PDF to Word on iPad or iPhone

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, iPad, iPod Touch/iPhone, Odds and Ends, PDF Documents | Posted on February 9, 2015

 

PDF to Word by Comet Docs  allows users to turn their PDF texts, forms and tables into editable Microsoft Word documents. Find your PDF document and open it in PDF to Word. Once the PDF is imported, it is automatically sent to our servers for conversion. The file is downloaded once the conversion is done. Because the conversion is not being performed on your device, the app will not burden your device’s resources or drain its battery.  Check it out in the App Store for $2.99.

-No limits on file size or number of converted files.
-Excellent conversion quality.
-Word documents are optimized for fast viewing and reuse.
-Scanned and complex PDFs can be converted as well.
-The converted document is in the .docx format and immediately ready for further reuse.
-Layout, formatting, tables, images and text look exactly like the original.
-No need to further fix the converted document.
-Your file is deleted from servers, right after the conversion ends.

Resources for Sochi Winter Olympics

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Odds and Ends | Posted on January 9, 2014

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NBC Official 2014 Winter Olympics Site

One of the Official Sites to the Sochi 14 Games – Here you can find descriptions of each sport as well as a link to local culture.

2014 Sochi Winter Olympics – Sport by Sport is a link to ESPN

Team USA Official Winter Olympics Site

Winter Olympics Activity Village for Kids

Teacher Vision Resources for 2014 Winter Games

Sochi 2014 ABCs

Winter Games Lesson Plans

Teachers First Resources for Sochi Olympics

Olympic Torch Space WalkOlympics.Org Official Site of the 2014 Winter Games

Kids News Article on Sochi Medals Containing Space Rock

New York Times Photographic Pregame to the Olympics

CNN Official 2014 Winter Olympics Site

Livebinder on Russian Culture has links to language, customs, culture, and foods.

 

Secret Millionaires Club

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Math Resources, Odds and Ends, Personal Finance | Posted on January 8, 2014

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Secret Millionaires Club

The Secret Millionaires Club is an animated series that features Warren Buffett as a mentor to a group of entrepreneurial kids whose adventures lead them to encounter financial and business problems to solve. The program teaches the basic of good financial decision making and some of the basic lessons of starting a business. The animated series has 26 online short webisodes and TV specials featured on the HUB cable network. The animated series is created by A Squared Entertainment.  – See more at: http://www.smckids.com/about.php#sthash.dRL7Cghr.dpuf

Helping Students Learn from Mistakes

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Character Education, Classroom Management, Guidance, Livebinders, Odds and Ends | Posted on September 24, 2013

 

Helping Students Learn from Mistakes is a Livebinder by Diana Gardner with resources on how to teach students ways to capitalize on mistakes and learn from them.

Print Friendly

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, EMail, Odds and Ends, Web 2.0 | Posted on July 12, 2013

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Print Friendly allows you to convert any web site into a print friendly format to cut out all the color photos and graphics.

Tackk Online Event Announcements and Newsletters

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Current Events/News, Desktop Publishing, Important Reminders, Odds and Ends, Presentation Tools, Web 2.0, Web Design | Posted on June 18, 2013

tackkTackk is a free site where you can create announcements or online newsletters.  If you do not sign up for an account, the announcements are only good for a couple days, but you can establish a free account for longer periods of time.

How to Give a “Killer” Presentation

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Motivation, Odds and Ends, Presentations | Posted on June 14, 2013

How to Give a “Killer” Presentation is from the Harvard Business Review and has ideas that are very applicable to classroom teachers or any presenter.

Create a Star Wars Scrolling Banner

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Odds and Ends, Presentations | Posted on May 13, 2013

Create a Star Wars Scrolling Video

Pulp-O-Mizer

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Art, Digital Storytelling, Images/Photos, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on April 26, 2013

Pulp-O-Mizer  The Pulp-O-Mizer allows its lucky operator to select from menus of backgrounds, foregrounds, and magazine titles and to add new and exciting text to them for use as web graphic memes, blog illustrations, Facebook posts, forum messages, or for any other non-commercial purpose.

Quozio – Create Slides or Posters of Famous Quotes

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Odds and Ends, Podcasting, Presentation Tools, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on February 26, 2013

Quozio allows you to copy and paste any quote and author and the site will create a jpeg image you can save to your computer to use in slideshows, videos, or posters.  

Pixabay Online Images Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Images/Photos, Odds and Ends | Posted on February 22, 2013

 

Pixabay is a great site to find beautiful public domain images to use on your web sites, presentations, and videos.

Printing Press

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Digital Storytelling, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies Resources | Posted on February 12, 2013

 

Printing Press  The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers. Teachers and students can choose from several templates to publish class newspapers, informational brochures, and flyers announcing class events.

Class Badges

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Classroom Management, Feedback, Odds and Ends | Posted on February 11, 2013

  Class Badges is a free web site where teachers can award badges for student accomplishments. Through your teacher account, you can award badges customized for your classroom or school.

Scootpad

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Early Learning, Math Resources, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on October 1, 2012

Scootpad is a free site where elementary age students can practice reading and math skills. Watch the video and then sign up to try it out.

 

Linkbunch

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Lesson Planning, Odds and Ends, Technology Planning | Posted on August 17, 2012

Linkbunch is a site that allows you to group several web site URLs into one link.  Great to use when asking students to look at several resources.

Thinglink

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Digital Photography, Digital Storytelling, Digital Textbooks, Odds and Ends, Presentations | Posted on August 15, 2012

 

Thinglink allows your images to come alive with annotations, video, music, and more.

Kid Friendly Standards

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Lesson Planning, Odds and Ends | Posted on July 5, 2012

Kid Friendly Standards in English and Spanish

The link for Kid-Friendly Standards provides an opportunity to view California’s grade level content standards in Language Arts and Math in terms they can more readily understand.  Please feel free to click on the link and find the grade level for your child.

 

Get Set London – 2012 Olympics Official Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Global Learning, Odds and Ends, Social Studies Resources | Posted on June 7, 2012

Get Set London 2012 Olympics has the countdown and all the latest news regarding the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

Paws in Jobland

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Early Learning, Odds and Ends, Social Studies Resources | Posted on May 18, 2012

  Paws in Jobland

gives even the youngest students the ability to explore various career choices with “PAWS” as their guide.

The Teenage Brain – National Geographic Article

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Middle School, Odds and Ends, Professional Development | Posted on March 20, 2012

 

 

 The Teenage Brain – Article from National Geographic 

Moody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their most exasperating traits may be the key to success as adults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Thinking for Educators

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Middle School, Odds and Ends, Online Projects, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills | Posted on March 2, 2012

Design Thinking for Educators

The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators contains the process and methods of design, adapted specifically for the context of education.  The site includes video stories of implementation and offers a free downloadable toolkit for educators.

Leap Year Infograph

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Infographs, Odds and Ends, Seasonal/Holidays | Posted on February 29, 2012

Cheap Sally Leap Year 2012 Infographic

How the Brain Learns – Great Video to Show Students that Practice Pays

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Motivation, Odds and Ends, Science Resources, Uncategorized, Videos | Posted on February 22, 2012

Saw this on Larry Ferlazzo’s web site.  What a great video to illustrate to our students how learning can be work and it takes practice.  Just because something seems hard the first time, don’t give up!

 

Useful Charts

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Graphic Organizers, Lesson Planning, Odds and Ends | Posted on February 17, 2012

 

Useful Charts.Com

All charts on this site are © UsefulCharts Publishing. Feel free to print or photocopy them for personal, educational, or other non-commercial use. However, please do not copy the content for use on another website or other form of electronic media. Linking to the original URL is fine.

 

Money Island

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Math Resources, Odds and Ends, Personal Finance | Posted on February 16, 2012

  Money Island.Com 

Currently, 45% of high school seniors say they are not ready to manage their money.1 Even among adults, financial literacy is at an all-time low in the United States. Our standard curriculum, for tweens ages 8 to 14, is designed to change that.

MoneyIsland provides invaluable life lessons that better prepare future generations. Aligned with national standards published by the Jump$tart Coalition® for Personal Financial Literacy, the MoneyIsland curriculum builds skills in three basic areas: Saving & Spending, Earning & Investing, and Using Credit Wisely.

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