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
The Academy of Achievement aims to “to bring aspiring young people together with real-life heroes.” One way they are accomplishing this is by posting audio and video of interviews with leaders in different fields. The videos include such eminent people as Steve Jobs and Maya Angelou, and many more. In addition to the videos, the … Read more
7 Hat Challenge is a game hosted by Scholastic News that allows the player to choose the difficulty level, and then try to earn 7 different presidential “hats” of responsibility. This is a good interactive that allows the player to learn more about some of the Presidents of the United States and their many roles. … Read more
I was really intrigued by the Flags by Colours infographic in a presentation given by Kathy Schrock on “Using Infographics as a Creative Assessment” at T.C.E.A. last week. Although her presentation was about having students create infographics, this particular example struck me as one that could be useful in the classroom. For starters, you could ask … Read more
Last year, a friend of mine told me about Google’s 20% Policy, and I immediately thought of its applications for the classroom. It was among many of my ideas that I had for the new school year that just didn’t come to fruition. And now, I find that a teacher named AJ Juliani had the … Read more
I found out about this site on KB Connected right before the holidays. Karen’s site recommends to “use it to introduce: Historical figures, characters from a book, famous scientists, figures in pop culture etc.” I tried it out myself, and was impressed, so I showed it to my nine-year old daughter – who became obsessed with it! … Read more