5540_Summer 2012

QuadBlogging is a leg up to an audience for your class/school blog. Over the last 12 months 70,000 pupils have been involved in QuadBlogging from 2000 classes in over 35 countries.

REVISED ASSIGNMENT: Using either Quest Garden OR a web search for webquests... Find TWO WebQuests that can be modified for your grade and subject level. Paste in the URL of the WebQuest and then WRITE A DESCRIPTION of (1) HOW IT CAN APPLY to your project and (2) WHAT MODIFICATIONS you would do in order to make the webquest better fit your project standards. Even if the webquest perfectly fits your project, describe what changes you COULD make to the quest in order to make it better for a wider variety of learning levels or abilities. Paste your two links to your webquests into the appropriate section in your Livetext project.

I've gathered together a few of what I think are interesting math activities that I created and used over the years. Feel free to use, as is or modified to fit your needs, any of the worksheets. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, you can contact me at bkiggins@kw.igs.net .

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Here is a wonderful site for exploring aspects of music, instruments of the orchestra and various composers. It offers interactive games and exercises that allow elementary and middle school aged students to explore and learn about music.

I think this is a great site. It has information for students, parents, and teachers. There are links to games, discussions about difficult topics to help students, motivational information for parents and teachers, and a whole lot more. As a government website, the nice thing is that it is not cluttered by advertisements.

I love this site for my students. It is interactive and also tied directly to many textbooks, including the one used in CMCSS. They can go to InterActMath.com from home when they have forgotten how to do a problem, or have missed school due to illness, and find out how to solve a similar problem. It keeps them from giving up when they get stuck on a problem from their homework. The program gives you problems to work through with interactive option to assist you through the problem correctly.

PE Central's LOG IT Program Log It invites students, teachers, schools, classes, and parents to record their physical activity steps, miles, or kilometers online! Features include a virtual hike across the United States; feedback about daily goals; compare your progress to others; and you can view your weekly and monthly progress.

This is a very fun interactive website for kids to help with reading and math. It can be used in the classroom for remediation purposes or used during instruction.Very coloful and fun! My 10 year really loves it!

This is a great site for learning languages. You can pay for a membership and, of course, you get more access and more detailed lessons. However, the free version is just as good for a beginner. The beauty of this site is it allows you free access to learning the beginnings of a language to see if you enjoy it and want to learn more. At that point, you can pay the membership and continue learning. The free version is perfect for Spanish 1 and 2 students. It reinforces what they have learned, teaches them more, and offers an outlet for those students who wish to continue learning Spanish even after the semester has ended.

Very cool.

This is a great multiage study site for anyone. I have used it for personal Praxis studying and making flashcards for students who might not have access to the Internet. Anyone can open a free account; you also have a choice to upgrade. You can form groups. You can put passwords on any new review so only certain people can see them, or you can choose a public viewing. This program has saved many grades for me and my students. Enjoy.

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual library that provides access to over 400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census records and more! Everyone can benefit from TEL!!

Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and homeschools.

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

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Lots of great info for upper grades. Great videos and personal testimonies.

So sad. Thank you for sharing this website! My grandfather was in Germany during World War II and was able to retain a visa in order to move to the United States. My family is Jewish, so he would have been one of the many to be taken to the Holocaust. Some of his extended family that I never met were sent to the Holocaust and many died. My grandfather recently passed, but before he left us I was sure to ask questions so that I was familiar with his story. I like that you can see videos of survivors and their testimonials. How can people say that this never happened?

This is an excellent classroom tool that will get even the least engaged students to look up. Simply enter the class roster and this tool will randomly select a student's name.

Ben, I love this website. How wonderful it is to be able to select students in your class instead of having them raise their hands. I also like the fact that you can delete the students names once you call on them. Thank you for sharing this website.

Find all Online tools and applications on one page, get a short description, compare, read reviews, see what people are saying about each one on the web, see screencasts and more...

Cool Math 4 Parents provides tips and guidelines for using the Coolmath Network of sites for parents who want to help their kids with math.