Pockets of Potential – Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children’s Learning Here’s an interesting paper that reports on early evidence of how mobile technologies can be valuable in teaching and learning. (delicious tags: K12 digital_native Education Gaming kids learning research)
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Storm Hawks in Transition
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1686923&dest=29357] This is a really nice couple of minutes of basketball by the Storm Hawks. Luke (#34) does a great job of guarding the inbounds passer. He gets down the court quickly after a steal by Casey (#1). Luke scores a layup after catching an excellent pass from Casey. Later, Luke rebounds and throws a strong […]
Katy puts back her own missed shot
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1686866&dest=29357] Katy (#6) rebounds her own missed basket and sticks it in for two in a recent Maverick win. She did a great job of following her shot, keeping the rebound high, and shooting quickly on the follow-up.
Katy puts back her own missed shot
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1686866&dest=29357] Katy (#6) rebounds her own missed basket and sticks it in for two in a recent Maverick win. She did a great job of following her shot, keeping the rebound high, and shooting quickly on the follow-up.
Wikis and Wetpaint
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1686502&dest=29357] This screencast explains what a wiki is and how to use Wetpaint to create a wiki. The screencast was created for a collaborative project in a course taught by David Wicks.
Free Rice
Free Rice (link to site) This free-to-use website can help children study topics such as vocabulary and multiplication tables by answering multiple choice questions. While there are many sites like this, Free Rice provides students with extra motivation to get correct answers. For each correct answer, a small amount of rice is donated to help feed people in developing […]
Free Rice
Free Rice (link to site) This free-to-use website can help children study topics such as vocabulary and multiplication tables by answering multiple choice questions. While there are many sites like this, Free Rice provides students with extra motivation to get correct answers. For each correct answer, a small amount of rice is donated to help feed people in developing […]
Ten Free Web-based Alternatives to Photoshop
10 Free Web-based Alternatives to Photoshop (link to site) Here’s a list and quick review of ten web-based programs that can be used to edit digital images. I’m a big fan of Picnik but I’m looking for a program that does a better job with red eye. Anyone have a favorite? (delicious tags: free K12 highered […]
Ten Free Web-based Alternatives to Photoshop
10 Free Web-based Alternatives to Photoshop (link to site) Here’s a list and quick review of ten web-based programs that can be used to edit digital images. I’m a big fan of Picnik but I’m looking for a program that does a better job with red eye. Anyone have a favorite? (delicious tags: free K12 highered […]
Help for confusing words
Confusing Words (site link) Here’s a link to a great website for writers of all ages. The site was created by teachers with the goal of helping their students better understand groups of words often confused for each other in student writings. (delicious tags: K12 Education free vocabulary Writing)