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Angela Maiers puzzle lesson

Angela Maiers demonstrates to 1st grade students how piecing together a puzzle is similar to being a great reader


 

Kids in the Kitchen

Make

Scarlett’s Yummy Fairy Cakes

PowerPoint for Teachers

 

 http://www.littlewoodscasino.com/education-resources/power-point-games.htm   
lots of math games, homemade templates, and educational tutorials

 

The website is designed to provide tips to improve technical aspects and ideas to help you make your powerpoint engaging in a classroom setting.

 

http://www.actden.com/pp/

 http://web.archive.org/web/20050808083149/rcs.rcps.k12.va.us/creativeways/pptlist.htm
 templates


http://web.archive.org/web/20050612083532/www.paducah.k12.ky.us/curriculum/PPoint/

http://www.science.iupui.edu/SAC98/ppt.htm

 http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm

 http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

 http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm

 
http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html

 http://www.actden.com/pp/

 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/default.aspx

 http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listpowerpoisa.html

 www.atomiclearning.com

 http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/PowerP/

 http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/present/

 http://www.marinette.k12.wi.us/staff/vvf/powerpoint_resources.htm

 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/Presentations-Tips.ppt

 http://4teachers.org/profdev/index.php?profdevid=ttta&PHPSESSID=c015721f
 5ac3b8f457c4faa2f6c4d470

 www.kasl.ws
   Technology
      Software Application Training Pages
           PowerPoint
 

 

Learning about brains via Microsoft PowerPoint (MP - UP)
Introduces a presentation

Telling stories with PowerPoint
education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02470.html

 a rubric for PowerPoint 

 http://sroki.com/PowerPoint_Rubric.htm

 

PowerPoint in the Classroom

Scoring Power Points   by Jamie McKenzie
http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html

http://www.studentnet.edu.au/library/Research/PowerpointPresentations.pdf

www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm
A list of commonly tasks used while working in PowerPoint, and a step-by-step guide on how to perform them.

 

http://egshs.wa.edu.au/resource_tools.html

E-drama using Microsoft PowerPoint
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02260.html

Contributed by Andrew Owen Jones.

 

PowerPoint
 http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/video.asp?UnitQry=PowerPoint
 PowerPoint is a great tool for teachers and students to organize and present information. This series includes videos demonstrating different skills needed to create PowerPoint presentations.


PowerPoint rubrics now available on the Information literacy page at:
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page2521.html

*   PowerPoint Brings Plants to Life
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/edulist/reviews/efl03162.htm

This project of a single lesson plan requires students to present their findings on the growth and change during the life cycle of a plant using an animated PowerPoint slideshow. Use for Level 2.2 and Level 3.2 of the Life and Living strand of Science.
(Level: LP)

*   Chris Hutchinson
Presenting Rich Tasks with PowerPoint in Year 3
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02086.html

Presenters Online
http://www.presentersonline.com/
Presenters Online is a site devoted to comprehensive multimedia presentation knowledge. It contains hints for developing presentation skills, tutorials on using Powerpoint, information on tools and software for creating presentations and links to resources including clip art, templates and digital images.

 

 

Watch a video of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

 

 

Teaching Outside the Box:

 

How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains

 

by LouAnne Johnson

 

This book is a must for beginning teachers and for pros who need new ideas. It combines street smart practicality with the creative thinking we need to reach kids today.

 

Try RocketReader Kids

RocketReader Kids Free Trial

The ultimate child reading tutor. Ages 4 to 8.

 

‘Red Rubber Ball’ Bounces in


What is it that excites you, makes you smile and fuels your dreams?

Click on the picture for more about this inspirational book for children.

 

 

 
For children, sight word recognition is an important step to being able to efficiently learn to read. If they don’t have to stop and consider what each word is, they will have the freedom to comprehend the meaning and context of sentences and paragraphs.
 
Consequently, it’s critical for parents, babysitters, guardians, grandparents and educators to help beginning readers

 

 

 

How good is your knowledge of sports?

Play Sports Hangman

 

 

 

 

 

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