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A fun tool to use for introductions. You post a video question and students can post their own videos as well. You can moderate and have the flipgrids be public or private. What a fun tool to use to start the year or even have introductions before you start.

A fun maths addition game. Shoot an acrobat out of a cannon on to the correct answer. Play full screen at http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/cannonMath/cannon.swf http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

# Shown to improve memory and attention # Detailed feedback and improvement tracking # Fun and easy: full workout in less than 10 minutes/day # Start your training today

# Shown to improve memory and attention # Detailed feedback and improvement tracking # Fun and easy: full workout in less than 10 minutes/day # Start your training today

The NECC fringe festival is going to be fun! This is an example of collaborative meet ups and the new sort of "unconference" that is popping up around many of the innovative conferences.

Let's all remember to tag everything (bookmarks, posts, photos, videos, etc.) with "necc2008".

The NECC fringe festival is going to be fun! This is an example of collaborative meet ups and the new sort of "unconference" that is popping up around many of the innovative conferences.

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fun iphone apps to get kids reading and learning

MathMovesU is an innovative program sponsored by Raytheon designed to engage middle-school students with math. MathMovesU.com features content that appeals to things they are most passionate about, such as sports, music, and fashion, while delivering math subject matter in engaging ways, like games, polls, and fun math facts. Play math games, win prizes, and more!

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great fun tools in interactive toys

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

This looks like a VERY fun virtual world that is safe for kids. Educational games, quests, and SO much more.

Some students believe they are entitled to grades just for showing up, according to new research, especially if they are paying for their education (like college or private school). On this Radio show at the BAM Radio Network hosted by RAE Pica, she talked with researchers, an anonymous teacher, and I had a small reflection from my own experience about entitlement. It was a fun show to record and is pretty short.

Great fun and a well constructed site

This is a fun logic game where players must rotate the platforms and objects on the screen to collect tokens and touch the orb. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Get little ones interesting in basic programming by playing with Daisy the Dinosaur on this fun iPad app. Set a list of commands in free-play mode or complete challenges. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Fun games that you can play. There are a lot of these that you can find and use for the classroom, as ice breakers and others. I found this site easy to use and had some cool ideas on it. I love games. This is going in my list of tools.

This story about a social media persona gone wrong is an excellent case study for educators. Personally, when I do fiction on Twitter (as in the case of a fictitious dialog between a student and teacher - I always start by disclosing it.) Secondly, I don't think it is smart to mess with people by making things up. People need to be able to trust you -- especially if you want to be a credible academic source. That said, read this so that when you see parody or fake accounts that you know they exist and you can also know that some people making things up for the fun of it.

This is a fun geography game where you are transported to a random part of the world through Google Street Map and you must explore and guess where you are. It's a wonderful way to expand children's knowledge of the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Simple instructions that history teachers will love for setting up a QR code scavenger hunt. My favorite app is i-Nigma for scanning qr codes -it just works. " A QR-Code Treasure Hunt is a fun, simple way to get students using their mobile devices to continue learning outside of lesson time. Here's how we set one up at the International School of Toulouse with some guidance on how to do the same with your own students using the QR Treasure Hunt Generator at ClassTools.net."

A fun dinosaur archaeologist themed coordinates game. Find the correct coordinates to uncover the dinosaur bones. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths