June 30, 2010

Animated Explanations - Explanatory Animations


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A website full of animated movies, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, all free for you to view and to embed in your website. Simply select an animated explanation and follow the instructions to integrate it in your site.
Animated Explanations - Explanatory Animations

June 23, 2010

EcoKids Home


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Eco Kids is a Canadian-based organization providing free resources for teaching and learning about topics in environmental science. The resources designed for teachers require registration, but the resources for students can be accessed without registration. The games and activities section for kids offers dozens of online games across eight categories. Within each of the eight categories the games and activities are again categorized according to age appropriateness. The eight games and activities categories are: wildlife, climate change, energy, water, waste, land use, the North, and First Nations & Inuit.
EcoKids Home

June 14, 2010

Conceptua™ Math


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 Free Tools for Teachers. These tools are designed for teacher-facilitated instruction, and include sample problems to give teachers instructional suggestions. For each tool you will find a short instructional video, standards alignment (including the recent Common Core State Standards), key vocabulary, and IEP goals. Select a topic below to get started.

Conceptua™ Math

Learning Chocolate


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Welcome to Learning Chocolate! This web site aims to help students to memorize English vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games. Try our games and enjoy learning, like eating chocolate. NEW FEATURE : Now you can create your own word game! Read Tutorial on "Create word game" to learn more!

Learning Chocolate

June 11, 2010

TypeWith.me: Live Text Document Collaboration!


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TypeWith.me: Live Text Document Collaboration!

June 7, 2010

Soundation


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Create music on the web. Whether you are an amateur or a pro you will be able to satisfy all your needs with Soundation Studio -- a powerful online sequencer with 11 real time effects, 3 synthesizers, a drum machine and a fully integrated Sound Shop

Soundation

Smart Board In-service


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Folder Management: 

http://blog.scs.sk.ca/ilovesmartboards/Notebook%20Folder%20Management.swf


GSCS Resource One Stop Shop


Introduction to Smart Boards Self-Directed Online Course
Register for TADO PD on the Cyber School web site http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber
Once registered log in and click on Self-Directed PD courses and register for the Introduction to Smart Boards course.

Resource Links for Smart Boards (Search hint - Interactive Whiteboard)

Smart Tech: http://education.smarttech.com/

Smart Exchange:http://exchange.smarttech.com/files/  (free to join)

I love smart boards: http://blog.scs.sk.ca/ilovesmartboards  (subscribe via email)

Cyber Planet Short Overview


May 27, 2010

GSCS Substitute Teacher PD Session


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  Welcome!!! Thank you for taking the time to participate in this session!

1. Introduction to Smart Boards Self-Directed Online Course
Register for TADO PD on the Cyber School web site http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber
Once registered log in and click on Self-Directed PD courses and register for the Introduction to Smart Boards course.

2. Orienting the Smart Board

3. Accessing the Tools and Using the tools

4. Using the Notebook Software

View, save and interact with Smart Notebook files online, at no charge.

http://express.smarttech.com/#

5. Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0

6. Educator Resources

7. Super Teacher Tools: http://www.superteachertools.com/
Build your own activities, save them to your blog (register for a blog at: http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber Under Registration click Blogs)

8. Demo of an interactive web site:
Inventions at play: http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_tinker.html


9. Math Makes Sense (Diana Sproat)

10. Questions?

Edistorm- Brainstorming Without the Bored Room


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 Edistorm takes the metaphor of sticky notes on a boardroom wall and brings it online allowing anyone - anywhere to brainstorm with only a web browser. Each user picks their favorite ideas and Edistorm brings the best ones forward.

Edistorm

Free Reading Lessons/Activities


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Smarttutor.com's FREE Reading Activities help children become better readers by teaching the following necessary sub-skills:

Phonics: Children learn systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds.

Phonemic Awareness: Children learn to identify, think about, and work with individual sounds in spoken words.

Vocabulary: Children learn appropriate grade-level words to help them expand their vocabulary and communicate more effectively.

Sight Words: Children learn to recognize common sight words from the Dolch and Fry word lists to increase reading fluency.

Reading Comprehension: Children learn to actively construct meaning when reading both fiction and non-fiction passages.

All activities are research-based and presented in an engaging and interactive environment that will grab your child's attention and keep them interested and motivated to learn.


Free Reading Lessons - Homeschool, After School, Elementary School, Summer Study