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Teacher Tools - Tons of Worksheet and Puzzle Makers. Game Building Resources. The best FREE resources of game building for teachers and children: Building games for teaching Teach with Portal – Today, innovative educators are finding ways to incorporate Portal™ and Portal 2 into their classrooms—helping teach physics and critical-thinking skills.

Game Building Resources

It’s eye-opening to see how video games can be used in amazing and unexpected ways to help educate our next generation. You’ll find the beginnings of an engaging set of lesson plans, created by teachers, using the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker. Teachers sign up for the Education Beta and get access to Portal 2 and the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker and a teacher-created collection of puzzles for as many students as they’d like – for free. Machinima (from Knowclue’s wiki) – Film making in virtual worlds can have many roles in education from digital story telling and making documentaries by students in the K-12 classroom to creative expression in the Arts to training farmers about climate change in developing nations. Others Bookmarks. Games & Puzzles – Resources for Teachers. Poptropica Teaching GuidesPoptropica is one of the Internet's most popular sites for kids—and now it's available as an app for the iPad!

Games & Puzzles – Resources for Teachers

It's not just a place to play games; each of the islands featured on the site provides a learning opportunity. Check out our teaching guides to four of Poptropica's islands: 24 Carrot Island, Time Tangled Island, Mystery Train Island, and Mythology Island. May Calendar of Events May is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: National Music Week (5/4-11), Cinco de Mayo (5/5), Teacher Appreciation Week (5/5-9), School Nurse Day (5/7), Mother's Day (5/11), National Police Week (5/11-17), Transportation Week (5/11-17), Children's Book Week (5/12-18), International Museum Day (5/18), and Memorial Day (5/26).

Plus, celebrate Asian-Pacific-American History Month, Physical Fitness & Sports Month all May long! Free Puzzlemaker. Instructional Games and Puzzles for Teachers. Finding activities and lessons that can keep students challenged is a difficult task. A technology savvy teacher should have a variety of resources the he or she can use to integrate fun activities into their curriculum.

Fortunately, there are people that have designed educational games and activities that can be integrated into just about any curriculum and many of these activities and resources are free and easy to use. Check out this video from Childtopia! The_Puzzle_Center- The Puzzle Center is a part of the APTE Inc. web site. Originally created for children with disabilities, APTE has designed all sorts of learning tools for students and teachers alike. ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! Internet Scavenger Hunts. Holiday Hunts Mrs.

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Skinner's New Year Holiday Scavenger Hunt--nyhunt.html Verified Dec 2009 Mrs. Skinner's Groundhog Day Scavenger Hunt--groundhogday.html Mrs. Skinner's Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt--valday.html Verified Dec 2009 Mrs. Motivational Quotes. Motivational and Inspirational Quotes. Motivational Quotes of the Day.

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - April 15, 2014 We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

Motivational Quotes of the Day

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941 The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame. Rod Steiger You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that. Jay Leno (1950 - ), O Magazine, February 2003 No man is an Island, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine... John Donne (1572 - 1631), Devotions XVII Follow Motivational Quotes on Twitter for more inspiration! If an author's name is highlighted, you can click it for more quotations by that author. View further information about the quote or link to it on its own page Email the quotation to yourself, or to a friend View notes about the quotation Note: These quotes are randomly selected from my collection by an automatic routine once a day.

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