10 Resources to support Scratch Day in the classroom
Next Saturday 19th May is Scratch Day. For those who arent familiar with it, Scratch is a programming language that lets you create animations, stories, simulations, games and more. Ive used it successfully in my own ICT lessons and the children really enjoyed the challenge of creating their own characters and controlling them with the [...]
How To Write an Essay (Body)
An essay is divided into three sections. – Pics123 This article will teach you how to construct the body of your essay. An essay is divided into three main sections: introduction, body, and conclusion. While all three components of an essay are of equal importance, the body is the longest and most detailed. Sample essay [...]
Make Cross-Curricular Comics with MakeBeliefsComix!
Ive been using MakeBeliefsComix with my classes for many years. Its a great (and free) online comic strip creator that lets you add a range of characters, speech bubbles and thought bubbles. Its really easy to use and children can quickly build a wonderful comic by selecting, moving, resizing and flipping the pictures that they [...]
Learning Spanish in Heredia: Final Thoughts
The size of a movie poster at the Dallas airport threw me off, too. Being able to understand every single word around me – whether I wanted to or not – overwhelmed me. While I understand quite a bit of Spanish, I can still screen out the meaning if Im not concentrating on the person [...]
10 Great iOS Apps for Education
With the recent release of the new iPad, I thought that it might be nice to review a selection of apps that can be used in education. Here are 10 that Ive found recently: 1) The Land of Me This delightful app begins by letting you choose the different features of a story. It will [...]
Free Choice Learning Provides Natural Path to Knowledge
Free Choice Learning Happens Anywhere and Everywhere – Theresa Willingham Web 2.0 tools like wikis, blogs, and open-source texts make it possible to learn what we want, when we want, the way we want. Free choice, or informal, learning describes how both children and adults learn more than 90% of the time. According to the [...]