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Website Wednesday

I know I’ve mentioned this site before, but it bears repeating: Thinkfinity is probably your best one-stop website for academic content.  Regular users will be familiar with the many lesson plans, activities, games, and content available for FREE, but new users may be interested in the Thinkfinity Tour.

One of the many teacher helpers is something [...]

Watch Know Now

In a previous post about online video sources, I mentioned the Watch Know site, but it wasn’t ready for prime time at that point.  Well, even though we use Discovery Education’s Streaming Video service, you may find some interesting content at Watch Know.  Let me know if you find something worth sharing!

Website Wednesday

How do your students compare to their peers around the world?  The New Jersey State Department of Education is working with EdSteps to compile the world’s largest collection of student work.  Right now the organization EdSteps is looking for teachers and students to submit writing samples and samples of what they call “Global Competency” which [...]

Tech Tip Tuesday

How do you get to your frequently-used websites–especially your teacher web page?  You may use netTrekker, First Class bookmarks, Diigo, or Delicious to store all of your bookmarks, but for the handful of websites you visit every day, you will love having one-click access to them every time you open your browser.  The text directions [...]

Welcome Back Video Streaming!

Your voices have been heard loud and clear! United Streaming–now called Discovery Education Streaming–has returned! Teachers in the School District of the Chathams may view the video about how to create a new account by CLICKING HERE and using your regular login credentials to see the video from either in school or at home.

You may [...]

Video Sources for the Classroom

We’re all experiencing a sense of loss with the departure of Discovery United Streaming this year, but there are alternatives! If you’re trying to find some video content for your lessons, take a look at the sources on my website.

Additionally, we have our own NJN Digital Classroom Video Server
This icon on your desktop will allow [...]

Teacher Triumph

We’ve seen Animoto here, and we’ve seen how to add video to your teacher web pages here, so how do you put those two together?  Kay Grusenski in second grade at WAS did just that!  Have a look at her website or go directly to her Animoto page.  Fellow second grade teacher Sarah Gutierrez was [...]