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100 Awesome, Free Web Tools for Elementary Teachers | Smart Teaching - 37 views

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    The Internet can be a scary place for elementary teachers. On one hand, you want to share the Internet as a wonderful tool with your students, but on the other, you worry about safety and helping them find the most useful resources without getting lost on the information superhighway. Because of this, we've put together a listing of some of the best sites for elementary teachers and students online, plus a few tools to help you keep everything together.
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DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 22 views

  • “Turbo-Charged Wikis: Technology Embraces Cooperative Learning”
  • A wiki-based project should not be the first time students work together. Collaborative projects work well, but only if an environment of cooperation already exists.
  • assignment of the project must possess two qualities. First, it must be an authentic problem or situation which must be solved collaboratively. Second, the final product must be utilized by another audience, preferably classmates to advance the learning of the entire class. In other words, the wiki cannot result in an assignment that is merely "turned in." Also teachers need to remember that the wiki is only the tool to enhance learning; the problem solving is what drives the project.
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  • To make sure this project progresses, teachers need to instill the five components of Cooperative Learning: namely, Positive Interdependence, individual Accountability, Face to Face Interaction, Group Processing, and teaching small-group social skills. The most important of the two are Positive Interdependence and Individual Accountability. 
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    Great article on how to best prepare for a wiki-based project.
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Educational Origami - Powered By Bloglines - 1 views

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    Table of "traditional approach to tasks" and the alternative technical approach along with software used. 2nd table has a breakdown of the taxonomy and tasks matched to it.
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Secret Life of Bees Study Guide - 1 views

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    Study guide that is authored by students for the book The Secret Life of Bees
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8 Portrait Poems and Examples - 0 views

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    This is a good activity for students for the first week of school.... creative ice breaker and introductions
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Speaking of History........: Podcast #184 - Creating "Common Craft" Type Videos about H... - 5 views

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    Great use of the Flip cameras in the classroom!!
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ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE - 25 views

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    Enchanted Learning Software creates children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination."> <!-- Home.html, Enchanted Learning Software, EnchantedLearning.com --> This is a cached version of http://www.enchantedlearning.com. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.none
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Magic Pen by Alejandro Guillen - 1 views

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    This is a great problem-solving game. The object is to move the red circle from point A to point B, but as the game progresses, the objective grows increasingly difficult and you must problem solve the type of objects needed in order to push the circle along.
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Our City Podcast - 0 views

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    Our City Podcast is a podcast for kids and by kids. Students from around the globe are invited to submit a recording all about the city they live in (with the help of their teachers or parents).
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http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com - 0 views

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    This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
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Family Math Night - 4 views

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    I'm creating a list of sites to use with Family Math Night Plans
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Collaborative Classroom Projects - 2 views

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    List of collaborative classroom projects
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Creative Thinking Techniques - 6 views

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    A discussion of techniques for enhancing creative thinking.
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Introduction to Creative Thinking - 4 views

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    Overview article defining creativity and discussing the attitudes needed for good creative thinking.
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