Lesson Plan Development for Teachers and Other Professionals. As You Plan… Dear Teacher, A new week approaches. A new performance. A new show. A new presentation. You do the research. You make the plans. You do your best to be ready for when the curtain opens. You breathe through the Sunday night “butterflies” as the time to go “on” is only hours away. This is the weekend for you, a teacher. Breathe, Teacher. And let some of the worries go. Let them go? Yes. Go. Why? Because you know that as soon as you step in the door on Monday, your plans will already be changed. Great teachers do not let plans and preparations rule the week. (c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher) You, amazing teacher, know what it takes to be an amazing teacher.
So, plan and prepare away, Teacher. I promise you, I am speaking to myself as much as I am to you…if not more! Let’s remember our lost goal this week as we get ready for Monday…our students and their needs. Let’s remember and breathe. Breathe in. Love, Teacher. Voki. Voki is a free web 2.0 tool used to create talking avatars.
Characters can be customized to look like historical figures, animals, cartoons, and even one's self. For a fee, users can join Voki Classroom for more access to options and the ability to control privacy settings. Vokis are limited to 60 second recordings of either a user's voice or a computer generated voice, so I use Voki for quick assignments or part of a larger project. Creating a Voki is very easy and can be done quickly. Even in the free version there are a plethora of options and characters to choose from. Users can change the background image and customize the look of the stock characters.
My 9th grade Honors students incorporated Voki as part of their Create a Hero Project, creating a profile of their hero character and give him/her life using Voki. Here are some examples from my students. My students could also create Vokis of characters explaining concepts taught in class or summarizing chapters in a novel. ClassJump.com. Best educational websites for teachers, parents and students. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So I have been wading through the vast resources on the Internet looking for great educational sites for teachers, parents and students. The selection is virtually unlimited but some are certainly better than others. I managed to come up with a list of sites which I thought would be very helpful for teachers, parents and students.
I have used each of these sites and am quite impressed at what they can offer to the education community. I can only hope one day I can give back as much as they do. 1. According to the operators of this site themselves: “Thinkfinity is the Verizon Foundation’s free online professional learning community, providing access to over 60,000 educators and experts in curriculum enhancement, along with thousands of award-winning digital resources for K-12 — aligned to state standards and the common core.” What can I say about education world? 3. 5. My Sources.
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If you would like to schedule a one on one tutor, please call 847-775-2547 or email. Here are links to some of the database services we offer for students in grades 3 and up. To see other databases featured on our adult site click here . All resources on this page can only be accessed by Waukegan Public Library Cardholders. America the Beautiful 3rd Grade and up. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Grades 6 and up. Lands and Peoples 3rd grade and up. New Book of Knowledge 4th grade and up. New Book of Popular Science 5th grade and up.
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