Collected the Week of September 30th
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Technology, Research, and Learning Resources Scholastic Halloween-Themed Resources for Grades K-8 Scholas c recently published a set of thirteen Halloween-themed wri ng and mathema cs ac vi es h p://goo.gl/70OI1j. Sample resources include: • The Halloween Tooth: Max's Math Adventure h p://goo.gl/E5YlYG is a math ac vity for K-2 students. In the ac vity students read and listen to a poem about Halloween candy then complete a set of ac vi es in which they make pa erns and count candy. • Halloween Web Hunt h p://goo.gl/2qQYv5 is a simple web quest for students in grades 3 to 5. The ac vity has students visit a virtual museum and online libraries to answer ques ons about mummies, bats, and Halloween history. • Wri ng Mysteries h p://goo.gl/S58jGf provides a template and walks elementary school students through the process of wri ng mystery stories. (freetech4teachers.com)
From the People at Teq for Learning The Teq website provides a full range of classroom technology and professional development services including informa on on Google and SMART notebook lessons. Recently, they published an eBook, All Things Google, that includes ps and tricks on I-search, Drive, Forms and Earth. The I-search sec on may be of par cular interest based on the conversa ons that were happening at our MSPLCS mee ng last Wednesday. Download the free eBook from teq.com at h p://goo.gl/0KyO8k. Addi onal topics of interest: • Refining Google Searches, "Google a Day," image searching, geCng more recent results • How to use Google Drive, Docs, providing voice feedback, references • Google Forms for assessments, adding images, new features • Using Google Earth, virtual tours
5 Interes ng Virtual Museums and Ac vi es for Students Looking for some virtual field trips and ac vi es for students? Here are five museums that offer excellent virtual tours: • The Va can Museum h p://goo.gl/L1PgG1 - which includes tours of the Sis ne Chapel, Gregorian Etruscan Raphael’s Rooms, Pinacoteca and the Ethnological Missionary Museum. • The European virtual Museum h p://goo.gl/qJqyMv—a collabora on of twenty-seven European museums. Students can browse European history collec ons by chronology, geographic area, object type, contribu ng museum, and tour i neraries (be sure your QuickTime player is up-to-date for this one). • Tenement Museum h p://www.tenement.org/immigrate/ —Here students learn about the process of immigra on through a journey from Europe to Ellis Island. • John F Kennedy Presiden al Library & Museum h p://goo.gl/ID5gP5— This site contains four interac ve exhibits: We Choose the Moon, The White Hour Diary, The JFK Timeline, and Virtual JFK Museum Tour. • The Museum of Obsolete Objects h p://www.youtube.com/mooojvm —this is a YouTube Channel that features items that use to be cuCng edge technology but are now obsolete. (freetech4teachers.com)
Mouse-ercise for Kindergarten New to using a mouse? It may take a li le prac ce for those li le hands to get the hang of it. Here are some simple exercises to help them get acquainted. (Exercises can be repeated by using the browser’s Refresh bu on). h p://goo.gl/s2x4J6