Qtopia

I just ran across this during my Saturday PLN time. Looks pretty fun. Teachers must sign up for the account and then enter students. It will take a couple of days for me (as they only send out confirmations on Business workdays) before I can actually try it out. But if you are interested in trying it out, here it is. 

"Qtopia provides free online access to thousands of ready-to-use activities, motivating games, avatar features, 24/7 online homework access with automatic grading, in-classroom review modes, and the ability for educators to use ‘as is’ or completely customize the learning experience."

QTOPIA
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SIGN UP, PLEASE EMAIL ME TO GET MY CODE SO THAT I GET CREDITS.

Technology Sharing on Monday

This Monday, March 28th, we will be meeting at 1:00 until 1:50 in room 148 (Grawet) for some technology sharing. The last time we met there was a major conflict in meeting time. So we will meet BEFORE everyone is supposed to be having their Vertical Teaming Meetings.
This time we are hoping lots of people will come prepared to share one thing that they do in their classrooms, no matter how trivial.
I will have the handout available that I gave out for the TA training last time, on how to use the projectors and document cameras.

In case you cannot make it, or you just want to check out something new, try these sites:

Rocks and Weathering from the BBC

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/activities/activity18/activity_18_09-03-26.swf

Thanks, Richard Byrne!

Or go to their general schools section (if you can figure out their grade levels). LOTS of cool stuff here!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesize/

Here is another excellent resource page from across the pond:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Or gearing up for Earth Day or Advertising Comparisons:

The Story of Stuff For older kids:
 http://storyofstuff.org/

For younger kids:
http://pbskids.org/loopscoops/