In honor of Teacher Appreciation week, here is an uplifting video for any teacher. Feel free to post it on your FaceBook page, Tweet it or just share it with other teachers. Powerful message!
As a Math Content Specialist, I discovered this site during a recent webinar. www.thatquiz.org
Here you can sign up for free, develop online interactive math quizes for their students, and it will keep track of scores.
Hey, if it will make things easier, why not? Besides, students would much rather take quizes online than using paper and pencil, right?
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Happy Friday!! Trying to intergrate the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) into your classroom? You should be!! STEM is a hot topic for President Obama in his Education Plan.
Check out http://www.engineeringinteract.org/interact.htm
Engineering Interact was designed by the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. The site offers five games designed to teach students physics concepts. The games address concepts related to light, sound, motion, electricity, and space travel. Each game presents students with a scenario in which they have to "help" someone solve a problem. The games require students to learn and analyze the information presented to them.
Very cool!! Try it out!
~Have a great weekend!! 
Hello to all my virtual followers!
Today I discovered a really cool tool. Do you have students who have trouble organizing when it comes to projects or papers? Check out SPAAZE --> http://www.spaaze.com/
It's an online sticky board, organizer, note keeper, etc. On the site you can play around with it and discover how you might be able to use it with your students. Right now it's in Beta, so it's completely free - so hop aboard the free train while you can!!
~Happy Birthday to me! 
Hello All! Back at work after a long relaxing weekend...
Earth Day is Thursday (in case you didn't know) so, I found some great lessons you can do with your SmartBoard. There are tons more activities out there, but I thought this was unique.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=250
Enjoy! Oh, and I just found out I am expecting a BOY (I'm 5 mo. pregnant)
~ Go Team Blue!
I love finding cool games. I must thank Tammy Worcester (www.tammyworcester.com) for this one.
http://www.abcya.com/
Cool games for Grades K-5, just scroll down and choose your level. Nice graphics too!!
~Enjoy the sun (I know I am) 
Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Monday was pretty busy, so I will make up for it today..
Found this one while clicking around this AM - COOL TOOLS FOR TEACHERS http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/cool_tools/main.htm
It looks kind of like a hub for resources including rubrics, lesson plans, maps and other neat tools available at your fingertips. Hey whatever can make your job easier, right?
Have a great one!
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Hello everyone! Did you know that libraries across the country are in crisis? You can help save them by participating in Freeze-n-Read for Libraries on Saturday, April 17th at 4:00PM. Simply stop and read at that time, take a picture of yourself or someone else reading and submit it to the Freeze-n-Read site.
http://freeze-n-read.weebly.com/index.html
Teachers, don't forget, April 11th - April 17th is National Library Week, so take photos of your students Freezing-n-Reading. Visit the site above for more info and ideas.
Happy Reading!
Now here is something cool! http://classtools.net/
They have free Flash templates for teachers. What does that mean? It means you can create free educational games, activities and diagrams! Then, put them on your own blog, website or intranet! The best part? It's easy, no signup, no passwords, and free! My favorite is the Random Name picker. Try it!
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So if you are like me, you are frugal and like a good bargain. Most of the teaching materials I have gathered over the years have been second hand. Why? Teaching materials are expensive!!! I came across this site yesterday and eventually bought an entire book series I'm going to use in my next teacher workshop. The series retailed for over a hundred bucks, but I got it for a steal at $30. Another pro - they take paypal!! It's called the homeschool classifieds. http://www.homeschoolclassifieds.com/default.asp. Happy shopping!
Have a great Easter holiday!
