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Steve Ruddy replied to Tom Bremer's discussion K-3 Technology in the classroom"Try the "Learn to Read" section of starfall.com. The students can play along as a group.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
abcya.com might give you some good ideas as well."
Steve Ruddy replied to Christine Nasserghodsi's discussion Alternative to Google Sketch-up in the group Google Apps for Education"I have used Sketch-up with 4th graders last year and it worked out great. After teaching them the basics, we created a chair using the subtractive method and a house/landscape using the additive method. It was fun and instructive to…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Kara Lee's discussion Helping parents learn more about texting and digital citizenship!"The FTC sponsors OnGuard Online, a site you might like.
http://onguardonline.gov/"
Steve Ruddy replied to Scott Habeeb's discussion Apps, Ideas, & Advice for Using Tablets (Android or iPad)"Have you looked into using voicethread?
www.voicethread.com"
Steve Ruddy replied to Patrick T Jordan's discussion How to separate the wheat from the chaff in the group Mac Classroom 2.0"I have felt the same way, I spend loads of time searching through sites to locate 'the good stuff'. Here are three winners -
Real World Math - Math lessons on area, volume, etc using Google…"
Steve Ruddy commented on Shawn Moore's group Mac Classroom 2.0"I am not exactly sure what you mean by creative programming, but Scratch allows you to create just about anything you can imagine in a very simple visual way. You can use it to make animated movies or create just about any game you can…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Kelly Ryan's discussion When to start the technology learning process in the group Elementary School 2.0"Hi Kelly,
We start in Kindergarten here at the Antrim School and get into Microsoft Word and PowerPoint in 1st grade. We continue with both in 2nd grade and add some Excel in. After that we continuously expand and refine our skill sets. If your…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Scott Habeeb's discussion Apps, Ideas, & Advice for Using Tablets (Android or iPad)"Try Leafsnap, a great freebie. You place a leaf on a white background and shoot a photo of it. The program will then identify the tree it came from and give you additional information."
Steve Ruddy replied to Cathy Germano's discussion Multiple Powerpoints Combined in one Presentation"You can quickly put them all together in one by using the Insert>Slides From>Other Presentation. You can loop them by going to Slideshow>Set Up Show and then select >loop continuously until Esc (escape key pressed). This is the way I do…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Heidi Siwak's discussion Gaming in the Classroom"Have you seen this video a student made using Minecraft to create a model of Saturn and the rest of the planets in our Solar System?
http://www.viduba.com/video:QZFbJVlaSpWTsZ0cjRkQTV1a0g3Vn1TP"
Steve Ruddy replied to Wan Fareed's discussion Seeking input for PD strategies"Wan, I also volunteer to co-teach with the teachers in my school. This gives many the confidence to try new things. Please post to this thread after you try out some of these ideas, I would like to know how they worked out for you."
Steve Ruddy replied to Wan Fareed's discussion Seeking input for PD strategies"You can provide examples to your teachers that show how they could use a particular software to enhance a lesson. For example if you are teaching them how to use Google Earth, you could show them the www.realworldmath.org site. If you are teaching a…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Niki Luciano's discussion Techology in the classroom"If you don't already have actual computers in your classroom already, that is what I think you should be considering. In terms of assistive technology, the macbook has a powerful suite of tools that we use here in our school for some of our…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Niki Luciano's discussion Techology in the classroom"I would like it if you could tell us more about what you want the technology to do for your students. I would consider laptops over the other options, they will give your students more opportunities to create their own work as opposed to just using…"
Steve Ruddy replied to Elise Jury's discussion Teacher Technology Competency?"ETS has a testing product called iCritical Thinking which may be useful to you. We have used it with our Seniors and have talked about using it with our teachers.
http://www.ets.org/icriticalthinking/about/"
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