Posted on March 4th, 2011 by
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At http://www.educationalrap.com/teachers-schools, listen to some samples of a great music library of educational rap/hip-hop and pop songs. We already own a set of these tracks in the library, so what you hear is what you can easily get — to use in the classroom, post to your blog or just amuse your students. On the website, you’ll find lyrics for each song, tips for using them, suggested activities and related links. For instance, Math teachers, check this out: Rise up, we’re mappin’ graphs
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Posted on February 11th, 2011 by
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Posted on January 24th, 2011 by
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Many people know of Wordle as a way to give words & ideas special visual impact. (See earlier post.) Here are some other word cloud generators that offer different ways to analyze & present what’s happening in a piece of text. And they’re fun!
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/waiting-for-wordle-free-word-cloud-options-to-use-now/
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Filed under: English, Reading & Writing, Show/tell/publish work, Tech tips & tricks, Web 2.0
Posted on December 17th, 2010 by
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Issuu.com lets students and teachers turn their multi-page documents (instructions, poetry portfolios, even research papers with lots of graphics) into professional looking on-line publications. Here’s what I did with Denise Jaffe’s edublog instructions. http://issuu.com/klarnet/docs/whps_edublog_campus_instructions
What a nice way to show off student work.
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Posted on December 16th, 2010 by
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Our Books & Authors database will suggest a good next book to read — based on the title or titles of books you’ve already read. You can also browse by subject, location, time period or character. Create your own “reading room” list, read or write reviews, browse authors and genres, and more. A place to start for the student who asks…”what should I read?”
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Posted on December 16th, 2010 by
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Figment is a community where students can share their writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. A great place for the already motivated student to publish… and for the un-motivated to get motivated! The New York Times call it “a kind of literary Facebook for teens.”
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Posted on September 30th, 2010 by
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where advertising is all around you. Who makes ads? How do they work? What do they want you to do. Here you will explore, discover and learn.
http://www.admongo.gov/
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Filed under: English, Web 2.0
Posted on June 7th, 2010 by
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Ms. Vranich’s 10th grade English classes are our pioneers in trying out Conard’s new VoiceThread website. Listen to some of their great book reviews. It’s the perfect place to find some helpful summer reading suggestions. (Scroll to the right – past the first page of instructional videos – to get to our collection.) http://conard.ed.voicethread.com/#q
What’s a VoiceThread you say? Here’s your answer: http://conard.ed.voicethread.com/share/409/
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Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by
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Check out http://newsmap.jp/ This visual display of news pulled from the Google News aggregator reveals the unseen patterns in today’s environment of constant, overwhelming media coverage. Stories are color coded and grouped in cells by content. The size of each cell is determined by the number of related articles. The display can be manipulated for viewing by country, category (world, business, sports, etc.) Dazzling and thought provoking – especially for history, government and media studies students.
Or, consider News Dots at http://slatest.slate.com/features/news_dots/default.htm
“an interactive map of how every story in the news is related, updated daily.” Subjects are connected if they appear together in at least two stories, and the size of the dot is based on the number of times the subject is mentioned. Students can see – and be asked to share their understanding of the connections & relationships between events and countries.
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Posted on June 1st, 2010 by
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you can make “cool stuff” with digital photos - motivational posters, jigzaw images, mosaics and more. My favorite is the magazine cover option – where you can add pictures, titles and graphics to make yourself or a friend a cover star. (Teachers take note – a magazine cover might be an excellent way to communicate understanding and perspective on a complex topic.)
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