Lincoln Public Schools

Quotations about effort and hard work, from The Quote Garden.

Cathlin O'Reilly brought this page to the Grade Three team's attention several years ago. It is a great resource for getting started with math differentiation. Thanks Cathlin!

Great App -stories brought to life with interactive illustrations and narrations by authors. Costs $$ but there is a free trial

A great resource for character education. Mary Keane brought this to my attention. The site offers practical ideas for classroom use.

looks like a very easy way to create a screencast.

the title says it all. blogs are broken down by categories: teacher bloggers, technology, subject areas, etc.

Free book read alouds - great literacy station for kiddos who need help with fluency

JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites.Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique.Give it a try and start creating your own Jogs.New : We have finally found a fix for the Framebuster issue (you know, those pages which systematically made the jog disappear...). I think Cindy posted something similar before but this is a great way to organize a webquest

This organization focuses on educating about anti-bias. The magazine is great. Here you can sign up for a weekly e-newsletter

Researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution beat me to this. They developed this free mobile app that uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. I use it to help students practice careful observation prior to writing. It motivates them to use specific nouns when describing a setting.

links to many web2.0 tools. easy to search.

Students at the UK public school Flitch Green Academy use iPad, Mac, and iPod touch to create unique learning experiences. The inspiration Flitch Green is a public elementary/middle school located just outside of London. Love the discussion of how the technology builds independence. One of the apps used on the ipad is Puppet Pals one that I use frequently in the classroom - although only on my personal device at this time :(

quick video that shows how to digitally sign pdfs using osx and preview.

incredible list of web2.0 tools broken down by category.

This cool app helps students learn facts about states and get practice recognizing state's shapes, all in the guise of a fun game!

welcome to diigo, scot! this app is already installed on the cart ipads.we've got "stack the countries," too. full list at: www.lincnet.org/lincolnschoolapps

Thanks for the list link Mark. I was wondering about that.

Journey North is a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Journey North is an online science education project in which students track spring's journey across the northern hemisphere.

Office template for handwriting practice

Another Cathlin find! While we work hard to ensure that we are providing students with the best academic instruction on a daily basis, we can also take time to teach the students in our classrooms to be good citizens who care for and respect each other.

another site with downloaded pdfs of lined paper for elementary writing.