Sunday, December 5, 2010
Several Sites Where Teachers can Make Games
Thank you to Richard Byrne and his Free Technology for Teachers for a new blog entry that has links to several great "make-your-own-educational-game" sites. I especially liked it because one game linked to a Jeopardy game making site. I haven't tested out the games, but there are several options to play around with.
RePrint Me...Not Sure How It is Interesting, but I Like It
I don't really get why this site is geared for the misprint papers, because you could really print anything on those, not just calendars, but this site says those misprint sheets are perfect to be recycled into calendars. I don't get why they are great for calendars, but either way, I like their templates and plan to print some out. They will work great for my counseling/teaching/coaching/parenting/etc.!!! If you want calendar templates, especially an hour-by-hour calendar template, this site is a great one to bookmark.
Schools That Use Social Media...and How.
Thank you to the blog Dangerously Irrelevant by Dr. Scott McLeod (click here to read a bio about Scott) for a great post about schools who do use social media and schools who do not. More and more schools are beginning to use social media for communication in and out of the classroom and across the community. But it is quite and a leap and one that needs studied by each school before they start using social media in their district. This blog entry is great, but the comments could be even better. I especially liked clicking on the some the school links in the comments to see how schools were using these social networking tools. Give this short blog a quick read and see what you think!
TenMarks Math, another online Math Practice Source
TenMarks is a math tutoring and help site where students can practice more problems and teachers can create class lists and assign problems. We already use a program similar to this at Carlisle, but the basic version of TenMarks is free and has different options for parents, students, staff, and even home school students. I tested a few parts out and the problems are pretty good. I don't know if this site will or could replace what we use, but it is at least another option and an option students could use from home.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
RollerCoaster Game is Not Too Bad....
Another science link for teachers who are looking for Physics and RollerCoaster games. This one isn't too bad. I think it could be better, but might be fun for science students to play around with. It would be good to have students talk the language of science while they played these levels and do some homework along with the games, as I think just playing the games might not be enough for students to think and get the science and physics concepts. However, if you have students who are struggling or students who earn privileges, maybe this game might be a good extra activity.
Link for the RollerCoaster Creator Game
ScienceFix, a blog by a MS Science Teacher, One to Follow
I don't think it is just the fact that I used to teach science, but also the fact that I really appreciate good blogs by good teachers who are willing to share what they do. In this case, this science teacher posts video of his experiments to his blog. You can also find book recommendations (I still want to read the Disappearing Spoon book!), other blog entries, and a way to communicate with this science teacher. If you teach MS or HS science (or even elementary science), I suggest you start following this blog and see how much you can learn!
Cool YouTube Extra Functions!
This post entry calls these functions "hacks", but I call them simply cool tools to use in class. I have used the Youtube Dragontape and used the Youcube. I have also used the Youtube Chop function. All of them were very useful and could be used in class. If nothing else, they are fun and easy to use functions to do more with Youtube videos. The part I like is that they can make showing videos from Youtube in class safer, easier, and work as a way to get around the fact that Youtube may get blocked or the site may be slow. Give them a try over break and see if you can use them in the classroom!
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