Group items tagged

At the core of FreshBrain is an open and free web site freshbrain.org that provides teens with the opportunity to explore, engage, and create through activities and projects. FreshBrain takes advantage of the latest technologies, such as web conferencing and social networking, to provide a very progressive environment where teens can complete activities and work together on projects. This experience is enhanced with Advisors, available to support and mentor teens who are working on projects, with the intention of increasing the likelihood of success. In addition, FreshBrain provides teens with tools and training in the latest technologies to complete these projects.

Sometimes you know the word you want to use, but you just can't say it when you are in a situation that is putting you under pressure. Activity to help students think of words under preasure. Uses Google images, so check for suitability.

Find a range of activities in our evening Hobby Hub where your child can grow up via learn multiple activities and develop their body language.

Today's activity is about talking about your city and the things you love, and was inspired by a YouTube video that tells a short love story. The Story is set in Beirut in Lebanon and tells the story of how two young people meet and fall in and out of love. The video though is also a tribute to the city that they both love and the things that they like about it.

Clickers are a great way to actively involve students in the class.

eduTecher is a non-profit web resource that was created in 2008. The website's sole purpose is to help educators around the world better integrate technology into their classrooms and schools. eduTecher offers links to valuable websites, product reviews, as well as hosting lesson plans and activities for teachers to use with their classrooms.

Vocabulary is the key to expressing yourself well in any language and the key to learning and improving your vocabulary is constant revision. Luckily there are lots of sites which can help to make this easier and more fun.

Frank Taylor, author of the Google Earth Blog, has put together a nice video tutorial demonstrating how to use Google's StreetView imagery within Google Earth. Frank demonstrates not only how to activate StreetView, but also how to use it in conjunction with other Google Earth elements such as the 3D buildings layer. You can watch the video below or watch the video and read the instructions on the Google Earth Blog.

Fuel your creative side with hundreds of FREE print projects offered by HP.

Love these photprojects by Simon Hogsberg. I particularly like this one of 10 new yorkes talking about their faces. Would be great as the basis for a students speaking / writing activity: http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/faces_of_new_york/index.htm Also like this 100 Metres of exitence. Just scroll along and see thee different people. Would be great for describing appearance. Get students to find the people you are descibing http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

great site for teaching vocab and activating students' prior knowledge helps with word associations in a multimedia way

from NCS-Tech Picture Book Maker is a super-simple, super-flexible, super-easy tool for creating … picture books! The interface is intuitive, it loads fast, and there are many, many different story elements that can be brought into each book. It would probably help for a teacher (and students!) to go through the tool in advance to see what elements they want to include, to make sure they have what they need. From there, simple storyboarding in advance should be all that's needed to develop a high quality, PRINTABLE, finished book!