Fabulous Friday Technology Tip(F2T2)- Volume 3- 5th edition

Congratulations!!

You have completed the final full week of August of the 2015!

Greetings!!

This is the “5th  edition" of the Fabulous Friday Technology Tip (F² T²) that shares technology tools and resources that can be integrated into your daily lessons, unit plans and classroom centers.

Tips for the month of August will continue to offer easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines. Each tip has embedded links to assist you with implementation.

1. Make the news a learning tool.
   Help students better understand current events and connect todays news to their own lives by encouraging them to further explore the issues of the day. The Why Files, for example, uses news and current events as the basis for science, health, and technology lessons. What caused the tornado that devastated the Midwest or the hurricane that hit Florida? How does war affect those living in battle zones? What vote-counting technique is most accurate? The Why Files will explain it all. How Stuff Works also is an extensive site with information on a vast number of topics. Today's students, for example, might want to learn How Stinger Missiles Work, How Stem Cells Work, or How Hybrid Cars Work.
    
2. Spice up your grammar lessons.
   Explore Daily Grammar's Lesson Archive to find a new grammar lesson every day. The site features nearly 450 lessons on topics ranging from adjectives and apostrophes to prepositional phrases and verbs!
    
3. Make science a daily event.
   With the current emphasis on reading and math in schools, getting in a daily -- or even weekly -- science lesson can be difficult. If youre having trouble finding time for a more formal science lesson, take a minute to discuss NASAs Astronomy Picture of the Day or Goddard Space Centers Earth Science Picture of the Day, both of which include a brief explanation of the days photo. You might also briefly discuss a scientist or a scientific event from Today in Science History.
    
4. Sign up for a science experiment of the week.
   If you have the time for the science lesson, but not enough time to research and find a steady supply of really engaging science experiments, sign up for Steve Spangler's Science Experiment of the Week. Each week, a new science experiment will be e-mailed to you.

Remember, please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with using these phenomenal "FREE" nuggets.I look forward to a successful school year and the endless possibilities that the collaboration and integration of technology will provide us with reaching all of our learners.

--Please continue to have a positive and productive day!

Krynica Drakekdrake@atlantapublicschools.us
Educational Technology Specialist

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Fabulous Friday Technology Tip(F2T2)- Volume 3- 4th edition

Congratulations!!You have completed Week 3 of the 2015-2016 SchoolYear!

Greetings!!

This is the “4th  edition" of the Fabulous Friday Technology Tip (F² T²) that shares technology tools and resources that can be integrated into your daily lessons, unit plans and classroom centers. 

FYI……..Macy's @Lenox is hosting a Teacher Appreciation Breakfast on tomorrow! Be sure to RSVP & check it out! http://macyslenoxteacherbreakfast.eventbrite.com/ 

Tips for the month of August will continue to offer easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines. Each tip has embedded links to assist you with implementation.

1. Utilize online work sheets.
   Are you worn out from trying to come up with new and creative seatwork assignments day after day after day? Make life easier on yourself by including a few online worksheets. Each week, Education World provides an original printable Scavenger Huntand a Writing Bug creative writing activity. In addition, TeAchnology offers lots of work sheets in a variety of curriculum areas.
2. Beef up your history lessons.
   Primary source materials adds interest to any history lessons; reading Thomas Jeffersons notes on the U.S. Constitution provides insights into U.S. history that a mere reading of the Constitution cannot. When planning U.S. history lessons, visit the Library of Congress's American Memory Collections search engine to locate primary source material for whatever topic youre tackling. Encourage students to include primary source materials in their history papers as well.
3. Provide online reading comprehension practice.
   Add a fun reading comprehension activity to your students language arts curriculum with the Comenius Group's Fluency Through Fables lesson. Designed for students of English as a second language, the activity is appropriate for English-speaking students in elementary and middle school as well. The lesson includes a brief fable and four categories of related activities; vocabulary matching exercises, vocabulary completion exercises, multiple choice comprehension exercises, and written discussion exercises.
4. Incorporate online news sources into discussions of current events.
   Don’t limit students current events contributions to print newspapers; encourage them to search online media as well. CNN and MSNBC are excellent places to start looking for national and international news. Or, check out Online Newspapers to find your local newspaper online. The Internet Public Library also provides links to local news sources by country and, for the United States, by state. NewsEla is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Don’t forget to sign up to receive the AJC for your students to bring the world to your students. http://nieonline.com/ajc/

Remember, please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with using these phenomenal "FREE" nuggets.I look forward to a successful school year and the endless possibilities that the collaboration and integration of technology will provide us with reaching all of our learners.

--Please continue to have a positive and productive day!

Krynica Drakekdrake@atlantapublicschools.us
Educational Technology Specialist

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Fabulous Friday Technology Tip(F2T2)- Volume 3:3rd edition

Congratulations!!Another Successful Week is Complete!

Greetings!!

This is the “3rd edition" of the Fabulous Friday Technology Tip (F² T²) that shares technology tools and resources that can be integrated into your daily lessons, unit plans and classroom centers. 

Tips for the month of August will continue to offer easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines. Each tip has embedded links to assist you with implementation.

1. Provide a URL in place of a quote.
   Do you write a quote on the chalkboard each day, for students to reflect on and discuss? Instead of writing out the quote, provide students with the URL and have them locate the days quote themselves. Quote of the Day, Quotes of the Day, and Quote A Day are all excellent sources of funny, inspirational, or thought-provoking quotes.
2. Introduce a word of the day.
   Extend students vocabulary by including an online word of the day in opening activities, seatwork assignments, or language arts lessons. The Daily Buzzword at Word Central provides a word of the day and related activity appropriate for upper elementary students. Vocabulary Builder offers words and definitions for students in grades 4-6 and grades 6-9. The words and definitions at A Word a Day and Word of the Day are best for students in middle and high school. 
3. Keep them spelling.
   Spelling isn’t a subject that should die in elementary school. Prove it to your middle and high school students by adding spelling to language arts lessons or extra credit assignments. Spelling lists can be found at Spellingcity.com.
4. Make history real.
   For many kids, history is only a subject in a book; one that's unrelated to real people, real events, or todays news. Personalize history lessons for those students by beginning each history lesson with a quick visit to Today in History or This Day in History.

Remember, please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with using these phenomenal "FREE" nuggets. 

I look forward to a successful school year and the endless possibilities that the collaboration and integration of technology will provide us with reaching all of our learners.

--Please continue to have a positive and productive day!

Krynica Drakekdrake@atlantapublicschools.us
Educational Technology Specialist

Fabulous Friday Technology Tip(F2T2)- Volume 3: 2nd edition

Week 1 of the 2015-2016 school year is complete!

Greetings!!

This is the “2nd edition" of the Fabulous Friday Technology Tip (F² T²) that shares technology tools and resources that can be integrated into your daily lessons, unit plans and classroom centers. 

Technology should be integrated, not as a separate subject or as a once-in-a-while project, but as a tool to promote and extend student learning on a daily basis. The challenge, of course, is in finding ways to use technology -- and to help students use it -- that don't take time away from core subjects. Tips for the month of August will offer easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines.

1. Access an online weather forecast.
   Most elementary grade teachers begin each school day with a discussion of the date and local weather. Why not take an extra minute to visit a site such as UM Weather, The Weather Channel, or USA Today Weather, to find out what the rest of the day might bring? If you have a few extra minutes, check out weather in other parts of the country as well. 
2. Include URLs in your monthly calendar.
   Each month, Education World provides a printable and editable coloring calendar for classroom use. Before distributing copies of the calendar to your students, add the URLs of a few sites that will add to their understanding of the months events -- and encourage  them to visit those sites. The September calendar, for example, might offer links to sites about Labor Day, Grandparents' Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month. (A kid-friendly search engine such as Yahoo Kids will help you locate appropriate sites.) Or, students can find the sites themselves as they complete a Months of the Year Project.
3. Access online weather forecasts in French, German, or Spanish.
   Begin foreign language classes with a discussion of the day's weather. The Weather Channel provides weather information for Brazil, Germany, France, and Latin America in the native language of each country.
4. Challenge students with online mathematics problems.
   Add a daily or weekly mathematics challenge to your seatwork assignments, math lessons, or extra credit activities. The Math Forums Math Problem of the Week offers word problems in five categories -- math fundamentals, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus. The AIMS Puzzle Corner provides more than 100 math-related puzzles appropriate for students in upper elementary grades and middle school. Most include printable worksheets. Aunty Math's Math Challenges for K-5 Learnersoffers biweekly word problems for younger students, while high school students will enjoy the news-related math problems at Math Counts. Dont like todays problem? Not to worry! Most of the sites listed also include extensive archives. If you teach grades 3-8, extend your students online math experience and encourage them to match wits with students around the world by participating in the Abacus International Math Challenge.

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Remember, please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with using these phenomenal "FREE" nuggets. 

I look forward to a successful school year and the endless possibilities that the collaboration and integration of technology will provide us with reaching all of our learners.

--Please continue to have a positive and productive day!

Krynica Drakekdrake@atlantapublicschools.us
Educational Technology Specialist

Fabulous Friday Technology Tip- Volume 3- 1st edition

Happy New School Year!! Welcome to another grand semester!

Today starts the first Fabulous Friday Technology Tip (F² T²)that shares technology tools and resources that can be integrated into your daily lessons, unit plans and classroom centers. Please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with using these phenomenal "FREE" nuggets. 

I have attached the 2014-2015 Instructional Technology Quicksheet that will give tidbits, tips and tools for integrating technology into the curriculum. As we continue to guide our students down the road to success, please click on the request support link located within my signature line if you would like support with integrating technology tools (i.e. Promethean Board, iPad, Web 2.0 Resources) within your lessons. 

Don’t forget to sign up to receive the AJC for your students to bring the world to your students. http://nieonline.com/ajc/

I look forward to the endless possibilities that the collaboration and integration of technology will provide us with reaching all of our learners.

Have a positive and productive Monday and I look forward to seeing you!!

--Please continue to have a positive and productive day!

Krynica Drakekdrake@atlantapublicschools.us
Educational Technology Specialist

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