Turn Pictures Into Stories With Fotobabble
By Editor's Pick November 25, 2012 10:44 am
This morning I shared an old post about Fotobabble on the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page…. In response to that post Stewart Whitney shared his experience of using the Fotobabble iPhone app. Stewart’s comment got me to try
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A Last Minute List of Thanksgiving Lesson Resources
By Editor's Pick November 20, 2012 4:10 pm
Throughout the fall I’ve shared some resources for teaching about (American) Thanksgiving. If you have school tomorrow and you’re looking for some last minute lesson resources that you can use right away, take a look at my round-up of resources…
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Dance, Factors Dance: Animated Factorization Diagrams #mathchat
By Editor's Pick November 15, 2012 10:33 pm
What it is: Dance, Factors Dance is a fantastic site to visualize factorization diagrams. The first “tango” is inspired by the digital clock, with a separate diagram for each of the hours, minutes and seconds. The Factor Conga is …
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7 Solid Resources for Geography Awareness Week
By Editor's Pick November 13, 2012 11:00 pm
This week is Geography Awareness Week. On Saturday I shared a great resource for a geography lesson on interdependence. That lesson is called the Global Closet Calculator… and it was developed by National Geographic. Here are seven other good resources
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Videos and Images Marking the Fall of the Berlin Wall
By Editor's Pick November 8, 2012 9:04 pm
Tomorrow marks the 23rd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Google Cultural Institute has thirteen exhibitions related to The Fall of the Iron Curtain…. These interactive exhibitions let you click through a timeline of events depicted
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Google Maps and Common Core
By Editor's Pick November 7, 2012 3:32 pm
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This week I had the opportunity to introduce some teachers to using Google Maps for more than just looking up directions. I was asked to address Common Core standards as a part of the workshop. These are some of the
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The First Thanksgiving Fact or Myth? – An Interactive Historical Investigation
By Editor's Pick November 1, 2012 8:33 pm
U.S. Thanksgiving is just around the corner. If you’re teaching lessons about The First Thanksgiving, the Plimoth Plantation website has some resources that you will want to check out.
You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving… is an interactive
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Make Your Own PBS Cyberchase SMART Board Game Show
By Editor's Pick October 28, 2012 11:35 pm
PBS Kids Cyberchase website offers dozens of educational games… for students in grades three through five. The games are intended to help students develop their skills in mathematics, logic, and pattern recognition. Students who have PBS Kids accounts can keep
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Ten Terrific Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools
By Editor's Pick October 18, 2012 6:00 am
Today, I am running a workshop about using mind mapping and brainstorming tools to help students meet some of the Common Core standards in English Language Arts. Below are some of the tools that we will be using today. On…
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Common Curriculum Helps You Create Common Core Lesson Plans
By Editor's Pick October 16, 2012 7:30 am
Common Curriculum… is a new online lesson planning resource that aims to help you align your lessons to Common Core standards. In Common Curriculum you can enter your courses and write your lesson plans. After you enter a lesson plan
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