free e-courses for kids all around the world. This site has engaging and interactive courses for kids in online safety, computer skills such as using Google, typing, and core subjects like language arts, math, and science. Most of the courses are for elementary school-aged children, and involve dynamic avatars, and are highly interactive.
Gail Braddock describes e-Learning for Kids as "free e-courses for kids all around the world. This site has engaging and interactive courses for kids in online safety, computer skills such as using Google, typing, and core subjects like language arts, math, and science. Most of the courses are for elementary school-aged children, and involve dynamic avatars, and are highly interactive."
BizWiz is an interdisciplinary program from The BizWorld Foundation that teaches students critical thinking, collaboration and life skills -- all in alignment with Common Core State Standards. During the BizWiz program, teams of students:
Apply for jobs (Traders, Analysts, Controller, or Managing Director)
Set financial goals
Understand risk vs. return
Analyze various asset classes and risk tolerance
Invest in stock, bonds, venture capital, collectibles, real estate, CDs and insurance
Interpret economic forecasts
Graph market trends
Experience simulated market fluctuation
Engage in sessions with other teams
Learn Your Tables is a neat little site for students to use to learn and develop multiplication skills. The site offers two basic games on two different levels. The most basic game is a simple drag and drop activity in which students match equations to their correct answers. The more "advanced" game has students enter the correct answer to a multiplication question. The easier of the two levels only contains problems from one multiplication table while the more difficult level contains problems from multiple multiplication tables.
a free service for
creating animated videos. Without
downloading any software or
having any special skills, Memoov
allows users to create animated
videos up to five minutes in length.
Creating an animated video with
Memoov can be as simple as
selecting a setting image(s),
selecting a character or characters,
and adding dialogue.
Memoov offers users a wide variety
options that make it stand out
amongst similar services. Memoov
allows users to customize the
appearance of the characters in their
animated videos. On the dialogue
front, Memoov gives users the
option to record their own voices for
use in their videos. Users can also
upload pre-recorded dialogue in
MP3 format. Memoov users have
the option to add background music
to their animated videos.
a neat site for
introducing elementary school
students to making simple animated
video stories. On the Zimmer Twins
site students can create a story from
scratch or complete one of the "cliff
hanger" story starters.
Students do not need to have any
drawing skills in order to create a
story as all elements are added to
the video through a simple drag
and drop interface. Students select
settings, characters, character
actions, emotions, and text styles
then drag those elements into the
storyboard. Students then arrange
those elements and type words into
the conversation bubbles where
appropriate.
a game designed for K and 1 students to practice early literacy and phonemic awareness skills. Students drag letters into a sequence to make the word featured on the screen. There are two levels, beginner and advanced. With the beginner level, students have less choices and with the advanced level students have the entire alphabet from which to choose.
The Stacks is a Scholastic website for children who enjoy reading. Site visitors can create a profile, get book recommendations, write and read book reviews, and chat about books on a secure message board.
Children who can't make it to the National Zoo can still see many of the zoo's different residents through animal web cams.