Monthly Archive: October 2011

Oct
22

How best to educate our “digital natives” – CNN Newsroom – CNN.com Blogs

How best to educate our “digital natives” – CNN Newsroom – CNN.com Blogs. Back in olden times, high-tech teaching tools consisted of the overhead projector and a television set wheeled into the classroom. Today teachers and students can utilize – if their state or school district has the money to afford them – an amazing and …

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Oct
22

Big Help | Nickelodeons Pro-Social Initiative for Kids | Nick.com

Big Help | Nickelodeons Pro-Social Initiative for Kids | Nick.com. Check out the Digital Citizen Hub

Oct
15

Websites

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Check out the Favorite Website links page as well as the School House Rock video page on this site  http://d102.org/blogs/tmurdach/favorite-web-sites/ http://d102.org/blogs/tmurdach/school-house-rock/

Oct
11

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman. Be creative….

Oct
05

Photo editor online – Pixlr.com edit image

Photo editor online – Pixlr.com edit image.   Much like Photoshop but through your browser….think about it…kids can “take” the assignment home and save image to desktop, email, flashdrive…..

Oct
01

Brain development

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text Interesting article from National Geographic.  Our primary kids will get to this stage soon enough.  Take a look at the research conducted.