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More Interactive Resources

knowledgefarmer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:12:49 +0000

Here are some great interactive activities for use on a SMART Board (or any IWB – interactive white board). I found these on a great resource sharing site: http://seamanits.edublogs.org/2009/04/14/jeopardy-online/.

JeopardyLabs – Online Jeopardy Template via kwout

These tools are very easy to use and work great on an interactive white board. Super Teacher Tools has 10 interactive activities that are ready to use without any setup or downloads needed. Your computer will just need to have the Adobe Flash plug-in.

Integration resources

knowledgefarmer — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:59:21 +0000

1. Google Earth Resources – I am a big fan and advocate of using Google Earth (GE) in the classroom for just about any subject. These are some great overlays or layers you can add to GE. Click on the GE tab at the top of this page to view a presentation about learning how to integrate GE in your class.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/04/nearly-400-google-earth-files-for.html

2. The Thomas Jefferson Papers. More than 20,000 digitized images from Jefferson’s documents!

http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=193

3. FunnelBrain.com is an academic question and answer site that provides an environment for collaborative online learning. Create flashcards with videos, photos, audio, text, and math equations!

http://www.funnelbrain.com/

4. Powerpoints and interactive activities galore! Mostly geared towards elementary use.

http://www.pppst.com/index.html

5. Twitter Handbook for Teachers. I’m sure you have heard of Twitter and if not this very helpful document will help you learn all about it as well as the many uses it has in education. Feel free to follow me as well – http://twitter.com/jfarm

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14062777

Google Documents

knowledgefarmer — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:06:57 +0000

Google Documents allows you to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, forms and presentations. The beauty is in the simplicity and ease of use. I can start a project at work on one computer and then complete the presentation, letter, spreadsheet or whatever it happens to be on any other computer that is connected to the internet. All your work is done on your Google Documents web page. You do not have to download a word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation program. Did I mention that all this is free; all you have to do is sign up for a free Google account.

Here is a presentation that I have created and shared at conferences.

Life ‘Round Here

knowledgefarmer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:47:14 +0000

The Life ‘Round Here project my fourth and fifth graders participated in this year is coming to a close. The winner for our school was Trey, a fourth grader in Mrs. Knight’s class. The students did an amazing job and truly enjoyed themselves. Please take a look at our projects along with those of the other 14 schools that participated. Schools from Waycross to New Zealand and beyond all worked hard on producing multimedia videos about themselves and their towns.

Find the completed projects along with the winners from each school here.

If the links above do not work, copy and paste this URL into your browser’s address bar:

http://chriscraft.pbwiki.com/completed+projects

Photo Cubes

knowledgefarmer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:29:23 +0000

Create cool photo cubes with your pictures. Great for all kinds of projects. Simple step by step process to create and print your pictures on a template that even has the dotted lines to fold and solid lines to cut.

Click the picture to go there or weblink here: http://www.tabblo.com/partners/flickr/

Here is a sample of one that I created from our Storybook Character Day at Center:

1. Choose your flickr photos.
2. Put them where you want them on your cube.

3. Select letter or A4 and open as a PDF to print (with cutting instructions on the printout).

And this is what you get when you click “Get Photo Cube”:

Final product:

Very cool tool! If you don’t use flickr just printout a blank cube to use as a template. You can then cut and paste your photos onto the template and create a cube from photos on another website or prints that you have.