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Discovery Education Animated Clip Art September 30, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Desktop Publishing, Web Design.
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Discovery Education Animated Clip Art has a nice collection of animated clip art to use on your web site. Please read their copyright restrictions.

Glow Text for Web Design or Desktop Publishing September 30, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Desktop Publishing, Web Design.
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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:

Free Online Activities for Children with Special Needs September 29, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Special Education.
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Free Online Activities for Children with Special Needs

Using Twitter in the Elementary Classroom September 29, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Educational Resources, Odds and Ends, Professional Learning Communities, Reading/Language Arts, School Improvement, Technology.
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Using Twitter in the Elementary Classroom is an excellent article by Jeff Kurt posted on Coalition of Essential Schools web.

Rhyme Race Game September 29, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Early Learning, Educational Resources, Games, Reading/Language Arts.
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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 September 29, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Educational Resources, Games, Math Resources.
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I Play Math Games.Com is a free site to download and print math games sorted by grade levels.

Free Reading.Net for Grades K-3 September 28, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Educational Resources, Lesson Planning, Reading/Language Arts.
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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.