Fisher's Landing Elementary

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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." James Allen

"We need more embedded PD that gives teachers an opportunity to embed their learning in their daily activity. Embedded PD is the key to transformational learning. While there is a time and place for getting away, we have traditionally only used that "away" method when we also need to use the "learn right here" method of delivery as well. Take a look at what Karen is doing here as you evaluate your pd delivery methods."

Long live the P.O.W. ~ Projectors on Wheels! Take the computer off the cart and put it in teachers' hands. Take the projector off of the ceiling mount and put it on wheels. Why? Read on

It's a super-simple way to make stunning calendars. It's incredibly easy to use. Just download the program, choose a calendar layout, then drag and drop some images! The PTO could use this program to make some awesome calendars that could be sold as a fundraiser!

Students record up to five things they learn everyday. Teachers manage + keep track of their students and classrooms.

Space Invaders styled basic multiplication/division practice

Calkoo is a website that offers forty-three free online calculators for a variety of functions. The list of calculators that Calkoo is divided into ten categories. Those categories are mathematics, measurement & conversion, saving & investing, capital budgeting, cost of capital, wages & taxes, financial analysis, health, loan & leasing, and stock analysis.

Over 132,115 free teaching resources to use in your classroom and school today Welcome to TES Resources, the space for teachers to share free learning materials including lesson plans, activities, games, teaching ideas and worksheets. Upload, adapt, edit and download classroom resources today

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Maybe you should view this every morning before you start your day.

1) How does using the confined space of Twitter help your writing?2) What kinds of things do you think about when you use Twitter?3) Are there any other things that you would like to use Twitter for?4) Has using Twitter made you a better writer in other areas when using a pencil and paper? Computer?

A plethora of writing prompts.

A comparison of Skydrive and iCloud side by side. There's Google apps, Skydrive, and iCloud as the big three of online cloud-based word processing and since we do so much writing in schools, it is likely that your school would select one of the three. If you haven't selected any, then you have a big problem unless you've got a masterful way of syncing locally. This is how we work in the 21st century and it is time to get with the program. Microsoft gives all SkyDrive users 25GB of free storage space. That's a whole lot of bang for absolutely no bucks.

Why You Must Get Dropbox! Don't forget the referral program (see #8) if you are interested in Dropbox.

An online collaboration whiteboard. You can use it for free. Try using this for mindmapping and brainstorming between teams.

" ...Educator Carolyn Stanley shares how she's using Splashtop to stream Discovery Streaming to her ipad and the other uses that she's finding. This is something that teachers using ipads need to know about and test in their classrooms." Source: Vicki Davis