A Learning Life

Friday, December 11, 2009

Let's Say Thanks!

XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving overseas. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.

This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's.

Thanks for taking to time to support our military!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

I found gold!

Sometimes surfing the internet can seem like panning for gold. You spend hours and hours looking for something worthwhile, but more often than not, you come up empty.

However, if you keep at it long enough, you eventually find some little piece worth keeping. If you are very lucky, you discover a huge nugget!

That's what happened to me about a month ago. I was searching for some differentiation sites to share with teachers, and I found ilearntechnology.

ilearntechnology 's creator, Kelly Tenkely, teaches 3-5 technology and is a technology integration specialist and instructional coach for elementary teachers. Kelly finds and shares wonderful online resources and expertly explains how they might be used in the classroom. Whenever I visit, I always find something that I can use the next day.

I was excited to hear that Kelly had nominated for a 2009 edublog award . I encourage everyone to visit ilearntechnology then vote for this gold nugget here.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanksgiving Sites

Here are a couple of sites I found for Thanksgiving .

www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving

http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html#

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

xtranormal

Thanks, Jill, for sharing this resource! I haven't quite figured out how to use it , but I'm excited to have my students try it, and I'm sure they'll be able to help me!

Here's the one Jill made!

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5485261/

Going Batty!

Students in several classrooms around the district are exploring bats. Here are some sites I found that might be helpful.

First Grade Bat Webquest

Bat Conservation Trust

Another Bat Webquest

One teacher I know created this Voki and is going to have her students create one, too.

Get a Voki now!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

My Avatar Editor

Here's the avatar I created of myself using My Avitar Editor.

I can't wait to have students create their own! They'd be great for Voice Threads, wikis, and other applications. They could also be used in PowerPoint shows.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Differentiated Resources: A to Z

Tonight I have the honor of presenting to the Sandhills Reading Council. I will be sharing some of my favorite internet sites and resources. As teachers strive to meet the needs of their students, I hope these will be of some help to them. Here is my "Differentiated Resources: A to Z.

A Animoto:

http://animoto.com/

B BrainBashers:

http://www.brainbashers.com/index.asp

Book Wink

http://www.bookwink.com/

Byrdseed:

http://www.byrdseed.com/

Bitesize:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/

C: Countdown

http://countdown.luc.edu/index.html

Cyperguides

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html

Cubing and Think-Dots

http://www.lcps.k12.nm.us/Departments/SPED/AES/Differentiation/nagc_cubing__think_dots.pdf