Mrs. Kathy Cassidy’s Classroom Blog October 22, 2009
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Mrs. Kathy Cassidy\’s Classroom Blog is a great example of an elementary school blog. Mrs. Cassidy teaches first grade in Moosejaw, Canada. As the school year progresses, Mrs. Cassidy and her students share their learning with the world. Scroll down and check out the Thanksgiving podcast made by this first grade class.
Weebly for Education October 14, 2009
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Weebly is perfect for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. The drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use with students of all ages. Weebly enables your students to express themselves creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment that you control. Weebly was named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of the year.
11 Ways to Improve Schools October 12, 2009
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11 Ways to Improve Schools from the Mobile Home on Main Street blog is a great list of suggestions for educators from preschool through high school.
All Things Google & Twitter October 12, 2009
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All Things Google is a very comprehensive list of links and descriptions for several Google apps that can help you in the classroom. (from Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog)
All Things Twitter is another link to the Ozge blog with a comprehensive set of links and ideas for using Twitter.
Blogging Tips for Teachers October 11, 2009
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Blogging Tips for Teachers is an excellent site for educators interested in blogging for professional development or improved school to home communication.
Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson? October 2, 2009
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Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson? Just as the title says, this very thorough chart spells out all the advantages and uses of each.
Goals and Benefits of Student Blogging October 2, 2009
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Goals and Benefits of Student Blogging from Reading Workshop blog — If you wondered what benefit blogging might have for your students, check out this article.
You Tube Download Tutorial October 1, 2009
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Tutorial on How to Access & Use You Tube Videos in the Classroom from the Educational Technology Guy is a great resource. Since You Tube is blocked in our system, this offers ways to download and utilize these educational resources.
Teach with Picture Books September 26, 2009
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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.
Guys Read Web Site September 21, 2009
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From the web site, the mission is to motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read, in ways they like to read. There are recommended books by topic and age along with a blog and even merchandise.
