LPS Tech Mentors

This is a really great post to get you thinking about how you can use mindmaps in your class to help students organize their thoughts and connect their learning. Note that often mindmaps are a great source of formative assessment!

This site is for pre K-8 and are daily starters where the questions and information has been generated to be age appropriate. Most of the starters include a question or teachable moment on Language, Math, and a Fun Fact.

Type in 10 words to study and this site will create a spelling scramble or a word search out of the words. Quick and easy to use, no logon required.

"Saylor.org is a free and open collection of college level courses. There are no registrations or fees required to take our courses, and you will earn a certificate upon completion of each course. "

"The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea."

Here is a good resource for learning how to podcast. Inside you will find ways to locate, create, and listen to podcasts. Take a look and see how you can use podcasting in your classrooms!

"certain developers are working diligently to expand from a single app to an entire line of apps."

"Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website."

"The introduction of mobile devices, iPods, netbooks, and more specifically, the iPad, has brought technology to more students than ever before.below are my 10 favorite sites for finding educational apps."

iPad games that encourage learning. Be sure to check on cost before downloading.

"Create your own customized motivational posters. Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into a humorous or inspirational message. Print it, frame it! Make your own inspirational, funny, parody, sports or other posters. "

" 3D visualisation of the human body built by Google labs engineers"

Get three colors together and the tree ornaments will disappear.

"Through a special agreement with more than 800 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays these front pages each day on its website. The front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors. Discretion is advised."

A fun maths puzzle. complete the triangle by placing a block with the difference of the two numbers below.

Looks like an interesting site for using printable projects for arts and crafts.

" different ways that Twitter can be used in schools. "

From Lisa - This is an interesting article and 2 videos on how and why technology is changing, growing and affecting our students. I think it is something we should definitely always keep in mind…