public marks

PUBLIC MARKS with tags hsvt & esvt

December 2007

November 2007

Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net

by knann & 2 others
We are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures. Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo

Outline Maps

by knann & 1 other (via)
These maps may be printed and copied for personal or classroom use.To request permission for other purposes please contact the Rights and Permissions Department. PDF format but may be opened in Photoshop Elements as an image for coloring and labeling.

October 2007

ReadingMatrix.com

by knann
Search Directory geared specifically to reading, Analyzing Text (12) new Audio and Text (18) Proofreading (4) Reading Comprehension Advanced (10) Reading Comprehension Beginner (14) Reading Comprehension Intermediate (19) Short Stories (11) Vocabulary (51)

Planet 10

by knann (via)
Fascinating virtual solar system explorer and world builder. Teaching resources available at the bottom of this page: http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/

CLEO - Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online

by knann
Amazing set of resources from Great Britain for k-12

ARKive - Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on Earth.

by knann & 7 others (via)
ARKive (www.arkive.org) is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of the world's endangered species - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous conservation, education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003, and has now profiled over 2,500 of the world's endangered species, using over 3,000 movie clips and 18,000 photos as well as a full research page on each animal - all freely available for internal educational use at www.arkive.org. Register for free and create a scrapbook that can be shared with students

ARKive Education - Resources

by knann
ARKive Education is a free-to-use, multi-media resource bank for teachers and other educators. Making use of the stunning imagery available at the award-winning ARKive website www.arkive.org, ARKive Education provides downloadable, ready to use modules on a wide range of curriculum topics, suitable for geography, biology, environmental education and citizenship lessons.

ajaxWrite - AJAX for Everyone

by knann & 12 others (via)
Create a word processing document on the web that you open,edit,print,and save. Great if you do not have MS Word at home

Mixbook | Create Amazing Books With Your Friends!

by knann & 2 others
similar to iPhoto for creating bound books but allows for more text depending upon design. Use for portfolio.....

flauntR

by knann
flauntR is a free online photo editor and effects software. Apply 1000s of digital photo effects to your images with just one click. Get images directly from FlickR or your PC. Use the online photo album feature for photo storage, and access your albums online. Share your creations by email, edit pictures online for embedding on your web page and blog. With flauntR you can apply cool digital frames and effects to your photos, for communities like Facebook or MySpace. Do new stuff to your photos everyday!

disposableWebPage.com

by knann
Disposable Web Page is now here! You can create a disposable web page with as little effort as a few key strokes and start right away at filling up the page with the content you want. Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be. Why is it call disposableWebPage? Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. You can set this clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal and will exist for 2 more weeks before it gets incinerated.

Learning Flash MX for Teachers

by knann
Do you match this description? You have been using PowerPoint in your lessons and feel that you have pretty well mastered it. You are starting to feel limited by the way that PowerPoint works and you want to take more control over the way that objects are animated. You have seen flash animations and games on the internet and want to have a go. You haven't really got much of a life and think that staring at a laptop screen all weekend is fun.

Quiz-Busters

by knann
Quiz-Busters is an interactive quiz for two teams based on the popular television quiz program Blockbusters. The resource is designed to be used on an interactive whiteboard as a teacher led activity but can be played by individual students. Hopefully you and your students will find this a fun alternative to traditional question and answerquizzes and can actively contribute to Assessment for Learning (AFL).

September 2007

A N I M O T O: the end of slideshows

by knann & 34 others
Very cool online tool to create videos using photos.

Make your own comic with MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages

by knann
Looking for an alternative to a quiz or an assignment of boring vocabulary definitions written on notebook paper? Trying to find a way to prompt students to write even short passages? Trying to teach simple dialog to ESL/ELL students? Working on appropriate language and interpersonal skills with emotional support students? Looking for a creative way to make clever newsletter additions, bulletin board items, or class rules? Use this great online tool for both students and teachers to create web-based or printed comic strips from a selection of characters and voice bubbles-- and with your OWN text!

For Kids - National Constitution Center

by knann
Includes interactive Constitution, Constitutional Timeline, Fast Facts, Basic Governing Principle, Founding Documents, and a Kids section especially for elementary students. Play the interactive game:"Save the Bill of Rights", which focuses on finding the "lost ammendments". Grades 4-12

All Hands on Deck

by knann
The thematic unit All Hands on Deck: Learning Adventures Aboard "Old Ironsides" uses USS CONSTITUTION as a vehicle to explore a wide range of disciplines including language arts, reading, math, science, art, and social studies. The content scope of the curriculum is wide and varied. Skills covered in the unit include critical thinking, making tables and diagrams, solving math problems and writing essays and poems. Life skills that stress the value of cooperation, persistence, creativity and ingenuity are also included. Activities organized for Grades k-12

August 2007

ClassTools.net

by knann
Students and teachers can create educational games, activties and diagrams in a Flash! Host or link them on your own blog, website or intranet!Take a look at the examples. Many are MS/HS content but easily applied to elementary grades. Great way to differentiate! Interactive whiteboard is not required!

July 2007

Singing Science Records

by knann
Science songs on topics of space,energy &motion, weather, and nature. Right click, choose "save Target As" to download the MP3. Songs are definitely dated, but older students and music teachers may enjoy updating the music style, perhaps to a rap tempo or, be inspired to create their own songs. Good resource for differentiation.

June 2007

Math Samples

by knann (via)
Various uses of technology for math. Take a look at the Free Fonts and Clipart available for download.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

by knann
Add captioning to any video!--including other languages.....Lots of educational uses!