Think Different #118
Resources for the Week of March 2, 2020
Registration open for June 12, 2020 iPad iCamp for a TRA-Digital Day with Kevin Honeycutt
iPad iCamp will now be June 12th (Canceled/postponed due to weather Jan. 17). Kevin has so much to share. I know if you decide to join us this summer for iPad iCamp on June 12th, you won't be disappointed. Flyer below. Bring a team!!
15 Sites for Keyboarding/Typing
We all know that typing/keyboarding skills are pretty darn important and school districts everywhere are debating where to teacher, if to teach, etc. Seems it is falling on the shoulder of elementary teacher int ehir individual classrooms. This list maqy just help. I am sure you can find a few that will work in your situation.
- ABCya - A fun site/app for kids trying to learn how to type in games such as: Alpha Munchies, Cup Stack Typing, and Jump Key.
- AlfaTyping - A good site for typing resources as well as tutorials and walkthroughs.
- FreeTypingGames.net - A nice little site for practicing different skills for typing such as "home row" and "WPM" (words per minute).
- Learn 2 Type - A simple site to check a student's words per minute.
- Learning Games for Kids - A great site for educational games including over 20 games for Keyboarding.
- Nitro Type - An interesting site that uses a worldwide real-time competition to help students strengthen their skills.
- Power Typing - A nice collection of 5 online Typing games.
- RoomRecess - An excellent site for games for all subjects including Typing. Some of their more popular games in Keyboarding include: Letter Bursts, Popcorn Typer, and Launch Key.
- TypeDojo - A wonderful site that lets students grades 1st-8th practice their keyboarding skills while printing out detailed reports/certificates.
- TypeKids - An innovative game which introduces students to keyboarding/typing w/ over 30 interactive lessons.
- TypeTastic - One of the best sites around for learning how type w/ educational portal, that uses Game Base Learning to teach keyboarding skills.
- Typing.com - A very popular site to find a wide range of typing resources such as: games, tests, lessons, and more.
- Typing Agent - An amazing site for grades K-12 for learning how to type. Best of all are the abundance of features that Typing Agent offers users such as: teacher dashboard to track/monitor student progress, educational games, learning how to code, and more.
- Typing Web - A excellent free typing tutor that has a teacher portal for student tracking. Also, certificates can be printed out on completion of lessons.
- TypingClub - A fun site w/ educational portal that now only has instructional videos but unveils a unique story the more a student types.
You've probably heard that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world.
You can also probably imagine how much of a behemoth YouTube has become. Some stats:
- 2 billion logged-in monthly users
- 81% of 15-25 year olds in the U.S. use YouTube
- People upload 500 hours of video every minute
- Each visitor spends 11 minutes 24 seconds per day on YouTube on average
Our students are there, too. They have their favorite video genres.
Check out Matt Millers blog post with some imspiring ideas.
https://ditchthattextbook.com/youtube-classroom-video-ideas/
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Video Tutorial: Virtual Office Hours with Google Hangouts Meet
Video Tutorial: Virtual Office Hours with Google Hangouts Meet
Wesley Fryer shares how to use Google hangouts.......(thanks Wes)
"With the prospect of school closures because of mandated coronavirus quarantines looming large around the world, I’m creating a series of videos to help other teachers needing to effectively teach students from home / from a distance. If you find this helpful, please let me know by sharing a comment on the original YouTube video, by reaching out on Twitter to @wfryer, by using my electronic contact form, or leaving a comment below on this post. For the description on YouTube I wrote:
Why if you’re teaching at a distance, “virtual office hours” can be valuable and how to setup a Google Hangouts Meet videoconference for your students from within Google Calendar.
Free if your school uses GSuite for Education (GSFE).
The video is 14 minutes, 19 seconds long. I recorded this with Screenflow. Learn more about using Google Hangouts Meet on “Hangouts Meet training and help.”
Infographic templates from StoryBoardThat, who knew?
Pick from one of our educational infographic templates to create fun and informational infographics to help students remember information or use them as a starting point to an awesome project. Infographics are perfect for conveying information in a visual way, which is proven to be a more effective way to remember information than walls of text.
- Blank Infographic Templates
- English Project Infographics
- History Project Infographics
- Infographic Template Gallery
- Math Infographics
- PSA Infographics
- Science Project Infographics
Check it out: CLICK HERE
New ebook: Using emojis in the classroom
Book Creator has teamed up once again with Dr. Monica Burns to bring you an essential resource for your classroom. This new ebook, Using Emojis in the Classroom
Download it now at: https://bookcreator.com/2020/02/new-ebook-using-emojis-in-the-classroom/
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
13 Children's Books That Encourage Kindness Toward Others
How to Add a Website to Home Screen of iPhone & iPad in iOS 13
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