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Tumblebooks on iPads!

Becky — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:46:39 +0000

Tumblebooks just recently added the ability to view over 40 of its books on iPads! To see them, click “Story Books.” There currently is a link at the top of the page that says “Click here for iPad compatible titles.”

When you navigate to Tumblebooks from an iPad, go to that link and then above each cover image is a link that says “iPad.” The video first appears to be a small black rectangle, but after starting it, the fullscreen button will appear.

BrainFlips: Free Online Flashcards

eric — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:57:40 +0000

Flash cards are a staple of students studying toolbox, but the tedious work required to create and share them sometimes gets in the way of their regular use. Enter BrainFlips, one of the best flashcard sites I’ve come across. An account (free) is required to create and share flash card decks, but no account is required to use the decks that other users have created which as of this writing there are 726 decks available. Some cool examples include: Barack Obama, Addition, and Introductory Spanish. Plus each deck can be viewed in one of 3 ways: Introduction mode, which gives you the question and answer side by side, Traditional Mode, shows question and then the answer, or Response Mode, which creates a multiple choice game out of the cards.

Thanks to FreeTech4Teachers for finding this site.

Reading A-Z

eric — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:31:13 +0000

The district has acquired a district wide license for Reading A-Z a tool to help "meet the reading needs of a diverse student population." This tool is primarily targeted for Elementary use, but Middle School teachers may find it useful as well.

All certified elementary staff will be receiving their account information via email in the coming days, Middle School staff interested in the software should send me an email and I’ll get you setup.