There are a lot of online, interactive brainstorming tools and graphic organisers which can be used in the classroom. I have featured only two of…
Month: December 2012
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ I have used the photfill in’s with my class when we were discussing dialogue and speech bubbles, the children thought…
Lego Junkbot for problem solving
Posted in Classroom, Maths, and Problem Solving
Lego Junk Bot http://thinking.goodgame.co.in/lego-junkbot-games.html This is a great game to explore problem solving and the children love it. It requires the children to add…
Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/ Tagzedo is a free word cloud software, that allows you to create text into different shapes.The one on the right is a christmas…
Puzzle Maker at Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=2270462&CFTOKEN=93156013 Puzzle Maker is a free resource and allows you to create Word Searches, Crossword puzzles, mazes, Hidden messages and…
Pic Lits is a great site which could be used for older grades, but the pictures could be used as writing inspiration for all grades.…
Toondoo – create online comics and books
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Literacy, Reading, and Writing
http://www.toondoo.com/Login.toon?param=reg Toondoo is free and allows the children to make their own digital cartoons and books. They look fantastic! The website also allows you to…
Dropbox – access your work anywhere!
Posted in Classroom, Teacher Resources, Web 2.0 tools, and Web tools
Have you ever got to school and thought “ohhh no the file I need is on my computer at home”. Well with Drop Box all…
Virtual dice, online dice games and great dice game books to teach numeracy
Posted in Chance and Data, Classroom, iPads and Apps, and Maths
Virtaul dice contains 6,8,10, 12 sided dice that you can roll on the whiteboard. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/ These dice can be used to teach concepts such as,…
I love You Tube. Below are some videos I found that you could use in your classroom. I like the fact that you can read…
Christmas Websites
Posted in Christmas, Classroom, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Maths, and Reading
Ho Ho Ho, it’s that time of year again so I thought I would focus this post on various Christmas websites I have used in the classroom.…