I came across this blog post on ScoopIt the other day, and enjoyed the humor in Tamara Fisher’s article called “Two Seconds”. The most important part of the article, however, is near the end. Tamara tells the story of one of her gifted students, whose teacher has a unique approach for differentiating for Spelling. Even … Read more
Puppet Pals is an iDevice app that allows students to make puppet show videos. The free version offers a limited number of characters and backdrops, but can still be fun. For more options, you can pay $2.99 for the Director’s Pass, which you gives many more themes and backgrounds, including Talk Shows and Politics. Once the … Read more
Tap Into The World Of Comics #2:Comic Version View more presentations from S. Hendy Tap Into the World of Comics is a Slideshare presentation by S. Hendy. It not only gives examples of sites for creating comics, along with their links, but also offers 26 suggestions for ways to integrate comics with the curriculum. Presented … Read more
This site has downloadable posters for “Thick” and “Thin” questions. Beth Newingham has also provided bulletin board ideas and question prompts to encourage “thick” questions. If you have time, click on the “Home” link to find out more about her class, and to see how she organizes her classroom. You can also get more information … Read more
“Our Wish for the World” is a creative art idea using the iPad app WordFoto. Tricia Fuglestad posted about this lesson for third graders on the Pop Art of Robert Indiana. Her post includes more pictures and links to an Artsonia gallery of images and a handout. WordFoto is one of my favorite apps … Read more
Students Review Books is an interesting concept that combines student book reviews with QR codes. The site accepts reviews from any elementary school student, but has certain parameters for contributing, which are listed here. Parents must give permission for the reviews to be posted, and a form for this is included on the site. It … Read more