Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie Teacher”

Flip Charts – I found some generic flip charts that could possibly be used for testing review?

Promethean Board Links for testing review on our  GENERAL TESTING PAGE

1. Generic Standarized Testing Flip Charts (Several)

2. Preparing for Standardized Tests: Reading Lesson 1 Aimed at Grade 9-11 each lesson teaches two tested skills and walks students through answering standardized test questions http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=ConResource.26616

3. THIS Jeopardy Template was uploaded in December of 09. Jeopardy Template for Flip Chart

4. FOR HS GED Jeopardy 1 http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=ConResource.26985

You can download the flip chart viewer on your white boards and do some activities with markers, etc. FREE FLIP CHART VIEWER SITE@  http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.15853

• UPDATED Vermilion Parish Testing  Links
• Online Activities and Interactive Learning for Students in Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com (Scroll down for awesome interactives)
• School Bus Safety
• 25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online – Virtual Education Websites  From Mike Dartez)
• 25 Best Sites for Free Educational Videos
• Be a Reporter at the Olympics | Go for the Gold Student Activity | Scholastic.com
• Kidspiration 3 Templates & Help: Vermilion Parish & Kidspiration 3 ELA Vermilion Parish Library
• Some MS Sites (Different subject areas)
• Primary Links Sue Lebeau
• Microsoft Reader
• Updated Graphic Organizer Interactives & 18 Literacy Strategy Site
• Tools For Teachers

Math

• Math Teacher Resources from DreamBox Learning (From Jude Dubois)
• IXL Math (From Mike Dartez)
• Fun for the Brain (See Topics at top to select from)
• 100th Day of School

Social Studies

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Black History & More Black History Links
• Ruby Bridges Interactive Story and questions! & More Ruby Bridges Links
• Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights | Scholastic.com
• African American History-MS/HS
• Playing History | Browse Items
• Our America Home

ELA

•  Guide to Identifying Main Ideas, Topics, and Supporting Details
• Ruby Bridges Interactive Story and questions! & More Ruby Bridges Links

Creating PDF Files – NOTE: I have the  directions for this in my “Stacy’s Tech Corner” under #5.   (Link is included in the directions) When posting on websites, blogs and OnCourse, PDF files are often encouraged to be used. Not all parents, families, etc. have MS Office software on their computers. With free adobe readers readily available, pdf files are much are easy to access on the whole. So i wanted to share this in case anyone was interested in learning how to create their own FREE PDF files.

Here are some links that educators shared with me concerning Personal Learning Networks and how to get started.

1. Educator’s PLN Ning (AWESOME LINK Ning site! Videos available too!)  Created by Tom Whitby (Twitter Link @tomwhitby)
2. What is a PLN Anyway? Barbara Sakamoto (Twitter Link @barbsaka)
3. PLN: Made Easy Kate Klingensmith (Twitter Link @kate__k)
4. Open Thinking Wiki on PLN Dr. Alec Couros
5. Sue Water’s Wiki (on PLN) Twitter Link @suewaters
6. 5 Things: Begin Developing a PLN (Innovative Educator)
7. What My PLN means to me by Steven Anderson (Twitter Link @web20classroom)
8. How My PLN Saved the Day by Beth Still (Twitter Link @bethstill)
9. Cybraryman PLN Links (Twitter Link @cybraryman1)
10. The Importance of a PLN Mary Beth Hertz Twitter link (@mbteach)
11. How to Build a Personal Learning Network from Free Technology for T… (Twitter Link @mrbyrne)
12. Emily Vickery’s Bookmarks (Twitter Link @ehvickery)
13. Lucy Gray’s PLN Links (Twitter Link @elemenous)
14. John Evans LwICT PLN 2009
15. Michael Zimmer’s PLN Links
16. Tom Shreve’s PLN Links
17. Nik Peachey’s Link

18. Ann Carnevale

• My blog:  (intended audience – elem. teachers in my district)
• My Delicious:
• My Bloglines:

19.  Giselda Aparecida dos Santos shared great links!

•   Creating a Personal Learning Network with Web 2.0 Tools  Twitter Link @milobo
•  Building Your Digital Learning Network: Enriching Professional Growth Through & With Technology
•  Thinking out of the box
• Cultivating your Personal Learning Network
• Alec Couros asks: What Does the Network Mean to You?
•  I Finally Get It – Why Social Networking is So Important
• Building Your PLN: Not Just Another Acronym

Holidays/Events

• New Year’s
• Chinese New Year 
• Martin Luther King Jr. (UPDATED)
• Black History (UPDATED)
• African American History Vermilion Parish – MS/HS (UPDATED) Correlates with CC
• Vermilion Parish Schools: 100th Day of School (UPDATED)

ELA

• ELA HS ASC – Study Guides (Patricia Thibodeaux)
• Folger Shakespeare Library (Patricia Thibodeaux)
• Let’s Book It with Tech’Knowledge’y – Making Books – Vicki Blackwell’s Internet Guide for Educators  (Theresa Hardy found this!)
• Reading (Cybraryman Links)
• Reader’s Theater  (Theresa’s Site)
• Quick Tips: Reading and Language Arts
• Vermilion Parish Writing Tool Collection
• Seasonal Poetry (Elementary) Theresa’s Site

Math

• Geometry Center (Science U)
• Put on Your Thinking Caps | Math by Design
• Protractor

Social Studies

• Geospy — National Geographic Kids
• The Antislavery Literature Project — Antislavery Literature Project

Science

• RNA network seen in live bacterial cells for first time
• Biology-FreezeRay
• Weather Interactives and Links for Students!
• Winter (Pete’s PPTS and Interactives)
• Periodic table

Generic Links

• The Best Online Sites For Creating Music | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
• For Educators and Students
• Free Technology for Teachers: Memoov Looks Promising for Digital Storytelling
• 30-free online multimedia photo audio video editors
• Links for Teachers with younger students (Pre K-K)

Dozier Elem.’s glimpse of the present | AbbevilleNow.com | The Abbeville Meridional | Abbeville, La.

See Projects: Time Capule 2060  Projects

Someone tweeted this on Twitter… Love it!

Finishing 2009 with a little Dr. Seuss – “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

• Christmas ‘09 Family Slide Show
• Christmas ‘09 Click on the first picture and it will get larger. Then go to “next and previous” to see the other shots.
• Christmas ‘09 at Hebert’s Click on the first picture and it will get larger. Then go to “next and previous” to see the other shots.
• Flip Camera from Christmas shots
• Family Slides ‘09
• Family Slides ‘08-09
• Happy Birthday Tate 2009
• In Memory of Grandfather’s 100th Birthday Click on the first picture and it will get larger. Then go to “next and previous” to see the other shots.
• Video Clip at Delsey and Kelly’s
• Janine’s Birthday ‘09
• Thanksgiving 2008 Family Album
• 2008 Photos
• Erath, LA, Hurricane Ike (Sept, 2008) Comments Off

Technology Lessons/Resources

• Vermilion Parish Schools: Christmas (All)
• Flip Camera Lesson Ideas for Christmas (All) Hope to add more!
• Promethean Christmas Flip Charts
• Dozier Elementary: Lori Porter Flip Cam Lesson (Nice Lesson)
• Teaching and technology ~ presentations and resources for educators
• Mr. Anker Tests (Elementary/MS) Interactives for MANY Topics!!
• Bringing Interactivity to Your Interactive Whiteboard (Teaching & Learning)
• eWorkshop – Online Teaching Resource (Elementary/MS)
• Bubbabrain – K-12+, Elementary, Middle School, High School, AP, IB, SAT, College, Trivia, Interactive vocabulary practice! All
• Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Chart : Promethean Planet
• The Educator’s PLN – The personal learning network for educators
• WordSift – Visualize Text
• Differentiated Instruction New from Live Binders

Math

• Math Nook – Math and puzzle games, worksheets, teaching tools and more!
• WebMath – Solve Your Math Problem
  Math Apprentice
• Free Math Video Lessons and Tutorials | Tutor-USA.com (Pre Algebra & HS)
• Rader’s NUMBERNUT.COM - WOW!!!
• Woodlands Maths Zone – Fun interactive maths games *Elementary/MS

ELA

• Welcome to Always Learning LL Literacy Content
• English Raven EFL/ESL Resources *Patricia Thibodeaux (HS)
• Recognizing Main Idea
• ELA Middle School Sci-Fi Internet Archive: Free Download: Dimension X
• PicLits – Inspired Picture Writing
• Parts of a Book Elementary
• Manga Shakespeare : Partner Resources : Resources : Promethean Planet HS
• Literary Terms PPT (We the Teachers) HS
• Elementary Reading and Math Software *Patricia Thibodeaux

Science

• Science Teaching Experiments *Patrice Mire
• Melissa Stewart’s Science Clubhouse
• Biology Animation Library :: Dolan DNA Learning Center HS
• Biology HS
• Biological Animations HS
• Home(page) Movies – QT and Flash to illustrate Biological Processes MS/HS
• Chemistry
• Tissues of life
• NASA – Robotics (Mike Dartez)

Social Studies

• Social Studies Resources
• Geography Social Studies Page
• The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part One) | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
• Law Focused Education, Inc. | Online Games & Student Involvement LFEI
• Calisphere – A World of Digital Resources
• Ancient World Mapping Center
• Get Civilized! An Interactive WebQuest about Ancient Greece
• Interactive Ancient Greece for Kids
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page
• Civics Homepage — University of Louisville

Counselors

• How to: Help Your Students Deal with Grief and Loss – TheApple.com

Hi Teachers!

Here are my November 10th links!

Technology

• Digital Filming & Flip Cam Links (LOVE MY FLIP CAM!!) *A flip cam is a hand held video camera! Each school now has a flip cam. Talk to your tech specialist about it if you are interested!!  See clip at EHS football game from the stands w/ NO additional lighting! Ideas for classroom use can be found in the link listed above! SUPER RESOURCE!
• Classroom Instruction That Works and Technology
• 10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports – TheApple.com
  Instructional Technology Department – Resources (Nice links)
• Educational PLN (Personal Learning Network) Ning (You can sign up to interact with educators around the world. Post questions, leave answers or read what is posted! Great way to learn from other teachers! Great learning experience for ALL!)

Generic

• Vermilion Parish Schools: Veteran’s Day (Updated)
• Vermilion Parish Schools: Thanksgiving Links (Updated)
• Thanksgiving Videos (Not linked yet)
• K-12 Core Lesson Plans – UEN *Has interactive too!
• The File Cabinet (Click on topic folder for resources, then scroll down for PDF Files)
• Teaching With Purpose

Elementary

• Kideos.com – The Online Kids Video Network | Safe Videos for Children (Note: Thanksgiving Video now available)
• Primary Games Arena – School Curriculum Games (All subjects-Updated)
• Embedding ICT across the Curriculum (Kent Interactives All Subjects)
• Storyboard Interactive (New!)
• My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Directions and Storymaker Interactive Link)
• Interactive Whiteboard Resources for Numeracy (Scroll down for Promethean Flip Charts & Interactives at the top)
• Websites for the Primary Grades
• AT&T Internet Safety Connections Game

MS/HS Links

Social Studies

• Prentice Hall — Social Studies Skills Tutor
• Science and Technology of WWII
• Normandy 1944. Then and Now (204 pics)
• Civics Podcasts
• Free Technology for Teachers: Fall of the Berlin Wall – Video and Photos

Math

• MathWiki Space Links
• (A Comic Guide to Limits) Part 1 – When Limits Exist

ELA

• Edgar Allan Poe (Jog the Web Track Set Up on Poe) Use button on the left to go forward)
• Thinkfinity Links on Poets (Note: Click numbers at the top for more options)
• Beowulf – A Study Guide – Teacher Resources
• 60 Second Recap | Library
• Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century
• Free mp3 Audio Book Downloads, Browse Free Audio Books by Category

Science

• Science Interactives
• Freezeway.com (Note: Click subjects on left for interactives)

ESL and World Language Resources

• ESL and World Language Resources
• More ESL Sites

Fine Arts/Music

• Teaching with the Arts