KB...Konnected

May 22

A Must-See Anti-Bullying Poster Perfect For Classrooms

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This anti-bullying poster is absolutely perfect for posting on your classroom website or on your bulletin board. We at Edudemic love it.

See on edudemic.com

RoomRecess.com - Free Online Educational Games for Elementary Children

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Free Online Educational Games for Elementary Children

KB…Konnected’s insight:

Includes math and word games. Nice collection!


See on roomrecess.com

May 19

Today I Found Out | Learn Interesting Facts Every Day

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Today I Found Out is a site based on the idea that you should try to learn something new every day.

KB…Konnected’s insight:

Daily fun interesting facts. I didn’t care for the ads though. I might use the content but not share the link with students. Unique facts to share when you have to fill a minute or two.


See on todayifoundout.com

Mom This is How Twitter Works

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KB…Konnected’s insight:

For newbies and seasoned tweeters. This is a GREAT post with helpful tweet examples. I learned quite a few things myself.


See on momthisishowtwitterworks.com

How Is Math Beautiful? Exploring by Creating

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In this lesson, students read about the new Museum of Mathematics and its mission to convey the beauty of mathematics through fun and engaging exhibits.

KB…Konnected’s insight:

Includes some great ideas to implement this lesson. Neat!


See on learning.blogs.nytimes.com You may also like… 8 Videos that Prove Math is Awesome http://mashable.com/2013/02/19/8-cool-applications-math/

May 18

BrainPOP Jr. | Bullying

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Free bullying video on BrainPop Jr. Includes related resources. Nice!

See on brainpopjr.com

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May 14

Free Venn Diagram Creator

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Free Venn Diagram Creator from ReadWriteThink. Students can save and print results. Nice Tool!

See on readwritethink.org

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Communicating Ideas Superb Interactive!

Learn Zillion: Common Core Navigator

Viral Vinnie’s Gut Instinct

May 12

Children’s Poetry Archive

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The Children’s Poetry Archive is an ever expanding archive of poets for children reading their own work…

KB…Konnected’s insight:

Wonderful resource! Nice archive of poetry that can be explored by subject, theme, author, or form. Many of the poems have audio so kids can read along. Students can also learn about poets through biographies featured on the site.

I’ve added this to Kool Kids Write Poetry.

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=45372


See on poetryarchive.org

Aesop’s Fables

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A collection of Aesop’s famous fables.


KB…Konnected’s insight:

Nice collection of fables. Some have audio and video. 


See on umass.edu

U.S. History: Free streaming history videos & activities

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American History Videos

KB…Konnected’s insight:

Unique resources. Plenty to discover and share with students.


See on havefunwithhistory.com

May 11

We’re Crazy About Publishing: The Top Ten Tools We Love

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KB…Konnected’s insight:

Awesome, well thought out list. Not a bad tool in the bunch. 

To make it a Top 11 list I would add Youblisher. It’s a free page-flip book/magazine generator.

http://kbkonnected.tumblr.com/post/1023251114/youblisher-pageflip-book-generator


See on reading.org

Strange Matter

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Play and learn online with the Strange Matter of Materials Science.

KB…Konnected’s insight:

“What’s materials science? You could call it the study of stuff! Just about everything you use every day - the shoes you wear, the dishes you eat from, the CDs you listen to, the bike or skateboard you ride - it’s all made of different kinds of stuff.”

This is a really interesting site geared for kids gr. 5-8. “Strange Matter” features online interactives as well as fun things to do in the classroom.

Downloads and guides included for teachers.


See on strangematterexhibit.com

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May 10

ClassBadges - Free Online Tool to Award Badges…Customize for Your Class!

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ClassBadges is a free online tool where teachers can award badges to students for accomplishments or academic mastery. Through your teacher account, you can award badges customized for your classroom or school. Badges can easily be aligned to academic goals or associated with existing school awards.


KB…Konnected’s insight:

Very nice visualization tool to help students keep track of their achievements/accomplishments. If you’re interested check out the Teacher’s Guide to Using Badges in Your Classroom from Edudemic. It gives lots of ways to use this tool.

http://edudemic.com/2013/05/teachers-guide-to-using-badges-in-your-classroom/


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May 09

5 Great Video Tutorials on How to Create Podcasts Using Audacity

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KB…Konnected’s insight:

Well worth viewing if you want to use Audacity to create classroom podcasts. Step-by step tutorials that also include advice, tips and tricks.


See on educatorstechnology.com

May 06

Teacher Appreciation Sale at TpT Starts Tomorrow! May 7-8
#clipart #TpT #teacherappreciation 
All of my products will be included in the sale including my new “Mix and Match Collections”!

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My clip art, frames and papers are regularly $3 or less including my newest collections. During the sale they will $2.16 or less. Amazing deals if I do say so myself. 
Hope you stop by my store and check out my products.
All clip art products are commercial/personal use. Check out my TOU for details.
 Don’t forget the coupon code: TAD13

Teacher Appreciation Sale at TpT Starts Tomorrow! May 7-8

#clipart #TpT #teacherappreciation 

All of my products will be included in the sale including my new “Mix and Match Collections”!

Click on images for more details.

My clip art, frames and papers are regularly $3 or less including my newest collections. During the sale they will $2.16 or less. Amazing deals if I do say so myself.

Hope you stop by my store and check out my products.

All clip art products are commercial/personal use. Check out my TOU for details.

 Don’t forget the coupon code: TAD13