Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is needed. "Reader's Theater proved to be almost a magic solution for Griffith: In just 10 weeks of using RT, every child in her class had gained a full grade level in reading. Update - July 08
Free Apps Today This Blog Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Free Apps Today The following educational iOS apps are free. ABC Champ (spelling game; normally $1.99) ACT (math lessons; normally $9.99) Algebra Card Clutter (fast math game) Astronomical Terms Ben & Bob Chipmunks (interactive book) Biology Glossary Bodie, California (Museum Planet presents a narrated, digital photo tour of the historic ghost mining town Bodie, California; normally $2.99) Buzzle (normally $1.99) Cars in Sandbox: Space Rover (normally $8.99; introduce young children to the Mars Rover and the Moon Rover) Cyberchase: Ruckus Reader (interactive book; one free story included free; others available for in-app purchase) Different Book (opposites) Earthquake Terminology Elements App - Chemistry Periodic Table (very nicely done) Explore with Farmer Jon Fox and the Grapes by Tinytapps Hide Run Growl (interactive book; normally $1.99) Hookitty-Tookitty-Tah (interactive book; normally $2.99) IBM Think (a wonderful app about how progress is made) NASA Be a Martian
Testmoz - The Test Generator Ways to Read with iPad 21 Skype Lessons For Active Learning, Sorted By Topic Continuing our mini-series on using Skype in the classroom, I wanted to present a few of the many Skype lessons that are currently available for classrooms and everyone else to try out. What is a Skype lesson, you ask? It’s simply a pre-planned ‘call’ where you can watch and learn from others via Skype. Like a Google+ Hangout or other live video-based lesson. The lessons below are sorted by topic and feature the title (linked) and the provided excerpt about the lesson: Careers Skype A Career Students will Skype with professionals on the job. VerbalizeIt, a human-powered platform for translation and interpretation based in Boulder, CO and Manhattan, NY, knows what it’s like to go through the trials and tribulations of building a digital startup. 2022 – What will it mean for you? This project asks children and adults to think about the future and what it will be like for them in 10 years time. Culture Read Across America 2013 Mystery Skype between WI and a NE state – 3rd/4th grade Hello! Hello!
Top 10 Things NOT to do in a 1:1 iPad Initiative « Part of the benefit of jumping forward with a 1:1 iPad deployment like we have tried is that we get the opportunity to impart knowledge to other districts looking to do a similar initiative. While that might not seem like a benefit, it actually also means we can make some mistakes because there is not a long history of this type of deployment in the world. Many districts have had 1:1 Laptop projects, which we have benefited from and could easily be applied to this list I’m about to share. However, for the sake of our specific district, and the questions I get from other districts on a daily basis, I’m going to break down the ten things you should NOT do when implementing a 1:1 iPad program. 1. 2. We planned the launch day as perfectly as we could have, but there are always a couple of issues to deal with. 3. Don’t Ctrl 4. 5. 6. It’s not all about scores kids…heh heh! 7. Teachers without a CMS 9. Like this: Like Loading...
4Teachers : Main Page Great Math Links Why Use Technology in the Classroom? Technology, when used appropriately, can help make science classroom a site of active learning and critical thinking, furthering student inquiry and connections with the materials. Teachers can use technology to enable students to explore fundamental curriculum issues and answer core questions. There are scores of educators and researchers deeply concerned with how our schools, largely the product of 19th century industrial society, are going to prepare students for the 21st century. General Math Resources Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) Toolkit Malcolm Swan, part of the MARS team, is one of the premier task-designers in the math education community. Illuminations Designed by the NCTM specifically as a unified resource for math teachers, Illuminations provides 100+ activities aligning with common core standards, 600+ hands-on lesson plans, a review of standards, and hundreds of online web links and resources to find out more. Math Blogs
The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use A five-part series When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss! Learn how to educate yourselves and your students and avoid making a costly mistake! You really did plan to find time over the summer to familiarize yourself with the latest information on copyright law. So now you have a student who wants to include audio of a Beatles song in a multimedia presentation about the 1960s, another who wants to include the poem "Casey at the Bat" in a report on the World Series, and a third who wants to post photographs of Biden and Obama to the class Web site. What's an educator to do? Click Part 1: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs below to begin. Who Said That? Article by Linda Starr Education World® Copyright © Education World
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