A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet

Monday, November 10, 2014

Promoting Teacher-Librarians

Thank you, Joyce Valenza, for posting this on your blog. You can use this video to promote yourself. Teacher-librarians really matter!

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Real or Make-Believe: Prelude to Fiction and Nonfiction for Kindergartners

So I am now into my third month teaching kindergarten classes on Monday morning, and we have been talking about stories that are real and make-believe. By the time we get to January, I will introduce the kiddies to fiction and nonfiction, but for this coming week, I have an online interactive and a coloring sheet which talk about real vs. make-believe stories. This list will be added to the Teacher-Librarians page on my blog. Are you an elementary school teacher-librarian? If you have any ideas to share, please comment below.

LESSONS
Fact or Make-Believe Worksheet- must log into you Education.com free account

Real and Make-Believe- PowerPoint presentation

Real or Make-Believe- PowerPoint presentation

Real or Make-Believe Lesson- from Family Education

ONLINE INTERACTIVES
Dinosaurs: Real or Make-Believe-

Real of Make Believe?- from Scholastic; needs Flash to run

Tina's World: Real or Make-Believe

Christopher Emdin on Creating Magic in the Classroom

Gobble Gobble. Here Are 25 Sites About Thanksgiving

If you have been following my post on Holidays From September to June, you will notice that I have been updating it regularly. We are a few weeks away from Thanksgiving, so I hope that you can use some of the resources below.

AOK Teacher- coloring pages, arts and crafts activities

A to Z Teacher Stuff

Apples 4 the Teacher- coloring pages with cute captions

Billy Bear for Kids-games, crafts, puzzles

Books for Thanksgiving

Coloring Pages- choice of 10 different pages

Coloring Pages- choose from four pages

Coloring Pages- some are funny

Everything For Thanksgiving - Scholastic.com

History of Thanksgiving Videos- from History.com

Internet Activities For Thanksgiving

Kids' Domain- coloring pages

The Pilgrim Hill Museum- located in Plymouth, Mass.

Resources from Midge Frazel

Rexanne.com- recipes, cooking ideas, cards, graphics

Teacher Planet- lessons, worksheets, clip art

The Teacher's Corner

TeAchnology- Thanksgiving printable worksheets

Thanksgiving Crafts, Lessons and Activities

Thanksgiving Teacher Resources

Turkey Hunt- play this game online; primary grades

USA.gov- resource list

Monday, November 3, 2014

Educators Can Receive Free DVD of 12 Years a Slave!

Here's an offer for all history teachers: with your principal's approval, you can register to receive a free DVD of the movie 12 Years a Slave. Included in your education packet will be a printed study guide, a copy of the Penguin paperback and a letter from director Steve McQueen. Note: the movie has been edited but parental approval is suggested. Teachers can register HERE.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Researching 1:1 : Is Your School 21st Century Ready?

Our school is currently exploring a 1:1 technology initiative and I have volunteered to be on the committee. When you school is considering a 1:1 policy, it can be with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets or iPads. Each student has the luxury of their own device to access the Internet and their documents.I have resources below which cover all the possibilities.

PROS AND CONS OF 1:1