Goodbye!

Well, I can't believe our time is over! This class went by very quickly, but technology will last a lifetime! I have learned so many great tips and classroom techniques for utilizing the web. I really feel as though this was a valuable class that taught me some things I never knew how to do. Thank you for answering my questions and helping me get through the class and thank you Jung for being an excellent professor! Good luck to all of you this school year and enjoy the end of summer :)

Jeopardy Games

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share with you a website that we find useful during the school year. It is full of pre-made Jeopardy games for elementary, middle, and high school students. It's great! The titles, questions, and points are already typed in, so all you have to do is click and play with your class! We use Jeopardy review games pretty often, so I hope you find this website helpful. There are many different topics and subject areas to explore. Have fun!

http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm

Discovery Channel

Hey,

Well you might think I'm crazy, but I love Shark Week on Discovery! If you didn't know, this past week was shark week and it is fascinating! Don't worry, if you missed it you can recap shows and specials on the discovery channel online. For those of you that aren't interested in sharks, you're missing out! Just kidding, there are plenty of other neat things to check out on this site. There's travel and science specials, lots of interesting other things too. Please respond if someone else out there loves shark week :)
Since shark week is now over, you have to click on TV Shows at the top and then click on Shark Week!

http://dsc.discovery.com/

Graphic Organizers

Hello,

I was recently using some graphic organizers for summer school and I found this great site that has free graphic organizers! There are 8 pages of different organizers to choose from, such as flow charts, story webs, venn diagrams, character studys, etc. There are also a lot of other cool things to check out such as journal topics, quotes, awards, and certificates. Check it out, I think it is a great site!

http://www.freeology.com

This is the home page. The column on the left under Freeology Freebies is where you can choose what you're looking for.

BrainPOP

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to share a site with you that we use all the time in school with our 6th graders. Have you heard of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr? They are wonderful sites with kid-friendly video clips and quizzes in every subject area and topic you can think of. We especially use it often in science and language arts. It is a great resource to use no matter what you are teaching. BrainPOP is for middle schoolers and BrainPOP Jr. is for the younger grades. You have to sign up to become a member, last year our school had a grant, so we had unlimited access to it. Right now, you can sign up for a free 14-day trial to check it out. Please look at this site if you haven't already! Hope you can use it. We don't go a day without it!!

http://www.brainpop.com/

http://www.brainpopjr.com/

Educational Articles

Hi,
Listed here are the websites where I found my technology related articles. I thought I would put them on here in case anyone wanted to see them. Enjoy :)

What Every Teacher Should Know About Technology
http://www.education-world.com/atech/tech/tech227.shtml

Evaluating Web Sites - Five Basic Criteria
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/10

Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47

I'm not sure which 2 articles I am using for class, that's why there are 3 websites listed.

Post YouTube Videos on Your Blog!

Hi Guys,
Here are the instructions on how to post a YouTube video to your blog. Alice, hope this helps!

Step 1. Create a YouTube account using the following link.
Step 2. Once you have logged in for the first time, select Upload from the top right corner of the YouTube home page.
Step 3. Next, give your video a title and define the genre and content in the description.
Step 4. Select Upload a Video.
Step 5. Use the Browse button to locate the video to be uploaded from your computer.
Step 6. Select Upload Video.
Step 7. Once your video is uploaded, YouTube will provide you with a URL and a <HTML> script.
(ex. <object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" ...etc.)
Step 8. Copy the <HTML> text and Paste it into the body of your blog script.

I hope this is clear and helps everyone!