Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Web Design | Posted on September 30, 2009
Discovery Education Animated Clip Art has a nice collection of animated clip art to use on your web site. Please read their copyright restrictions.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Web Design | Posted on September 30, 2009
Glowtxt.com is a site that allows you to design custom text with animation and glow effects. You can either save the image created to use in documents or copy and paste the web code onto your web page. For example I created this for our school site:
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Special Education | Posted on September 29, 2009
Using Twitter in the Elementary Classroom is an excellent article by Jeff Kurt posted on Coalition of Essential Schools web.
Rhyme Race Game is a flash animated game where four students can play (in Candy Land fashion) by rolling a die and moving around a game board. Depending on where you land, the student will have to come up with rhyming words.
I Play Math Games.Com is a free site to download and print math games sorted by grade levels.
FreeReading.Net
FreeReading is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy. The collective wisdom within FreeReading is invaluable and can be more beneficial than any one reading program.
Schools and teachers everywhere can use the complete, 40-week, research-based intervention program for K-1 students, or use the library of lessons to supplement existing curriculum in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing.
The research base for FreeReading includes the 2000 National Reading Panel research concerning the five Big ideas in Beginning Reading (Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension). Review the FAQ for additional information.
FreeReading truly is free. The materials on it are free for you to Review, Download, Print and Teach what’s already here, or Contribute Comments and new Lessons to the FreeReading site.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Search Engines | Posted on September 28, 2009
Googawho.com is a search engine that combines two engines into your results — side by side. It’s cool, so try it out.
Fuel Up to Play
What if you had the power to help make your school even better than it already is? Well, you do.
Welcome to Fuel Up to Play 60. It’s a new youth program sponsored by National Dairy Council and the National Football League designed to empower students to take action for their health and improve their school environment. And the best part? YOU can help make a difference. All you have to do is eat healthy, play at least 60 minutes a day and participate in fun activities in and out of school. You know, good things.
Additionally it is a chance to get involved in a nationwide competition between participating students and schools. The Fuel Up to Play 60 competition is an opportunity for you to make long-term healthy changes while competing to win prizes for both you and your school. You will track your healthy eating, physical activity, and participation in Fuel Up to Play 60 activities as well as refer friends, take pop quizzes and answer challenges to earn points towards exciting prizes. The competition starts on October 15, 2009. Learn more here.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Important Reminders, Odds and Ends | Posted on September 28, 2009
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Grants | Posted on September 28, 2009
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Grants | Posted on September 28, 2009
Captain Planet Foundation
In order to be considered for funding, proposals must:
• Promote understanding of environmental issues
• Focus on hands-on involvement
• Involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through high school)
• Promote interaction and cooperation within the group
• Help young people develop planning and problem solving skills
• Include adult supervision
• Commit to follow-up communication with the Foundation (specific requirements are explained once the grant has been awarded)
Story Cove
Story Cove folktales come from a variety of cultures and places. They share timeless values and simple, universal lessons.
The Story Cove format enables children, families and teachers to explore these stories in a variety of ways. As a result, each child is able to develop a more personal understanding of a story while learning about the world.
Children will enjoy watching the Movies and exploring the activities and games that are linked to that story.
Storyline is sponsored by the Screen Actor’s Guild and has actors reading famous children’s books.
Mystery Net for Kids allows students to read short mysteries online and use the clues to solve the puzzle.
Teach with Picture Books is an excellent blog written by Keith Schoch with frequent book reviews of children’s picture books. In addition, How to Teach a Novel is his other blog with writing tips and ideas for various novels.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing | Posted on September 26, 2009
Font Capture allows you to create fonts from your handwriting.
Weboword is a visual vocabulary site with a Word-A-Day feature and vocabulary puzzles.
Intervention Central is targeted to special education, but the abundant index of tips and resources are excellent for all classroom teachers.
Super Teacher Tools is a teacher productivity site with free applications such as random name generator, seating chart, board game designer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire game, Quiz Maker, and Jeopardy — among others.
Web Quests for Elementary School created by University of Richmond. Web Quests are not a new phenomenon, but this is a nice, organized site to use in your classroom. For those of you not familiar with web quests, they are an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. A WebUnit is a series of topical pages written specifically for elementary age students. Each title is followed by the date of the project’s creation or significant revision. They are categorized by subject and grade level.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on September 24, 2009
Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they’ve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
Reading Logs gives students a better way to track reading, create vocabulary cards and practice spelling. Learning material is uploaded by teachers and is accessed online by students in their class. Once the material is online, it is brought to life with learning tools: Electronic Reading Logs, Vocabulary Card Creator, and Listen and Spell practice system.