Read and Write!

Pretty much how I find stuff is purely accidental. My thinking train has jumped so many tracks I don't even remember how I got to this. Oh wait, I was looking for resources about the Iditarod. If you read Carole Marsh books with your class, you are going to enjoy her mystery club site.

What I found were links to what look like ALL of her books, plus free printable resources. Very nice. Not being a reading/language arts teacher I have not read these books but I am very impressed with her site. Her books seem to be for grades 1-6. Her free resources might include book club activities, quizzes and more. There is also a place to submit your review of the book. A nice resource and worth a look.

TCEA 2018

We are here! Sunny warm Austin Texas.....no...pretty chilly but the people we have met are super warm and friendly. Tuesday is in the books and it was a successful day. We had a poster session "Create and Collaborate on the Clock" that went very well. And then in the afternoon we had "Enhancing Vocabulary Strategies with Technology"- also went well. If you found this blog but want to see our presentations we have a new site called Tech Dogs Run. Be sure to check it out!

Christmas Fun with Doink

Oh my goodness! Must share this one NOW.
I saw this link on Edmodo and if you use the Doink Green Screen app you will love this.
The author of the post gives you all the directions but she also gives you the file to just download and open on your iPad and use immediately. Thank you thank you thank you!

Follow this link to Tricia Fuglestad's post . Works like a charm and I am in the process of trying to decide how and who to use this with. How fun!

Working through the School Year Pt. 1

Yes, I can believe it has been since June that I made a post. Summer flew by (my daughter got married!) and the school year started before I realized it. If you are reading this and are a teacher I know you understand.

Tools I am using this year:
Trying to get my kiddos competent in the basic Office products. They do a really nice job and I've been using GCFlearnFree.org for my middle school students. Love the lesson! Easy to follow directions, good pace and show what a finished product should look like. A very valuable (and FREE) site to use. They offer other lessons also so be sure to investigate what they have on the site.

Digital Citizenship
Now there's a loaded topic. I have been working with this for about a month now.

I use the NetSmartz site (kids and teens). They have a lot of good resources for educators and parents.
I had my middle schoolers working in the Be Internet Awesome from Google site. Very fun.
We also used the Nearpod lessons from Common Sense Media. I bought the lessons and find it was a very good purchase. The lessons and resources are well done.
And now I am going to try the FBI- Safe Online Surfing. So many options. Just trying to speak it in as many ways as I can to get the point across and hope they made good choices in their lives.