Tom Barrett, developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating video cameras with teaching and learning.
Category: Elementary
Google Earth in the Classroom
Tom Barrett developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating Google Earth with teaching and learning.
Google Docs in the Classroom
Tom Barrett developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating Google Docs with teaching and learning.
Technology Integration Ideas for Writing
Suggested Reading for 04/07/2009
Today Is World Math Day
Today is World Math Day. Unite with students and schools from around the world to set a new world record! This year’s challenge – to correctly answer more than 452,681,681 questions. Please participate and be part of the new world record.
Have You Registered, Yet?
This special event is only 1 week away. Register now and make plans to participate.
The Human Clock
If you’ve been reading this blog or getting my bookmark notifications the last few months then you’ve realized that I’ve been looking for good resources for teachers. I was recently looking for a widget to embed to help us countdown to an upcoming event when I realized that I’ve never shared one of my favorite websites with y’all.
Humanclock.com shows a photograph of the current time, with the photo changing every minute of the day (all 1,440 occuring minutes on Earth!) Thus you end up with a rotating picture clock sorta deal.
How the time is actually displayed is a whole different matter. A lot of photos have the time written on a crummy cardboard sign, while other photos might have the current time in a more edible format, such as olives. There are photos below sea level and ones over two miles above sea level. There are even clock pictures with people who played at Woodstock.
Many people viewing this website end up sending in their own clock pictures, be they in an airplane, installing brakes, or on a playground in Missouri. There are clock pictures from all over the world ranging from Outback Australia to Canada to Pakistan to Antarctica to Italy to Brazil. (Source)
Educational Uses
- Encourage creativity by encouraging students to submit their own photos.
- A light-hearted way to practice time-related concepts and skills: telling time, AM and PM, 24-hour clock (aka Army time), etc.
World Math Day 2009
Unite with students and schools from around the world to set a new world record! The Challenge – to correctly answer more than 182,445,169 questions in 48 hours.
The students play against each other in mental arithmetic games. Students may find it captivating to play and compete in real time. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and students can play as many games as they wish. The questions are appropriately individualized to the appropriate age/grade levels. Homeschools are also welcome to participate.
Free Inspiration Webcast
(NOTE: I received this announcement via email from Inspiration.)
Webcast: Using Visual Learning Techniques to Improve Academic Performance with Inspiration®
Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Time: 12:00-12:45 p.m. Pacific Time, 3:00-3:45 p.m. Eastern Time
Register for this event today!
Inspiration® helps students develop ideas, analyze concepts and improve organizational skills. Join us on January 29th to explore templates and examples that will help your students improve academic performance in Science, Language Arts and Social Studies. Cathy Cuff, our Education Development Manager for Science, will host a complimentary 45-minute webcast demonstrating how you can use Inspiration 8 to:
- Expand on ideas to create well-supported thinking and conclusions
- Build knowledge by increasing comprehension of new concepts
- Increase organizational skills by connecting ideas into a logical hierarchy
Join us for this professional development webcast!
If you are unable to join us, don’t worry – the webcast will be archived and available to you shortly after the event concludes.
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