Earth Hour 2010

Last year, 80 million Americans turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. Landmarks all over the world, like the Empire State Building, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Acropolis, and the Parthenon all went dark. Show your concern about [...]

Give Power Point a Rest – Use Prezi!

Tired of using that same old teaching Power Point? What about your students? Has that good old Power Point presentation assignment lost a little of its charm? Check out Prezi – a non-linear, zooming presentation tool. There are free and subscription based options – educators can get free accounts with 500 MB of storage space. You can also

Script Frenzy Challenge

The annual Script Frenzy Challenge begins April 1st – no, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke. 30 days, 100 pages – a complete screenplay, stage play, TV show script, short film script, book or graphic novel script, or any other type of script you can envision yourself writing. That is the challenge. As [...]

4th Grade – Introduction to Research Writing

Click here for a hotlist of resources for introducing research writing to 4th Grade students. Resources include: A Teaching Power Point (feel free to download and make changes) What is research writing? Plagiarism Citing Sources (very brief – not MLA citations) Using Outlines Locating Resources Taking Notes – Research The Writing Process BrainPop resources – [...]

Wallwisher – a Cool, Free Tech Tool

With Wallwisher.com, you can create a “wall,” post a question, and open it up for comments.  After you register for a new account, set up your wall, and give students the URL (wallwisher will email it to you), students can post a “sticky note” as a response. You can moderate all the responses, too (if you choose [...]

PBS Kids – Writers Contest

PBS Kids Go! has announced a K-3rd grade writing contest – local winners will be entered in the national contest. National winners from each of the grade levels (K-3) will win: 1st Prize – Laptop 2nd Prize – Digital Camera 3rd Prize – MP3 Player All Entries – PBS Kds Go! Certificate of Achievement National [...]

VoiceThread

VoiceThread is a website that allows you to create a slide-show of images, videos, and documents and add text and voice comments without having to download and install any software.  You can also draw on your images with the “doodle” feature to highlight areas of an image or document on which you want to focus or comment.  When [...]