Help us Learn...Give us Hope

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Colonel Gary LaGrange, US Army Retired; who is the president and CEO of Help us Learn...Give us Hope. This organization is devoted to providing school supplies to our soldiers in the Middle East who then distribute them schools and children.

Help us Learn...Give us Hope

Smilebox

Smilebox is a fun, easy, and free tool that allows you to create photoalbums, slideshows, scrapbooks, and postcards. Upload your photos, videos, words, and music for a creative and unique digital story.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Google Teacher Academy - Motivation

BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF!

Build Your Wild Self is a fantastic website sponsored by the New York Zoos and the Wildlife Conservation Society. The site is a fun and easy way for students to create their own avatars with animal characteristics ~ perfect when you are teaching lessons on animals, habitats, and biomes. There is even a link at the bottom that will take you to the many zoos located in NYC - such as the Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Bronx Zoo, and Queens Zoo.

As you can see from the screenshot - students follow down the tabs, first choosing 'boy' or 'girl' and can then customize their avatar's face, clothes, and animal characteristics. Have fun!

Thanks to TechGeek - one of my PLN friends from Plurk - for sharing this site.

Types of Tech

What types of tech do you use? Fill out the survey and submit!

Differentiated Instruction Survey

This survey was made using Google Forms - easy to use and implement in your classroom!

Tux Paint

Tux Paint is a free computer art software geared for children ages 3 - 12.  Tux Paint combines fun sound effects, a variety of creative art tools, an easy interface, and either a blank canvas or scene that allows children to unleash their creativity.

Tux Paint works great on individual computers or as a whole group activity on an Interactive White Board.  The following images were created as

a learning resource for pre-school.  The first one is a comprehension exercise after reading the story "Where's Spot?" and the second is an activity on colors.

Check out Tux Paint for more screenshots, how-

to's, videos, and teacher testimonials!