I have a hard shell, am a herbivore, and am brown; I carry my home with me. This describes a tortoise, which was revealed at the end to be the answer to the riddle of who the speaker is.
This document provides addition problems and their solutions for practicing addition skills. It lists 10 addition problems in the form of "x + y =", followed by the numbers being added and the sum, such as "3 + 4 = 7". The problems cover adding single-digit numbers together with results ranging from 4 to 9.
The document provides instructions to complete a linked sets activity by having the reader click a double arrow to move to the next activity, check their answers against a printed out, and then provides 17 cards with pairs of numbers to match for the linked sets activity.
This document provides instructions for playing a game of I Spy 2 using a slideshow and pen tool. The instructions tell the user to click the slideshow button to start, then select the pen tool from pointer options to write answers to the numbers displayed in the slideshow.
This document summarizes emerging technologies and trends in education including ebooks, mobile devices, augmented reality, gesture-based computing, visual data analysis, tablet PCs, wireless technologies, and how Star Trek inspired mobile phones. It also discusses levels of technology integration in classrooms from conventional to appropriation and compares traditional versus digital classrooms.
The document provides instructions for creating wordfind templates in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2008. It describes how to insert a table, specify the number of columns and rows, select a grid style, resize the table, enter letters, and save the template.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a basic wiki on Wikispaces.com. It outlines how to create an account, set up a new wiki, customize colors and themes, add a logo, set up navigation pages, edit pages by adding content and links, and make the wiki public so students can access it. The goal is to create an organized, easy-to-navigate online resource that can be shared with students.
This document provides examples of creative ways to use iPads in reading and writing activities. It describes how iPads can be used as collaborative tools for buddy reading, recording speeches for proofreading, and creating multimedia books. The document also provides ideas for using iPad apps for activities like mind mapping, looking up synonyms, writing stories and journals, making book covers and audiobooks, and publishing student work. Links are included for blog posts with more details on these iPad integration ideas.
This document provides addition problems and their solutions for practicing addition skills. It lists 10 addition problems in the form of "x + y =", followed by the numbers being added and the sum, such as "3 + 4 = 7". The problems cover adding single-digit numbers together with results ranging from 4 to 9.
The document provides instructions to complete a linked sets activity by having the reader click a double arrow to move to the next activity, check their answers against a printed out, and then provides 17 cards with pairs of numbers to match for the linked sets activity.
This document provides instructions for playing a game of I Spy 2 using a slideshow and pen tool. The instructions tell the user to click the slideshow button to start, then select the pen tool from pointer options to write answers to the numbers displayed in the slideshow.
This document summarizes emerging technologies and trends in education including ebooks, mobile devices, augmented reality, gesture-based computing, visual data analysis, tablet PCs, wireless technologies, and how Star Trek inspired mobile phones. It also discusses levels of technology integration in classrooms from conventional to appropriation and compares traditional versus digital classrooms.
The document provides instructions for creating wordfind templates in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2008. It describes how to insert a table, specify the number of columns and rows, select a grid style, resize the table, enter letters, and save the template.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a basic wiki on Wikispaces.com. It outlines how to create an account, set up a new wiki, customize colors and themes, add a logo, set up navigation pages, edit pages by adding content and links, and make the wiki public so students can access it. The goal is to create an organized, easy-to-navigate online resource that can be shared with students.
This document provides examples of creative ways to use iPads in reading and writing activities. It describes how iPads can be used as collaborative tools for buddy reading, recording speeches for proofreading, and creating multimedia books. The document also provides ideas for using iPad apps for activities like mind mapping, looking up synonyms, writing stories and journals, making book covers and audiobooks, and publishing student work. Links are included for blog posts with more details on these iPad integration ideas.
This document provides suggestions for using technology purposefully with junior students. It recommends letting students experiment with technology to develop basic skills like using a keyboard, mouse, and iPad. Teachers should consider how devices like iPads, computers, and interactive whiteboards can be used to support learning in areas like writing, reading, and math. Specific apps and programs are listed that could help teach skills or be used for activities, projects, and publishing student work. The document emphasizes setting directed tasks and using technology to model lessons while allowing students choice in their learning.
The document lists various computer programs, apps, websites and tools that can be used for reading, writing, creating comics, presentations, audio recordings and more. It includes programs for iPad, computer and using the internet like Google Docs, Keynote, GarageBand, Blogger and ComicLife. It also mentions activities that can be done using these digital tools and offline materials like magazines, books and craft materials.
The document provides instructions for students to create a digital storybook retelling the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur using various creative apps and tools. Students are directed to choose a consistent theme, fonts, and colors throughout their project, and to cite any clipart sources. The instructions emphasize maintaining a consistent style while transforming the classic story into a digital format through pictures, text, and audio.
This document contains a list of various tools for writing, graphic design, publishing, and multimedia creation. It includes applications for taking notes, creating documents, presentations and comics, as well as lower-tech options like paper, pens, and whiteboards. The list covers a wide range of software like Google Docs, Inspiration, Notability, iMovie, and Comic Life, as well as websites for blogging and publishing stories.
This document lists a variety of digital tools that can be used for education including apps for inspiration, writing, presentations, graphics, video editing, and more. It includes apps for Mac, PC, iPad, and online tools from companies like Google and Apple. The tools are organized by category but not described in detail.
This document provides a list of resources related to ebooks, interactive books on devices, using iPods and iPhones in education, educational games, augmented reality apps, and references. It includes links to free ebook collections, websites for reading ebooks online or on Kindle, research on using mobile devices in education, examples of augmented reality apps for enhancing places and history, and educational games for learning about global conflicts. Accelerometers are also mentioned as determining position, direction and acceleration.
The document provides steps for animating objects in Keynote. It explains how to add objects that will animate, such as clouds or shapes. It describes how to select objects and use the inspector and build inspector to add effects like fly in, move, or motion paths to animate the objects. Tips are included for importing images or screenshots and cropping as needed. The steps demonstrate how to animate a volcanic eruption by drawing lava, duplicating slides to show the lava flowing down the mountain, and animating clouds with different effects.
This document outlines a technology unit plan focused on transport machinery. It provides contexts, links to other curriculum areas, and resources for the unit. The learning intentions are for students to design vehicles using software and to create solutions to problems by designing technological advances. The design brief asks students to design a dream car for themselves or others, specifying features for the intended person. Learning experiences include watching educational videos, completing analysis and comparison activities, and designing vehicles using software or drawing.
King Minos of Crete had a daughter and a monster called the Minotaur. Every nine years, Athens was forced to send seven boys and seven girls to be eaten by the Minotaur. When it was time again, Prince Theseus of Athens vowed to kill the Minotaur. The Cretan princess helped Theseus by giving him objects to help defeat the Minotaur. In return, Theseus took the princess away so others could admire her beauty, fulfilling his end of the deal. Theseus succeeded in killing the Minotaur, ending Crete's dominance over Athens.
China's four ancient inventions of gunpowder, paper making, printing, and the compass made important contributions to the world economy and culture. They were also symbols of China's role as a great civilization. The document then provides examples of keyword searches on topics and records the number of search results or "hits" returned. It discusses internet addresses and domain names. Finally, it suggests websites to critically evaluate and provides a fact or opinion graphic organizer for analysis.
This document provides guidance on writing myths and legends narratives, including using the past tense and second/third person, setting the scene in the introduction, outlining the problem, response, and outcome. It recommends adding vivid verbs and descriptive adjectives and provides examples of conjunctions to join sentences beyond "and". The overall purpose is to entertain, motivate, or teach readers through engaging storytelling techniques.
This document provides resources for teaching students about position and orientation using coordinate grids. It includes links to online games and activities where students can practice using coordinates to solve puzzles by identifying shapes on a grid, following paths, directing robots to specified points, and plotting points on a coordinate plane. Instructions are provided to access math tasks on Studyladder related to coordinates and position.
This document provides instructions for using computer and iPad applications to perform geometric transformations including translations, rotations, reflections, and coloring of shapes. It describes how to select shapes, copy and paste them, slide them to form tessellations, flip them vertically, rotate them 180 degrees, and change their colors. Hints are provided like holding shift to select multiple shapes at once and using the arrow keys or swiping to nudge shapes in small increments. Examples of tessellations by the artist M.C. Escher are also referenced.
This document provides resources for teaching 2D and 3D shapes. It includes links to pages about 2D shapes with information on faces, edges and corners. There are also sections on 3D solids with the same information. The document lists tasks and activities for studying 3D shapes, including identifying prisms and pyramids, naming 3D objects, building 3D structures, drawing 3D shapes and identifying shapes from nets.
This document provides tips for using Google search more effectively, including searching for exact phrases with quotation marks, excluding words with a hyphen, finding word definitions and doing unit conversions, searching within pages using Ctrl/Command-F, and getting time or address information by typing those items followed by the location. The tips are meant to help users be smarter with their Google searches.
Gardner’s multiple intelligences planning grid with activity ideas and starte...Jacqui Sharp
This document provides a planning grid with activity ideas for each of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. The grid lists verbs and starter words associated with each intelligence and provides examples of activities and tools that can be used to design lessons targeting each intelligence. It includes ideas for remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating for the eight intelligences: verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinaesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist.
The pirates sailed to an island with a treasure map to find buried gold. They were followed by dolphins on their journey. Upon arriving, the pirates used their map to locate a chest of gold buried on the island.
Big Ted and Humpty took a rocket trip to the moon with their pet Scrap, flying past planets along the way, where they explored the moon surface in their buggy and Scrap surprisingly found an alien, making it an exciting lunar adventure before returning home.
The document provides instructions for loading PowerPoint and creating a basic presentation with 3 slides. It includes steps to add slide backgrounds, titles, text, photos, tables, movies, and formatting. Transitions and animation effects are demonstrated. The document concludes with instructions for playing the slideshow and linking slides using hyperlinks.
This document provides suggestions for using technology purposefully with junior students. It recommends letting students experiment with technology to develop basic skills like using a keyboard, mouse, and iPad. Teachers should consider how devices like iPads, computers, and interactive whiteboards can be used to support learning in areas like writing, reading, and math. Specific apps and programs are listed that could help teach skills or be used for activities, projects, and publishing student work. The document emphasizes setting directed tasks and using technology to model lessons while allowing students choice in their learning.
The document lists various computer programs, apps, websites and tools that can be used for reading, writing, creating comics, presentations, audio recordings and more. It includes programs for iPad, computer and using the internet like Google Docs, Keynote, GarageBand, Blogger and ComicLife. It also mentions activities that can be done using these digital tools and offline materials like magazines, books and craft materials.
The document provides instructions for students to create a digital storybook retelling the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur using various creative apps and tools. Students are directed to choose a consistent theme, fonts, and colors throughout their project, and to cite any clipart sources. The instructions emphasize maintaining a consistent style while transforming the classic story into a digital format through pictures, text, and audio.
This document contains a list of various tools for writing, graphic design, publishing, and multimedia creation. It includes applications for taking notes, creating documents, presentations and comics, as well as lower-tech options like paper, pens, and whiteboards. The list covers a wide range of software like Google Docs, Inspiration, Notability, iMovie, and Comic Life, as well as websites for blogging and publishing stories.
This document lists a variety of digital tools that can be used for education including apps for inspiration, writing, presentations, graphics, video editing, and more. It includes apps for Mac, PC, iPad, and online tools from companies like Google and Apple. The tools are organized by category but not described in detail.
This document provides a list of resources related to ebooks, interactive books on devices, using iPods and iPhones in education, educational games, augmented reality apps, and references. It includes links to free ebook collections, websites for reading ebooks online or on Kindle, research on using mobile devices in education, examples of augmented reality apps for enhancing places and history, and educational games for learning about global conflicts. Accelerometers are also mentioned as determining position, direction and acceleration.
The document provides steps for animating objects in Keynote. It explains how to add objects that will animate, such as clouds or shapes. It describes how to select objects and use the inspector and build inspector to add effects like fly in, move, or motion paths to animate the objects. Tips are included for importing images or screenshots and cropping as needed. The steps demonstrate how to animate a volcanic eruption by drawing lava, duplicating slides to show the lava flowing down the mountain, and animating clouds with different effects.
This document outlines a technology unit plan focused on transport machinery. It provides contexts, links to other curriculum areas, and resources for the unit. The learning intentions are for students to design vehicles using software and to create solutions to problems by designing technological advances. The design brief asks students to design a dream car for themselves or others, specifying features for the intended person. Learning experiences include watching educational videos, completing analysis and comparison activities, and designing vehicles using software or drawing.
King Minos of Crete had a daughter and a monster called the Minotaur. Every nine years, Athens was forced to send seven boys and seven girls to be eaten by the Minotaur. When it was time again, Prince Theseus of Athens vowed to kill the Minotaur. The Cretan princess helped Theseus by giving him objects to help defeat the Minotaur. In return, Theseus took the princess away so others could admire her beauty, fulfilling his end of the deal. Theseus succeeded in killing the Minotaur, ending Crete's dominance over Athens.
China's four ancient inventions of gunpowder, paper making, printing, and the compass made important contributions to the world economy and culture. They were also symbols of China's role as a great civilization. The document then provides examples of keyword searches on topics and records the number of search results or "hits" returned. It discusses internet addresses and domain names. Finally, it suggests websites to critically evaluate and provides a fact or opinion graphic organizer for analysis.
This document provides guidance on writing myths and legends narratives, including using the past tense and second/third person, setting the scene in the introduction, outlining the problem, response, and outcome. It recommends adding vivid verbs and descriptive adjectives and provides examples of conjunctions to join sentences beyond "and". The overall purpose is to entertain, motivate, or teach readers through engaging storytelling techniques.
This document provides resources for teaching students about position and orientation using coordinate grids. It includes links to online games and activities where students can practice using coordinates to solve puzzles by identifying shapes on a grid, following paths, directing robots to specified points, and plotting points on a coordinate plane. Instructions are provided to access math tasks on Studyladder related to coordinates and position.
This document provides instructions for using computer and iPad applications to perform geometric transformations including translations, rotations, reflections, and coloring of shapes. It describes how to select shapes, copy and paste them, slide them to form tessellations, flip them vertically, rotate them 180 degrees, and change their colors. Hints are provided like holding shift to select multiple shapes at once and using the arrow keys or swiping to nudge shapes in small increments. Examples of tessellations by the artist M.C. Escher are also referenced.
This document provides resources for teaching 2D and 3D shapes. It includes links to pages about 2D shapes with information on faces, edges and corners. There are also sections on 3D solids with the same information. The document lists tasks and activities for studying 3D shapes, including identifying prisms and pyramids, naming 3D objects, building 3D structures, drawing 3D shapes and identifying shapes from nets.
This document provides tips for using Google search more effectively, including searching for exact phrases with quotation marks, excluding words with a hyphen, finding word definitions and doing unit conversions, searching within pages using Ctrl/Command-F, and getting time or address information by typing those items followed by the location. The tips are meant to help users be smarter with their Google searches.
Gardner’s multiple intelligences planning grid with activity ideas and starte...Jacqui Sharp
This document provides a planning grid with activity ideas for each of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. The grid lists verbs and starter words associated with each intelligence and provides examples of activities and tools that can be used to design lessons targeting each intelligence. It includes ideas for remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating for the eight intelligences: verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinaesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist.
The pirates sailed to an island with a treasure map to find buried gold. They were followed by dolphins on their journey. Upon arriving, the pirates used their map to locate a chest of gold buried on the island.
Big Ted and Humpty took a rocket trip to the moon with their pet Scrap, flying past planets along the way, where they explored the moon surface in their buggy and Scrap surprisingly found an alien, making it an exciting lunar adventure before returning home.
The document provides instructions for loading PowerPoint and creating a basic presentation with 3 slides. It includes steps to add slide backgrounds, titles, text, photos, tables, movies, and formatting. Transitions and animation effects are demonstrated. The document concludes with instructions for playing the slideshow and linking slides using hyperlinks.