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Entries from March 27th, 2009

Battle of the Books vs. Xtranormal

March 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Video/movies

Teachers explore a variety of web 2.0 sites at my Free Tools for Teachers technology seminar.  At this week’s class, Mary Desmond (SUES Media Specialist) created an xtranormal cartoon to announce the upcoming Battle of the Books. This free text to speech application has unlimited uses-what would your students do?P.S. – Missed the class or [...]

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Count your lucky stars (and other shapes!)

March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, Content - Math, Working with photographs

Can national technology standards and engaging learning inhabit the same lesson?  Adrienne Visone’s students say “Yes!” They participated in the JenuineTech St. Patrick’s Day project.  Her students at Wilson joined almost 9000 students (including 3 other classes in our district) to count and analyze the shapes in Lucky Charms cereal.  The project included the following [...]

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