Goal 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” ~ Socrates Video: Reading to Ms. […]
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20+ Fun Free Apps that Promote Student Centered Learning & Literacy
This post is part of the mobile learning category. Click to check out other posts! Lately, I have discovered many cool free apps that are incredible for creating digital stories, reading stories, and interacting with stories. These apps are incredibly engaging and meet the needs of our diverse learners. They allow learners to interact with […]
18 Educational Apps for Halloween
“There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.” – Sidney Sheldon, Are You Afraid of the Dark? Halloween is one of the most fun holidays. Kids love the spooky monsters, sounds, music, dances, treats, traditions, haunted houses, and costumes that surround the holiday. As an educator […]
Xtranormal: Text to Speech Video—A Few Uses
Part of the Cool Sites series Today’s Cool Site post comes from guest blogger, Kathy Niebuhr As a .5 elementary media specialist, I was assigned the overflow prep time for two sections of 3rd and 4th grade—one a day. My assignment from my principal when this was created at the beginning of the year was “do […]
Free E-books and Resources for Your Summer Reading!
Part of the Cool Sites series In my last post in the Cool Sites series I provided you with 35 free professional development opportunities for the summer! This post included ways to access free e-books. I want to share with you some great e-books that are resourceful and inspiring. Just click on the titles to […]
10 Cool Tips & Resources for Text Response by Judith Way
Part of the Cool Sites series I developed the Preston Girls’ Secondary College Reading Wiki to show and share with students and teachers how web 2.0 tools can inspire students to respond to set texts in a more creative way. Making book trailers Filming their own ’60 second recap Making animotos Creating toondoos Using Flickr […]
What Did They Tweet?
2nd week of December edition! The countdown till Christmas is coming! Here are some gifts I found on Twitter. You can find more in this weekly series, What Did They Tweet? Educators Learning to Change Video @Ejulez shared this video tweeting, “We have to accept as educators that technology is not a choice.” I think […]