SmartBoardTalk

Wordle Ideas

2009-06-17T13:08:00.001-07:00

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Wordle Ideas

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Nelms Presentation Web 2.0 Tools For Classroom Instruction

2009-06-17T13:02:00.001-07:00

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Nelms Presentation Web 2.0 Tools For Classroom Instruction

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Story of Stuff

2009-05-14T13:52:00.000-07:00

I could not resist posting this. The Story of Stuff is an awesome story. Make sure you watch the whole video before showing it to your class.

Edmodo

2009-05-14T11:22:00.000-07:00

"Traditional web 2.0 tools in a k-12 classroom environment create concerns over privacy. Edmodo has been built with the privacy of students in mind. Edmodo provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links, and files. Teachers have the ability to send alerts, events, and assignments to students. Edmodo also has a public component which allows teachers to post any privately shared item to a public timeline and RSS feed." One blogger titled his review of Edmodo "If a Teacher had Designed Twitter"

Maps In The Classroom

2009-05-14T10:53:00.001-07:00

How accurate and up-to-date is that pull down map in your room? If you don't have Google Earth installed on your computer or want to find a map and/or location quickly on a current map, check out the links below.

Live Search Maps

Google Maps

Making Teachers Nerdy

2009-05-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Making Teachers Nerdy is an incredible blog that is all about "Tech Integration Tips and Web Links to Increase Your Teacher Nerdiness Levels" Here are some recent posts to give you an idea of the usefulness of this blog.

12 Best Google Keywords for Finding Classroom Resources

Educational Blogs You Should Be Investigating

10 Microsoft Word Tricks Every Teacher Should Know

Spelling City

2009-05-14T10:10:00.001-07:00

"SpellingCity is an online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun." Register first, then type in your spelling words for each week. Works like magic on the smartboard with whole class or in the lab where each student can easily access their weekly spelling list.

PicLits

2009-05-14T09:46:00.001-07:00

"PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture."

WordSift - Visualize Text

2009-05-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

"WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.
For teachers, the tool offers a quick way of assessing the text that he or she is using for instruction. Teachers assess students, and the most successful teachers use this information to guide their teaching. So why not assess the text as well? By using WordSift, teachers get a heads up on key vocabulary appearing in the text, and can line instruction up with what might be challenging for students"

First Grade Virtual Field Trip

2009-05-01T12:47:00.000-07:00

The first attempt at Union House for interactive video conferencing. The first grade classes of Mrs. Aldag and Mrs. Pressey "visited" Crystal Cove State Park.

ReadWriteThink

2009-02-18T22:02:00.000-08:00

"ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation.
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content."

SlideShare

2009-02-18T21:43:00.001-08:00

Looking for a certain PowerPoint presentation? "SlideShare is the best way to share and find presentations.

JeopardyLabs - Online Jeopardy

2009-02-18T21:36:00.000-08:00

"JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake."

Educational Technology Clearinghouse

2009-02-18T21:04:00.000-08:00

Pretty apparent from this website that Florida spends the money to provide it's teachers with great tech resources! For those teachers who have general "how-to" tech questions, check out the Tech-Ease link

Interactive Websites

2009-02-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

An awesome collection of websites from Jefferson County Schools in Tennessee. Check it out by clicking on picture above.

Webspiration

2008-11-12T11:40:00.000-08:00

Webspiration™ is the new online visual thinking tool that helps you capture ideas, organize information, diagram processes and create clear, concise written documents whether working individually or collaboratively. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best

4Teachers Family of Tools

2008-11-08T19:27:00.000-08:00

4Teachers.org has many time saving resources for teachers.........

Construct online quizzes that can include multimedia
Create customized rubrics in English and Spanish using Rubistar
Educational Games for students to polish math and language skills
Provides tools for students to write persuasive essays
View thousands of online lessons or quickly create your own
Post your own online class calendar with hyperlinks and projects

Delicious

2008-11-03T15:46:00.000-08:00

Are you having a hard time keeping track of all the interesting Web pages you find? Would you like access to your bookmarks from any computer? Delicious can help.

Delicious keeps all your bookmarks in one place so you will never lose track of your bookmarks again. Since we store your bookmarks online, you can get to them from any computer, whether you're at home, at work or on the road.

Wordle

2008-10-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

"Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like."

Think of the many ways you could use this with your SmartBoard!

Discovery Education

2008-10-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

Looking for video to enhance your lessons? Sign up for a free 30 day trial with Discovery Education. Then let your administrator know how much you like it.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

2008-09-30T22:13:00.000-07:00

Learned of this site last year while completing CLAD program online. "The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way."
Visual Thesaurus

National History Education Clearinghouse

2008-09-30T21:56:00.000-07:00

"Designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom"
National History Education Clearinghouse

Smartboards In The News

2008-09-30T21:18:00.000-07:00

Two Articles that discuss the impact of interactive whiteboards in the classroom
It Makes Teachers Touchy

Interactive Whiteboards Transforms Local School Lessons

Differentiating Instruction With A SmartBoard?

2008-09-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

Read the article from the link below
Six Reasons Why Differentiating Instruction With Technology Works
By Heather Ellwood

Document Camera Ideas

2008-09-23T20:46:00.000-07:00

Click on the picture below to download a resource with many ideas on using your Elmo in the classroom.

Notebook Software Lesson Activities

2008-09-22T08:27:00.000-07:00

If you have searched the web at all you know there are tons of Smart Notebook downloads you can find created by teachers and school districts across the globe. Here is the official Smart website link where you can search and sort hundreds of downloadable activities by grade level, topic, date created, etc. Check it out.

Notebook Lessons - Elementary

PowerPoint 2003

2008-09-22T08:10:00.000-07:00

Many of the textbook companies now include PowerPoint shows as a way to present the material to students. If you would like to create your own shows and don't know how or need a refresher course, the links below will help.

PowerPoint 2003 in the Classroom
PowerPoint 2003 Courses

Many Ways to Use Your Smartboard More Effectively

2008-09-18T12:37:00.001-07:00

Check out the two links below if you want to learn more "tricks"

Ten Ways from elearnr

37 Ways from Google Docs

Organizing It All

2008-09-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

Instead of putting a paper version under your document camera, try using the resources below and locate the perfect graphic organizer to use in a SmartNotebook page.

Graphic Organizers (from Teacher Vision)

Graphic Organizers (from Education Place)

Graphic Organizers (from ABC Teach)

Graphic Organizers (from Houghton Mifflin)

Overwhelmed With Searching?

2008-09-18T07:30:00.000-07:00

As I search the Internet for useful SmartBoard sites, I am often overwhelmed at all that is available. In the future I hope to organize and link to some of the better sites on this website. If you want to hone your own search skills, click on the link below.

Four NETS for Better Searching

Welcome to SmartBoard Talk

2008-07-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this web blog is to provide resources for Union House teachers to learn about and use the Smartboard in their classroom. Look at and use the links listed on this page and let me know if you find new links I could add as well.