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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Website Wednesday



This blog post by Kasey Bell focuses on using Google Maps, Street View and Google Earth.

http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/blogs/edutopia-finley-53ways-check-for-understanding.pdf
53 ideas for checking student understanding.

The Key Differences Between Summative And Formative Assessments | Edudemic
This short article from Edudemic provides a simple definition between summative and formative assessments. They have also included a handy infographic for those of us who are visual learners.

10 edu-books to inspire and stimulate
Looking for a book to help you go to the next level as an educator? Matt Miller, author of Ditch the Textbook, offers his top ten list.
    75 Practical Ed Tech Tips Videos
    Educational 'how-to' videos created by Richard Byrne, FreeTech4Teachers, covering a variety of topics such as storyboarding, blogging tools and tips, audio recording tools and more.  (See playlist below)


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      Wednesday, December 10, 2014

      Website Wednesday


      • Lights Project_Made with Code
        Create the code that will light up the holiday tree outside the White House. Enter your code and state, then receive the date and time your code will display on the White House holiday tree. This is a basic drag and drop process to introduce students to coding.
        tags: code lights White House Hour of Code
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      Wednesday, October 29, 2014

      Tumble Over TumbleBooks


      While exploring the options for books young students can listen to my attention was drawn to TumbleBooks.  To my great surprise I found that our State Library purchased a subscription to TumbleBooks that all Kansas schools and Kansas residents can utilize for free!  TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books created from existing picture books.  The TumbleBook Library also includes videos, from National Geographic, and games to enhance some of the book titles.  For instance, a book about panda bears might have a short video about real panda bears.

      To access TumbleBooks, USD 495 elementary students and teachers will need to use the link on their school Draggo page.  The link is either listed under the category Reading or Listening to Reading.  Tumblebooks can be used on various devices - MacBooks, Chromebooks, iPads and iPods, however, the format looks different on the iDevices.  When using the iPad and iPod, you will still access TumbleBooks through the Draggo link.  The iPod instantly goes into Mobile access mode, but the iPad does not.  So, you will need to change the 'Choose' drop-down arrow under the KS State Library logo to Mobile and click GO.  You will notice when you choose a book to read on the iPad or iPod, you do not have the control buttons - next page, back page, etc.  It looks more like watching a video.  You do have the play and pause button along with the volume control.  There is also a slide bar to move forward and backward in the book, but it is rather sluggish and not reliable.

      To learn more about TumbleBooks, watch their short, animated tour
      at http://tumblebooks.com/LibraryTour.html
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      Wednesday, October 1, 2014

      Website Wednesday


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      Wednesday, September 24, 2014

      Website Wednesday




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      Wednesday, September 17, 2014

      Website Wednesday


      • Math Madness
        Basketball themed game allowing students to practice their addition, subtraction and
        Math Madness
        multiplication. Game is geared toward grades 1-5, but the easy settings for addition and subtraction include double digits. It is an easy play game that will take the boredom out of drilling math facts. Thanks to Kayla Long for this contribution!
        tags: Math addition multiplication subtraction mathgames
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      Wednesday, April 23, 2014

      Website Wednesday


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      Friday, March 8, 2013

      Storia on the iPad

      Storia is a reader app for Scholastic eBooks.  You can purchase eBooks with your regular Scholastic account.  You can even use your points to purchase eBooks.  Below is a short demo video of Storia:


      Here are some additional things to know about Storia:

      1. Storia allows you make up to 40 bookshelves which you can name, however, it is best not to use student names.  Many teachers use genres or reading groups to name their bookshelves.
      2. You can sync up to 40 devices on your Storia account.
      3. When you shop eBooks, you can download their free book of the month that appears in the scrolling images.  This month there are two easter books that are free:


       Easter Eggs Everywhere! - The Easter Bunny's running late for Easter, and none of the eggs have been decorated! So when a sly fox offers to sell the Easter Bunny a super-duper egg-painting machine, he takes the fox up on the offer. But the machine doesn't work as the Easter Bunny hopes, and now he's in even bigger trouble! How will he get all the eggs ready in time for the big day?
      Ogres Don't Hunt Easter Eggs - It's been raining ever since Brutus Bigg arrived in town. And even though he's supposed to fix up the park for the town Easter egg hunt, he seems to be messing it up so no one will go there and bother him. Is Mr. Bigg an ogre trying to claim the park as his home? The Bailey School kids are going to find out...but will they be able to stop him in time for the Spring Festival?

      I personally had some trouble getting the free books downloaded, but called up Scholastic and they were most helpful in getting them into my account.  In fact, they offered to add more than one copy so I could put it in all my bookshelves.  Since you can only put one copy of a book on one bookshelf, this would have been great if I wanted multiple reading groups to read the same book.
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      Monday, May 7, 2012

      Summer Reading Gone Digital

      Summer is almost upon us and many teachers are thinking of all the things they hope to accomplish in the next couple of months.  Some of you will deep clean your house in preparation for the next school year, while others will spend their time getting the lawn and gardens in shape and growing.  Still others will tackle that "when I have time" reading list that gets longer each year.

      In an effort to help you reach your goals this summer, try combining your reading with another goal through the use of audio books.  Here are some great websites that have free audio books:


      Most of the free books on these sites are classics, but you can also get 2 free audio books with a 30-day trial to Audible Audiobooks.  You can also borrow free audio books from the Kansas State Library with One Click Digital.  Then follow the instructions for downloading audiobooks on either a Mac or PC.  (Please note you will have to create an account with One Click Digital at the following website - http://statelibraryofks.oneclickdigital.com/Create%20User.aspx.
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      Wednesday, April 25, 2012

      Website Wednesdays

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      Wednesday, April 11, 2012

      Website Wednesdays

      • TimeMaps
        Free online World History Atlas.  It contains maps, timelines and narratives that work together to give students a better understanding of history.
        tags: social studies maps world timemaps atlas
      • Connect Safely
        Recommended Facebook privacy settings for teens. Contains charts you could share out.
        tags: facebook privacy internet_safety
      • HippoCampus
        This site provides free video resources for class or individual use in math, science, history, government, economics, psychology and religion. Narrow your topic and look at the video, video text, lesson plan and additional links. Great for high school students.
        tags: math science history resources videos
      • ReadWorks.org
        Site provides information about teaching reading comprehension to students of all ages. Provides specific reading comprehension lessons for grades K-6. It also includes details on Lexile scores, teaching strategies and more.
        tags: reading literacy lesson plans comprehension
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