E-flections of an Educator

Kids Space
Write a story for a picture and read other kids’ stories.
tags: ELA, ELL, reading, writing, parents

Character Scrapbook
“Use this reader’s response activity to analyze the characters in any book. Print and collect your scrapbook pages.”
tags: ELA, ELL, reading, comprehension

GameGoo – Educational Games
Early reading & language skills games.
tags: ELA, ELL, ESL, reading, early literacy, parents

Guided Reading [...]

An interactive whiteboard … What next? | Spring 2009
Great ideas for teachers just getting started with IWBs.
tags: iwb, How_to, whiteboard

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United States Non-Denominated postage stamp denominations
Images of non-denominated stamps and their values.
tags: Stamps, USPS

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Forty-One Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom
tags: resources, Video, Flip, camera, technology, storytelling

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WNY Education Associates » A Web Toolbox for Literacy Coaching
Extensive list of web-based tools for communication, presentation and more.
tags: web2.0, coaching, teaching, tools, blog

http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took [...]

Hoagies’ Kids & Teens: Young Kids
tags: teaching, web2.0, resources, gifted, games, parents

15 Tools to Help You Go Paperless – TheApple.com
tags: teaching, web2.0, resources, flashcards

RedKid.Net
Variety of sign generators such as cake frosting, Walk of Fame, popular characters & more.
tags: tools, sign, web2.0, graphics

IRA Podcasts
Research-based, classroom-tested teaching ideas.
tags: podcasts, reading, vocabulary, writing

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Google Holiday Logos: 2009 October – December
Special Google homepage logos from around the world, including the country, and holiday/significance of the date; links to other years as well.
tags: google

fur.ly | shorten multiple urls into one
Enter multiple URLs and they are combined into a “slideshow” with 1 url; great idea for presentations and gathering resources to [...]

Personas for Firefox | Dress up your web browser
tags: firefox, add-ons

Twelve Active Learning Strategies
tags: strategies, criticalthinking, activelearning, teaching

Digitally Speaking / Social Bookmarking and Annotating
A very thorough explanation of social bookmarking, including an analysis of pitfalls and the importance of the roles members play in the development and maintenance of a viable network.
tags: diigo, bookmarking, howto, [...]

Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
Selections from american Slave Narratives collected by the Federal Writers Project; includes lesson plans to raise issues of authorship and credibility. Links to additional narratives and readings.
tags: history, social studies, slavery, lessonplans

100 Most Educational iPhone Apps
tags: ipod, apps, games, education, web2.0

Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest
tags: webquest, [...]

The 15 Best Technology Podcasts
tags: podcasts, technology

Philly Teacher: Parent Night
Resources for learning about the internet and cyber safety as well as email services for children and families
tags: parents, technology, safety

Learning English – The Teacher
Videos depicting idioms in a variety of categories-sports, food, animals and more.
tags: ELL, LanguageArts, ELA, english

FFFBI Home
The Fin, Fur and Feather [...]