Saturday, March 14, 2015

83% of Kids Love Being Read Aloud To: Scholastic | GalleyCat

83% of Kids Love Being Read Aloud To: Scholastic | GalleyCat: Most parents of small children know the benefits of reading to kids, but older kids can also benefit from the activity.

Two Good Google Drive Templates to Create Fake Facebook Pages

Two Good Google Drive Templates to Create Fake Facebook Pages: These templates, created by Derrick Waddell, are available in the template gallery of Google Docs where you can download and use them on your own Drive.

Education on Air - Home

Education on Air - Home: You have the best seat in the house (your own!) to learn with other educators. Sign up today to stay informed.

Canva Design School —�Teaching Materials

Canva Design School —�Teaching Materials: Canva is a simple-to-use design program. Used by 1.8 million people.
Design presentations, social media graphics and more.

Tips to Using Google Keep in Education

Educational Technology Guy: Tips to Using Google Keep in Education: Google's easy to use note taking app, is a great resource for students and teachers.

5 Sites For Summarizing Book Plots | GalleyCat

5 Sites For Summarizing Book Plots | GalleyCat: Reading literature is not always an easy task. It can help to review plot summaries in the process of reading difficult texts.

There are a number of online resources available to readers to help navigate these complexities of literature.

WhatsDue app

WhatsDue: A SIMPLE WAY FOR TEACHERS TO KEEP
PARENTS AND STUDENTS UP TO DATE

CyArk

About CyArk: CyArk was founded in 2003 to ensure heritage sites are available to future generations, while making them uniquely accessible today. CyArk operates internationally as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission of using new technologies to create a free, 3D online library of the world's cultural heritage sites before they are lost to natural disasters, destroyed by human aggression or ravaged by the passage of time.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Free Technology for Teachers: Create a Word Cloud Within Your Google Documents

Free Technology for Teachers: Create a Word Cloud Within Your Google Documents: Once upon a time there was a Google Spreadsheets script that would create word clouds for you. When the new (current) version of Google Spreadsheets was launched that script stopped working. Now there is a replacement for that old script.

Historical Figure Fan Page – Design School

Historical Figure Fan Page – Design School



Students will  read about and analyze the life of a famous historical figure. In doing so, they will use the knowledge they’ve acquired about this figure and construct a narrative or explanation about this particular person.