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Entries from April 12th, 2010

In honor of Women,

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Social Studies, Voicethread

As part of their March history project, Lisa Payne’s fourth grade class created this Voicethread of famous women.  This is an easy way for students to share their research and can be combined with other work projects.

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From list to map

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Content- Cross Discipline

MapAList takes your Google spreadsheet and converts it to a map.  The sample here was made from a spreadsheet with my siblings’ addresses.  You need to sign up for a free account at MapAList as well as a Google account.  How could you use this in your class? Please share your samples and ideas. (From [...]

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SMARTBoard for small hands

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · SmartBoard

If you are teaching preschool and the early grades and have a SMARTBoard, you might want to explore the iboardplayer.  This site has a variety of interactive math, science, and literacy exercises.  Many include audio as well.  This screen shot is from one of the literacy activities. (From TeachersFirst)

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