Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Websites for eBooks or ePortfolios

Recently one of the EC Teachers at my school asked if I could help her out with some resources for her classroom. She wanted to take students' work study portfolios that they had done in binders, or as Power Point Presentations in the past, and use a website in order to make them eBooks or ePortfolios instead. I created a Sqworl of website links for her with six different options. In the end for what she is trying to do, I am going to recommend that she use Bookemon. At first it appeared that you had to pay to use the site, but once I looked more into it I found that you only have to pay if you order the book when you are finished. You can share it online, and print it yourself for free. I have also included a short YouTube video on the site below.  I think that all of these websites would be great for teachers to use in order to create eBooks or ePorfolios in classes across the curriculum.

In addition, the teacher was looking for a way for students to digitally enter their hours worked for their 900 hour requirement on some type of time sheet.  When I did a search for this, I ended up finding five different free online resources that I included in the Sqworl.  I did not sign up for an account myself, but based on what I saw looking at all of the different sites I believe that abctimeclock, or Clockout might be the best options. I think that these digital time clocks might also be useful for students that are tracking their volunteer hours for a service learning requirement at school. 


Sunday, October 16, 2011

TPT Ten FREE Downloads Vol. 73

 

Stop by TPT this week to look over this weeks 10 FREE DOWNLOADS! Also, click on the link to see this week's teacher tip about taking risks in the classroom. My favorite freebies from this week for secondary education are:   

by Arik Durfee
                           Grades 7 - 9

                        Class Money: The Checkbook Project class economy financial literacy
                       by Mack Lewis
                
Grades 3 - 8

Monday, October 10, 2011

TEACHERS pay Teachers 10 FREE Downloads!

Come check out this week's 10 FREE DOWNLOADS on TPT! My two favorite downloads this week for the secondary level were Show Don't Tell Activity by Secondary Solutions Grades 5 - 12 and  Sports Drinks and Homeostasis Inquiry Lesson by Gail B. Wortmann (2001 Iowa Teacher of the Year)Grades 10 -12.  I will be forwarding the links onto our Science and English teachers. 





Friday, October 7, 2011

Il était une fois... les technologies du passé.

Trop mignon! Very cute French video about technologies of the past and how much they have changed in the last thirty years. It might be a fun intro video to a lesson with technology vocabulary, or for a discussion about technology in a conversation class.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Create a Speaking Avatar with Voki!


I posted a new technology template for Voki on TPT today, and it is only $1! Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. This website is great for using in the classroom! The product includes a list of tips for using Voki in class, and a student/teacher direction sheet with screenshots that shows you how to use the site. Click on my speaking Avatar below to get a preview of what students and teachers can do with Voki.



Sunday, October 2, 2011

TPT 10 FREE Downloads Vol. 71-Items for Fall!

 
Check out this week's 10 Free Downloads on Teachers pay Teachers. They include some great Fall-themed items.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

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