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Jonathan Wylie

The Best Free Science Games for Kids Online: Educational Fun for Everyone - 18 views

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    Are your kids inquiring young scientists who are always curious about the world around them? If so, the following websites are just what you need. They contain some of the best science games for kids online. Each of them are fun to explore and play with, but they also have a sound educational base.
Cara Whitehead

Handwriting Worksheets | Articles - 12 views

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     A Variety of FREE handwriting sheets. http://cot.ag/dnduUE
Jonathan Wylie

Free Typing Games for Kids: Online Fun For All the Family - 10 views

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    If your looking for typing games for kids, online is the first place you should start looking. The internet has a myriad of options for you, but which ones are really worth your time?
Jonathan Wylie

Evaluating Educational Software: A Checklist for Educators - 20 views

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    Use this checklist to ensure that you get the best value for money and are able to choose software that will truly enhance the teaching and learning in classrooms.
Jonathan Wylie

Learn How To Take a Screenshot On a Mac: Tips & Tricks - 14 views

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    This guide will walk you through all the steps you need in how to take a screenshot on a Mac with keyboard shortcuts, the Grab utility and 3rd party software options.
Jonathan Wylie

The 5 Best Online Brain Training Sites for Schools - 35 views

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    Brain training games are a great way to promote higher level thinking skills in students, but finding the right activities to practice these skills can be difficult. Here are 5 of the best.
Jonathan Wylie

Elementary Music Games: Online Resources for Music Teachers - 29 views

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    The sites that follow are as entertaining as they are educational so you can be sure that they will bring the fun factor to your elementary music lessons.
Cara Whitehead

Monthly Holiday Lists | Articles - 10 views

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    Monthly Holiday lists include popular holidays for each month plus other lists associated with each month. http://bit.ly/b56bh9
Cara Whitehead

Literature Based Word Lists | Articles - 10 views

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    Literature-based word lists for all grade levels (kindergarten through high school). http://bit.ly/9uMY66
Cara Whitehead

Possessive Nouns | Articles - 13 views

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    Resources to help you teach possessive nouns.
Jonathan Wylie

Why Teachers Shouldn't Friend Students on Facebook & Social Media Sites - 20 views

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    The popularity of social media sites among today's youth means that they have become the default communication tools for a new generation of children looking to communicate with the world around them. But is it appropriate for teachers to friend their students? Of course it isn't.
Jonathan Wylie

The 5 Best Blogging Tools for Students in K-12 Schools - 31 views

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    Today there are lots of creative blogging tools for students to use at school, but the five below are specifically catered towards a K-12 audience and come with lots of useful features for teachers and students. So, if you are itching to get your students online, consider the following options.
anonymous

The Plagiarism Checker in Education - 24 views

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    This is one of the important web2.0 tools i would highly recommend for educators . The Plagiarism Checker detects the plagiarized text or chunks of a text in your students assignments , essays, articles......
A.T. Garcia

Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: Teachers Take to Twitter - 17 views

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    Some educators are finding that helpful ideas and advice can come in 140 characters or fewer.
Dwayne Abrahams

50+ Killer Apps for Your New Chromebook | Nettuts+ - 9 views

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    In celebration of the first wave of Chromebooks being released today, now is a great time to start looking for replacements for the tools you can't live without on a day to day basis. Code editors, image editors, games? All of these can be replaced! I'll show you the best choices today.
Cara Whitehead

Teacher Resources - 12 views

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    Did you know Spelling City offers more than just spelling practice? There's vocabulary and writing, too. Check us out http://bit.ly/c3xqWy
M. Miller

FireFTP SUPPORT PAGE- The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox - 3 views

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      See highlighted text under each question
  • General Usage
  • FTP is a way for you to take files from your computer and upload them to another computer, usually a web server. Or, it is also a way of downloading files from another computer to yours.
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  • toolbar button
  • click Tools->Web Developer->FireFTP
  • accounts menu, select "Create an account..."
  • a "symlink". You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symlink.
  • ename a file/make a directory/make symlinks/delete files?
  • right-click on the file lists. A context menu will appear showing the available functions you have, along with related keyboard shortcut
  • save the account information
  • "Connect" button to make the connection to your site
  • copy the URL (HTTP or FTP) and put it in the clipboard
  • find that the local files are on your left and the remote files are on your right
  • click
  • to upload a file to the server
  • you can hide it or show it by pressing Log in the main toolbar or in Options
  • FireFTP will navigate to the directory or download the file that the symlink points to
  • FireFTP gives you the option to Resume from where you left off.
  • server you wish to connect
  • unzip a Zip archive (.zip, .jar, or .xpi)
  • right click on my image file, go to Open With->Add Programs
  • For your local files, sometimes you want to be able to open a file with a different program than the default one
  • give my program a name in the Name textbox, in this case, Photoshop
  • Sometimes you need to transfer files from one website to another
  • specify how to talk to an FTP server
  • click "Browse" and find the Photoshop executable file
  • optionally I can add Arguments
  • in the top-right pane that my program is now associated with that extension. In a similar manner, if I want a pro
  • connect to both servers at the same time and just tell them to pass the files to each other, without having the files go through your computer.
  • you can create categories like "Work", "Patches", etc. to divide and conquer your list of accounts.
  • To view the server you are transferring to you can always open another FireFTP (in another tab) - this way you can look at both servers at the same time.
  • you have to configure an account for the server you are transferring to ahead of time
  • configure the "Initial Remote Directory" under the Connection tab of the account's settings
  • IPv6 is if you are connecting to a server on the IPv6 network protocol or you yourself are using IPv6
  • here you can work on your file, save it, and FireFTP will automatically upload your file when it detects you've modified the file
  • For remote files, selecting Open With will download the file and put you into Remote Edit mode
  • An example of an IPv4 address is 64.233.167.99 more commonly known as google.com
  • an advanced operation
  • An IPv4 number is like a computer's unique phone number
  • check out your own 'phone number' here.
  • For Mac users:
  • a specific directory for either local, remote or both file systems
  • the risks involved in the FXP operation please read the Wikipedia article.
  • when you browse the directory you aren't allowed to go into the Application's hidden contents
  • Both servers involved with the transfer have to have FXP enabled in order for the operation to work.
  • Right-click on an Application and do "Show Package Contents"
  • ou can read more details about IPv6 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv6
  • /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
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    FTP stands for File Tranfer Protocol. It is the sister of the more commonly used HTTP. Both protocols deal with transfering data across the internet. FTP is a way for you to take files from your computer and upload them to another computer, usually a web server. Or, it is also a way of downloading files from another computer to yours. "Support Search this page: Installation General Usage Account Manager Properties Options Tools Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Questions Walkthrough for Beginners by Floss Manuals A Walkthrough for Beginners by Prisca Schmarsow "
Cara Whitehead

Math Vocabulary | Articles - 15 views

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    From addition words and elementary math to geometry vocabulary and every type of number word in between, students can find the right list right here with all the math definitions they need to be successful in math.
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