Pic Lits

The site explains that:  "PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture."

Here is the link:  Pic Lits

Making an Personalized Map

This is a great tutorial for creating a personalized map with whatever data you want in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqhFps6YiCw

8 Coolest Kids

Not necessarily technology, but a good read:

This is an article I came across about some amazing kids and the fantastic things they are doing.

Scholastic Article

Math Magician

This is a site for Math Practice.

Here is the link: Math Magician

Illuminations

 

 

This site is a great resource for Math Interactives and Math Lessons.

Click here to visit Illuminations.

Compiled List of eBook sites

This is a link to a site that has a list of online book sites.  Great place to send kids and parents to when there is a shortage of books to send home.

Here is the link.

Apps for eBooks

Collins has produced apps for some of their books.  Kids can listen to this eBook or read the book and record themselves. There is also a section for Reading Comprehension with the apps.  To find the apps,  search the App store for Collins.  There are several free apps.

Read Write Think

Yesterday, I was reminded about a site that is full of great Student Interactives for ELA.  (Thanks Jo!)  Read Write Think is a great resource if you are looking for an engaging activity for your Language Arts class.

 

Click HERE to go to this site.

LIFT Handout

This is the link to find my handout for LIFT on Google Drive.

HANDOUT

Serious Games for School

The description of this website says: "Rather than being designed for entertainment, serious games are made with a specific objective in mind. In education, this includes games designed to teach students a specific set of skills or an important concept. Instead of simply placing users in a fantasy world, they are provided with real-life experiences and scenarios, making the learning that takes place within the game extremely relevant. These 20 serious games are some of the best examples of serious games that could easily be adapted for the classroom."

Link is here.

Funny!

Had to share....this is too funny!

The We Do Listen Foundation Media Center

WE DO LISTEN FOUNDATION MEDIA CENTER

This is a great site that has free online books with posters, lessons, and songs to promote social skills.  Many of the stories are Howard B. Wigglebottom stories.

Common Sense Media

The mission statement of this site says: "Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology."

This is an excellent site to use to find the best digital tools to help kids learn.  Each drop down menu at the top has a great list to help you find what you are looking for from apps to movies to videos. 

Mathsframe

MATHSFRAME

This site has interactive math games. They can be great for small group instruction on your SMARTboard. 

Into the Environment

 

Here is a short description of this site:

It’s easy to find a topic that fits your educational goals and classroom. Simply Explore the Six Science Categories to search for your topics of interest. There’s plenty to choose from and more coming online each month.
When you open a Topic page, you’ll find a number of online, classroom and teaching tools that are easy and ready to use with your students.

Into the Outdoors

QR Codes in the Classroom

This is a fantastic video on how to use QR Codes in your classroom.  Definately worth a watch!

QR Codes in the Classroom

QR Codes

Many of our students have smart phones and teachers are always asking how the students can use them in class. Here is one way:

There are many useful reasons for learning how to attach PDFs to QR codes. Once you know how to do this, students can open worksheets, PowerPoint displays, informational sheets, etc. just by scanning a QR code. 

Here is a set of directions to attach PDFs to QR codes.

QR Codes

Historica Canada

For anyone looking for a Canadian History resource, this site has short videos that could be used in your classroom.

https://www.historica-dominion.ca/

Googling Around

This is from the site 180 Technology Tips on some helpful hints with Google.
http://www.180techtips.com/002.html

Oxford Owl

This is a site with free ebooks.

Padlet

"Padlet (formerly known as Wallwisher)  is a free service that is best described as an onlinecork board. Padlet can be used by teachers and students to postnotes on a common page. The notes that students and teachers postcan contain links, videos, images, and document files."

100 Word Challenge

The 100 Word Challenge is a weekly creative writing challenge for children under 16 years of age. Each week a prompt is given, which can be a picture or a series of individual words and the children can use up to 100 words to write a creative piece. Read all about it at this link:   100 Word Challenge

Listen & Read

For Early Readers

http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm

Scholastic says: "Captivate your early learners with these 54 nonfiction read-along books. Listen and Read activities tell the story through words, images, and sound. You can use these online activities in a variety of ways, from one-on-one instruction using a computer or tablet to class instruction on an interactive whiteboard."

Project Noah

Project Noah

This is fantastic site to join and use when you are teaching about animal life on earth.  It lets your class share their own experiences with wildlife.  Students can contribute to Missions to make a real difference. 

Neo k12

http://www.neok12.com

This is a great site for educational videos, games, and lessons for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students.

ThingLink

This is a great way to say a lot with so little!  You upload an image, add different kinds of links to the page (websites, videos, pictures) then share your work.

Click HERE to go to the home page for ThingLink.

Click HERE to go to an example of a ThingLink.

Write Time for Kids

http://goldfieldsliteracy.wikispaces.com/Write+Time+For+Kids+Resources