STABLS teachers

Alan's Diigo. You can sign up to follow and have all the resources he has posted.

Search operator tips

Good place to start for learning more about how to teach google search techniques.

Google Tips & Tricks

Country Codes

Site Alan mentioned about google operators

A good resource for ideas for class blogs.

Photo editing web based free tool. Does not require an account - so it would be a good choice to try with our students.

A good site for information on copyright & Creative Commons. As we are using content from the internet, we need to both be aware and make our students aware of these concepts. AND it is a good example of the use of Edublog.

Scroll down to the Practical Tips for the Early Grades section. There are some interesting thoughts about various modes of exploration and learning from independent to pairs and groups. The list of seven skills that support pre-reading is helpful as we explain to others the benefits of coding for pre-readers and beginning readers.

This is a really useful article and worth a read.

Interesting! I know we use Kodable and Beebot with our students but I hadn't seen the LEGO version. Having 2 boys who love LEGOs I decided to put it on my iPad and see what they thought. They both really enjoyed to robot and making him move around. To me it got hard faster than Kodable but honestly they didn't seem to mind. (and it didn't seem hard for them just me. :) It may be a thought to have another coding program to put in Kindergarteners hands.

Watch the videos at the bottom of this page. Fun project for students. Could our 3rd & 4th graders do something like this?

Let's focus on digital footprints!

I love the format of these 16 Habits of Mind. Each one has a graphic and brief answers to these questions: What does it mean? Why does it matter? When should you use it? Then, each is followed by an engaging example e.g. a movie clip. The information is clear and concise and it dovetails with Visible Thinking.

Bold and exciting. What can we do to lay the groundwork with our students for thinking creatively and solving real problems?

DIY.org looks interesting amongst other things mentioned here.

From Kathy Cassidy - take a look at her suggestions.

Some ideas from the UK!

Read this blog and think about our Fridays!

very helpful and worth looking at - thank you

Marco Torres is an amazing teacher, filmmaker, presenter. This is a page of resources from Marco that could be useful for our Fridays. Love to talk to anyone about it and how we could apply his ideas.

Another site Alan November shared with us. Perhaps join as a class to get students involved with this project.

This site looks excellent. I like the fact that it has suggested 'trusted' links.

There are some most useful ideas embedded here. You need to explore further.

Great, short article talking about the shift in education from the 3Rs to the 4Cs.