Here is an appealing way to use PowerPoint. Deb Pelican and one 5th grade Spanish class made PowerPoint slides on weather. Rather than creating a standard PowerPoint presentation, her students saved their work as jpegs and then Deb created this Photopeach quiz. Using this technique, all her students saw the class output and practiced their [...]
Entries from February 26th, 2010
When is a PowerPoint not a PowerPoint?
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Content- Cross Discipline, Content- Foreign Language
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Star gazing with Globe at Night
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Science
Be part of an international stargazing event! Visit Globe at Night and get all the information you need to participate in this activity. There are directions for both teachers and students along with handouts 2009 data. There were over 15,000 observations last year- will you be part of this year’s team?
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Maps go multimedia
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Social Studies, SmartBoard
As a visual learner (and history buff), I have always loved maps. The Map as History takes cartography to the next level. Now the map moves and provides an audio play by play. This is a subscription site, yet there are 15 free maps. Click here to view the demo page (the links to the [...]
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Just the basics
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, SmartBoard
Do you need a very basic self paced introduction to computers? The New User Tutorial might be just the thing to jump start the learning. You could display it on a Smartboard for whole class instruction.
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