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Entries from November 23rd, 2008

Unlock the Digital Vault at the National Archives

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Digitial Storytelling

Think about this equation: Primary Sources + easy film making tools = Great history movies!  Collect your images here  and move to the create tab to make a poster or a movie!  You can add audio, movement, and text.  Click here to view my sample on Native Americans. (Please be patient- it might take a few [...]

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A SMARTBoard Classic

November 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Classroom

This SMARTBoard film was created by Kerry Fleschner last year.  With all the new SMARTBoards in the district, I was reminded what tremendous tools are contained in those special whiteboards.  Kerry (fifth grade Special Education) made this film to help her students simplify fractions.  It was previously posted on her Teacherweb site so her students [...]

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Move over Venn diagrams- it’s a wordle!

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Classroom

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Looking for a new type of graphic organizer?  Check out http://www.wordle.net/ The more times you type the same word, the larger the word will be in your word cloud. You can [...]

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Make history come alive!

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Classroom

Using photos and speechables, have your students put words in the mouth of the history! You can access LIFE historically photos at http://images.google.com/hosted/life and then add comments using Speechables (http://sayrevillek12.speechable.com/).  Here is my sample with Queen Victoria!

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