Apr 11, 2011

14 07 2012

Hi everyone,

It’s been a long, cold, hard winter but with spring flowers about to bloom, spring weather about to begin and a well-deserved vacation around the corner, I thought I’d like to share this video. It will surely warm your heart.

As far as teacher centers, believe it or not we are in next year’s budget!!!! We are still waiting for Governor Cuomo to sign but it’s looking more positive than it’s been in quite some time.

While you are home relaxing, I thought you might enjoy looking at the following web tools (free of course!)

Animoto (Video Slide Shows)
Wallwisher – an online bulletin board (great for brainstorming – use it with your SMART Board)
linoit – online post-its – this TO DO list remains in “the cloud”. Your TO DO list is never farther than your closest computer. Daily reminders are sent to your email.

Have a GREAT week off!
Barbara


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Categories : Video, Web 2.0 Tools, Websites for your Classroom

Mar 3, 2011

14 07 2012

Hi everyone!

I found a neat website with lots of FREE educational videos. You can use them as an intro to your class or give the link to your students to reinforce a concept you’ve already covered. You’ll also find a link to the embed code in the upper right corner so you can easily insert the video into your blog or website.
http://www.watchknow.org/

Another great site for educational videos is http://www.schooltube.org.
Take a look at this video on protecting your digital footprint. It’s short (a little under 5 minutes) but powerful! You might like to share it with your students, children, or grandchildren…

Have a great day!
Barbara


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Feb 14, 2011

14 07 2012

Hi everyone!

The snow is melting!!!! Finally – I’m beginning to actually see some grass on my front lawn.

Did you know there’s a Doodle for Google contest going on? Prizes include a $15,000 college scholarship for the winning student and a $25,000 technology grant for the winning school. Registration closes on March 2nd and entries must be postmarked by March 16th. NEW!!! If your school district is not participating, you can register your own child. Take a look at the video and the link below for additional information.

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Also, I came across this list that I thought you might find interesting:

Top 10 Safe Search Engines
  1. Sweet Search – all content evaluated by experts including libraians and teachers/
  2. Top Marks – developed by teachers in the UK
  3. Quintura for Kids – very cool! You’ll love this – results are displayed in a cloud based style.
  4. Kid Rex – designed by parents and kids around Google’s safe search mechanism
  5. Ask Kids – ask a question and get your anser – designed for kids ages 6 – 12
  6. Yahoo Kids – the “old” Yahooligans
  7. Famhoo – family friendly (all content is filtered)
  8. One Key – developed in collaboation with Google Docs
  9. Google (Safe Search) – create your own safe search engine
  10. Nettrekker – for this one you have to purchase a subscription
Enjoy your week off – hopefully some of you are lucky and going somewhere WARM!!!!

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Dec 14, 2010

14 07 2012

Happy Chanukah: Snow Covered Chanukah Menorahphoto © 2010 Dominic Alves | more info (via: Wylio)

Hi Everyone,

Sorry this is a little late but I hope you all had a wonderful Hannukah.

Have you ever heard of LiveBinders? This is a GREAT tool to organize your web resources. Basically what you are doing is creating a binder online – “no more paper, no more books”!!!!

Here are a couple of examples of live binders that others have shared – remember web 2.0 is all about sharing…Create, Share, Use….

A Social Studies Binder:
http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=47289
U.S. Presidents for Kids:
http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/38849

To create your own binder, go to http://livebinders.com/

Here are some more websites that you may be interested in.

Presentation Tool – why reinvent the wheel? Share your presentation and use others. This is a database of presentations that you are free to add to as well as use!
http://www.slideshare.net/

Biology – Hands on activities (worksheets AND teacher materials): http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/

In case I don’t get back to you before next week, have a well-deserved week off and happy and healthy Christmas, Kwaanza, and New Year!
christmas tree 2004photo © 2004 scott feldstein | more info (via: Wylio)


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Nov 15, 2010

14 07 2012

Hi everyone,

Found some websites I thought you might be interested in:

English – In their own words (Actual interviews with British Novelists) – http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12203.shtml

Science – Periodic table of elements video – http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Social Studies – Voyages (Slave Trade) – http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/database/index.faces
Create a Timeline – http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html

Digital Storytelling – http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~jevogel2/lis506/howto.html

Math – Lots of math games – http://coolmath4kids.com/
And if you’re lucky enough….
Apps for your IPAD:  http://cyndidannerkuhn.info/CDK/RENEW_Math_Grant/Entries/2010/11/13_Math_Apps_LIST.html

Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!
Barbara


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May 17, 2010

14 07 2012

Hi everyone,
The year is winding down and you all deserve a pat on the back. This video will give you one!

I also found a couple of sites I thought some of you may find interesting:
The Gulf Oil Spill (uses Google Earth)     http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/#

An interactive website that can be used to introduce students to the “classics”
http://www.peterrabbit.com/us/index.asp

Just for Fun
Free online puzzle games and brain games to make you smarter

http://www.proprofs.com/games/

Enjoy the rest of the year…….


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Categories : English, Motivation, Science, Social Studies, Websites for your Classroom

Mar 16, 2010

14 07 2012

Hi everyone!

Hope you all made it through the storm okay. I was actually at a conference in Rochester as four of my front pine trees chose to lay down like dominoes – such fun!

Anyway, I have a couple of more websites I thought you’d enjoy! The first one is called WebOWord and it displays a word along with a picture. There are also interactive crosswords at this site. It’s free – would I send you anything that wasn’t???

Since the theme is vocabulary, the next site I’m going to share is “Math Vocabulary” page created by an Australian!


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Feb 12, 2010

14 07 2012

Hi everyone,
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your snow days and are ready for the week ahead. Have you seen Google Galaxy??? Take a look – you can fly wherever you’d like – San Francisco, the Taj Mahal, into the ocean. It is very cool!! Click on play and enjoy!!!!


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Feb 10, 2010

14 07 2012
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the blizzard of 2010! I’m sitting in my office and looking at the snow coming down so I decided I’d try to catch up. I found some links that I thought you might find interesting!
ELEMENTARY:

Social Studies

Create maps

And finally, ENJOY THE SNOW!!!

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Dec 21, 2009

14 07 2012

Hi everyone,
Saw a really cute site for math teachers – http://www.mathsnacks.org/

It has some short videos that can be used to introduce a topic. Let me know what you think….

Have a WONDERFUL vacation – enjoy your holidays!
Barbara


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