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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Pass It On....Good News

What a great way to start a class....Pass It On

Go Animate

How about making a little cartoon in your next class:

http://goanimate.com/

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mentor Text for Controlling and Supporting Ideas

By,

9th grade student from Sam Houston

From the creation of time, humans have adapted and evolved to survive and create progress. From the creation of the wheel, man has invented new ways to improve people’s lives. One of the inventions man has created has revolutionized the modern world, with the creation of the Iphone. The Iphone is the new technology that has affected and changed people’s lives. The Iphone lets their owner communicate through calls and texting. Not only that, it allows you to explore photos and videos with high-definition quality. This eliminates the need to carry a camera around, and allows people to reach others from anywhere around the globe. As a result, society is able to now use this device throughout their daily experiences from work to leisure. With these features, it has made people do things in a much faster and easier manner. Not only is the Iphone a form of communication, it’s also a source of information. With the Iphone you can eliminate the need to carry a bulky, large laptop around due to its reasonable, transportable, smaller size. The Iphone allow you to stream the web in record fast speed, from Google, Firefox, Youtube, and even social networking sites such as Facebook. Also, with many apps to choose from including a GPS to Angry Birds, the Iphone is everything in one-single phone. Therefore, this device offers information to people in different contexts throughout their daily lives. The Iphone is a new technology that affects people’s lives. From a faster-way to communicate, to an easier way to search the web, the IPhone has changed lives for a variety of people. Essentially, it is one more step into the future of progress.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Telescripts for Non Fiction on Discovery Channel Website

Enjoy a little Readers theatre with Discovery's transcript of the documentary, The Ice Man Murder Mystery: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-murder-mystery.html

Movie Trailers for Teaching Fiction 101

Apple has a comprehensive site of two minute trailers that are great to teach Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, Finally. Of course, the "finally" is let off a trailer, so you'll go check out the film. http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/

Monday, October 22, 2012

Using Webspiration and Graphic Organizers for Expository Essays

Thanks fellow Blogger for sharing this fabulous set of outlining and graphic organizer software: http://mcstech.wikispaces.com/Graphic+Organizers+and+Mindmapping