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News - updated 01/08/08
Teachers! Do you need some inspiration for your SmartBoard lessonplans? Say no more! Lessonplan
Important Research Findings on Reading Skills! ReadingRockets
State of Michigan Grade level Competency Site: Michiganstate
Phonics activites for K-1! Phonics
I just saw a great idea from Macul on incorporating Google earth into your social studies/geography lessons!
Check it out! http://www.gelessons.com/
Check out the cool science and math gizmos at: http://www.explorelearning.com/
Smartboard flashes for enhanced learning at: http://eduscapes.com/flash/explore.htm
How about a load of other resources for mikids! Check it out at: http://www.mikids.com/
Reminder: Classroom Strategies to help keep everyone happy in the Classroom, by Melissa Kelly. Classroom Strategies
Are the students in need of a little physical activity to get their brains back in gear? Check out these Energizers that incorporate
physical activity with learning! http://www.ncpe4me.com/energizers.html
Do you need a little help getting started with SmartBoard activities and lesson plans! Quick here for some ideas! http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/
Awesome Social Studies streaming video from Annenberg Media: http://video.csupomona.edu/streaming/cpb/cpb_index.html
Have you seen Recipes4Success yet? What a great resource! Watch the Welcome Video to see how it can help in your classroom!
Recipes4success
As promised at the MACUL conference, a series of short videos have been created centered around the ideas presented during the "Free is Good" presentation by Frank Miracola of Macomb ISD. The videos cover many of the key concepts offered during the session and include a short introduction and tutorial along with links to the resources. The video tutorials are only a few minutes in length and new topics will be added as time permits. You will find the videos at the "Free is Good" website located at: http://www.misd.net/fig/
Loads of links from Gamequarium!
Inspiring Teacher website from a Media Specialist! This one is loaded with ideas! Eduscapes
Looking for software to help you create quizzes, crossword puzzles, etc... Check out Hot Potatoes!
Click the link to find a great site that helps you create rubriks! Make sure you save it as a favorite in your browser! Rubrik Maker
The citation maker from the same site would be great to show your students too! Just check it out!
Teaching Social Studies? Check out this great site that you will love for current events! 10x10
Looking for educational activities to do online with your students? Check one this site that sorts them by grade level!
Illuminations
Check out this GREAT math game show: Math Game Show
This website provides free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm
An interesting video on Web 2.0 is making the rounds at YouTube authored by Michael Wesch , a cultural anthropology professor at Kansas State. Spend 4 minutes on being further enlightened by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
Let's Talk Technology, a group of technology-enthused educators who meet one Saturday a month to network and learn new technologies and applications - http://visitmyclass.com/blogs/lets_talk_technology/default.aspx
Protopage, a free personal start page, also has many uses, not only for personal use, but as a non-paper substitute for a workshop agenda or for teachers who don't have their own web pages but wish to post classroom news and pictures. A recent Let's Talk workshop utilized this Protopage - www.protopage.com/letstalk
A one-stop shop for teachers interested in employing Web 2.0 technologies can be found at Google for Educators. Teachers will find online word processing and spreadsheet applications, an online calendar, Google Earth, and many other tools. The site is located at http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Check out the kids new game links and homework help links on the main page, you may find an activity you want to do in the Multimedia classroom or the computer lab!
Technology
Training:
What do you what to learn next? Talk to Debbie about what intrigues you the most and we'll do an in-service!
Please remember that the computer lab as well as the science
lab have been put on the calendar for your use, check the calendar for
availability.
The Computer lab events are in green, the science lab events
are
yellow and the multimedia classroom events are in pink. Enjoy!
Tech Tips
Set up an email client for better email access! (Or get help doing so!) Leave a note for Debbie to get Thunderbird!
Is your computer running slow? Remember to clean out your browser's cookies and downloaded files to get things running smoothly!
How to clean your cache in Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers
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