You may know that Discovery Education has a great selection of educational videos for your classroom. But, did you know that they also have an impressive collection (over 200 titles) of children’s picture books on video? Here is a sample of some of the titles that you can find: Chicka Chicka Boom [...]
In honor of President’s Day (February 20th), I am providing you with some elementary level, interactive sites that you can use on your Smartboard or computer stations to teach about US Presidents and the presidency: Our Nations Leaders: Dynamite Presidents: [...]
Last week at the FETC (Florida Educational Technology Conference) I attended a session about online tools that can be used for assessment by Kyle Schutt. Although I have used PhotoPeach before, I had forgotten that the program had the ability to create a quiz from your images. This makes PhotoPeach a great assessment tool. Simply upload your photos to PhotoPeach.com, choose a [...]
I recently created this presentation to share with the Reading Council of South Carolina to show educators, media specialists, and administrators how QR codes could be used in the media center and with literacy. I have updated the presentaion to include examples of how QR codes can be used across the curriculum. Do you have an idea [...]
We just got back from FETC (the Florida Educational Technology Conference) in Orlando where Karen Ogen and Andrea Rollison attended the Pre-Conference DEN Day of Discovery that was hosted by the fabulous Florida DEN Leadership Team. This was a full day packed of learning and fun with Dr. Lodge McCammon and NC teacher Katie Gimbar. [...]
There are so many great digital storytelling sites and applications to help your students to share their stories online. Here are some sites that have Halloween images and themes that can easily be used to publish your seasonal stories and poetry. Plus most of these sites provide you with an embed code that can be [...]
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