Five Fabulous new blogs to follow

I searched around http://teacherlingo.com and found five fabulous blogs to add to my reader! I hope you find them interesting, informative, and fun to follow. 

1. http://www.myweb4ed.com/blog/ - This blog is all about teaching and technology. It also has a page that lists discounts for educators! 
2. http://arlenesandberg.blogspot.com/ - Is geared towards ESL learners, literacy, and math skills. 
3. http://www.differentiatedkindergarten.com/ - Just as it says lists and details strategies to differentiate instruction in the kindergarten classrooms
4. http://kaylees_education_studio1.teacherlingo.com/default.aspx - A great blog about math skills
5. http://www.rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com - All about music and creativity in the classroom.

Cool tool - ABC .. Oh yeah!

I have been using this website for years and I have watched it develop into what it is today. The website is http://www.abcya.com/. ABC YA hosts many free educational websites, games, apps, and resources for parents, teachers, and students. This is a great go to site to find that special game or app you have been looking for! The website is divided into grade level and has a parent/teacher space. 

In the parent/teacher space the creators detail the requirements to use the website successfully and also provides a short history about ABC YA. This website can run on several different web browsers - which makes it easy to use at home and in school!  You are able to click on any grade level shown (K-5). Once you click on your desired grade level you will find activities separated by content  (letters, literacy, numeracy, math, holiday). This website is very easy to navigate and is consistent in navigation procedures. It also provides text and picture supports to help students navigate. 


If apps is what you are looking for just click on the educational apps section. You will find the apps are divided into content by grade level as well - what a great resource.  I highly recommend this website for any teacher, parent, or student looking for that unique and fun website activity or app! Have fun exploring! 


What do you love about ABCYA? Share on the comments section!

Eric Carle's b-day!

Eric Carle's birthday is today, June 25! Here are some excellent Eric Carle resources and sites! Check them out to celebrate this great writer's birthday

• All about Eric
• Eric's blog
• Eric's Museum
• Eric Carle author study by Scholastic
• Reading rockets interview with Mr.Carle

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/22/2012

• The Artist's Toolkit: Explore | ArtsConnectEd

  tags: artist toolkit lessons design interactive education elements resources art

• FreeSpeech for iPad on the iTunes App Store

  tags: app autism ipad aac augmentative

• Widbook - Write, read and share

  tags: ebooks publishing writing books multimedia web2.0 Ebook

• Free and Unlimited Web Conferencing | Free Video Conferencing | Online Web Meeting | Multipoint video conferencing | video conferencing solution

  tags: collaboration conference webinars meetings web2.0 bigmarker meet learn

• ForAllBadges - Register

  tags: register badges badgining games gaming

• 60 Apps in 60 Minutes - Symbaloo

  tags: Apps ipad mobile2012 ipadpalooza iosedapp iphone

• Protocol for Symbolic Augmentative Systems

  tags: assessment AT AAC

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/21/2012

• Accessing Curriculum Through Technology Tools (ACTTT): A Model Development Project

  tags: curriculum technology tools model development project

• Reading Rainbow is Back: Can it Do for the iPad What it Did for TV? - ABC News

  tags: reading rainbow ipad abc news abc news

• Summer Learning Guide | Common Sense Media

  tags: summer learning guide sense media

• Free Technology for Teachers: 500 Free Online Courses To Take This Summer

  tags: Courses summer pd online

• Goal 10: Spread Your Knowledge (15+ Tools to Bookmark, Aggregate, Curate) : Teacher Reboot Camp

  tags: tools curation web2.0 sharing tool web 2.0

• Share My Lesson - Free K-12 Teacher Resources Aligned to Common Core State Standards

  tags: lesson teacher resources standards teacher resources share core state

• Unique Learning System

  tags: curriculum unique resources special education

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/20/2012

• Make Your Images Interactive - ThingLink

  tags: interactive image tagging image photos web2.0 Tagging Thinglink tools

• Importance of Gamification in The Classroom

  tags: importance gamification classroom

• Free Technology for Teachers: Use Mozilla Thimble to Learn How to Write HTML & CSS

  tags: free technology teachers thimble html css

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/19/2012

• Free Technology for Teachers: Motion Math - iPad Math Games for Kids

  tags: free technology teachers motion math ipad games for kids

• The Importance of Video Games in Education

  tags: video games education

• Cybraryman Internet Catalogue

  tags: BYOD cybraryman edchat mobile byot elemchat ipad education

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/17/2012

• Classroom resource collections index - Resource Topics - TES

  tags: education teaching news

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/16/2012

• KB...Konnected • iPad Tutorials for Beginners #elemchat #spedchat...

  tags: ipad tutorials beginners elemchat

• ctg10 [licensed for non-commercial use only] / iApps for Those who Learn Differently

  tags: iPad apps text app writing

• Doable, Affordable, and Sustainable Augmented Reality | Augmented Reality in Education

  tags: affordable sustainable augmented augmented reality education reality

• iPad As....

  tags: ipad apps technology ipads learning education edtech objectives

• i-nigma create barcodes QR DataMatrix

  tags: QR barcode mobile generator qrcode tools datamatrix barcodes

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/15/2012

• Bloom’s Revised Digital Taxonomy Wheel & the Knowledge Dimension | Eductechalogy

  tags: taxonomy interactive bloom blooms knowledge wheel edchat edtech

• Why Looks Matter in E-Learning Courses (And What You Can Do About It) » The Rapid eLearning Blog

  tags: looks matter courses rapid elearning blog

• The best apps for special needs kids - The Washington Post

  tags: apps iPad special special education needs

• 101questions

  tags: math questions Dan Meyer 101qs inquiry questioning danmeyer 101questions

• The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have

  tags: technology skills 21stcenturyskills web2.0 education resources edtech tools

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Audio book appreciation month

One of this  month's observances in audio book appreciation month. I would like to take this time to post all the resources that I have about all audio books. So sit back, relax and peruse some of these awesome audio book sites. 

• Online Storytime by Barnes & Noble - Barnes & Noble

• Free Audio Books - Download an audio book in mp3 or iPod format today!

• National Geographic Young Explorer (Student Magazine) - January-February 2011

• Free Library of Philadelphia

• Signed Stories Home Page - ITV Signed Stories

• Kiddie Records Weekly

• Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities

• AudibleKids - Audio Books for Kids

• Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/14/2012

• 10 Must-See Common Core Resources – SimpleK12

  tags: commoncore resources

• 17 Free YouTube Tools Every Teacher should Know about

  tags: YouTube tools education teacher twitter edtech

• Amara - Universal subtitling: caption, translate, subtitle and transcribe video.

  tags: subtitles tools caption captions translate

• ePub Bud - Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color!

  tags: ebooks epub education ipad

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Phenomenal father's day activities

Below are some fun father's day activities do with your family this weekend! More fun father's day activities can be found here.


Father's day pages - Interactive fathers day coloring pages

Match dad's ties - Click on the buttons to reveal the pictures. Match all of the pictures to win. 

Father's day puzzle - Unscramble the pieces to make a picture. Click on the puzzle piece that you want to move. Hold your mouse button down, and move the puzzle piece to where you think it should go.

very cool e-card maker for the official Phineas and Ferb website for Father’s Day, called the “Dad-inator.” Not only can you pick which character(s) you want to use, but you can also to some extent customize the animated card by placing related objects in the scene. Found on geek dad blog

Gone fishin' - Click on the maze with your mouse to start the game. Use the arrow keys to move through the maze and get to the end. 

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/12/2012

• Literacy Journal: Only 1 iPad in the Classroom?

  tags: ipad apps classroom edtech ipads teaching edchat app

• http://d97cooltools.blogspot.fr/2012/03/design-your-digital-classroom.html

  tags: tools web2.0 digital_classroom digital

• Transitiion Portfolio Checklist - Tool of the Week

  tags: portfolio checklist tool transition special education specialed

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Fantastic flag day activities

Below are some fantastic flag day activities to do with your kids!

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• Flag coloring pages- An interactive flag day coloring pages.

• Flag day webquest - What does our flag mean to you? How do you feel when you see our American flag displayed? 

• Flag day puzzle 1 - Flag day six piece puzzle.

• Find The Flags is an excellent multimedia interactive from the National Center For Family Literacy. Found on Larry Feralazzo's website

• Flag day puzzle 2 - Flag day puzzle.

• Flag day scrambler puzzle - Flag day scrambler puzzle.

More fantastic flag day resources can be found on Wednesdays with Sam - Flag day

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/11/2012

• The Evolution of Classroom Technology - Edudemic

  tags: technology education evolution classroom

• Flipped Classroom Higher Education

  tags: education Classroom higher education

• Accessible Media presents: Jeff's Day - YouTube

  tags: media presents youtube vision impaired blind

• KB...Konnected

  tags: elementary web2.0 RESOURCES Blog TECHNOLOGY teaching konnected edtech

• KB...Konnected • 7 Free Bill Nye Science Demos #elemchat #spedchat...

  tags: bill nye science elemchat demos free

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/08/2012

• Mobile Learning Revolution | Classroom Aid

  tags: mobile mobile learning learning revolution classroom aid

• CK12.ORG - FlexBooks

  tags: EBooks textbooks Science Math education Ebook textbook

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/07/2012

• Beginner's guide to mobiles and smart phones - RNIB

  tags: beginner guide mobiles phones

• 8 Free Resources on The Use of iPad in Education

  tags: ipad resources apps education ipads twitter edtech technology

• QRJumps.com - Free QR Code generator with advanced redirection.

  tags: com free qr code code generator

• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

  tags: evaluation research web education reference literacy evaluating website

• Susan Linn: About That App Gap: Children, Technology and the Digital Divide

  tags: technology app children digital divide

• TalkTyper - Speech Recognition in a Browser

  tags: speech recognition browser speech_recognition SPEECHTOTEXT tools voice

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Summer sites

Below are six super summer sites to use with your kids during the long break

• Wednesdays with Sam
• E-Learning for kids
• Curious George
• PBS Kids
• Brainpop Jr. 
• Nickelodeon games

What are your summer site staples? Add them the comments sections and lets see how long our list can get! 

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/05/2012

• Turtlediary ™ | Learning Games for Kids | Kids Online Games for Elementary School

  tags: learning online games games for kids math Interactive kids preschool literacy

• 8 Great Free Tools to Improve your Students Spelling Skills

  tags: spelling

• Free Search Tools Every Educator Need to Know about

  tags: research search search tools tools

• Rounding out Your Education with Informal mLearning

  tags: education mlearning

• Digital-ID - home

  tags: digital digital citizenship digital literacy

• 15 Great Free Android Apps for English Language Learners

  tags: android apps ell esl

• Abstract - SpringerLink

  tags: elearning

• How to Succeed at E-Learning - Peter Donnelly - Google Books

  tags: elearning

• Parents Facilitating Engagement - Tool of the Week

  tags: parents engagement tool

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/02/2012

• Google World Wonders Project

  tags: google history Geography maps world socialstudies travel wonders

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 06/01/2012

• Give Speech Foundation - FreeSpeech for iPad

  tags: ipad aac

• 6 Great Websites for Kids and Young Learners

  tags: great websites kids learners

• Digital Storytelling Site

  tags: digital storytelling storytelling site

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