Archive for August, 2008

Sites I bookmarked 08/31/2008

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Anatomy Arcade
tags: anatomy, games, game, science, sciencegames, humanbody

Computer Skills
tags: keyboarding, computerskills

SimplyChecklists.com
tags: Checklist

Sites I bookmarked 08/30/2008

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Create Your Own Country | Social Studies
tags: socialstudies, socialstudieslessonsplans, geography, themes

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/29/2008

Friday, August 29th, 2008

LiveWeb – insert and update web pages real-time in PowerPoint
tags: powerpoint, webpage, web2.0, addons

The Document Processor
tags: math, mathprocessor, document

World History by History Link 101
tags: history, socialstudies, worldhistory, ancienthistory, greece, rome, middleages, worldwar2, mesopotamia

powerful webcams and ip cameras server for windows
tags: webcam, webcams, camera, cameras

Laptop Alarm
tags: laptop, alarm

Techno Constructivist: Online Teacher Technology Training
tags: technology, professionaldevelopment, tutorial, [...]

3 Happy Girls

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Happiness is getting a carrot.  Doesn’t take much does it?

Until next time ~ Danita

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/28/2008

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Free Text Messaging – Send Free Text Messages
tags: messaging, text, textmessage, free, freestuff, freetextmessage

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/27/2008

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Digital History
Interactive History Map
tags: history, map, Interactive, historymap, interactivemap, socialstudies, ushistory

Resource: Mathematics Illuminated
math videos
tags: math, mathvideos, video, videos

Podcasting in five easy steps
tags: podcasting, podcast, podcasts, tutorial, tutorials, video, videos

technology lesson plans
NTeQ Lesson plans
tags: lessonplans, lessonplantemplate, languageartslessonplans, mathlessonplans, sciencelessonplans, socialstudieslessonsplans, math, science, languagearts, socialstudies

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/26/2008

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The Picnic Basket
To receive a complimentary copy of any featured title, simply agree to write a brief review to share with our online community. Tell us what you loved about the book (or not) and why (or why not). Was it savory, sweet or sour?
tags: library, books, bookreport, bookreviews, free

10 Google Forms for the Classroom
tags: [...]

Opening Day

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Whew!  The first day is over and now it’s time to evaluate where we punt tomorrow.  Actually, things went fairly smoothly.  Sure, traffic was backed up almost a mile, the kids couldn’t log in, the teachers couldn’t log in, lunch was 50 minutes behind, and some laptops crashed, but other than that  ;o)  things went [...]

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/25/2008

Monday, August 25th, 2008

classroombooktalk
tags: wiki, wikis, booktalk, reading, literature, books

Virtual Earthquake
tags: earthquake, science, sciencelessonplans, Environment

YAKiToMe! Free Text To Speech Synthesis
tags: texttospeech, text, speech

MHMS Media Wiki
tags: wiki, wikis

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/24/2008

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Wikis in K12 Education
tags: wiki, wikis, powerpoint, powerpoints

toolkit4blogwalker
tags: wiki, wikis, blogs, digitalstorytelling, podcasts, voicethread

Science Resources: Science Classes, Science Fair Projects, Experiments & Class Activities
tags: science, sciencelessonplans, sciencelessons, sciencefair, sciencegames, experiments, jokes, sciencebooks

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/23/2008

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Visual Dictionary Online
tags: dictionary, reference, visual, resources, english, tools, visualdictionary

mrs maines wiki
tags: classroomwikis, science, wiki, wikis

Google Earth wiki
tags: google, googleearth, wiki, wikis

Teachers Love SMART Boards: SMARTBoards and Jogging the Web
Jog the Web that allows you to create guides to a series of web sites.
tags: smartboards, smartboardlessons, tutorials, websites, website, smartboard

Tools-4-Teachers » home
Great site for technology [...]

Check out the new wikis

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

I have made new wikis for my schools. Check them out and let me know what you think I should add. You also might want to take a look at the teacher wikis. I am so proud of everyone that is trying to connect with their students electronically. Some teachers are [...]

Here we go!

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

I LOVE this time of year! The newness, the freshness, the excitement – I love it. Yes, there is stress with trying to tie all the loose ends together to have the “perfect” classroom ready for the kids. The last minute schedule changes, the lunch schedule that isn’t quite set in stone, [...]

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/20/2008

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Web 2.0 Cool Tools for School
tags: web2.0, tools, resources, wiki, classroomwikis

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
tags: wikis, classroomwikis, collaboration, wiki, virtualfieldtrips

WritingFix
Random Writing Prompts
tags: writing, writingprompts, languagearts

I’m so excited!

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The teachers return on Monday and then the kids the following Monday. I’m so excited! I can’t believe that another summer has come and gone, but we get kids in a week! I’ve truly missed them. I know if I had some of my own I may not feel the same, [...]

Sites I bookmarked on Diigo & Del.icio.us 08/15/2008

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Wisdomap
Mindmaps – thinking maps
tags: mindmapping, mindmap, web2.0, mindmaps, thinkingmap

Web 2.0 Sites 08/14/2008

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Toddle
simple email newsletters
tags: toddle, newsletter, newsletters, email

100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
tags: youtube, videos, video

Hulu – Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.
Free online TV
tags: tv, television, web2.0, hulu, streaming, movies

Tatango – connecting groups through group text messaging
Group texting
tags: textmessage, text

Web 2.0 Sites 08/13/2008

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Fotoll Create polls with pictures
tags: poll, polls, pictures, survey, surveys

PowerPoint Slide Show Cheat Sheet
tags: powerpoint, powerpoints, Powerpoints-teaching, shortcuts

Mathway: Basic Math Problem Solver
Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Linear Algebra, Trig, Pre-Calc, and Calc
tags: math, mathematics

SESAME STREET
games, videos, muppets, and much more
tags: sesamestreet, sesame_street

Web 2.0 Sites 08/12/2008

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Using Technology in The Language Arts Classroom
tags: languagearts, languageartslessonplans, powerpoint

Dabbleboard – A powerful and easy-to-use collaborative whiteboard
Collaborative online whiteboard
tags: whiteboard, dabbleboard, web2.0, tools, collaboration

Web 2.0 Sites 08/10/2008

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

The Sanford Herald
Sanford, North Carolina newspaper
tags: sanford, newspaper

NowDoThis
tags: todo, list, tool

Portrait Illustration Maker : Free Illustration Generater!
tags: avatar, design, graphics, avatars, generator