The following is a list of sites that have been shared with me over the past several days. Generally, you will see all kinds of findings in my Delicious links on the top right hand side of this blog. Enjoy!
What to read?
Math
That Quiz Math Test Activities (Science & Geography too!)
Social Studies/Current Events
National Geographic Little Kids
Science/Health
Digital Citizenship
World Languages
Virtual Field Trips (All Subjects)
The following are two interesting articles from Science Daily:
Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills
Social Skills, Extracurricular Activities In High School Pay Off Later In Life
As educators we already know this, but it is always good to have research to help back it up!
Check out this wonderful reading site for young children: Roy the Zebra.
Information from the site:
“The site is home to a package of interactive games, stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read. The site can be used at school or at home. It’s one of the most comprehensive interactive literacy resources on the net that is freely accessible… no area of the site is password protected.
RTZ also aims to make life easier for educators who teach reading skills. We hope you enjoy the site’s simplicity, fun characters and logical structure. You’ll never be more than 3 clicks (…if that!) away from what you need.
Recently over 360 educators assessed the effectiveness of the resources on www.roythezebra.com – 100% of the respondents agreed that RTZ had helped their pupils become better readers, 100% agreed that the site made reading fun and 100% said that they would use RTZ in the future.”
This was a wonderful experience spending time with some of the great leaders that inhabit the fifth grade classrooms around western Nebraska! The following is a podcast the students created:
Fifth Grade Leadership Day Podcast
I am proud to say my own son, Ronan, was a member of this great group!
Enjoy!
An update by Principal Parks on the collaboration between two of our North Platte, Nebraska elementary schools, Lake Maloney and Osgood, and Yesu Afaayo Jubilee Christian School in Uganda, Africa:
The beginnings of a project to connect elementary students in our school district, North Platte Public Schools, with a school in Uganda:
The following are videos produced by Mrs. Foster and her 4th grade students to show how they learned by using technology this school year! Enjoy!
SMART Board
Computer Lab and Media Center
Clickers and Webcam
Chalkboard and Spelling Aces
Carnegie Mellon University offers a FREE programming language along with teaching tools called Alice:
“Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.”
“Alice is a teaching tool designed as a revolutionary approach to teaching and learning introductory programming concepts. The Alice team has developed instructional materials to support students and teachers in using this new approach. Resources include textbooks, lessons, sample syllabuses, test banks, and more. Other authors have generously joined our efforts, creating additional textbooks.”
There are separate programs geared toward college, high school, and middle school students and can be downloaded for your use today! Another FREE good programming opportunity for younger students can be found via MIT’s Scratch. With these offerings combined a school district can offer programming opportunities K-12 at minimal cost!!!
Kidspiration is a wonderful program that boosts kids creativity! Here are some resources that can help you get started once you have the program (You can download a free trial from the Kidspiration site)!
Atomic Learning Tutorials
Mac
Windows
Osgood Elementary Christmas Concert 3rd-5th Grades
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