Check out a few multiplication games here: http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/multiplication/mul_games.htm
I love this online clock showing both analog and digital time. Users have several options for the clock’s appearance (themes around the clock face are clickable). Also, if you click on the red fish in the bottom left corner, you will be taken to the site’s home page. Great for young kids learning French!
It’s almost conference time! Join us on December 9 & 10 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN for a wonderful time exploring technology integration topics and rubbing elbows with like-minded teachers! Keynote speakers include Hall Davidson, John Seely Brown, Bill Rust, and Alan November. There are 84 break-out sessions over the two days and it promises to be an exciting time. If you haven’t registered, click here. See you soon!
I always enjoyed creative writing assignments in school, so it was a pleasure to run across this site called Paragraph a Week, A Yearly Writing Program. I like the way students are led through the whole process of brainstorming a topic, planning their writing, formulating a topic sentence, adding details, concluding the paragraph, proofing the draft, and producing a final piece. There are both single-paragraph and multi-paragraph topics here, each with stimulating questions to get your students thinking. Teachers may also submit writing topics of their own. See what you think.
Image credit: Pete’s PowerPoint Station
I remember several years ago when I first played with KidPix. I liked it then, I like it now. However, there are a number of totally free web-based programs that will do many of the same things. Your students will enjoy checking out the interesting art sites listed below. For each one I have taken a screen shot of a creation that I found on the site.
ArtPad (admittedly this example is very advanced):
Repper (upload any picture and turn it into a pattern):
Thisissand (sand painting – click on the small grey square in the upper left corner once you get to the site):
As Instructional Technology Specialists, our work group stresses technology-infused, project-based learning. Teachers, however, are often stumped when they first encounter that term. What does it mean exactly? Well, a great place to start is Digital Wish, a library of lesson plans that incorporate various technology tools. Even if you don’t have exactly the same equipment or software called for in the lesson plan, you can often easily adapt it to fit your situation.
Elementary teachers: Need some great sites, many of which work well with a SMART Board? I have compiled a list here that you may be interested in checking out.
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I’ve blogged about Pete’s PowerPoint Station in the past, but wanted to remind readers about this great resource. The easiest way to see all of the available presentations is to go straight to the Themes page. If you don’t see exactly what you want, remember – you can download and modify presentations, tailoring them to your classroom needs. Also, you want to pay a visit to the Home page to see what other resources are available at this wonderful site.
