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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Technology Finds

Today I attended and presented at Teach Meet Nashville.  It's going on again tomorrow; if you are in the area you really should go!

Here are some new tech tips from the Smackdown session.  The "Smackdown" is an open mic type event.  Each participant gets only 2 minutes to share their favorite tech tips.  I love this because I found a few new things:

Evernote Hello



Twitterfall
A "waterfall" of your twitter feed.  They had this running with our hashtag from the conference (#tmnash12) in the main room.  I think it really helped people connect!  I loved seeing my posts up there too!  :)
Sidenote: If you are just getting started with Twitter, check out this blog post about how educators can use Twitter!


TourWrist
View 360 Panoramic views of places from all over the world with augmented reality on your iPad or smartphone.  You can also create your own "tours!"



Uscape.it
Create 3-D realms!
I'm planning on making a virtual 360 degree tour of my classroom for my website.

Sumdog.com
K-8 Free Math Practice Site

AppStart Great apps to get started with an iPad

Classdojo.com
Real-time web based behavior management (also conveyed to parents) with cute avatars and positive reinforcement!  I love that it can track data and have all your behavior records for the entire year in one place!

Apps4ed.com
Database for educational apps- great resource!

Mixbook
Cybraryman recommended this for sharing during Skype sessions.  He creates books and shares them with classrooms he skypes with.

Sqworl
This is a visual bookmarking site.  I like this one to use with my first graders.  I have a reading one and a math one.  I set them as the homepage for easy navigation.


Flubaroo
Free online grading!  Works with Google Forms.


Flipboard
An app that turns your social media into a magazine format!  My favorite app.  Works with Google Reader, Facebook and Twitter as well as the news.

 Here is a larger list of my iPad recommendations or you can check out my iPad Livebinder.

I also have posts on Augmented Reality, QR Codes, Green Screen Movies, Wordle, and Podcasting.  
What new tech tools have you discovered lately?


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Teach Meet Nashville: The "Un"-conference Conference!

I'll be presenting at Teach Meet Nashville tomorrow.  Come check it out if you can!

If you are unable to attend, you can still view my presenter resources on Live Binder.
Here are my new binders:

iPad & iPod Apps for Elementary Students

QR Codes for the Classroom

Google Reader & Educational Blogs

Also...
I have some big news!  I am moving to THIRD GRADE next year!  I'm really excited, but I feel like I'm going to have to expand my blogging community A LOT!  Let me know of any great 3rd grade blogs you follow!!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Winner Announced


Congrats Cathy!  Thank you to Learning Resources for sponsoring this giveaway!


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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Teacher Appreciation Free Thematic Unit





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Happy Mother's Day & Teacher Appreciation Day!  Click on the TBA link above to get a linky party of free items!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Value Of A Great Teacher

Did you guys see this article on the NY Times about the Harvard Study about the impact of a great teacher? I appreciate all of the encouragement and creativity from all of you out there! You have all had a huge impact on my teaching today. So, thanks fellow educators! I'm joining in with others to give 20% off my TPT store
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May
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Runs from 5/5 to 5/11
A sale to celebrate teachers everywhere- 35% off!