FREEBIES! I thought it might be a good idea to put all of my FREEBIES in one spot, so here you go! Just click on the picture and it will take you to the FREEBIE! Be sure to go all the way to the bottom and you will find more FREEBIE Pages from my friends! Wow! Use this huge variety of graphs to start data binders in your classroom. kids become responsible for their learning! Grades 1-5 I use these binder spine labels with a standard label with each name. Grades 1-4 This is a great little reminder on those darn b's and d's. and small desk size included. Grades K-2 This mini-mystery is a smaller version of my new math mystery series. (Linkup closed)
Museum Box Homepage Paint swatch activities I don't know about you, but I am haunted by things that are free. Two of my biggest haunts - FedEx envelopes and paint swatches. Paint swatches, in particularly, are like sirens calling my name at Home Depot and Lowe's. I can barely walk by the paint section without caressing a colored swatch and dreaming how (or why?) I need a swatch collection. Must be genetic, little O loves them, too. Thankfully, teaching gives me an excuse. Pick a color..... Convenient way to group students (Thank you, Linda, Nathan and Jordyn).... Choose a swatch..... Colorful way to debrief a lesson with exit tickets..... Pick up some of the multi-color paint swatches.....handy for mini-KWLs..... And mini-KWLS.... Mickey friends, I bet you have a way to put these to teaching and learning use..... Fabulous blog reader (or follower), what clever ideas do you have for paint swatches? Best, Jen
Classroom Observation Tips Typically a student teacher spends the first few days observing his/her cooperating teacher before gradually assuming classroom responsibilities. Even as the student teacher assumes increasing responsibility for instruction, there are many occasions to study the mentor teacher. These are perfect opportunities to observe and analyze the strategies used by the cooperating teacher. The student teacher must remember that he or she is a guest in the cooperating teacher’s classroom. As such, the purpose of the observations is not to critically evaluate the host teacher, but to identify effective strategies and techniques employed by that teacher. Observing is the process of studying classroom activities to determine teaching strategies and student responsiveness. Careful observation and critical analysis is often more beneficial if structured and planned. Before observing your cooperating teacher it would be a good idea to share your plan with him/her. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
WebAnywhere: A Screen Reader On the Go The TeaShanty Literacy & Learning: Reading in the Content Areas Education, Race and the Internet: Digital Divide or Racial Ravine? Historically torn by racial and ethnic differences, Americans were supposed to benefit from the democratizing power of Internet technology. The Internet has been touted as the cure-all for every social ill imaginable, a new millennium development with the potential to broaden access to education, voting, and medical care—and in doing so, create a new avenue toward democracy. On the whole, that has not been the case. The utopian visionaries who watched too many Star Trek episodes in their youth forgot one important thing: In our world, profit often takes precedence over democratic dreams. The Digital Divide Nothing shows this more than the “digital divide” between the haves and the have-nots in the United States—a divide that often falls along racial lines, with poorer Americans, usually non-whites, having less access to adequate Internet services and, therefore, less ability to participate in the new opportunities presented by the Internet. The Real Issue The Comparison What’s Being Done
The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.24K Views 0 Likes We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom. 20 Free and Fun Ways To Curate Web Content 23.98K Views 0 Likes What's the best way to organize it all into at least some reasonable manner? It’s Time To Crowdsource Your School’s Social Media Policy 12.53K Views 0 Likes Every school has a different policy when it comes to social media. eduapps Using an iPad as an alternative to an interactive whiteboard With more and more schools (and teachers) getting iPads, I’m increasingly being asked how a teacher can hook up their iPad to their interactive whiteboard. There are several ways to use your iPad. The first is as a way to control your computer, and the other two involve connecting your computer directly to the projector, removing the IWB from the equation. None of these methods let you connect your iPad to your IWB. 1. I’ve written about Splashtop Remote in the past. The way the Splashtop app works is that when you connect to the PC, the PC’s screen is mirrored on your iPad’s screen. Control of the computer isn’t perfect. The Splashtop app is only £1.49 on the UK app store, and the client software is free, so it’s not an expensive gamble. 2. A simple way to display the contents of your iPad screen to a class is to buy a VGA adaptor and connect the iPad directly to a projector in exactly the same way you’d connect a laptop. 3. Other Links Have you tried any of these?
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