I would like to jump on Lynn & Brett’s bandwagon and periodically showcase some teachers and students using technology here at IG!

This week fifth grade and third grade used a web 2.0 tool called VoiceThread.  Check them out!

Remember, click the arrow to play!

Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato

Camp Algonquin

Do you know the following keyboard shortcuts?

Find more ways to make your life easier at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

http://www.worldstart.com/guides/shortcuts.htm

Need a quick break from the winter doldrums?  Are you looking for a fun and quick activity to reenergize your class or fill and extra minute or two before the bell rings?

Well, you don’t need a whiteboard to play the great, interactive, PreK -2 games at the PBS Whiteboard Games website. 

Just use your projector and tablet to play these games with your class! 

At http://pbskids.org/whiteboard you will find a list of Language Arts, Social Studies and Math games, as well as a description of the skills the games reinforce.

 Have fun!

You will also find a link to this site at Teachnology Resources>Interactive Websites.

All participating restaurants are offering

 a pre-fixe

3-course lunch for $22 and

 dinner for $32.

It’s time to check out some of Chicago’s best restaurants like Japonais, Gemini Bistro or David Burke’s Primehouse!

There are over 160 fabulous restaurants in chicago offering lunch and dinner specials from Feb. 19-28!

http://www.choosechicago.com/eatitup/pages/restaurant.aspx

Maybe this will help get the party started this afternoon!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/6NbyG1sf7927eDvkgjIF

This site is an oldie, but a goodie!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/

You can easily create fun photos or  movies using pictures of your friends and family!

Looking for some fun, easy, ways to jazz up your diital pictures?  Check out these two websites!  Turn your pictures into billboards, picture cubes, sketches, mosaics and more!

http://www.dumpr.net/

  http://bighugelabs.com/ 

• These websites are easy to use… I created BOTH pictures above in less than 5 minutes.  What took the longest was deciding which pictures to use… Oscar is so photogenic!

• Have a Flickr (an online photo sharing and storage site)!account?  These sites connect right to Flickr.

• Both websites require you to create an account in order to save the pictures to your computer.

http://www.watchknow.com/

Watch Know has organized educational videos in an easy to search format!  Don’t spend hours looking for videos to use in your classroom… let Watch Know do the work for you!

I actually found a music video about simple machines sung to the tune of the Sound of Music’s “My Favorite Things.”

http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=200

(that’s for you Alexis!)

Watch Know is a video search engine.  All the videos are actually housed at other sites like TeacherTube and YouTube. 

 Remeber if you find a YouTube or other blocked video you would like to use, you can visit the site from home and use the download video function at http://zamzar.com/ to save the video right to your desktop!!!!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

BrainPop has addressed the issue of the Swine Flu with a video, FYI, quiz, activities, and Q&A for Grades 3-5.

For Grades K-3 check out their video about Washing Hands!

Brain Pop is an excellent resource for whole group and small group lessons.  If you need a quick reminder of how it works or the username and password, please let me know!

http://www.brainpop.com/

http://www.brainpopjr.com/