A fun and useful area and perimeter 2D shape tutorial and interactive activities for you whiteboard. Learn how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles and then complete the questions.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A fun game which practises maths skills, including number bonds to 10 with decimals by driving the monster bus around the town to take little monsters to school.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A collection of maths games and activities to play online and download. The games can be set to a maths subject and age group. Play both single and multi-player games.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
At DimensionU, kids find video games that are fun, educational, and rewarding. Parents find an easy and proven way to motivate their children to learn.
A fun flowchart, for teachers and students, to keep up the reading during the summer and even the school year. Targeted to high school students, but advanced middle school readers could use it as well.
There must be lots of fun and interesting ways to incorporate face-to-face communications with strangers (whether teachers or students) in language learning and beyond.
Some thoughts after observing others engage with "Skype, Face-time and Google video "
not privilege intellectual pleasures, the characteristic province of school
You can sort of help yourself change in that way, and when you really admire a character in a book who’s really brave and stuff, you kind of can idolize them and become more like them. So it’s not really learning about yourself, it’s learning about what you could be.
teachers of reading and literature need to make pleasure more central to our practice.
Our data also convinced us of the importance of choice
Students should have regular opportunities to behave the way adult readers do and choose their own reading.
This is a 'must try' maths iPad app. Play fun, useful and beautifully designed games for every numeracy topic. Adding to algebra! The more you play, the more levels that get unlocked.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Wonder what the Gettysburg Address might look like on Twitter? Check this out! Fun thing for U.S. History teachers and others just as a way of discussing the impact of social media.
SlideBoom is a free service for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the web. Everyone can publish their slideshows for business, education, entertaining and just fun. The membership is free.
I appreciated this perspective because I feel that one of my challenges in learning a topic is staying focused. Focus doesn't just entail a conscious selection of important vs irrelevant information/ideas/experiences, but also the ability to persevere on a task when it becomes boring
This is interesting. When learning is "fun", focus is easy. So when is learning NOT fun? I would say it is when you do it for an intrinsic motivator - a test, for example.
an important part of learning is sticking with a topic long enough to let it's nuances manifest.
I'm starting a lunchtime knitting/crochet club for my students this year and came along this wonderful program to help with the cost.
This program donates supplies for mentors who would like to start a program to teach needle arts. Here are some of the benefits from learning a needle art:
For Youths:
Develops focus and concentration
Encourages following a process
Builds self-esteem
Improves math and reading skills
Enhances critical thinking and problem solving
Offers a vehicle for stress release and anger management
Encourages creativity through portable alternative activity
Provides healthy interpersonal relationships with adults
Ensures tangible accomplishments with immediate results
Learns a practical, useful and fun activity
Enhances hand/eye coordination, small motor skills, tactile energy, communication skills, self discipline and attention to detail
Lifehacker: Sure, you can record a video or send email to say what's on your mind. That's boring. A new web site lets cartoon and movie characters speak on your behalf.
The site takes clips from TV and movies and creates a short video with a different clip for each word. If they don't have a clip for the word you pick, Crumbles uses a computerized voice. It's a little silly, but pretty fun. . .
The Learning Network - Teaching & Learning With The New York Times
This site not only provides news, but also includes lesson plans, fun challenges, quizzes and more.