Posted on February 11th, 2011 by
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Students can use this PowerPoint template created by KP teaching assistant Matt Bannon to build a different kind of Facebook Template Presentation. And credit Tim Cayer at Hall with another discovery: http://myfakewall.com Let’s you create an even more realistic facebook page for anyone. Franklin Roosevelt, for example: http://myfakewall.com/w/Franklin+D+Roosevelt And one more very realistic option: Facebook Template
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Filed under: English, Show/tell/publish work, Social Studies
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? [...]
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Filed under: English, Reading & Writing, Recommended Books, Show/tell/publish work, Web 2.0
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, [...]
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Filed under: English, Social Studies, Teacher Resources, Web 2.0
Posted on June 1st, 2010 by
conardlibrary
At Big Huge Labs.com 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 [...]
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Filed under: English, Math, Science, Show/tell/publish work, Social Studies, Teacher Resources, Tech tips & tricks, Web 2.0, World Language
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
These sites – some old, some new – let students and teachers communicate is creative ways. www.glogster.com Glog is a kind of poster – fully designed by yourself! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video – a perfect tool to express yourself. _______________________________________________________ Make your own music video with Animoto [...]
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Filed under: Show/tell/publish work, Tech tips & tricks, Web 2.0
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Visit http://thinkgreen.com/earthdayideas, where Waste Management and Discovery Education have partnered to help teachers and students at all grade levels celebrate Earth Day every day. The site includes a variety of resources from arts & crafts to educational tools focused on taking action against climate change.
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Filed under: Teacher Resources
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
The Ease History web site allows users to view (and compare) up to 4 short video segments at once. Choose video of 2 different presidential news conferences, 3 political campaign ads or 4 examples of First Amendment issues. Show them to your students to make a point — or tell your students to use them to make their points [...]
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Filed under: Social Studies
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by
conardlibrary
This is a test of what Animoto can do… At www.animoto.com, users can post pictures, write text and choose music tracks which will automatically be combined into a short, zippy, MTV style video. Think book reviews, field trips, science experiments…
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Filed under: Show/tell/publish work
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by
conardlibrary
Photo Story allows you to combine photos, music, narration and motion to create simple movies that bring your images to life. Since the program is a part of Windows, it can be downloaded & installed for free on most computers. In addition to the program itself, before you can create your project you need to gather [...]
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Filed under: Tech tips & tricks
