Week 7 - Projects for the Classroom

Week 7 Projects for the Classroom (7/16/2010 – 7/22/2010)Read – Write – Think
This is a website designed by IRA the International Reading Association. It offers thousands of lesson plans, online activities for students, professional development, ideas for parents and a link to Verizon's Thinkfinity site.

Kid Pix Delux Projects in Atomic Learning
We all know what Kid Pix Delux is. How many have actually used it in lessons with students? It is not just for Elementary students.
Integrating Kid Pix Studio Delux is a website with links to hundreds of ideas on using Kid Pix in the Classroom.
Atomic Learning has many projects that you can use with Kid Pix. Open Atomic Learning, under Browse Available Training and Projects, select project based and use the drop down menu to select Kid Pix Delux. This will give you many projects that you can use in your classroom with your students.

Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
You have seen these in many places. The students like to make them. Make one to describe your self, your classroom, your ideas, or just random words. Post yours on your blog.

TerraCluesTerraClues is the ultimate Google Maps scavenger hunt game!
Follow clues to find hidden locations on the map
Create your own hunts for others to play
A fun game that makes you think!
You can use the hunts that have already been developed, or you can create your own.


Activities:1.Visit each of the sites. Where available use the Atomic Learning lessons to familiarize yourself with the programs. Explore them and post a response about each.
2. Describe your situation at your campus, are you responsible for planning lessons in the computer lab for your students? Is there someone in the lab who does the planning? Do you utilize the mobile lab on your campus? How could you use/share this to enhance the curriculum?
3. Would these sites be useful to you? How could you use them?