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70+ Google Forms for the Classroom. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting! Google Forms is a great tool for the classroom and this post from 2008 has always proven popular on my blog. I hope you continue to be inspired by the ideas here. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. 1 ) Get to know your class Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. 2 ) Emotion graph An emotion graph is a simple line graph comparing a range of happiness to sadness against different points (time) in a story or film.

Use a Google Form to gather the children’s responses to different parts of any type of linear narrative, written or visual. 3 ) Spelling test Steve Kirkpatrick had this brainwave a while back so check out his excellent post for more information about setting up the spreadsheet. 4 ) Comprehension questions. Personal Development for Smart People - Steve Pavlina. Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free. DJ Database in Canada. Global Rich List. MapCrunch - Random Google Street View.

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Ranging from practical and educational to just plain fun, these are sites you’ll want to bookmark. 10. Zeer If there was a website that could save your life, it’d be Zeer. 9. Wikipedia’s overrated and about to become outdated. 8. 5min Forget Ehow, Wikihow, or any other how-to website out there. 5min is your “one-stop shop for instructional videos and DIY projects.” 7. You can test drive a car, why shouldn’t you be able to test drive a phone? 6. Google News is an amazing source of news. 5. Despite popular belief, many people do actually enjoy reading books, but they just can’t find any time to set aside for this underrated hobby. 4. Traveling is a hassle. 3. 2. Think of the copious amounts of videos that exist all across the vast World Wide Web today. 1.

I was ready to sink into the earth with shame. Getting hideously drunk at a dinner party and embarrassing yourself is certainly nothing new. As far back as the 9th Century, the beautifully named 'Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette' insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts. The guilty party would copy the template text, enter the dinner host's name, sign the letter and then deliver with head bowed. The letter was discovered, alongside thousands of other documents, in a sealed cave library in western China. To read more - and I suggest you do - visit the incredible International Dunhuang Project.

The entire scroll, filled with Form Letters adapted for various situations, can be seen here. Translation follows. Recommended reading: Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road. Translated Transcript Yesterday, having drunk too much, I was intoxicated as to pass all bounds; but none of the rude and coarse language I used was uttered in a conscious state. Picture_11.png (PNG Image, 797x596 pixels) - Scaled (90%) Free online barcode generator. TestYourself by PsychTests: Tests and quizzes on personality, IQ, love/relationships, career, health and attitudes/lifestyle. Professional quality online psychological assessments developed by the web's prominent testing experts.

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