As teachers, we know that it’s more powerful for students to see things than to read or hear about them. Webcams have been available for decades, but they can still be an effective educational resource to hook students. Live-action webcams can bring distant places to life, students can produce their own video to complete creative […]
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What do you think about using webcams as part of your curriculum unit? Read each statement. If you answered a, b, or c read on!Here are some tips for you and your students when looking for webcam sites: museum webcam underwater webcam railway webcam ski webcam zoo cams theme park webcam traffic webcam live New
When Adobe changed the name of Flash to Animate CC, many new features were added. You can read about them here but I’m just going to highlight two of my favorite new and not-so-new tools. Animate Paint Brush Tool This new tool adds to the capability of the original Brush Tool. It includes Art and
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Straighten a picture in Photoshop using the new Content-Aware feature. You may have a crooked photo that would look better if it was straighter. First, crop using the Straighten option. This option allows you to set the horizon line and then apply a Content-Aware feature to edit the picture. Here’s how in 10 quick and
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Have your students sent and received online greeting cards? Here are some tips to make finding, sending, and receiving e-Cards in the classroom a fun, easy, and worthwhile activity. Try Different Web Browsers: Some e-Cards need the Flash program to show the message. If your web browser will not play Flash animation, try another web
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Why Cite the Source? In any research assignment, students need to learn the essential skill of how to cite the source. They must list where they found the information. Cite sources to: A citation should include as much information as possible including author’s name, date published, web page title or publisher, and the web address.
Google Apps for Education recently announced that it will now be known as G Suite for Education. Along with the rebranding, some other updates were made. Most notable for teachers, the Research Tool has been eliminated and replaced by the Explore Tool, which has some benefits and but also a significant shortcoming. First, the bad
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In my last post, I recommended using e-Cards in the classroom for a variety of reasons – curricular as well as motivational. To get started, here are some suggested sites to find free e-Card sites, as well as comments on their advantages and drawbacks. 123 Greetings Pros Cons American Greeting Cards Pros Cons Greetings Island
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Is there educational merit in having your students send e-Cards to each other? Yes! For both skill building purposes and for engaging digital savvy young people, e-Cards can be used in an educational setting with a variety of benefits. Meaningful language arts activity Inspire creative writing by assigning an e-Card activity. Students can browse through
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NOTE: The technology project, TechnoJourney was replaced with TechnoInternet. The activities are similar. Internet Activities for Kids TechnoJourney internet activities have been recently revised, with new and improved lessons for elementary and middle school grades. The Internet is constantly changing and so are TechnoKids projects! TechnoJourney is a fun introduction to the Internet and it
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