http://seamanits.edublogs.org Resources for Educators Tue, 19 May 2009 14:42:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here we are at the end of the year.  I just saw a ustream that sums up a year as a teacher.  It is very touching so I thought I'd share.  The singer is Kevin Honeycutt with Essdack. Image Source http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/341792 http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/19/love-em-and-let-them-go/ Here is an idea of how a teacher can use a flip camera in the classroom.  This is a second grade classroom doing an animal presentation. http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/13/flip-camera-in-use/ Did you know that the games available through BrainPop are free?  You have to have a paid subscription for most of their educational videos, but the educational games are all free.  They are listed in order of content.  It is a great resource! Image Source: http://www.brainpopjr.com/games/ http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/brainpop-games/ This virtual dice give you options on how many faced you use and what you put on those faces.  Yes, you can customise your dice.  I can see the possibilities in language arts (figurative language, story elements, vocabulary etc), science/ss (content vocabulary), and of course math. Image Source: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/ http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/11/virtual-dice/ Have you ever wanted to integrate technology but don't know where to start?  Here is a wiki done by a computer teacher.  She has some fantastic ideas on here.  If you don't find an activity that will work for you hopefully it will help spark a new idea for you. http://computerkiddoswiki.pbworks.com/Interactive+Lessons ... http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/01/technology-ideas/ I have caught the GPS bug.  GPS hunting (also can be called geocaching) is great fun!  I've even purchased a unit for my family to use.  The traditional geocache is a great way to teach latitude and longitude.  Teachers can hide containers with objects for the students to find.  Teachers ... http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/05/01/gps-across-the-curriculum/ This website is a free site that allows you to download and personalize a wide variety of awards.  There are 9 pages of educational awards alone.  They download in PDF version.  You can type the information in but you are not given the privelages of saving what you type.  You ... http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/04/30/award-maker/ Here are some links that will help your grade 3-6 child/student practice language arts/reading skills.  I would be happy to add more if I've missed any.  Just let me know what I've missed. http://www.jogtheweb.com/play/Y7e64ut49CeT/readinglanguage-arts-practice http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/04/20/readinglanguage-arts-games/ Do you like to play games like jeopardy in your classroom in order to review specific concepts but do not like to do the work to create the PowerPoint version? There are other options for you to create jeopardy games and other games with your own content. Image Source:  http://jeopardylabs.com/ Here are ... http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/04/14/jeopardy-online/ One of my principals does a weekly assembly on the topic of bullying on Wednesdays.  Our district has a No Bullying Allowed policy.  At North Fairview we have staff NBA shirts that we wear every Wednesday.  The students respond well to the assemblies that often include enjoyable stories.  Mr. Albert ... http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/04/09/no-bullying-allowed-podcast/