As we continue to introduce SMARTBoards in our district I was asked to create a brief Notebook lesson that would highlight some of the SMARTBoard “rules” and functions for the elementary teachers to use with their classes. Some of the templates require you to plug in information [...]
My previous post focused on one activity (Elements of a Story) found at Learning.org, but I wanted to write a quick post to let you know that there are several interactive lessons on their main Interactives page that are definitely worth checking out. There are interactives in [...]
The ELA Coach was asking for a website that would assist her in presenting and reviewing the parts of a story and so I pointed her in the direction of a wonderful interactive site from Learner.org called Interactives Elements of a Story. This site brings [...]
I have had a couple of folks ask me if I knew of any “good” Sign Language websites so this post will be dedicated to some websites that I have found beneficial. ENJOY!
 ASLPRO.com is a very good, completely free online ASL educational resource website featuring [...]
Isn’t it funny how things sometimes just happen. My friend, Lisa, asked me this week if I knew of any interactive plagiarism sites that she could use with her middle school students and off the top of my head I didn’t have any answers. Fast forward to tonight…. I’m on [...]
A friend of mine, Marie, sent me a link to e-Learning for Kids and I’m glad she did! It is filled with wonderful free resources…
“Established in late 2004, e-Learning for Kids is a global, nonprofit foundation dedicated to fun and free learning on the Internet for children ages [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Wishing everyone celebrating Thanksgiving today a day filled with family and friends, fun and laughter, health and peace, rest and relaxation, football games and pumpkin pie! ENJOY!
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 Tom Barrett is the creative mind behind the Interesting Ways to Use Series. If you have not yet checked out his blog and specifically this series I highly recommend that you do! He has created presentations for Intersting Ways to…. “Use Audio, Use a Wiki, Use Wordle, etc. The really [...]
Triptico is a site that every teacher who uses a SMARTBoard should take the time to check out since it offers several free interactive activities that are simply wonderful! I love them all! ENJOY!
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Many of the options work very well with the SMARTBoard -Â I love the [...]
Magic Studio is a Network of Interactive Learning that has been on my “need to explore closer” list since this summer. I started to explore it this week and have really found some of the features to be versatile for the SMARTBoards, classroom use (laptops) and on wikis [...]
Harcourt Publishing has an ABC Adventure interactive game that teaches/reinforces the letters of the alphabet. A keyboard appears on the screen and the player uses their computer keyboard to fill in the missing letters. It has nice voice output and I like that the letters are highlighted. [...]
Steve Anderson over on the Blogging About the We 2.0 Connection in the Classroom Blog announced a contest that I wanted to pass along.  The SMART folks have given him one copy (1 License, up to 40 Machines) of their SMART Classroom Suite Software to give [...]
With Thanksgiving shining bright on my radar screen I wanted to remind everyone of the resources on my Thanksgiving page. I would also recommend that you visit the Thanksgiving Resources posted by Jim Hollis over on Teachers Love SMARTBoards and Larry Ferlazzo’s Thanksgiving Resources [...]
Fractions can be a difficult concept for some students to master and so I was asked by some teachers if I knew of any websites that were interactive and would help students reinforce and practice fraction skills. Below is the list I developed- ENJOY!
Elearning for Kids- this is a [...]
During a Google search for Thanksgiving activities/lessons I came across this awesome website called EL Civics for ESL Students. It is filled with many mini lessons on civics, US Holidays, Famous Americans, Life Skills, US Geography, etc. The site also provides worksheets and activities to accompany the lessons. All of the [...]
I came across the website, ReadWriteThink Calendar, and wanted to share. What I like about this resource is that it not only presents daily historical information using text and visual supports, but it also gives you links to lesson plans and other resources to give you ideas [...]
The fall always seems like the optimal time for lessons on trees and so once again as the leaves are changing colors and quickly falling to the ground in Massachusetts I’m thinking trees! There are two sites from the University of Illinois Extension that I find to [...]
English Alphabet from NGfL,  is a good activity for alphabet/letter review that works well with the SMARTBoard. The initial screen reviews the letters with visual and audio cues. You can then either touch each letter in the alphabet on the top of the screen or click on the arrow in [...]
I have discovered some very cool, and new to me, sites that help assist with reinforcing and reviewing rhyming that I wanted to share. The first is by Golden Books called Cat at Bat. This activity simulates a baseball game- every correct answer scores a run and every [...]
Sharing an interesting site that has been talked about by several people called-Â Tar Heel Reader . I think I first learned of this site from the amazing Paul Hamilton over on his blog Free Resources from the NET for Every Learner. Tar Heal Reader offers [...]
Want to share another great site from the BBC– KS1 Bitesize Games. This addresses two areas: Literacy and Numeracy. Both present with several subcategories including addition, multiplication, money skills under numeracy and spelling, alphabetical order, phonics under literacy. Each category has three skill level options, presents [...]
I have been busy helping some of the math coaches in the district create resource wikis for their teachers and as I was searching for interactive sites I stumbled across Rader’s Number Nut.com. This is a very comprehensive site filled with a plethora of math information and activities for review [...]
Here are a few sites that I have used to discuss Veterans Day. ENJOY!
The first is a website that offers various Powerpoints on Veteran’s Day.
VA Kids has a nice word jumble game. This works well on the SMARTBoard since you click and drag the letters to complete the [...]
Train Timeis a site that reinforces time telling skills (elapsed time) in a very fun, semi real life situation. Students read the statements on the left of the screen and then have to click on the train with the correct answer. If your answer is right the train will move [...]
I am finally reading the Tweets from the NECC this year- there were so many great resources shared.  Five Card Flickr is one site that I found to be quite interesting. It reminds me somewhat of PicLits, which I wrote about in January, since both incorporate pictures to inspire creative [...]
I learned of this really cool site yesterday at MassCUE– actually I overheard a group of folks talking about this “Twitter-like tool that would easily allow for immediate student feedback”. Naturally I was intrigued and so  I asked if they would share the information with me and they did! The [...]
I apologize for not posting for a while, but the start of school and some personal priorities monopolized my time, but things are now settling and I hope to be back posting on a more regular basis. Thanks to everyone who contacted me with words of concern.
Sooooooo, the site I [...]
Kids Online Resources is a marvelous site filled with several resources from Kindergarten to high school. The Interactive Multimedia section has a plethora of activities that are amazing to use with the SMARTBoard. There are activities on fractions, identifying time, the number system, etc.  The [...]
Here is another very nice interactive game that will challenge your student’s knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.  You are given 30 questions to answer. Click on the “Draw a Card” option to the right bottom of the screen, a question will appear and then type in your answer [...]
The Bill of Rights Match Game is a great activity/game to help students understand and review the Bill of Rights. There are are two levels- elementary and high school.  The object is to read each statement and decide if the answer is yes or no based on the information [...]
I stumbled across this great game to review/quiz students on American Symbols. You simply answer the 30 questions that appear on the screen by clicking and dragging the answer to the answer box. The incorrect answer is not “accepted” into the box and the correct answer allows you to [...]
A while back, Jim Hollis tweeted about Super Math Games on Twitter. There are some limited free games that work very well on the SMART Board. Just click on the “guest” login. The free games are indicated by the green check marks. ENJOY!
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I am happy to report that Mr. Nussbaum has done it again– he has improved the wonderful interactive math application, Draggable Math. In his words, Draggable Math now has “the ability to correct problems, drag numbers anywhere on the screen, change paper type from graphing, to lined, [...]
I have been providing some Tech PD this week to teachers in my district- Integrating Technology in the Classroom (including SMARTBoard Trainings) and I promised to post the comic one of the teacher’s created. So Rich ( AKA Mr. Grumpy!!)– this one is for you! Now you can tell your [...]
Curriculumbits.com is a wonderful resource offering free online access to interactive multimedia elearning resources. The online resource library contains games, quizzes, animations and videos in a variety of subjects for students aged 11 to 16. The resources are available to access online, completely free of charge in the [...]
I have been intrigued by the free Loggel.com Lifelog site. Many view a lifelog as a modern way to write a diary or travel log, but I think it has potential in the classroom for digital storytelling, especially since in addition to text, you can add images, audio files [...]
I have arrived home safe and sound after attending the Shenandoah Valley SMART Users Conference in Harrisonburg, VA. It was an awesome conference and I am so glad that I decided to attend. Not only did I learn several new SMART “tricks” to bring back to my district, but I [...]
Well my bags are packed, the MapQuest directions are completed, the car has a full tank of gas, the laptop is in the car and I am eager and ready to start my road trip to Virginia bright an early tomorrow morning to attend the 1st Annual SMART Users [...]
Discovered another free avatar generator that is offered by AMC in honor of their show Mad Men called MadMenYourself! The process is fairly intuitive, you begin by selecting your body type – male (suit) or female (skirt) and then takes you on a journey to fine tune your character [...]
Ok , so sometimes you just have to share things that are just plain COOOOL and this is one of them– the Human Clock! Check it out– it’s sure to make you say WOW!! ENJOY!
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I’m really liking this site that was shared on Twitter called Daily Mugshot so I wanted to share. Basically Daily Mugshots is a free service that allows you to chronicle your daily life using photos. Take a photo a day and it will turn them into an animated [...]
I came across a nice game/activity to review money skills from arcytech.com that I wanted to share. This game works very well on the SMART Board since all students need to do is drag and drop the amount into the blue box. Here is a link to the [...]
Sharing something that made me smile- The Last Page of the Internet- ENJOY!
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