March+19th-Session+2



~Abbé Dimnet, //Art of Thinking//, 1928
 * Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. **

Below are resources from the 2nd PD session held on March 19th.

[|What Happened on Your Birthday (Year)-]a fun webiste that tells you information about a specific year.

[|Guess Your Number Game] and[| Magic Gopher]- two fun applications to keep you guessing and wondering "How did they do that?"

[|Make A Word]- an online word game that asks you to make individual words from one word. Does now have ads- which is disappointing!

[|Writing For Math Class]- a site dedicated to inspiring writing activities in math class (grades K-High School).

[|Prezi]- a fun, interactive presentation application. Click [|here] to view my example and[| here]for the Quick Start Guide.

[|Little Bird Tales]- a free site that allows students to create AND record stories from their own artwork or images. Does require an email when registering for an account. An image must be a minimum size of 640 x 480. Appplication does offer an online art pad for studnets to use.

[|Zoo Burst]- a fun application that allows you to create 3D Pop Up Stories.Free Account allows you to create 10 books with 10 pages. You can purchase a teacher account with more features such as a classroom account, voice recording, etc.-- $49.99 per year. Multiple users (5 or more) reduces the price to $29.99 per year.

[|Khan Academy]- over 2,100 videos that covers **K-12 math**, science topics such as **biology, chemistry, and physics.** "Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer." You need a Google or Facebook account to sign-up for this application. It is FREE and will allow you to be a "coach" and track progress of your students. This is a site well worth a look!!!! Click[| here]to view a TED video of Mr. Khan talking about reinventing education.