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Entries from April 27th, 2009

TD is not just for science anymore!

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Professional Development

Teachers Domain (see also post here) is no longer just a science only site. There is a new collection of material geared to promote Middle school literacy in writing in science and social studies.Click here to view.  Teachers Domain is a free site sponsored in part by Public Television. It contains videos, lesson plans, and activities.

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Please tell me another story

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Digitial Storytelling

Here’s a simple (free!) site to produce online stories- www.storytop.com. It’s easy to drag the backgrounds, characters, and speech bubbles into the tale.  You need to register (but no need for email).  Right now, you can only share with the url (the photo above is a screen shot).   Post it on your blog or set [...]

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Podcasting 101

April 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · 21st Century Skills

Everything you wanted to know about podcasting- take a few minutes and expand your horizons.  How could you students use this technology?

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Where does the ‘ belong?

April 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · animoto, Content - Language Arts

Possessive nouns can be a tricky- just by changing the position of the apostrophe- well it changes the entire meaning of the sentence.  Two students from Tracey Paul’s fifth grade class shared their Animoto.  They know the difference between singular and plural possessives!  Watch as grammar becomes beautiful.

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