Are You Looking For a Grant?

If you're looking for funding sources for a classroom project or a school grant, take a look at what Grant Wrangler has listed  Grant Wrangler is a free service that lists grant opportunities for teachers, school administrators, and students. Grant Wrangler also lists some contest opportunities. You can search Grant Wrangler by content area, grade level, and application deadline.

New Year's Themed Activities

If you do not have interest in Pinterest yet, perhaps I will convince you with the following resource. This New Year’s Board is packed full of fun ideas to use when you come back to school in 2013.  Enjoy seeing what will work with your students and have a blessed holiday and New Year!

https://pinterest.com/pediastaff/new-years-themed-activities/

22 Story Telling Apps

Matt Gomez does it again! What a great post. He includes 22 storytelling apps linked to actual class and student examples of most. You can check out the 22 apps at the following url: http://mattbgomez.com/folder-full-of-storytelling-apps

I-Pad Apps for Schools

There is a wonderful new resource that reviews educational I-Pad Apps.
http://ipadapps4school.com

This new blog will feature reviews of iOS apps (both free and paid) as well as some occasional bits of how-to and advice on using iPads in education.  Richard Byrne has created an index on his site and categorized the resources by grade level. I personally love the time this will save busy educators when they are searching for an appropriate resource.

If you're interested in subscribing to updates from iPad Apps 4 School,  use the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?sub=870102

Vizaroo- Student response from any Internet device

http://www.vizaroo.com
 

Vizaroo is a new FREE service.  The idea behind Vizaroo is to use the web to collect instant feedback from students in your classroom. Audience response systems like Vizaroo or e-Insturction clickers can increase student engagement through active participation.  Vizaroo allows students on ANY internet connected device, such as a smartphone or a laptop, to share their thoughts for the whole class to see. Ideas are displayed instantaneously from the device that connects to the Internet.

Student feedback can be displayed in a web format of connected ideas, a Venn diagram format, or in a simple "yes or no" two column format.

 

Best of the Web

Richard Byrne's presentation at the Christa McAuliffe Technology
Conference in Manchester, New Hampshire

Best of the Web Nov. 2012 from Richard Byrne

Edudemic & 88 of The Best Apps for Mobile Learning

What is Edudemic?  It is “a global community designed to keep educators, administrators, and everyone up to date on what is happening in the world of education and technology. It pulls from more than 100 different online educational resources to inform and connect the world of technology and education” (About Edudemic). The site contains news, ideas for mobile learning, best classroom practices and more.

To get started using Edudemic…

1. Go to http://edudemic.com/. You do not need to register or subscribe you can start reading directly from their website.
2. You can follow their posts on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, RSS Feed or you can subscribe to their Daily Digest that is delivered to your email. 

Here are a couple articles to get you started.  I linked to the last one a few weeks ago,. 

• The 88 Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning
• How Children Used Technology 100 Years Ago