Learning in the Lou

Got your attention? Here is an amazing learning opportunities for all your kids. Game play is a great way to explore and discover new learning. These simulations will cover many different subject and they are able to be embedded into websites and moodle courses. They are broken down by grade level.     Why not check it out?   Simulation Games

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I learned something pretty amazing today from twitter. There is a area on youtube that has curated videos for teachers based upon a title or subject. Take a look at the site. Youtube Teachers What can you find on this site?

Check it out....Santa and the grinch. White Christmas App

Check out how Megan Vallis and Desiree Bagot are using Google Forms to keep anecdotal notes during reader's workshop. As the teacher, you create a form like this one. Here is how it looks as you are filling it out on your laptop. <p><p><p>Loading...</p></p></p> Then you will be able to see the data in a form similar to Excel.  It looks something like this.   Here are the directions on how you can create and share a form in addition to using a form someone else has already created to make it your own.

Do you recall those trapper keepers from long ago? There is a site that called LiveBinders that is very similar to that binder from long ago. This LiveBinders site is full of some really good resources to print out and use in the classroom.

  Check it out!   XtraMath is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. Our goal is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities and make them available for free. XtraMath Overview from XtraMath on Vimeo .

Check out blogger Jessica Dimitro using her Epson toolbar for a brainstorming lesson.  She shared this on her blog and students commented on how they show good citizenship at home and at school.

Great way to remind students to visit your blog. Make a QR code to put in their assignment book.

Take a look at this presentation about how to use phones in the classroom.  There are over 30 different ideas shown here.

Check out this Prezi on a 1st grade teacher's use of Facebook in the classroom. 1st Grade Facebook on Prezi

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Here is a post on how to add Facebook to your SchoolCenter Account. 1:   Teacher must have Facebook Classroom page set up first. 2:   Get FB class page URL by logging into Facebook.   In left sidebar, you should see a section called PAGES, which lists your classroom page.   Right-click on the title of your page and select COPY SHORTCUT (Internet Exploder) or COPY LINK LOCATION (Firefox) 3:   Go to your START Button, select PROGRAMS, then ACCESSORIES and click on NOTEPAD to open a new blank text document. 4:   Paste the address of your classroom page here for safe keeping. FILE, SAVE this to your desktop or H:/ drive. 5:   Go to http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/ 6:   In the field marked Facebook Page URL , paste the address of your classroom page.   If you 7:   Leave the WIDTH and Color Scheme settings alone. (292 and light ) 8:   Uncheck SHOW FACES and SHOW HEADER 9:   Click the GET CODE button.   A pop up should appear.   10:   Next to IMPLEM

ELITE training...great discussions about Facebook and blogging.