Can you land safely (and on the target)?

Test your pilot skills as you try to land the HIAD ( see this NASA site for the description).  Beginning with basic training and unlock other roles. You will have a chance to customize your cargo carrier to help transport items from the International Space Station.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Big Huge Labs

This was one of the first sites I every used when I began this position over five years ago.  Big Huge Labs has a variety of templates to make poster, trading cards  (sample here), and more!

For the complete post from Free Technology for Teachers, please click here.

OCR

Got a PDF that you need to edit?  Don’t worry about retyping.  Use Google Docs to help unlock the form and edit away.  It's all done via optical character recognition.

Here is a brief video from Jamie Keet  explaining the process.

Make your own news clipping!

Click here to create your own clipping!

Knock, knock...

Click here to find out!

Come explore animal habitats!  Animal Homes is an easy to use site for younger students.  Just click the habitat to see animals who call this home!

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Need math help?

Looking for help with algebra, calculus, and more? Check out Tarrou’s Chalk Talk for a list of Professor Bob’s videos or you can subscribe to his YouTube channel.  Over 500 videos on a wide variety of math topics from brief (under 3 minutes) to entire lessons (about thirty minutes). I’ve included  one as a sample.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

See what the UN has done for you..

Select your gender, age, and native land and view the impact of the UN.  This might be interesting to have your students view from their perspective as well as the parents and grandparents. Visit What has the UN done for you!

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Show me your math magic!

Are you a math magician?  This math site allows you to select the operation as well as level.  Then let the math problems begin.  This would work well as a center, interactive whiteboard, or for homework practice.
For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Annotating a picture!

Here's another way to have your students show what they know!  Have them use a Google drawing and let them annotate with boxes and arrows!  For younger students, you could create a template and how them move the boxes to show their understanding.  On Friday, I tried this with a third grade class (I created a drawing, added the boxes, and then made a copy for them in Google Classroom).  I worked well- the students were able to drag the boxes and label the image.
For more ideas on using Google drawings, please see the blog post here from Paul Gaffney.

New look for BrainPOP Homepage

But don’t worry- none of the awesome BrainPOP content has changed.  The page is a little easier to navigate (and I really like the larger canvas  for Make a Map!)  In addition,  you can log in ( with the username and password ) and now access all the BrainPOP site content on an iPad (yet single sign in will not work on an iPad).   BrainPOP Jr has not changed- to access that on an iPad, you will need the app to view the free movie of the week.  

If you want all the details, here’s the link to a recorded webinar outlining the changes.