by Avi Spector
Quick overview: How to work with “layers” on the SMARTBoard. Intermediate technique. How can it be used in the classroom? When dragging images or words on the SMARTBoard, you may notice that they do not behave the way you would … Read More »
Quick overview: The World Clock website (http://tinyurl.com/5bqgdx) provides “odometers” of world statistics. This site is similar to the Worldometers website that I highlighted in an earlier ICT Blog posting, however, the World Clock site allows students to change between daily, … Read More »
Quick overview: An FSL “search engine” that is specifically designed to help you find on-line FSL activities to use in your classroom. A search engine is a website that maintains an index of many other websites, like Yahoo or Google. … Read More »
Quick overview: The Loudlit.org site (http://www.loudlit.org) contains hundreds of easily accessible English short stories, novels, poetry, and historical texts .. read out loud with a real human voice! What does it do? The LoudLit.org site is committed to delivering public … Read More »
Quick overview: An on-line English Dictionary that contains over 115,000 English words that have been pre-recorded by a real person with a clear sounding voice. What does it do? Using the Howjsay (www.howsjay.com) website, students type in English words they … Read More »
Quick overview: How to use the “Magic Eraser” technique on the SMARTBoard. Intermediate technique. How can it be used in the classroom? The Magic Eraser technique allows you or your students to use the SMARTBoard eraser (i.e – the eraser … Read More »
Quick overview:GeoGebra (http://www.geogebra.org/cms) is a mathematics software designed for education. It helps teachers or students construct dynamic geometry, algebra, and calculus equations.GeoGebra works great for visual learners who may otherwise have difficulty following along in a math or science class … Read More »
Quick overview: The Quizlet site contains self guided vocabulary exercises (called Quizlets) touching on all subjects from English, French, Math, History, Biology, Science, and so on.. The Quizlet website (http://www.quizlet.com) can be a good resource for multi-level classrooms or for … Read More »
Quick overview: How to insert a pre-recorded sound into a SMARTBoard presentation. How can it be used in the classroom? Individual sound files (.MP3, .AIF, or .WAV format) can be inserted into your SMARTBoard presentations. You can link each word … Read More »
Quick overview: Free software that will allow you to create digital audio recordings of your own voice to share with your students. Great for teachers who have started creating their own SMARTBoard presentations or for those Podcasting. What does it … Read More »