moral framework for confronting evil, even teaming up with the Justice League of America.//
 * Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam**

//http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mitchell_joachim_don_t_build_your_home_grow_it.html// Description: //TED Fellow and urban designer Mitchell Joachim presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: eco-friendly abodes grown from plants and -- wait for it -- meat.//
 * Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it!**

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/margaret_stewart_how_youtube_thinks_about_copyright.html
 * Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright**

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html //Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.// //**Please announce: Dan Meyer will be our special guest on Classroom 2.0 LIVE on Sat. Nov. 6 at 12:00noon EST. :-) Very excited!!**//
 * Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover**

Thanks to Beth Burke for sharing this trick. Put a tilda between words you want to stay together in your wordle.
 * Wordle Trick**

Collaborative storytelling. http://storybird.com/tour/ Start off with the very helpful tour.
 * Storybird**

http://lmgtfy.com/ This is a bit "tongue and cheek" so only use this with people you know that have a sense of humor. You type in a search and your actions are recorded. Then, you send the link and the "video" is sent to them. At the end of the (very) short video it displays the messages "Was that so hard?".
 * Let Me Google That For You**

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Type in the address you are trying to get to...it will come back and let you know if the problem is at the other end. Can save you lots of brain strai
 * Down for Everyone or Just Me**


 * July 12th, 2010**

Edublogger - best ever!

[] Annette Lamb
 * Creativity & Standards: Amazing Authentic Approaches**

[|http://www.digitalvaults.org/#]
 * National Archives Experience**

**Focus on Quality before Multimedia Projects Begin** [] Rushton Hurley & Jim Sill

http://techchicktips.wikispaces.com/Learning+in+the+76542.0
 * Two Tech Chicks**

http://comments4kids.wikispaces.com/
 * To encourage commenting on child created content.**

Camp Plug and Play: AZ K12 Center http://www.azk12.org Pecha Kucha: Streamlined Presentations Tony Vincent blog post: http://www.azk12.org/blog/archives/76-Pecha-Kucha-Streamlined-Presentations.html#extended Twenty slides displayed for 20 seconds each for a total time of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. That's the formula for Pecha Kucha. Pecha Kucha was devised as a way to keep presenters focused and to keep an audience's attention. Pecha Kucha presentations have exactly 20 slides and the slides are set to automatically advance every 20 seconds. Sticking with this format allows for a multiple speakers to "take the stage" and keeps their messages concise.

A first for us in Arizona.....temperatures below 100! Wahoo! For a few days it truly was glorious........
 * June14th, 2010**

On to the fun stuff.

One of my favorite podcasts is Tech Chick Tips with Anna and Helen ([]). They provide so many great and useful resources I find myself listening to each podcast 2 or 3 times to make sure I pick up on everything!

In their most recent podcast they shared Booksshouldbefree ([]). This site houses public domain books that have been put into audio format for the world to use. The site is easy to navigate, you can download the books through iTunes or as a MP3 file. The books are even offered in 25 different languages!
 * Books Should Be Free**

A big Wahoo to the Smithsonian for making so many useful images available to educators and students! Please read the "Use" information below and you will see why this really is pretty exciting!
 * Smithsonian Images**

//USE OF THESE IMAGE FILES BY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOLS// //The Smithsonian specifically encourages the use, without charge, of these images by students, teachers, and schools.// //They are available for downloading and use in reports and class work, as well as on class-related student and school web sites. Credit must be given to the photographer and the Smithsonian Institution.//

Here is one example of what can be found at the Smithsonian site. I think it would be fun to show this to students and have them find out what war and military branch this was used. Brown wool button-down jacket and brown wool breeches. Enlisted soldier's uniform. The brown, doughy color of the uniform lead to these soldiers being refered to as "doughboys" though the exact derivation of the nickname has been debated. (http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=detail&negNum=2004-55213&action=detail) http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home

Peter Reynolds is one of my favorite authors (Ish, Dot, etc.) and he provides great educational resources through his websites. [] Fable Vision Radio offers 3 of his books, for free, as audio files - The North Star, The Blue Shoes and Living Forever. (The only drawback - they must be played in Real Player.)
 * Fable Vision Radio**

Now you would think this would be enough, but Peter Reynolds provides even more to go with one of the stories - The North Star. http://www.fablevision.com/northstar/read/index.html, an online literary version that has the story written in both English and Spanish and the option of following a boy or girl main character.

Fable Vision Radio is just one aspect of FableVision Place. You will want to take the time to check this out....[]

Well, I don't know where to begin since I have learned so much the last week! At the AzTEA Way Out West Conference the Keynote Speaker, Kevin Honeycutt pretty much "knocked my socks off" with his presentation and all the incredible resources he provided. All the teachers from the Madison School District who attended agree, he truly is amazing.
 * May 201.)**

One resource, [],struck a cord with me due to the simplicity of the program and how it works. You use this online tool to publish classroom books, yearbooks, anything. And, the best part, you name the price. Nothing is produced until it is ordered from Lulu. Then, you will get 80% of the creator revenue. One of the teachers in the Madison School District found out about this and was thrilled to have such an easy way to produce a grade level book for students and parents.

[] Thanks to Melodie Brewer for this link. The name of the website "Mouse Party" is a bit of a hook to get kids interested. As you can see by the url, it really comes from University of Utah and demonstrates, through animation, the effects different drugs have on a mouse brain.

Kevin Honeycutt introduced many of us to the world of Plurk. I joined and am surprised that I am keeping up with it. Not sure why since I haven't been active with Twitter. Maybe it is the time line format. http://www.plurk

As I as listening to the latest Wesley Fryer Podcast, "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" one of my favorite (though there are many!) websites was brought up....Tux Paint. [|http://www.tuxpaint.org/videos/] At a MICE (Madison Integrating Computer Education) meeting several months ago this web site came up. The teachers loved it. It is an Open Source drawing tool for all kids. :)

In the Madison School District we are using presentations from the K12 Online Conference as part of our CATNIP (Classroom Application of Technology - New Incentive Program) Professional Development. Teachers view the presentations, answer a few questions, as part of the program to earn technology for their classroom. One of my favorites it listed below. Rachel Boyd and her students will inspire to do great things. Check it out.

__**Description**:__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rachel Boyd’s keynote presentation for the “Week in the Classroom” strand of the K12 Online conference. A peek for a week inside a kiwi junior classroom of 6 year olds. Come and see what we get up to in our classroom learning during a week using a variety of online and web2 tools. Please note that due to this presentation also being visual it is best viewed with audio AND visuals in movie format. **__Presenter:__** Rachel Boyd, Nelson, New Zealand **__Length of Presentation:__** 20:58 **2** CATNIP HOURS __**URL:**__ []

Many of you may already know about Voki. This is a big hit with the teachers in Madison.[| http://www.voki.com/] So many possibilities.

April 2010 Unable to participate :(

March 2010 Latest "cool tools" to use in your classroom.....Google Wonder Wheel and Google Squared. Thanks to Amanda Dahl for sharing both of these at our recent MICE (Madison Integrating Computer Education) meeting.

Google Squared
The best thing about Google - they keep things simple! **Google squared** takes all the search results and put them in a spreadsheet that works like a spreadsheet. This means you can filter information. I think this tool deserves a big WOW! "So, how do I get to **Google Squared**?" you ask. http://www.google/com/squared

Google Wonder Wheel
Yes, Google has done it again! Search results came back this time in a concept map form. A search for "rain forest" would provide a result that looks like this. Each text items is also a link.

Steps to follow: 1. Type in your keywords in a google search 2. Under the Google logo look for +Show option and click on it to be able to see all the options. 3. Scroll down to find **Wonder Wheel** (under >Standard View). 4. Have fun!

**Wordle Google Presentation**
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AYZPD0nBnyRtZGRoYjZyajNfNDBnZnBxZzlnZg&hl=en#

Resources to help you effectively use this cool tool with your students
 * Forty-Five Interesting Ways to use Wordle in the Classroom
 * []
 * Want to have a phrase in a Wordle? Check out this tip...
 * []
 * Five Reasons to Use Wordle in the Classroom
 * [|http://techlearning.com/blogs/20322]
 * Summarizing
 * Self-Reflection
 * Assessment
 * Summarize survey results
 * To illustrate
 * Guess the Wordle
 * [| http://guessthewordle.pbworks.com]
 * Using Wordle Effectively (article in Classroom 2.0)
 * []