Office Depot

Have you signed up for a Star Teacher membership at Office Depot? Stop in this Saturday for a teacher Aprreciation Breakfast and giveaways. They are giving 10%discounts for this week just for teachers. Click on the title for more information. You can also sign up for the Star Teacher on-line!

Animoto

Sign up for a free Animoto account. Animoto provides tools for making videos in your classroom. For those of you who followed my Australia blog, you might remember I used this to make a very short video. I wasn't happy with the video but at the time I did not know that educators were offered the free premium service. As soon as my account is approved, I'll make a video to share with you! Other bloggers/educators rave about Animoto.

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

Check out this video from Scholastic. Mike Thaler reads The Teacher from the Black Lagoon. Use your projector to show the 5 minute video. You can click on the title of this posting to go directly to Scholastic, then click on a button at the bottom of the video to maximize the screen. OR you can view it directly from this blog. This is a great book that targets first day jitters.

Must Pop Words

Here's an interesting interactive for vocabulary development. Letters drop and kids type words using the letters. Students have to use the letters before the screen fills up! The game typically starts with an advertisement but you can cancel that with a small button at the bottom of the screen. Click on the title to play the game.

Interactive Clock

Teaching time?? This is a great clock to use on an interactive whiteboard. You can move the hands to set time and have students tell the time or have them set a specific time. Click on the title to go to the interactive clock. Great resource!

Summer of 2009

Follow my travels to Australia. Check out http://mountaintoptechie.blogspot.com/

We Didn't Start the Fire

This short history of the US is set to Billy Joel's song We Didn't Start the Fire. 4+ minutes of memories put to music is fun to watch!