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Politics and Wordle

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Links, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I’m not going to get into politics on here, but I thought this could be used in an educational way.  I have posted about wordle before.  It is a great program that will take a bunch of words- in this case McCain and Obama’s speeches- and create a visual.  The top 125 words used in [...]

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Today’s Classroom?

Posted in 21st Century Learning, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I know that I primarily hit elementary, but today I am addressing a video put together by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at KState. While it does speak more toward higher ed, these “kids” didn’t start these habits in college. Many of our elementary, middle, and high school students have these [...]

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Generators

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Links, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There are all sorts of generators around the web.  I am going to highlight a few of the ones I find valuable and give some ideas of how to use them.
Coat of Arms
I have done these with students when we studied Don Quixote, medieval times, and other aspects of history or genealogy.  There are numerous [...]

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Photostory

Posted in Links, Student Projects, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Photostory is not a new application, but one that does deserve a mention every now and again. It is a free download available through microsoft and will allow users to combine pictures and music into a short “movie”.
In my 5th grade classroom, I used it to have students create a “movie” about the Gettysburg [...]

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Math Moves U

Posted in Links, tagged , , , , , , , on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is a great site for the 5th-8th grade crowd. Math Moves U has a fun and interactive interface that takes users through worlds of music, sports, fashion and more, all using math concepts. The site is geared at the 6-8 crowd, but advanced 5th grade could work most of the problems on the [...]

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StarChild and Imagine the Universe

Posted in Links, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Starchild and Imagine the Universe are both kids site put out by a division of NASA.
Starchild.com offers students in the 1st-6th grade crowd a great resource for learning more about our solar system and universe. It comes complete with activities and a glossary of space terms. It also offers a text reader [...]

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