Technology Times

January 2008 Karen R. Dailey, Technology Integration Specialist

What an exciting time to be integrating

technology into your curriculum this month. Hopefully This site contains a plethora of resources for
you will find this newsletter useful in your classroom. integrating technology into your lesson plans:
Please feel free to share sites that you have found to http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/mlking.shtml
be helpful for me to share with others.

Handwriting Day ~ January 23rd

January 21st

Martin Luther King Day

There are many wonderful sites
that will allow you to explore
this man and his dream. Here are a few to get you www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html
started:
This incredible “game” has stories to edit for
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/ grades 2 – 8.
This site has an overview of his life. You can also go to
site below where I have put together a few of their
activities and saved them in google documents.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddhhd2ft_73fd34p8fh
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofre
http://www.cafeprogressive.com/mlk/ ad/

The online source for MLK quotes,

biographies, timelines, speeches,
photos, lesson plans, books, audio
tapes, cds, videos, and posters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/storyplant.shtml

This interactive site lets the students choose options

For a downloadable video of Dr. King’s famous “I Have
a Dream” speech check out this site:
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
For simple Scavenger Hunt that can
be printed out for students to answer
click on
for the five elements of a story thereby guiding them
thru the steps in planning and writing a story.
When complete the story is read by the dragonfly, Sky
and has the option of being printed. It is GREAT for
students experiencing difficulty in writing short stories.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddhhd2ft_76chn3ccdq

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=332
EDSITEment of Thinkfinity (formerly Marco Polo) has
in depth lesson plans for K-2 that includes web links.
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Other January Holidays:
Wow! Did you know that January was National Soup Month
or Hot Tea Month? What about Winnie Pooh Day or
National Kazoo Day? There are lots of special days to be
celebrated in January. Check out the sites below to add to
your curriculum:
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/january.h
tm

http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/bljandayslong
.htm
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Interactive Math Sites to build strong
mathematicians!
Are your students having difficulty with understanding
equivalent fractions? Try this interactive site, it’s sure
to help!
www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/EquivFractionPointer/
What about estimation? Can your students use help
with that skill? Here are interactive sites that might be
helpful:
• Practice estimation skills by determining the
number of objects, the length of a line, or the area
of a shape at this site:
www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Estimator/
• Play a "Connect-Four" style game, earning a game
piece each time you answer an estimation
question correctly. This game asks the players to
estimate the answer to addition, multiplication, and
percentage questions. Choose difficulty level,
question types, and time limit at this site:
www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/EstimatorFour/
If your students need extra
practice with word problems or
logic puzzles check out Math
Playground. It also has math
videos, math games, math manipulatives, computation
practice and much more.
If decimal / fraction equivalents are a problem in your
class try
www.mrnussbaumgames.com/death_decimals/index.html
Mr. Nussbaum’s site is truly amazing. Not only has
math online games for all skills and levels but also has
other content areas. Just hit ctrl + click on the logo to
see all that this site has to offer.
Early Learning Sites
A plethora of resources in
Math, Language Arts, Writing
and Audio books that can
enhance your curriculum and
utilize your Virtual Whiteboards. (You will have to
download free Real Player for the audio books)
http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html
Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
Rhymes or tongue twisters from A to Z! Great for use
on white boards for shared reading lessons or
phonemic awareness work.
Penguin Awareness Day ~ January 20th
From the Nature program The World
of Penguins, this site has beautiful
photos, video, links, and more.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/penguins/
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/penguins/index.htm
This site is a web-quest made for kindergarten but it
looks suitable for any elementary grade that needs work
on compare and contrast using Venn diagram. There are
excellent pictures as well as audio for each of the
sections for those struggling in reading. It includes
teacher resources and links to an excellent site that is
not too wordy and has nice photographs.
Just a cute snowman joke:
Let
me know what I can do to help you with your
technology integration. It’s an exciting time to be
educators!