Try Scholastic’s Book-A-Like
Go to the Book-A-Like link and input the book that you liked to find others similar to it.
For teachers
This Book Widget allows you to search easily for a book at your level.
Give it a go.
Category Archives: Web2.0
Motivating your students to learn
Why do you use technology with your students? How do connect with other teachers to do this better? Read on.
by Whitney York
CYBERSAFETY and CYBERBULLYING
Where do you start?
asafeplace@standrews
Well…. there are so many resources for students on the internet that it can seem a little overwhelming. It is important to be aware that cybersafety includes a range of issues: passwords, security & viruses to name a few. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that confronts us in this electronic age as ‘being connected’ becomes integral to our daily life.
The resources below are some starting places for you to consider:
RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (from the Cybersafety wiki).
Prezi – thoughts on using prezi as a teaching tool…
Using prezi – tips
Andrew David from Tipping Point Labs has posted about PREZI and user tips for creating and using prezi.
Read the post here or view the You-tube video below (for teachers).
HOOVER your sites
Sitehoover is the top 2010 tool (Web 2.0) from Larry Ferlazzo’s The Best Lists on Technology in 2010.
It is great tool for sharing websites. A possible use for students would be compiling their recommended researched sites with annotations highlighting the reasons for the selection of each specific site (being critical evaluators).
This is a link to my library and ICT resources SITE HOOVER page (blog, wikis, twitter) that I created to evaluate just how simple it is to use.
Easy! Highly recommend it.
(Student email address required)
Connecting the dots…and the Global Education Conference
The prezi below is a fantastic resource for teachers of art. It is one of the presentations at the upcoming Global Education Conference (see Bright Ideas blog post). If you are looking at connecting globally with your students or wanting to explore and expand your PLN this is the conference for you.
Whylio and images – Why? Because it is easy!
I have searched the term ‘web2.0’ and selected my image using Whylio.
Whylio is a clever tool that will not only search flickrcreative commons databases but will also create the attribution data for you to copy and paste into your blog.
Great!
JSSALCLibrary wiki
I have been updating the JSSALCLibrary wiki page! It now contains pages for the PYP and the Teacher Librarian, The Learner Profile and Attitudes and Taking Action.
This will be a resource that will hopefully be of value to teachers and will be contantly added to. Please let me know if you have resources that you would like to add.
The Educator’s PLN and Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy PREZI by Thomas Whitby.
This PREZI was posted on “The Educator’s PLN“. which is a NING site for educators. Why don’t you consider joining?