PowerPoint 2010 is still a teacher's best friend.  Did you know you can save your presentation as a movie?  You can insert video clips on a slide as usual.  Upon completing your presentation, use "FILE SAVE AS" and select "WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER" and your presentation is now a video and contains video clips within the movie.  A REALLY COOL PRESENTATION!

Interesting and great sites to visit!

• Identifying the Characteristics of Top Teachers

• Concord Consortium - non-profit educational technology laboratory for science, mathematics and engineering.

• Bird Jam - learn to identify the bird songs all around you.

• TEL 4U - free resources for K-5 from the TN Electronic Library

• SAS Curriculum Pathways  - free, standards-based resources for grades 6-12 in Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, and Spanish

• The 50 Best Sources of Free STEM Education Online

• May and June Calendar Activities
• What is Sound (grades K-5)
• Jeopardy
• Homophone Quiz (grades K-5)

TCAPs are over and summer is almost here!  Looking for ideas and activities to keep students engaged?  Check out suggestions from Teaching After TCAP.

Great On-line Games and Web 2.0 for use in the classroom.

• Great site for educational games for grades k-12 - all areas
  • K-2 Interactive sites
  • 3-6 Interactive sites
  • 7-12 Interactive sites
• 3D Pop-up books from Zooburst.com.  ZooBurst books “live” online and can be experienced using nothing more than a web browser running the Adobe Flash plug-in.  Create a book with 10 pages for free and up to 10 books/account/year.

• Animoto - create 30 sec movies online with music and text for free.  Educators may apply for a free full access pass for use in the classroom.

• Pixlr - online advanced image editor

Thinkfinity is an another source for new and challenging activities for students.  The site is comprehensive digital learning platform built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.  Thinkfinity draws upon the strength of their content partners, who produce a wealth of discipline-specific, standards-based educational resources.  Visit a few of my favorite sites:

• Perfect Pitch

• Power Play

• Bar Grapher

• Comic Creator

• Touch of Class

• Let's Go On a Reading Hunt

• Concentration

Memorial Day is a time to remember those who have died in service to our great nation.  It is observed on the last Monday in May.  More including lessons and activities....

Events in May:

• National physical Fitness and Sport Month
• National Bike Month
• May is Flower Month
• May 1 May Day
• May 3 National Teacher Day
• May 4-8 Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 5 Cinco de Mayo Day
• May 8 is Mother's Day
• National Allergy/Asthma Month
• National Egg Month
• National Mental Health Month
  • Dealing with Feelings

• May 31, Memorial Day

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