The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has some excellent Summer Reading Lists available on their website, organized by Grades K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. You may peruse them online or download them for free in either black and white or color.
Happy National Library Week!
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Google Glass
At first I thought this was a tech joke, but it seems to be a real patent on a tool that would allow you to control objects around you. "Remember open book tests?...We should be having open network tests. Kids should be making networks...", "The Key ingredient to any collaboration is trust." - Adam Bellow, Keynote Speaker @ MACUL13 Photos/Graphics/Charts iPiccy Free online photo editor. No registration required. ThingLink Make your static images interactive with music, video, sound, text and more. Easel.ly Create and share visual ideas. "Info. Graphics". The Noun Project Graphics - many created by graphic artists. Free or low cost-if you want them to be royalty free. Infogr.am "Create Interactive Infographics". Helps to make great charts. Video WeVideo Video creation. You don't have to worry about file size since this is based online. You can splice and edit existing videos. Make mashups. Can record directly through the site. You can have as many as 20 students all logged into your account at the same time. Popcorn Maker "...enhance, remix and share web video". Be careful about copyright violation. Blubbr Create video quizzes. PowToon Like PowerPoint combined with flash. Other Stuff Photo Peach Slideshow creation. Can register and manage your students. Class Badges Award badges for learning achievements. QRStuff Generate a QR Code for free. New Web 2.0 WorkFlowy Nice to use for outlining. Some CSS quality (can tag a term and will cascade through all your outlines/notes). Screen Leap Screen sharing - 2 hours free. Edcanvas Great way to create a step-by-step guide with hyperlinks, file uploads it has Google Drive and Plus support etc. Can specify who can access your how-to. Students who access your guide can add a written or audio comment. Meograph Multi-media storytelling that can be embedded. TubeChop "Chop" YouTube videos. Kwizzu Internet browser extension that allows you to download content. Be careful about copyright violations with this one. Google Inside Search Check out the "playground" to see some of the things that they are currently working on at Google. If you have a Google + account you can also access "A Google a Day" here. Google URL Shortener Under "details" will give you a QR code and some basic analytics - how many people clicked on it, from what countries etc. Wufoo Drag & drop to create an online form. Has an embed code. Can create a report from the results with pie charts and graphs. Up to three forms for free, 150 can fill out the form. Music Sites for music and sound effects that use Creative Commons licensing (as in you can use it for free as long as you are not creating a product to sell, make sure to give credit though): Jamendo Careful with this one, there is music/sound with adult content. You may want to select music and sound for students in advance from this one. SoundBible Sound effects, bites and clips. Free Play Music Okay to use with the "little guys". Archive.org Video, audio, music and texts that use Creative Commons licensing.
There are so many good sessions at the MACUL conference! Here are some resources that look interesting from sessions I will miss - I wish I could be in 7 places at once!
GooruLearning A search engine specifically for learning. "Curated" collections include Science, Math and Social Studies. The English Language Arts library is coming soon. Aimed at Middle and High school. CK-12 A K-12, searchable collection of learning modules and resources. Can be used to create a customizable digital textbook to meet your specific needs. Songify An Android App that transforms speech into music. SoundCloud A social network for sharing sounds and music. ThatQuiz Math quizzes. Timed. Shows your score at the end. CyberChallenge Math mastery activities. "Cyber challenge" -addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, timed. Also includes word problems for science, math, history etc. Math 5 Alive Fun, image rich program that teaches various mathematical concepts. Story-based. Cartoony. Organized into video "episodes". Math 6 Spy Guys Similar to Math 5 Alive but just 6th grade mathematical concepts. Wolfram Demonstrations Project Interactive illustrations exploring math, science, technology finance etc. Much of this is college level, but there is a "kids" section. Illuminations Resources and activities for teaching math for PreK-12 educators. MORE Portal Michigan Online Resources for Educators. Resources that are searchable by Common Core Standards and aligned with Michigan's grade level and High School Content expectations. LiveBinders Organize your online resources into digital binders. Examples of binders: Common Core middle grade math, free technology tools for teachers, recipes. Lino Share photos and images. Add digital sticky notes. VoiceThread "Conversations in the cloud". Tagxedo "Word clouds with styles". Voki "Create speaking avatars.." Author and adventurer Pam Flowers kept us on the edge of our seats as she relayed her adventures across the arctic-in the company of only her sled dogs. Flowers spoke of determination, believing in yourself, working as a team and the qualities it takes to be a sled-dog leader. She also brought along her dog Ellie who accompanied her on her hike through the entire Appalachian Trail-a trip that took 199 days. Through breath-taking photographs and vivid storytelling, we felt as if we were there too. Photo Credit: Nicole Krakowski
Pam Flowers will be visiting Bates Elementary-all the way from Alaska on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 6th AND she will be bringing along one of her dogs!
Students will be attending one of two sessions beginning at 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. Young fives students are welcome to attend with a parent and current Bates parents of Kindergarten through Second grade students are also welcome. Ms. Flowers and her team has run the Iditarod, mushed to the Magnetic Pole twice and hiked the more than 2,000 mile long Appalachian Trail. She was the first woman to travel alone with a dog team across Arctic America. We are SO excited that she is coming to Bates! If you would like to purchase one of her books, order forms will be sent home through classroom teachers in the next few days. Please makes checks out directly to Pam Flowers. Questions about this author visit may be directed to Julie Darling. Carrie Pearson Engaging Bates Students |
AuthorJulie Darling is a Library Media Specialist at Creekside Intermediate School, a 5/6 building Archives
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