Thursday, October 28, 2010
Scholastic SMART Lessons Collection
Hey K-12 teachers! Did you know that Scholastic offers pre-made Notebook files for you to download? The activities available from Scholastic's SMART Lessons Collection are under the following categories: Back to School, Math and Science, Earth Day, Famous People, or Phonics Lesson Activities. There are activities under each of these for students K through 12. You can download them and use them as is or tweak them for your own specific uses. There is also a link to the SMART Exchange. Check them out!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
SchoolTube - Videos for Education
Hello all! Boy, what a busy month it has been! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I've been so crazy in both districts! Anyway, I have a great post for today!
SchoolTube is a fantastic place to find educational videos that won't get blocked by Youtube filters. Ads are minimal and, as far as I've seen so far, safe for school...no dating advertisements that is! You can browse through featured videos and search for videos that are specific to what you are teaching. The videos are made by students and teachers around the country and uploaded here to be shared. Comments are controlled so you won't get any cyber-bullying here.
You can sign up for a FREE teacher account so you are able to favorite videos and upload videos that you or you students made. This is a great way to share movie projects and photo slide shows that your students have made. Even your students can create accounts, but it is up to you as the teacher to moderate all video submissions before they can be seen on the site.
There is so much available on this site! But what's great is there are plenty of video tutorials to help you figure out things along the way. Check it out!
SchoolTube is a fantastic place to find educational videos that won't get blocked by Youtube filters. Ads are minimal and, as far as I've seen so far, safe for school...no dating advertisements that is! You can browse through featured videos and search for videos that are specific to what you are teaching. The videos are made by students and teachers around the country and uploaded here to be shared. Comments are controlled so you won't get any cyber-bullying here.
You can sign up for a FREE teacher account so you are able to favorite videos and upload videos that you or you students made. This is a great way to share movie projects and photo slide shows that your students have made. Even your students can create accounts, but it is up to you as the teacher to moderate all video submissions before they can be seen on the site.
There is so much available on this site! But what's great is there are plenty of video tutorials to help you figure out things along the way. Check it out!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Make Beliefs Comix
There seem to be a growing collection of online comic strip editors. The most recent one I've found is Make Beliefs Comix.
Students are able to go in to the site without making an account and choose from pre-made characters with various emotions. Students can also customize the number of cells in the comic, the size of objects, background color, and more. When students are finished, they simply print the comic out (either to a printer, or by "printing" to pdf). The finished comic can also be emailed.
The site is a bit limited in the character selection, and you have to be careful since the site does not store comics...a reload or using the back button will cause you to lose your work.
Have fun!
Students are able to go in to the site without making an account and choose from pre-made characters with various emotions. Students can also customize the number of cells in the comic, the size of objects, background color, and more. When students are finished, they simply print the comic out (either to a printer, or by "printing" to pdf). The finished comic can also be emailed.
The site is a bit limited in the character selection, and you have to be careful since the site does not store comics...a reload or using the back button will cause you to lose your work.
Have fun!
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