Kidblog

Wednesday, March 09, 2011 | Labels: Blogging

Blogs are another kind of website!

The word 'blog' is short for weblog - a personal web page where you can write about anything you want: your life, your family, movies you like, your opinions on teaching...anything

Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom

The video below explains how you start :

What is it?

Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school

teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog.

Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all the publishing activity.

About Kidblog

What are the benefits?

It's free and simple

It is easy to create a digital classroom environment

Students do not need e-mail addresses, the teacher sets up all accounts

Students practice and improve their writing skills and spelling

Kidblog site also provides students with blogs of their own

Kidblog is a place to interact with other students

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Voicetread

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Labels: Online Video / Communication

Are you familiar with VOICETREAD?

It is a fun tool to use!

http://voicethread.com/?

I ´d like to share what I created for my lesson on fairytales:

Voicetread tool is really cool!

I love it! It allows creativity!

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Tok Box

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Labels: Online Video / Communication

How to use tokbox for video conferencing?

Tokbox.com- It allows you to set up a video chat channel in seconds.

Learn how to use tokbox by clicking here!

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Bubble Joy

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Labels: Online Video / Communication

Sharing a GREAT site- BubbleJoy

Do you know this site?

http://www.bubblejoy.com/

The world may be getting small, but it ´s still big enough that you don ´t always get to see and talk with others directly.

BubbleJoy enables you to quickly create and design custom video cards that are easy to share with others by simply using your webcam.

-it ´s FREE

-it ´s EASY to use

-it ´s CREATIVE

- it ´s good for practicing SPEAKING and LISTENING

it ´s a lot of FUN!

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Create a Graph

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Labels: Classroom Tools

Do you love graphs?

Here are some beautiful interactive sites to create graphs with your students:

Simple Survey by Teacher LED:
Choose a topic (transportation, pets, TV, or food) and create a tally chart, pie graph, or bar graph with the data you collect as a class.

Create A Graph:
Create bar, line, area, pie, and XY graphs.

Make a Pictogram:Make a pictogram using images of flowers, people, cars, stars, boats, blocks, coach, bikes, trains, and computers. You can change the color of the images, as well.