In November last year I wrote a blog post about how I was missing my interactive whiteboard (IWB). My projector had broken and I was without it for all of Term Four. My classroom program suddenly became less authentic, less personalised and less engaging for both the students and myself. Ironically, the same thing has [...]
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Virtual Maths Manipulatives
I nearly always use my IWB (interactive whiteboard) for Maths whole-class introductions and often small group instruction. Publisher McGraw Hill and Glencoe have a great maths resource for your IWB that is an alternative to IWB software. It is called Virtual Manipulatives. Virtual Manipulatives is a Flash based website with interactive manipulatives that students and [...]
Tech Tools for Teachers # 6 – Word Magnets
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the site Word Magnets. http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/word_magnets/WordMagnets.html Word magnets is a tool that allows you to paste in some text and then change the text into word tiles like fridge [...]
category: IWB, Tech Tools for Teachers
tags: IWB, tech_tools_for_teachers
Missing my IWB!
Two weeks ago the projector for my Interactive Whiteboard stopped working and I am missing it! It’s been over 12mths since I got my Promethean IWB and I have gradually integrated it into my teaching to the point of using it for most lessons with my Grade Two students. Without the IWB, the atmosphere in [...]
Explanation videos
Two sites which I often use for “how to” or “explanation” videos for my Grade Two students are the How Stuff Works video centre and Howcast site. How Stuff Works is provides “credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works”. I often use short videos from this site to assist with the explanation of a concept [...]
About Me
My name is Kathleen Morris. I teach Grade Four at Leopold Primary School near Geelong in Victoria, Australia. You might like to check out my class blog. All views are my own.
Tech Tools for Teachers
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