Thursday, November 11, 2010

1st Grade PBS Kids

Visit the PBS Kids games page. Can you navigate to different games & use the back arrow to navigate back to the PBS Kids homepage? Remember to use the back arrow in Internet Explorer or click on the PBS Kids icon.




PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts

5th Grade Google Search Tips

Google Senior Engineer Matt Cutts, walks us through some interesting search strategies in this TeacherTube Google Search Tips video. Some of these tips can be very helpful! Now that you have learned some new search strategies, see if you can do the following:
  • Find movie showtimes
  • Find directions from your home to a business
  • Narrow down your search results



3_5.RI.1 Research and Information Fluency
3_5.CT.1 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

2nd Grade Spelling with Fearless Frieda

Learn to spell while riding a skateboard. Why not? Visit Fearless Frieda Skillful Skateboarding. Listen to the word, spell the word right, and watch how how she'll fly!




PK_2.TC.6 Technology Operations and Concepts

5th Grade Westward Trail

The year is 1848 and you are about to embark on a 2000 mile journey across North America from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Country on the Pacific coast via the fabled Oregon Trail (Westward Trail). Do you have the skills to survive? Choose your profession wisely, and carefully select a month to depart. Good luck, you'll need it!


  Westward Trail

3_5.CI.3 Creativity and Innovation
3_5.TC.2 Technology Operations and Concepts

2nd Grade Internet Safety

Clicky teaches us to "Use Your Netsmartz" with this great video, The Boy Who Loved IM. Next, join Faux Paw the Techno Cat who reminds us that being safe online means, Keep Safe, Keep Away, Keep Telling. And last, print & color one of these coloring sheets from ikeepsafe.org.


       

PK_2.DC.2 Digital Citizenship
PK_2.DC.4 Digital Citizenship

5th Grade Desinging Floor Plans

Who says you need a degree to be an architect? Try the free demo at floorplanner.com and create your own floor plans.




3_5.CI.2 Creativity and Innovation
3_5.CC.3 Communication and Collaboration

5th Grade Google Search Stories

5th graders used this free online video creator (Google Search Stories) to produce their very own 35 second movie. Each "Search Story" is told through a series of Google searches. Give it a go and create your own Search Story now!




 3_5.CI.2 Creativity and Innovation
 3_5.RI.1 Research and Information Fluency