Jul 16 2008
This document gives you ideas for sentence starters by age level. There are 5 levels to this pyramid beginning with basic sentences ending with periods to more complex sentences using various punctuation marks. This chart is based on Ros Wilson’s work from the Andrell Education Ltd on Raising Standards in Education.
Jul 14 2008
I came across this list through my Twine account. Some of these opensource tools are pretty neat. Enjoy.
Jul 10 2008
We are all familiar with YouTube and some of you may be familiar with TeacherTube. But have you heard of HotChalk and SchoolTube?
HotChalk is a free site for teachers, students and parents. This site offers access to decades of news archives, including direct news footage and discussion opportunities to be used in the classroom from NBC. The site also provides training videos and other professional resources for teachers.
SchoolTube is another source for educational videos. It has been endorsed by the National Association of Elementary School Principals for promoting a safe media sharing across the country. There are numorous categories to search through, but what sets this site apart from others is the category dedicated to elementary schools.
Jul 10 2008
Openphoto is an alternative to Flickr photo. When Flickr was blocked in our school district, we lost a great resource for free photographs. By free I mean that they are not copyright protected and can be used freely by all. This is great for educators that use images to enhance their lessons or have students creating projects. Thanks to my colleague Janice, LD 6 ITAF, who shared this resource on Twitter, we now have another great source.
Openphoto allows you to create a wiki for your pictures, get embed codes for your website or blog, browse for pictures through their search engine, by catagories or by tags. Check it out. No need to register, but you will need an account if you want to upload your own images and have access to edit wikis.
