Spelling City

I was recently introduced to a great website called SpellingCity.  Today my daughter and I used it to practice her spelling words.  As we were going through some of the activities and games, it made me think how fun this would be on an interactive whiteboard (i.e. Mimio).  Whether you have access to an IWB or not it is definitely worth taking a look at. Make sure to go to the teacher resource page to find all the ways you can incorporate this website into your curriculum.  The table of contents includes activities for learning analogies, homophones, contractions, Dolch site words, math vocabulary and much, much more. Thank you Debra MacFarland for sharing this site!

User Guides

Welcome Back!

You can find quick user guides for reconnecting your document camera, VCR/DVD players and many other useful topics on the following web site.   https://sites.google.com/site/technologyintegrationsite/home-page/technology-help-faq

I have some great websites and resources to share with you and will post them in future blogs.

Bubbl.us

Brainstorm online with bubbl.us. Easily create colorful mindmaps to print or share with others.

So easy to use.  Students can save their work online and access it from any computer. This is a great tool to use to encourage students to organize their ideas. https://bubbl.us/

Shorten A Web Address

Many times we need to give students URL links (web addresses) to access websites. These  URL's can sometimes be extremely long with special characters.
The following are a list of websites that will allow you to create shortened URL's for any website. Keep in mind, you really aren't changing the URL you are only creating a link that is easier to remember.
and it's free.......

http://bit.ly/ 

1.     Allows you to paste in several URL's so that student only need the one you give them in order to access several websites.

2.    can customize name

http://tinyurl.com/ 

1.    can customize name

http://goo.gl/

SchoolTube

SchoolTube is a K-12 media sharing website designed by teachers for their school community. SchoolTube is recommended by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and many other well-respected middle and high school national associations. SchoolTube authorizes you to use any of their links or embedding codes in your school newsletters, websites, or to pass on to your friends and family.  The following are examples of the types of videos that are being uploaded by schools to SchoolTube.  What a great safe environment for schools to post video to and it's free.

Creative Use of a Docment Camera

Mrs. May's butterflies were due to hatch over spring break, so we decided to set the document camera up to take pictures every 10 seconds during the 3 day period they were expected to arrive.  This video is a series of still pictures showing 5 butterflies emerging from their chrysalis.  Thank you Bonnie Feather for the great idea!

Symbaloo

Symbalooedu.com
SymbalooEDU is a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for teachers to visually organize and share the best of the web with students.Watch this Science student describe how she uses symbaloo for school.

Vocaroo

http://vocaroo.com/
Vocaroo makes recording your voice simple. To use Vocaroo you don’t need to download any software, pay any fees, or  sign up for anything.  What a great way to have students create podcasts.

My Fake Wall

My Fake Wall

Looking for a different way for students to demonstrate learning?

With Myfakewall.com you easily create fake profile pages.. This fake facebook wall generator allows you to create a profile, add friends, and create fake conversations . Students can then share it with an audience that expands beyond the classroom walls. This could be a great way for students present an end product in place of a traditional approach.

Check Out  Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Wall.