Poster My Wall!

I am LOVING PosterMyWall !  I have to thank my colleague Jennifer Morrison for sharing this great resource on our Discovery Education Edmodo... Read more »

Silhouette Memoir Writing with Tagxedo

Our fourth grade students were writing about a special event that had happened in their lifetime and the fourth grade team asked me for an i... Read more »

You Are Your Words: A Portrait of You Created with Words

You Are Your Words is an easy to use site that instantly converts a portrait image to a word cloud image.  This tool was created by the Ame... Read more »

You Are Your Words: A Portrait of You Created with Words

You Are Your Words is an easy to use site that instantly converts a portrait image to a word cloud image.  This tool was created by the Ame... Read more »

Newsmap: A Visual of Today's News

Newsmap is a site that provides a visual representation of the news as aggregated  from Google News.  What I like about Newsmap is the how... Read more »

Newsmap: A Visual of Today's News

Newsmap is a site that provides a visual representation of the news as aggregated  from Google News.  What I like about Newsmap is the how... Read more »

SmartyGames

SmartyGames is a site with a variety of interactive games for elementary students.  Choose from math, money, time, counting, and reading fo... Read more »

SmartyGames

SmartyGames is a site with a variety of interactive games for elementary students.  Choose from math, money, time, counting, and reading fo... Read more »

Hundreds of Activities for Your Smartboard

Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for te... Read more »

Hundreds of Activities for Your Smartboard

Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for te... Read more »

Alphabetimals- The Animal Shaped Alphabet

Alphabetimals is a flipbook that features letter shaped animal pictures to help young students learn the alphabet, letters, and letter soun... Read more »

Picture Books on Video

You may know that Discovery Education has a great selection of educational videos for your classroom.  But, did you know that they also hav... Read more »

QR Codes and Ideas for Using them in the Classroom

I recently created this presentation for the Reading Council of SC to show educators how to use QR codes in the media center and with liter... Read more »

Google Earth in the Classroom

This week I will providing Google Earth training for middle and high teachers.  This slideshow includes rationale for using Google Earth in... Read more »

Vocabulary Games for Your Smartboard

Increase or review vocabulary with these team-based game activities from BarryFUNEnglish .  Choose from games like The Wheel (based on Whee... Read more »

Digital Storytelling for Halloween

There are so many great digital storytelling sites and applications to help your students to share their stories online.  Here are some site... Read more »

Flipsnack: Create Online Flipping Books

I am always looking for new ways to publish student work on teacher websites and on my blog.  I was excited to learn about  Flipsnack  from ... Read more »

AudioPal: Audio Player for Your Website

Add instant interactivity and interest to your teacher website with AudioPal .  AudioPal is a free online tool that creates an audio player ... Read more »

Fakebook Biographical Profiles

Here is a fun new way to create a biography or timeline project- make a Fakebook !  Fakebook by Classtools.net allows teachers and students... Read more »

JogLab: Create Mnemonics or Acrostics

Looking for a fun way to remember facts?  Have your students create a mnemonic with JogLab .  What is a mnemonic?  JogLab  says, "A mne... Read more »