Ten CCs of Books for Boys from Teach with Picture Books Blog is a great list of ideas to get those reluctant male readers interested and engaged.
9 Great Science Fair Sites has loads of resources for students struggling to come up with an idea for our Science Fair.
FamZoo.Com is a Web 2.0 site you can try with your kids to teach home finance skills.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Videos, Web 2.0 | Posted on March 29, 2010
Save Video.Me allows you to easily download video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Veoh, Flickr, Google, Blip.tv
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Twitter | Posted on March 29, 2010
Twitter 140.Com has several resources and apps to use with Twitter accounts.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Blogs, Twitter | Posted on March 29, 2010
Kid\’s Vid 4 Teachers.Org
Kid’s Vid is a video tutorial site for teachers and students who want to incorporate video production into project based learning.
Highlights Magazine for Kids Web Site
We all remember Highlights Magazine. The web site has some great offerings including Story Soup where students can publish and a Science Corner complete with experiments. Check it out.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Twitter | Posted on March 26, 2010
PBS KIDS PLAY! Classroom Edition
PBS is currently looking for preschool and kindergarten teachers interested in doing a pilot for the PBS KIDS PLAY! Classroom Edition. (Broadband access is required) There is no cost to the school in exchange for feedback about the service. The pilot will run through June 30, 2010. If you are interested please send an email to pbskidsplay_teachers@pbs.org and include your name, school name, email address and phone number.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Web 2.0 | Posted on March 24, 2010
Web 2.0 – 21st Century Tools — Everything from photography, teacher resources, tech tools.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Digital Storytelling | Posted on March 24, 2010
Tell Me a Digital Story Wiki is an all encompassing site for resources dealing with digital storytelling. Look left to see the links of resources.
Fotobabble.Com is a site where you can upload photos and record sound to narrate. Could be a great tool for digital storytelling.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Web 2.0, Web Design | Posted on March 24, 2010
Snap Pages.Com is a free web site creator (up to 1Gig; 5 pages). It’s easy to use and might be an interesting way for students to showcase work.
Math Zapper Fraction Lesson is good for Promethean — lesson is step-by-step.
Flitting with Fractions challenges students to select all the butterflies that have a given attribute and place them into a jar. They then have to provide the fractional value of the number of butterflies that are in the jar.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources | Posted on March 23, 2010
Earth Matters 4 Kids.Org web site provides environmental lessons and resources for grades 4-5.
Kids Saving Energy.Gov is a site to use for Earth Day and has various ways kids can help save energy.