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WordSift - Visualize Text. The Brainstormer - The Brainstormer by Andrew Bosley. The Brainstormer9/16/13: Brainstormer Facebook Page Read reviews of the app and see what others are doing with the Brainstormer!

The Brainstormer - The Brainstormer by Andrew Bosley

Visit, "like it", and pass it along! 9/16/13: More wheels! New features! Fully customizable! The Brainstormer Iphone App is updated and improved! When I was in school at SJSU, studying visual development and illustration, I was always trying to give myself little concept projects to keep myself sharp and thinking. Coffitivity - Increase Your Creativity! Teach World History! Custom Search Learning about and understanding World History is crucial for a plethora of reasons.

Teach World History!

You can’t really comprehend the present or be prepared for the future unless you know something about the past. That means learning about both the spectacular accomplishments of human beings and their evil acts and honest mistakes. That is what World History is all about! There are so many ways to make the classroom a creative and enthralling place for your students. The following units of study all contain worksheets, assignments, projects, study guides, tests, and ideas to help you bring your history class to life. Click on the following links to go to your desired unit in World History: Unit 1: PreHistory Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations of Africa and Asia Unit 3: Ancient Greece Unit 4: Ancient Rome Unit 5: Ancient India Unit 6: Ancient China Unit 7: The Byzantine Empire Unit 8: Islamic Civilization Unit 9: The Early Middle Ages "I want to tell you how grateful I am that this website was created!

Teach with Movies! It's a fact: when you teach with movies, you offer your class a welcome break to traditional teaching methods.

Teach with Movies!

Not only is it a break for the teachers, but for the students as well. Students can sit back and enjoy learning history through the entertaining medium of cinema. The benefits of using movies in the classroom are numerous. However, be careful not to over-use movies in your class. Teachers who use movies excessively are not really teaching their students. So, what are the benefits? Well, for one, movies offer a history lesson in an entertaining format. 9 tools for creating great animations. Creating animations has always been considered as one of the most complex aspects of graphic design that requires specific software and technological expertise.

9 tools for creating great animations

It is a time-intensive activity that requires heavy software and high speed computers. However, over the past few years, the emergence of different online presentation and animation tools have simplified the process of creating animations. Most of these web-based tools are very easy to operate and can create animations that are perfectly suitable for everyday applications. Here we've gathered together some of the best... Read all our animation-related posts here 01. The EWC Presenter is not just an animation and multimedia presentation tool. Sketchpad - Online Paint/Drawing application. Seven Registration-Free Drawing Tools for Students. Quest - Write text adventure games and interactive stories. Quest lets you make interactive story games.

Quest - Write text adventure games and interactive stories

Text adventure games like Zork and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Gamebooks like the Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy books. You don't need to know how to program. All you need is a story to tell. Your game can be played anywhere. Watch a quick screencast ...and you're free No restrictions. Teaching with Comics. List of Imaginative Play Ideas.

Learning 4 kids Loads of fun ideas for learning through play at home You are here: Home / List of Imaginative Play Ideas List of Imaginative Play Ideas If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Play Spaces Archives. Make a creative art space and art gallery in your home or classroom for independent art explorations and for a place that the kids can call their own!

Play Spaces Archives

I’ve been planning to write about our little art area for quite some time and Continue reading Creative Arts Area and Gallery for Kids Set up a specific area for playful maths investigations at home or in the classroom, to encourage plenty of open-ended play and self-directed learning with a range of inviting materials. This post is part of an ongoing series called Exploring Reggio, in which we Continue reading Maths Investigation Area for Open-Ended Learning Set up a little library role play area in your home or classroom for encouraging emergent, meaningful literacy experiences for young children. Welcome to the continuing series about Exploring Reggio, being written alongside co-hosts An Everyday Story, Learn with Play at Continue reading Library Role Play Area Autumn Nature Exploration Table Continue reading Nature Exploration Table. - The Imagination Tree.