Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!) Welcome to the Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs List! I’m Kate Messner, the children’s author and educator who maintains this site. I started it because I’ve found that virtual author visits are a great way to connect authors and readers, and I realize that many schools facing budget troubles don’t have the option of paid author visits. With that in mind, this is a list of authors who offer free 15-20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. If you’re interested in booking a “virtual visit” with me, please visit my author-Skype page for current availability and directions for requesting a visit! How does a Skype virtual visit work? Authors Who Skype With Classes & Book Clubs (for free!) The following authors offer free 15-20-minute Skype chats with book clubs and classes that have read one of their books! For Picture Book & Young Chapter Book Readers For Middle Grade Readers (Ages 8-12)
PrimaryWall – Web-based Sticky Notes for Collaborative Classroom Activity Primary Wall from the good people at Primary Technology is an online sticky wall space where your pupils can post small sticky notes with a title, their text and their name. This makes it great for rapidly gathering ideas, collaborating, sharing and quickly posting pieces of information when working in a group or collaborative environment. Primary Wall is aimed specifically at use in education settings and for educators only. Click on the video below for an introduction to PrimaryWall When you create a Primary Wall it has a unique address which can be shared with others (by email, or on a webpage or blog). Ian Addison has created an introductory video here The video below also shows the way PrimaryWall links directly to Wordle to create a wordcloud of words used in the sticky notes in PrimaryWall, all with just the click of a button in Primary Wall. Other features of Primary Wall include the facility to search for text anywhere on the wall.
Step by Step Guide to Install a WordPress Plugin for Beginners We have a recommend plugins list for all WordPress blogs, but we never considered that something essential was missing from that tutorial. That something was a step by step guide to install a WordPress plugin. Few of our users requested this tutorial via email, so in this article we will show you three different ways you can use to install a WordPress plugin in WordPress. UPDATE 4/10/2013 – A lot of users have asked us that they can’t see the plugins screen in their WordPress dashboard. Install a Plugin using WordPress Admin Panel Search Option This is by far the easiest way of installing a WordPress plugin. First go to your WordPress Admin Panel and click on Plugins » Add New You will see the screen like the one in above screenshot. You will pick the plugin that is best for you. Click on the OK button and WordPress will download install the plugin for you. Make sure that you click on Activate the plugin, now you have installed the WordPress plugin. Install a Plugin using FTP Manager
Lesson Ideas › PrimaryBlogger Lesson Ideas Home » Lesson Ideas Who uses PrimaryBlogger? another fantastic Primary Technology ® service | All Rights Reserved Skip to toolbar Close PreviousNext PreviousMaximize Next Top 10 Free Content Curation Tools for Teachers Summary: Finding educational content in the web is no big deal- but managing it, is. Educational content curation is the art – rather than the act – of sorting out the vast amounts of educational content on the web and organizing them around a specific educational topic in a coherent way. General speak all teachers are educational information curators, or should be. Modern web tools help both students and teachers to contribute online discoveries to class conversations. But which is the best way to collect and share relevant educational content with your students Which are the best free education tools to manage presentation of educational resources? Create the best Course for your School with the Right Vendor Find, choose and compare the top eLearning Content Development Companies for K12!
Virtual Author Visits in Your Library or Classroom - Skype An Author Network It's All About Learning The Primary Pad Buzz After hearing about one of our teacher’s experience and witnessing the excitement of the students, I knew I wanted to give PrimaryPad a try with my own classes. It went really well, for the most part. The second class I tried it with went much better than the first class though. I think that my being pretty sick with bronchitis when I first tried PrimaryPad with my students, probably wasn’t the best decision because I still wasn’t thinking as clearly as I should have been. Let me tell you a little about PrimaryPad first and then tell you a few things to keep in mind if you decide to use this tool with our classes. PrimaryPad can have many users typing all at once (I had 9 groups of three students typing together). PrimaryPad has a backchannel that the students can use to chat as well. A few things to consider and/or remember when using PrimaryPad… One of my students made me giggle out loud when he wrote, “HACE is epic and raad!” Like this: Like Loading... About T.
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theobromine's blog Pinterest 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom | Teaching Degree.org Written By: Jillian Terry Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Promoting Education These great ideas are all about teaching students in dynamic ways. See Me, Hear Me: Skype in the Classroom. Promoting Community Using Skype in the classroom can promote communities within a school or globally. Inclusion — helping a classmate join the classroom from home. Skype Ideas for Teachers and Parents Teachers and parents can benefit from Skype in the classroom, too. Professional development. Resources for Getting Started and Using Skype Find out how you can take advantage of Skype with the advice below. Using Skype in the Classroom (or just learning how to use it!). Finding Others Using Skype Here are a few ways to connect with others using Skype in classrooms and to promote education. ePALS.
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