The Constitution Game August 31, 2009
Posted by anne marie in history/social studies.Tags: Constitution
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Here is another very nice interactive game that will challenge your student’s knowledge of the U.S. Constitution. You are given 30 questions to answer. Click on the “Draw a Card” option to the right bottom of the screen, a question will appear and then type in your answer (correct spelling counts!!). When finished click on the “Answer” option and you will be told if you are correct or incorrect. Click on “Buy the Answer” option if you get stumped! The instructions for the game can be found by clicking on that option at the top right of the page. This activity presents well on the SMART Board. Of course you would need to either use the SMART Board onscreen keyboard or the computer keyboard to type answers. The teacher I collaborated with had created an answer template, divided her class into groups and used it as a class review. ENJOY!
Bill of Rights Match Game August 30, 2009
Posted by anne marie in history/social studies.Tags: Bill of Right, history
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The Bill of Rights Match Game is a great activity/game to help students understand and review the Bill of Rights. There are are two levels- elementary and high school. The object is to read each statement and decide if the answer is yes or no based on the information they have learned about the Bill of Rights. It then asks you to identify the specific Amendment you based your answer on. This game would present well on the SMARTBoard. ENJOY!
American Symbols Game August 30, 2009
Posted by anne marie in SMART Board, history/social studies.Tags: American Symbols
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I stumbled across this great game to review/quiz students on American Symbols. You simply answer the 30 questions that appear on the screen by clicking and dragging the answer to the answer box. The incorrect answer is not “accepted” into the box and the correct answer allows you to proceed to the next question. ENJOY!
Super Math Games August 29, 2009
Posted by anne marie in Math, SMART Board.1 comment so far
A while back, Jim Hollis tweeted about Super Math Games on Twitter. There are some limited free games that work very well on the SMART Board. Just click on the “guest” login. The free games are indicated by the green check marks. ENJOY!
Get Your Web License! August 29, 2009
Posted by anne marie in Websites.Tags: Internet Safety
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With the start of school upon all of us and the need to stress the need for Internet safety on out “to do” lists I wanted to share a fun PBS site to teach, reinforce and review Internet safety for elementary students called Get Your Web License. Students take a “driving test” by answering specific questions regarding Internet safety and earn their “license” when they have correctly answered all of the questions and completed the “driving test”. If you are reviewing skills with students as a class this activity presents very well on the SMARTBoard. This activity would also be a great activity for parents to do with their children at home. ENJOY!
Draggable Math gets an A+ August 23, 2009
Posted by anne marie in Math, SMART Board.add a comment
I am happy to report that Mr. Nussbaum has done it again– he has improved the wonderful interactive math application, Draggable Math. In his words, Draggable Math now has “the ability to correct problems, drag numbers anywhere on the screen, change paper type from graphing, to lined, to blank, and to draw lines anywhere.” YEAH!! He gives you the option of using it to practice addition, multiplication, division and subtraction. You are also given several options to customize each selection. These activities work well with the SMARTBoard– you just need to type in the answer, but could use the onscreen keyboard. So if you haven’t explored Draggable Math yet you might want to head over and check it out- ENJOY!
One Word–Save the Word August 23, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA.Tags: ELA
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I stumbled across this great site that has intrigued me, called One Word . The premise is simple– when you click the go button one word will appear on the screen and you have 60 seconds to write about the word. This would be a very nice, fun, engaging activity to motivate students to practice writing skills. As the site states “don’t think. just write.”
I also wanted to mention another site that I find to be very interesting and that is Save The Words. The premise is that you chose a word to “adopt” and ultimately “save”. You click on one of the words that appears on the screen and anther text box will appear with it’s definition, a sentence using the word and the option for you to adopt the word. Very clever!!! I know a Middle School ELA teacher who visits this site once a week with her classes to help increase their vocabulary awareness. She assigns extra credit if students actually adopt words and incorporate these words into their writing assignments– how cooool!!! ENJOY!
Mr. Grumpy this one’s for you! August 19, 2009
Posted by anne marie in Fun.add a comment
I have been providing some Tech PD this week to teachers in my district- Integrating Technology in the Classroom (including SMARTBoard Trainings) and I promised to post the comic one of the teacher’s created. So Rich ( AKA Mr. Grumpy!!)– this one is for you! Now you can tell your students you’ve had a comic published!!
Curriculum Bits August 17, 2009
Posted by anne marie in SMART Board.Tags: SMART Board Resource
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Curriculumbits.com is a wonderful resource offering free online access to interactive multimedia elearning resources. The online resource library contains games, quizzes, animations and videos in a variety of subjects for students aged 11 to 16. The resources are available to access online, completely free of charge in the library (they no longer offer the option to download resources). Simply click the PLAY button. You do not need to register to access the resources. After previewing resources I would suggest you bookmark the resource you want to use in your classroom. Many of these resources will work well on the SMART Board. ENJOY!
A Lifelog August 16, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Web 2.0.add a comment
I have been intrigued by the free Loggel.com Lifelog site. Many view a lifelog as a modern way to write a diary or travel log, but I think it has potential in the classroom for digital storytelling, especially since in addition to text, you can add images, audio files and videos. I can envision this tool as being a creative alternative for students to present research information, inspire writing, document important events during the school year, etc. The entries are either positioned on a timeline or on a map. You can even make entries from your mobile phone. One feature that I liked is the fact that you can keep your Lifelog private so that students would have the authority to when their work would be shared. The completed Loggel presents well on the SMART Board. ENJOY!
