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This looks like a really cool app to explore. You can pull up a student's work for parent-teacher conferences, assessment, or use as exemplars. How it works: With your smartphone or ipad, you can take a photo and tag it before you upload it and organize.

Take a picture with our app, and it's online in seconds Three Ring is a website that allows you to securely upload photos of student work. With Three Ring, you can sort by class, student, or custom tag to easily find the artifact you're looking for.

joe- it looks you CAN add your own audio recording to each piece of student work. i could not find, however, any reference to an ability to upload files. so it looks like the only way to add student work it to take a picture of it.

This is a new publication that Newton has come out with highlighting the use of technology and ways in which it is seeking to create 21st century learners. Is has some nice articles and some descriptions of how certain technology is used in the classroom. I thought it might be interesting for us to look at how another district is tackling the same issues we are.

very well-done newsletter. thanks for sharing it, joe.

Use this timer to give auditory signals to students during work blocks about how much time remains.

Cool idea for any teacher with there own iPhone or iPad - just plug it into speakers - Great Find Scot!

Everyday Math and Math CCSS resources

To K-5 Math Teachers, This is where there are resources around math, Everyday Math, and implementing the 2011 Math Framework.

really good list of ipad apps for Storytelling, Comic-Making, and Image-Making, Publishing

Nice list Mark...I wanted to try the Storylines app at morning meeting but it limits the ipad passing to 9 people. Guess I could do two. I'll let you know how it goes.

I got Storypatch. It looks pretty good and offers a lot of options for the kids to make stories. I am going to try it out with a few students and see how it goes.

Authors who will skype a visit for free with your class

NOAA weather website for kids K-5

This looks like a great app to record 1:1 conferences with students for reading, writing, math, etc. The lite version only allows you to keep records for 10 students, the full version costs 14.99. 3rd grade made a form to use last year on googledocs, but this seems a bit easier. 

a collection of weather websites for teachers

purchase pre-made iboard lessons in ela, math, science that are aligned to state and core standards. great place to start for teachers who aren't ready to create their own Notebook lessons.

Would they work on Eno boards in the middle school?

Yes Ellen - once a ActivInspire - a new, but free software is installed on teacher laptops this summer. It is fully compatible with the Eno boards in the middle school.

I really like a lot of the links on here. Take time and explore! See the Glog! Motivation, Management and Media: text, images, music, video | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students

Audioboo. Because sound is social. We are a mobile & web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and share audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear.

Cool video about the changing the world.

For $258 we could get 21 issues of National Geographic Explorer for the ipad (for each of our 20 ipads in the smith cart) - with 7 K-1 issues, 7 2-3 issues and 7 4-6 issues (also can be used for higher readers in 2-3). Much more cost effective then ordering paper copies, and a great way to make digital literature available in all K-5 classrooms. App is very interactive and connections to grade level science content occur often. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/pioneer/

Looks good, kids would really love it. I would be willing to help pay the costs with some of my budget. Could use the content to address the ELA common core science standards.

I love the way NG differentiates for reading levels!

Please tell me this will happen in Lincoln

We are working on it!

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good list of books on many different multicultural themes