And Bingo was his Name-o

Here is another great tool for building a review game.  I've seen teachers here using homemade bingo boards to review for tests and quizzes and this tool may just make their lives a little easier.  For those of you who haven't used Bingo in the past, perhaps checking out some of the examples on Bingobaker.com will inspire you to give it a try.

In addition to a few pre-made examples, you will find a free and easy-to-use bingo game generator.  It really couldn't be much easier.  You can even give the board a title and change the headings from BINGO to a 5 letter word of your choice.  Check it out!

It's Time For...

Jeopardy!


Many of us have made our own adaptations of the popular game show for our classrooms.  From paper and pencil to digital versions, variations have been used in classrooms many times over.

Have you tried creating your own version in PowerPoint or Smart Notebook?  If so, you know more about the time investment required than those of us who found templates and customized them.  Either way, it takes a fair amount of time, and one incorrectly linked slide can turn a fun review game into a frustrating experience.

Jeopardylabs.com offers a free and easy-to-use online template tool for building and playing your jeopardy games.  It's worth checking out!  As always, feel free to stop by the mountain or respond in the comments section to let us know what you think.  

Discovery Education

     Discovery education is more than just an educational video warehouse, however the way that it breaks large videos into segments is worth a look alone.  You can stream or download videos as well as generate assignments, questions, and writing prompts.  The video below will explain more.  Directions were sent out at the beginning of the year for logging in and we would be happy to share them with you again if need be.  Just shoot us an email and we'll send them to you.

Free Flash Drive Treasure Hunt

Would you like a 2GB flash drive courtesy of your fun tech coaches?  Be the first to answer all of the questions below as a comment to this post and it's yours.  All answers must come from previous posts. 

1.  What web-based service allows you to make free flash cards that can be embedded and shared in a variety of ways?
2.  Name 2 services that can be used to share large files.
3.  What free service allows you to embed and share PowerPoint presentations and .pdfs?
4.  What service refers to itself as the "zooming presentation editor"?
5.  What free service allows you to send text messages to students and parents?
6.  Name a free service for building and hosting a website.

Please number your answers accordingly.

April Fool's Day

We're taking a break from the sharing of resources today to watch something by a pretty creative and innovative teacher.  Matthew Weathers has several very clever videos on youtube along with some tutorials on how he creates his effects.  The video below was from April Fool's Day (technically the day before) in 2010.  It's worth the watch.  Do we have anyone that can create something similar?  It would be pretty cool to see.  Let us know your thoughts.

Screencast-o-matic

Screen casting is the process of recording of what is being displayed on your computer monitor (screen).  It allows you to make instructional and tutorial videos.  I've had great luck using www.screencast-o-matic.com which allows you to make screen casts for free with-out the need to download anything to your machine.  Below is a quick overview of the screen casting process.  I'll be using screencast-o-matic to show you how to create a free, easy, and dynamic website in future blogs.  Stay tuned!