Doodle It

If you've ever taken on the task of scheduling a meeting, you know it can be challenging.  Doodle seeks to make the whole process as quick and painless as possible.  It allows you to give the participants a few different dates and times from which to choose so that you can pick the one that works best.  You can already do that through email, texts, or phone calls though right?  Yes, but if you give Doodle a try you may never want to again.  It's so much easier.  Check out the short video below to learn more.

Qwiki, Anyone?

If you haven't tried Qwiki yet, you should.  It's a great resource for finding information on a wide variety of topics.  Results are shown in short video explanations.  Check it out!
http://www.qwiki.com/

Instructional Tech Newsletter

Sandy Paben's newsletter is back with more great stuff to share.  Check it out!

March april 2012

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Watch Know Learn

Here's another resource for finding educational videos online.  Everything is categorized which makes searching a lot easier.  Enjoy!

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/

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.