In TechnoBookmaking, students make, print, and share books. The bookmaking lessons have students become authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction books. They use templates to make a picture book, flip flap story, unfolding riddle book, layer book of facts, bookmarks, greeting card, and more! Extension activities include additional templates that offer unlimited creativity. Rethink […]
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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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Integrate Google Forms Quizzes into Learning Did you know you can create quizzes using Google Forms that automatically calculate a score and report results? You can! Aside from making your own quizzes to test student knowledge, you can have students build their own trivia quizzes. Google Forms Quizzes is a feature that transforms any form
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Learn How to Make a Quiz in Google Forms Use TechnoTrivia activities to make a quiz in Google Forms. Elementary and middle school students create a trivia game. They formulate questions to test friends’ knowledge about a topic. By setting the answer key an automated system calculates points and sends quiz results. Make Learning Fun
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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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TechnoKids Inc. has just released TechnoStart, a technology project with computer activities for beginners. In this project, primary students have fun learning computer fundamentals. This introduction provides beginners with basic knowledge such as the function of computer hardware, mouse or touch terminology, and computer rules. Activities encourage students to discover how to create with technology.
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