Thoughts on Technology Integration

Prezi Viewer for iPad | Prezi

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:22:00 +0000

Prezi Viewer for iPad | Prezi

We were testing Prezi on iPads and were very disappointed that it didn't work on the iPad. Being tenacious, we used our wonderful resources- Google, and searched for making Prezi work on iPads. Good news. There is a viewer you can load on your iPad. Check it out!

tags: prezi iPad apps viewer presentation

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TechChef4U

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:25:00 +0000

THis wonderful educator, Lisa Johnson, posts recommended iPad applications and she includes iPad lesson plans for teachers. Check out this great site.

http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=948

iPad Education Resources.pdf

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:55:00 +0000

iPad Education Resources.pdf

If your school is implementing iPADS in the classroom, you may want to check out this HotList of iPad resources.

tags: ipads resources apps itunes apple

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Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:41:00 +0000

Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems

Check out this great selection of public domain Mp3s and story and poem collections. You can download stories and .pdfs for any of the classic stories that are copyright free.

tags: literature lit2Go audiobooks mp3 audio podcasts reading ebooks

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Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:07:00 +0000

Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

Here is a tip of the day! A friend shared a great website with us: http://ninite.com/ This site allows you to select multiple web applications to install at one time. You customize your downloads and it creates an executable file with all the applications included! What a time saver when you are installing applications from the internet! Check it out.

tags: ninite; software installer tools apps utilities

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Miami Museum of Science - The Atoms Family

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:25:00 +0000

Miami Museum of Science - The Atoms Family

Spooky way to learn about energy, static electricity, energy conservation and more. Explore the Mummy's Tomb, Dracula's Library, Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory, The Wolf Man's Ghostly Graveyard, and The Phantom's Portrait Parlor

tags: energy electricity light conservation

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Water Cycle - Animated Diagram

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:25:00 +0000

Water Cycle - Animated Diagram

If you need a great interactive, graphic for showing the water cycle, this is it!

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Explore Butterflies!

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:24:00 +0000

Explore Butterflies!

Check out this site for elementary students which covers butterfly habitats, life cycle, identify body parts and more.
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Sheppard Software

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:16:00 +0000

Sheppard Software

There are times when you simply need a reinforcment game! Check out these educational games and activities for kids of all ages. This site contains games from Geography, Health, Science to Math! Check it out.

tags: games smartboard educational quiz education game

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Welcome to Froguts! - Virtual Dissection and Labs

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:16:00 +0000

Welcome to Froguts! - Virtual Dissection and Labs

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My Fake Wall - MyFakeWall.com

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:36:00 +0000

My Fake Wall - MyFakeWall.com

Now you can create a 'Fake' Facebook page for any person you want to study! Example check out Ben Franklin's Fake Facebook!

tags: facebook web2.0 fake wall writing

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Screencast-O-Matic - Free online screen recorder for instant screen capture video sharing.

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:01:00 +0000

Screencast-O-Matic - Free online screen recorder for instant screen capture video sharing.

Have you used Jing? How about Camtasia? They both have some great attributes, but I just learned about a new online free video recording tool that allows 15 minutes of recording! Check out Screencast-O-Matic!

tags: screencast web2.0 Video videoediting

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Guiding Pacific Northwest Teachers from Subduction to Eruption | Teachers on the Leading Edge

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:35:00 +0000

Guiding Pacific Northwest Teachers from Subduction to Eruption | Teachers on the Leading Edge

Teachers on the Leading Edge is a great resource with virtual field trips!

tags: teachers fieldtrips

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Teaching All Students: More on QR codes

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Teaching All Students: More on QR codes

Check out this great resource on QR codes.

tags: QR teaching qr codes

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Top 100 Best Free iPad Apps

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:21:00 +0000

Top 100 Best Free iPad Apps

This article includes annotations of the top 100 Free iPad Applications. The article contains a print screen of each app and a short description for how to use the application.

tags: iPad applications education tools

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70+ Google Forms for the Classroom | EdTe.Ch

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:58:00 +0000

70+ Google Forms for the Classroom | EdTe.Ch

Over 70 ideas for integrating Google Forms in the classroom!

tags: google googleforms forms googledocs

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Turning the Classroom Upside Down - WSJ.com

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:26:00 +0000

Turning the Classroom Upside Down - WSJ.com

Just imagine for a minute a reversed way of thinking about core class instruction, where homework is done at school and instruction is done at home at the student's own pace and in short intervals using video! This article is one I simply must share. A very dear friend who is a 21st century administrator shared in on my PLN (Personal Learning Network) and I was very intrigued. I hope you are as well. Take a few minutes to read this article and give it some thought... would it be possible to teach using these strategies? How would it impact our current educational system? How can YOU make this change in the near future? Would it be in the best interest of your students? Think about it....
tags: classroom inspirational Khan KhanInstitute KhanAcademy Creative Homework

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40 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:19:00 +0000

Scan this QR code to see what it says!!

40 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom

QR (short for Quick Response) codes are seen everywhere but are often overlooked. They are small codes which require a code reader to scan and decode. Teachers can create their own QR codes for students to 'decode' on everything from worksheets, books, scavenger hunts, or just about anything. The ideas are limitless and you can use your imagination to tag just about anything. You can check out this 40 interesting ways to use QR codes in your classroom.

- Click here for a QR Generator to make your own!
- Click here to download a QR Reader for your smartphone. You can also do a search from your smartphone for any QR Reader application. Try any of the free apps.
Here is a Live Binder file for QR Codes in the Classroom!

tags: qrcodes QR codes integration embed decode readers

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Teach Science and Math

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Teach Science and Math

Teach Science and Math is a blog by David Wetzel focused on providing resources, lessons, ideas and cool tools for the teacher of a K-12 classroom in Science and Math curriculum. The focus of this particular article is using the site LiveBinders and ways to integrate it into your curriculum. Using LiveBinders can simplify your life by placing all your resources in one location and putting it at your students' fingertips! Every type of online resource can be stored in one location and created with a hotlist in a simple to navigate format.

tags: livebinders science math education resources DavidWetzel David Wetzel

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Video Writing Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Video Writing Prompts

Have you tried to get your students to write and just can't think of topics? Try out these great video writing prompts! TeacherHub has come up with videos of high interest topics ranging from basketball NCAA championship to an adorable marshmellow test on the topic of instant gratification! The writing prompts are then divided up into grade levels! You simply have to give these a try in your classroom!

tags: writing prompts language video writingprompts engaging LanguageArts

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http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:32:00 +0000

http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com

Would you like to take your students along on a virtual trip along with the book you are reading with them? It can happen! Use Google Lit Trips.

tags: literature googleearth google education geography maps literacy

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Google Apps Marketplace - EDU

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:55:00 +0000

Google Apps Marketplace

Do you want to need a lesson plan tool? Perhaps an online grading application? How about a great way for students to cite their sources? Google has put together a list of educational tools. Many of them you may recognize but all of them you will appreciate as an educator! Check these out.

YouTube - WE USE TECHNOLOGY eINSTRUCTION contest WINNER

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:31:00 +0000

YouTube - WE USE TECHNOLOGY eINSTRUCTION contest WINNER

Check out the winning video for the eInstruction contest! This is a very cute video which attests to technology integration used by this class! eInstruction Video Winner
tags: technology youtube contest winner

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ReadKiddoRead.com

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:30:00 +0000

ReadKiddoRead.com

James Patterson, the award winning author, and the board for the website, Read Kiddo Read are committed to encouraging kids to read. Mr. Patterson was frustrated when his own son was a reluctant reader and he joined together with a group to develop this website which categorizes highly engaging books for kids by age. The categories are Great Illustrated Books, Ages 0-8; Great Transitional Books, Ages 6 and UP; Great Pageturners, Ages 8 and Up; Great Advanced Reads, Ages 10 and UP. There are classics as well as new titles included.

tags: reading books library education authors readkiddoread kids

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Order in the Library

noreply@blogger.com (ITsaVelma) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:05:00 +0000

Order in the Library

For my library friends, here is a great interactive website that allows students to sort books virtually using both Fiction and Nonfiction using the Dewey Decimal system. You can differentiate the levels by selecting beginning to expert levels.

tags: de deweydecimal Library dewey lessons literacy

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