Fantastic Fridays: October 21

Fantastic Fridays: October 21


1. Classroom Spotlight Project: Photo Books with 4th Grade

Fourth grade students are using iPhoto to create a picture book about North Carolina! Patty K. has completed  whole-class versions of the book before, but this year, students are each creating their own! Using new albums, it's a snap! http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iPhoto/9.0/en/pht6e159147.html 

2. Student Websites: Basic Skills

 Educational research indicates that using a wide variety of methods increases student retention of concepts. We can use books, auditory instructions, and paper-based activities seamlessly... let's include multimedia, as well!

• BBC Resources
• Early Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/ 
• Primary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesizeprimary/ 
• Secondary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/ 
• ABCYa (Grades K-5): http://www.abcya.com/ 
• Middle Grades Multimedia Resources (I can't stress enough how amazing this is!): http://www.khanacademy.org/ 

3. Teacher Productivity Tool: Grab Bag

• Extra 5 minutes? Don't let them have "free time", send them to http://www.freerice.com 
• Well-written article about a "Healthy Faculty Environment": http://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-tips-faculty-teacher-healthy-environment-jac-de-haan 
• Parents asking for practice websites? Send them here to pick their favorite skills: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/parents.htm

Video of the Week: PowerPoint Tutorial for Open House


Powerpoint can be a great tool for helping structure learning in your classroom. Now that our K-5 classrooms have computer-TV connections, you can show these well-organized lessons on your TV! Enjoy the following tutorial about PowerPoint 2011. Consider making one for Open House in November!
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/powerpoint/item/e1d2665d-765d-4a7f-901c-5bf9d172cdc8