Technology+Tips

=**Make Flashcards to Load on an iPod/iPhone/iPad:**= []

=**Make Studycasts with Audacity or a Screencasting Program:**= Here is an example of how a teacher made a studycast to help students review for a test or make up for being absent.

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=Movie Making in the Classroom=

@http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2010/01/movie-making.html

=Online Games=

Literacy Centers
@http://www.kyrene.org/staff/jsorge/centers/literacystations.htm

@http://teacherweb.com/FL/LaurelHillSchool/MrsVensko/hf2.aspx

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Excellent for whole-class introduction to calculators. []

These could be used by students with fine motor issues, as an Interactive Whiteboard center, or for whole-class practice. Don’t forget links to fractions that can be made with Tangrams. []

In this animated assembly diagram, students can watch the International Space Station come together, piece by piece, from 1998 through 2010. Links at the upper right of the diagram will take students to information about each stage of the Space Station’s growth. []

In this global game, students search to uncover the secret locations of ten “mystery” sites around the Earth. To guide the investigation, students track changes in day length at the mystery sites and at their hometown, and use other “clues” along the way. As they take the journey, students unlock the essential questions behind the reasons for seasons and the changes in day length that result. The game begins on 31 Jan 2011. Find information at this site. []

This interactive was created by the Tate Museum in London. Children use their imaginations to create cities. They can learn a bit about relative size of objects if they are closer or farther away, because objects resize depending upon when they are placed in the picture. There a gallery of cities created by other children, and children can learn about famous paintings by playing “Spot the Detail.” []