This is so cool....

Go to this website to get this cool tool... http://classtools.net/ Choose the template: random name picker Then, you start by entering your students names. When you click on fruit machine, it will draw their names randomly. Another idea is to use with teams and have them look up vocabulary words.

Click here for full screen version

Blog Video in Plain English

More Teacher Blogs

Here are some more blogs to check out.
http://smathis80.blogspot.com/

http://mrkuhnslearningsite.blogspot.com/

http://4trumantigers.blogspot.com/

Several teachers have expressed concern about how to get parents and students to read their blog. A few thoughts:

1. Try to start sending an e-mail every time you blog. You could use your parent e-mail group and add a link to your blog right in the e-mail. All the parents have to do is click on that hyperlink.

2. Involve the students in blogging. Use a writer's workshop session to have authentic writing sessions where students post comments to the class blog. Then they will want to go home and post to the blog.

3. On your homepage, add your blog to the navigation bar. To do this, add a new page called "Custom Links." In the web address, you will want to copy and paste your blog address.

4. Show parents how to subscribe to your blog. This will help them to know when you have added to your blog.

Truman Blogs

Here are some great blogs from teachers at our school.

http://kbeckman-inquiringminds.blogspot.com/

http://ateachingheart.blogspot.com/

http://keutzer3.blogspot.com/

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

Check this site out for some great resources for video conferencing and other collaborative technologies.
www.cilc.org

Keyboarding Skills

BBC Dance Mat Typing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Check out how this teacher uses "Typing Camp" to help her students.
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/

Check out these awesome blogs!

EduBlog Awards- Feel free to click on the links below to take a look at a variety of excellent educational blogs. These were copied from the site: http://edublogawards.com/

2007 Nominations
1. Best individual blog
2. Best group blog
3. Best new blog
4. Best resource sharing blog
5. Most influential blog post
6. Best teacher blog
7. Best librarian / library blog
8. Best educational tech support blog
9. Best elearning / corporate education blog
10. Best educational use of audio
11. Best educational use of video / visual
12. Best educational wiki
13. Best educational use of a social networking service
14. Best educational use of a virtual world