tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90846807492510475412024-03-05T04:42:26.483-05:00WCS Technologystimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-48013229843134239922014-09-25T15:03:00.000-04:002014-09-25T15:08:31.255-04:00Some new content for this outdated blog!I always find these great websites/articles/videos and never have the time to post them. Today is the day that I try to post a few of the items I have found recently.<br />
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<a href="http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/columbus/" target="_blank">All About Explorers</a> is a great website that is completely bogus. It is an opportunity to teach kids that everything on the Internet is not always fact based. Some of the "facts" are pretty obvious. Take a look for yourself.<br />
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<a href="http://www.letsgeddit.com/" target="_blank">Geddit</a> is an app and a website that allows students in schools that are 1:1 to give private feedback to the teacher about their understanding of the content. It sounds like it would be great for even kids to use their cell phones in school!<br />
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<a href="http://yttm.tv/" target="_blank">YTTM.tv stands for YouTube Time Machine.</a> When visiting this site you can pick any year you want and look at YouTube videos from that year. This would be excellent for History lessons. There are some filters that allow you to sift through the results.<br />
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Looking for inspiration in your classroom? You can sign up at <a href="http://www.wingclips.com/" target="_blank">WingClips</a> and have access to thousands of video clips from popular movies.<br />
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Below are some great videos I recently heard about:
Living on One Dollar:
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...And just for fun and motivation to not give up!
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I received this infographic this morning showing how portable media use is continuing to rise. Even compared to a couple of years ago the increase is around 5 times! It is also interesting to look at the gap between lower-income and higher-income families. </div>
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/" target="_blank">Common Sense Media</a> for this infographic!</div>
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<br />stimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-66825331821435009372013-10-14T11:57:00.002-04:002013-10-14T11:57:47.134-04:00Here is a video called Tour the States. I love those dry erase whiteboard artists. Aren't they great!
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stimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-62890396824980482532013-05-31T09:34:00.003-04:002013-05-31T09:34:48.939-04:00Great Video about Seizing Limitations<iframe src="http://embed.ted.com/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake.html" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>stimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-38124219332956655772012-12-17T10:52:00.002-05:002012-12-17T10:52:15.481-05:00Links about talking with children about tragedies<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are some links about talking with children about the recent shootings. With a 1st, 2nd, and 4th grader at home, I would prefer to talk to them myself (and I have) about the shooting that took place on Friday. However, there might be the occasional question or the topic might be brought up from some of your students. If questions arise, you might want to check out these links on how to talk with children about tragedies and then tell the parents about what was discussed in a note home.</span><br />
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stimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-50137071386450924462012-10-08T11:31:00.000-04:002012-10-08T11:31:01.242-04:00SketchometryFound a really interesting math site today called Sketchometry. This website works in your Internet browser so you do not need to install anything to get it to work. It will also work on iPads! The site allows you to draw graphs, lines, polygons, and other trigonometry functions. It is design is simplistic and easy to use. I have enjoyed messing around with it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Create a character scrapbook</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Awesome tours of points of interest from around the world</span><br />
<a href="http://www.airpano.com/">http://www.airpano.com/</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Website on Eli Whitney...you know... the cotton gin???</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Great site to learn about responsibility with money</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vocabulary site </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The scale of the universe- pretty interesting</span><br />
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<li> <a href="http://www.uptoten.com/kids/kidsgames-coordination-lettergame.html">http://www.uptoten.com/kids/kidsgames-coordination-lettergame.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tvokids.com/play/bees_and_honey/bee2blueback.swf">http://www.tvokids.com/play/bees_and_honey/bee2blueback.swf</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber">http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber</a></li>
<li><a href="http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/spidertyper/spidertyper.swf">http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/spidertyper/spidertyper.sw</a></li>
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stimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458228657010842465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084680749251047541.post-33177328656705298202011-09-27T10:21:00.000-04:002011-09-27T10:21:16.452-04:00Technology Use in SchoolsI am just now getting to the summer issue of THE Journal. I found an interesting article about technology use in the classroom. Some studies are showing that teachers and students are not using the resources that are available to them. So...what is it like at your school? Are teachers using the technology that they have in their classrooms? Are they using it in meaningful and engaging ways? Are students using technology in the classrooms? All these questions are very relevant since we are putting tons and tons of money into purchasing new tools all the time. Follow the link to read the article and let me know what you think.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I heard about these other Google features a while ago, but it wasn't until recently that I was able to take a look at them. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/body.html#">Google Body</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> allows you to explore the human body just like you would in Google Earth! It is amazing! The other link is for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/">Google Art Project</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Here you can discover and take tours of famous art museums from around the world. You can also zoom in one any piece of art to get a closer look. </span><br />
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BTW..some of you have mentioned that you couldn't find the link to the article. If you click the title of this post, it will take you to the article.<br />
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