How old are your students? GoodReads & Shelfari are both sites that offer the ability to create discussion groups around books - write reviews, build "bookshelves" to track reading, and comment on others bookreviews and…
Our school subscribes to TypingPAL online http://www.typingpal.com/
It assesses learning based on how many words per minute typed as you mentioned. I'm not sure how much the school subscription was, but it has, in my opinion, been a worthwhile…
Have seen you seen this rubric developed by Clarence Fisher (@glassbeed)
Or Andrew Churches (EdOrigami) has developed these rubrics based on Blooms Taxonomy - Scroll down a bit to see the blogging rubric pdf.
Interwrite (or eInstruction as they are now known) have two kinds of clickers - depending on the level of the students.
You might like to check out this site for ideas on how these clickers have been used in the classroom.
Hi there!
I'm a fifth grade teacher (originally from New Zealand) living in Thailand and would be happy to help your daughter out. Would she rather interview a 5th grader? I have quite a few Thai nationals in my class that would love to help…
If you have an educator account (free) at wikispaces - you too can create individual student logins that do not require a student to have an email address, using the bulk user creator in the Managing Wikispace area. You can also email the team at…
Working in an International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Teaching Grade 5 students. Still looking for ways to embed IT into the classroom and flatten the walls surrounding us. Our class blog is http://room202.edublogs.org
(Previously a classroom teacher of 11 year olds. Always looking for ways to integrate IT into the classroom and flatten the walls surrounding us - http://room18tis.wikispaces.com ).
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Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, there's a lot of support and advice to be found here. I just need the data projector and I'll be ready to go. Are you still using VoiceThread?
Oh my! I just saw who you are by the name of your website. Ann shared it with me. My classes have been referring to it for weeks! The wiki has been a huge help in beginning our wikipages. Love the topics you have.
I look forward to reading more of your work.
Hi Anne
You did just fine - I got your friend request! Well done! Have contacted you via gmail and I'm really looking forward to connecting classrooms with you!
Hi Chrissy Did you get my email. How can we start sharing classes with each other I have tried to make you my friend but I am still such a beginner and it is not working for some reason. I will try again.
Anne