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make word magnets in the class, creative writing, poetry. brainstorming, linking like words/terms tuning in activities!

Using the Jigsaw in class.

The Methods course that I am teaching this summer has just embarked on a short round of teaching practice classes. To help the teachers plan their first lesson, I pulled a few old favourites out of the drawer. They are roughly divided into those that have a mainly interpersonal function (such as forging a collaborative group dynamic) and those that are primarily diagnostic (identifying strengths, weaknesses, interests, and styles). Feel free to post variants, additions - or attributions (apart from the few I dreamed up myself, such as the star warmer, I have no idea who invented the rest).

"We all love Wordle and we have found heaps of uses for that particular web app. For the classroom they are great. They're eye catching, fun and a great visual aid. However, there is another application which is just like Wordle, but adds another dimension. "

useful when setting up your class.

huge resource library of things to use with your projector (made originally for IWB classrooms) From cool apps like random grouper (puts your kids in new groups for discussion/work randomly and on the screen) Word magnets (create poetry/writing as group/class using fridge magnets, have a look!

"Following on from my post the other day about StoryLine Online I thought I would compile a list of places where you can get audio for kids. All of the sites listed below give their materials for free."

Great for the home/class

This might be a repost... But it's worth it This was a presentation from a first grade teacher named Erin Schoening who was using Facebook with her students, their families, and other targeted members in the school community. In a world where there is such a fear of using Facebook in education even for high school, I wondered how she could succeed in using this as a tool with 1st graders????

"Although YouTube has been blocked from many/most schools, for obvious reasons and not so obvious ones. YouTube does provide great resources and content for teachers and students. View the list of the Top 100 Videos for Teachers. This list is provided by SmartTeaching.org, a leading online resource for current teachers, and aspiring education students and student teachers."

Have a look and see what ones you could use in class.

In this post I thought I would share some tutorials for the program done by my son, along with some of the projects he created with it. I hope this will give you some ideas for your own students on how to incorporate Animation-ish in your classroom. Kestrel had just turned 13 when I had him come teach my college class: Math For Elementary Teachers, how to use Animation-ish. He did an amazing job and my future teachers had their eyes opened to the fact that the students they will be teaching will have more computer skills than most of them!

Cool tech in the class blog

For those vacation assignments!! Do you have students who take family vacations or have special opportunities to travel during the school year? What sort of assignments do you require them to do while away? Do they journal their adventures and gather brochures to report back to the class?

for myp classes maybe

Interesting ways, take a few minutes and find an inspiration for using tech in your class! Well worth the read.

geat egs of web 2 tech and how you can use them in class and yes i am meant to be on holiday!

Welcome to award-winning games-based learning with What2Learn. The fun, FREE and effective way to learn. Play some of our 60,000 revision games, tests and quizzes or make your own. This could be used either as a class activity, in the lab or set as home learning! Make some of your homework fun

Design home learning games for/by kids!

Just what it says, if you are taking lots of pics in the class.....have a look on here! And share any success stories you have!

By Grade and subject area, online activities for kids. Could be a great H/W activity of reinforcement of skills in class.

Using qr codes in math

Very cool book for finding out how to use web 2.0 in the class

There are teachers around the world whowant to use technology in their classrooms,but they're just not sure where to start.That's why eleven prominent bloggers,teachers, and school administrators gottogether to create this free ebook