Today my colleagues and I waved goodbye as busses pulled away carrying off our students for the summer. As teachers, I welcome the start of summer but as a parent, I want to be sure that I’m striking a balance between the having fun, spending time being lazy, and learning. Many parents face the challenge…
Multimedia
Website of the Week: SmartyCard, A New Online Educational Entertainment Site for Ages 6-12
Interactive multimedia sites are the new way to learn. Each week I seem to get more and more pitches about new subscription sites for parents to purchase to enhance their children’s learning. Since I pledged to always write about the best of the best, I’m really excited to tell you tell you about SmartyCard! SmartyCard…
Tech Savvy Guest: Glogster’s 21st Century Posters by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. My 6th grader came home the first week of school desperate not…
Tech Savvy Guest: Aniboom as Alternative to Computer Games by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. There’s no avoiding it. Chances are, if you have a kid older…
Multimedia
YouTube is entertaining but not always educational. Here are some picks for multimedia sites featuring fabulous videos for all grade levels: Between the Lions: Click on video clips for kid friendly music videos where groups like the Vowel Boot Camp, Dixie Chimps, When Two Vowels Go Wailng, and The “un” People sing catchy tunes to…
