Friday, October 30, 2009

REALLY COOL youtube video viewer!

New tool for youtube.
It changes a regular youtube page into a visual map of related videos. THIS IS COOL!
When you hover over the videos- the ones related to it show up as well.
Also, each video you click, it'll show each video you've watched- by connecting them as well as putting colored symbols in the upper left-hand corner.
THIS IS COOL!

Here's the 1st address-
youtube.com/watch?v=op4Im0y5n9s

Now, you'll see that I just replaced the 'watch' in the URL to warp.swf

Here's the 2nd address, w/watch replaced w/  warp.swf
youtube.com/warp.swf?v=op4Im0y5n9s

 

All you do is just replace the 'watch' in the URL to warp.swf

Here's a regular video about -tion from The Electric Company

</object> Here's one with the 'change'- </object>

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Gr2 &3 All Unit 2 Sp onlevel, beyond

Gr2
Gr2 Unit 2-1 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/2Si9EK
Beyond
http://bit.ly/2KmJcy

Gr2 Unit 2-2 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/4io9Fq
Beyond
http://bit.ly/TtNBm

Gr2 Unit 2-3 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/1bW8dg
Beyond
http://bit.ly/36f7Qf

Gr2 Unit 2-4 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/1p3qyE
Beyond
http://bit.ly/frczj

Gr2 Unit 2-5 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/3n7ahx
Beyond
http://bit.ly/1Dilxs


GR3
Gr3 Unit 2-1 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/4yrUGK
Beyond
http://bit.ly/hEKHI

Gr3 Unit 2-2 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/U6Hw2
Beyond
http://bit.ly/4FN7wn

Gr3 Unit 2-3 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/1al1uo
Beyond
http://bit.ly/4vE50C

Gr3 Unit 2-4 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/2vI5JD
Beyond
http://bit.ly/1eJvUt

Gr3 Unit 2-5 On LEVEL
http://bit.ly/3ai6S4
Beyond
http://bit.ly/1Hzp42

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'Tap into the World of Comics' & new site 4 creativity

Planting My Ideas (
http://www.plantandinspire.org/plantyourideas/#/Landing/ ) is a site
from The Black Eyed Peas that's supposed to help creativity. You can
use music, images, and words to create your own flower, which would
then be posted in the site’s gallery.
Here's more about Adobe & The Black Eyed Peas venture
http://plantandinspire.org/
"Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high
school–age youth, Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) provides breakthrough
learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web,
animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on
their world.'


S. Hendy writes for http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/
This slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/shend5/tap-into-the-world-of-comics
lists comic creation tools and 25 ways to use 'em!

Here's some Online Comic Creators in more detail-
http://www.slideshare.net/shend5/online-comic-creators

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Gr2 Unit 2-2 Review

To make bigger- goto View- Zoom- Zoom In; or hold down Ctrl and hit
the + Do this until desired size

Instructions for this game- click on correct answer then pick up cow.
Use the arrows to scroll around. Try to pick up all 8.


Play this game on the What2Learn site

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Gr 3 2-4 Voc

To make bigger- goto View- Zoom- Zoom In; or hold down Ctrl and hit the + Do this until desired size
Play this game on the What2Learn site

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Friday, October 23, 2009

LOT'S OF LINKS- UK INTERACTIVES

FOR BLOGS& SITES
Sitewide links directly to pdf, doc and ppt files; add one line of JavaScript to your page, and users who click on links to PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents will see the document in a viewer overlay, with no need to download or open another program to view the file.
http://embedit.in/ puts links, documents or thumbnails of files or websites into your site or blog; customizable; can even mark up documents
http://www.voki.com/ Create a free, animated speaking character that represents yourself for a blog, wiki, or any website

UK RESOURCES- EXCELLENT!!!
Be sure to check for UK spellings before using in class-
some of these are ppts, flipcharts,smart activities only; and most have an online version; some are exe files- download and click on downloaded file- it'll immediately go fullscreen
http://mrspancake.com/ (UK)educational printables for teachers/parents GR8 site- check out make and do
http://www.communication4all.co.uk/HomePage.htm (UK) Gr8 site for ppts, IWB stuff, printables, board games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml game 4 kidsend sounds, 1st sounds,rhymes(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/b_ellis/index.html ESL flipcharts (UK)
THESE ARE PPTS- initial phoneme1 and initial phoneme 2 and final phonemes and medial vowels and ch, sh&th and change letters to make new word ppt that's interactive(UK).
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alpha... (UK)d'nealian handwriting demonstration of alphabet & pics and letter sound
Wordmaker 1 CVC and Wordmaker 2(UK)drag onsets and rimes into the Wordmaker machine to make words; more than just 1 exercise; background&teachers notes on 1st screen Wordmaker long vowels 1 (3 different spellingslong a and long e vowel) and Wordmaker long vowels 2 (3 different spellings of long i, o and u vowel sounds) and Wordmaker Long Vowels 3 (long a, e, i, o and u vowel sounds and split digraphs)
Snap level1 (UK)match pics,shapes& colors Snap level 2 (UK)match letters, high freq
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/cross_curr/lab/ (UK)Phonics activities (some math & science) from early learner to gr5- be sure to review for spelling differences; these have to be downloaded- they are exe files. After downloading, just click on file and they'll start! has docs&worksheets downloads also;GR8 resource
CH&SH ch&sh presentation(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/eng/ks1/english/51/index.html ar, ee, oo, ow, ow flipcharts (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/2007-08/english/irf19/index.html (UK)spelling poems using look, write, cover, check (UK)
grammar word machine (UK) interactive sort nouns adj verbs
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/20050218/English/Keystage2/Writing... not using 'said' in writing- other verbs (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/118/default.html (UK)ppt's & worksheets for grammar
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/bridgend/fables_and_m... read fables find moral ppt (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/crazy_comp_words/eng/Introduction/... compound words (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/j_thorogood/grammar_f... learn about grammar by meeting The Grammar Family (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/english/nouns/ types of nouns(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/bridgend/verbs_nouns_... sort verbs, nouns, adj
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/phase4_20030829/English/Keystage2/... (UK) verbs&their synonyms
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/cap_letters_stops/eng/ capital letters and full stops (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/english/nouns/ types of nouns
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/17/eng/ (UK)stories, high freq words & games, printables
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/36/index.htm digraphs & blends for flipcharts(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/20050415/English/Keystage1/Rhyming... id rhyming words (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/are_they_the_same/eng/Introduct/de... (UK) compare fairytales
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/20050224/English/Keystage1/Writing... (UK)read&write traditional fairy tales
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/26/willow.html (UK)comp&sequence of Chinese story
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/152/index.html develop cvc words thru pet topic; ppts and smartboard (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc_-_creating_a_poem_and_story__p... create poems&stories(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/caerphilly/adjectives... all about adjectives (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/sentence_detectives/eng/Introducti... sentence detective(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/synonyms/eng/Introduction/default.htm synonyms(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Literacy/Keys... more synonyms(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/using_similes/eng/Introduction/def... using similes(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ough/eng/Introduction/default.htm ough words (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/107/index.html suffixes prefixes flipcharts & other activities(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/140/index.html spelling strategy activities (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/30/index.html flipcharts w/spelling rules (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/bride_frank/eng/ Choose backdrops, sounds and characters. Write a script to make your own play! based on Frankenstein (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/fact_or_opinion/eng/Introduction/d... fact or opinion(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/20050520/English/Keystage2/Oracy/D... (UK) Describing pictures orally and creating short stories from keywords.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/pse/136/index.html (UK) interactive philosophy4kids
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/arthur_bickerton/eng/Introduction/... (UK)biography, an investigation into some items found in Arthur Bickerton’s store, and a poetry-writing activity
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/lists_and_instructions/eng/Introdu... write lists&instructions; sequencing(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/invitations/eng/Introduction/defau... write invitations (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/caerphilly/witches/in... using fairytale genre to describe characters (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/learn_y4/main.asp?lesson_path=year... (UK) MAKE A FAIRY TALE; interactive resource where pupils read through a story with the teacher, sequence events, describe characters (adjectives)and write a story; end result is printable; teachers notes and background on 1st screen (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/english/alpha_road/unit1/u... focuses on creative and descriptive writing as well as giving informal advice (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/chocolates/eng/Learningobjecti/def... identify the use of persuasive and descriptive language (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ali_beez/eng/Learningobjecti/defau... recognize and analyze the features of non-fiction text (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/youth_age_in_poetry/eng/Learningob... helps children to explore and analyse the Fern Hill poem by Dylan Thomas (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/28/Owens_Poems_Setup.exe (UK) meet the poets and mark/grade a variety of engaging, interactive poetry, combined with interactive games.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/history/IRF33/index.html series of interactive PPT slides charting a journey across the slave route from Liverpool, via Benin and the Caribbean and ultimately to the United States of America. A lot of the activities use first person accounts and images from the period to stimulate written responses (UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/english/irf08_37/ interactive ppts; approaching comics&graphic novels; Narrative and Genre, Character types, Camera conventions, Comic conventions and layouts, Reading Trail. There are some associated word files that can be used with the digital resources(UK)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/2007-08/english/irf2/ different types of text(UK)
* Here’s a nice .swf for parents, showing them HOW to help their children read at home. Includes strategies for recognizing high frequency words, along with decoding and comprehension strategies. http://www.ripple-i.bardaglea.org.uk/documents/NellieNeverForgetsSt...
* .swf movie explaining what proper nouns are- http://www.ricecookerstudios.com/assets/animation/anim00A.swf
* This is foote. It has games designed around soccer (or football, as they refer to it).Have to sign up w/user name and password. No major info recorded. http://footee.thefa.com/
* Verbs and Their Synonyms, lesson pack. You can download this or us it online. Check it out! http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/phase4_20030829/English/Keystage2/...
* Check out this slideshow on literary terms. Definitely worth looking at- http://visuallitterms.pbworks.com/
Curriculum-Based Measurement Wearhouse- A World of CBM Resources- be sure to enable your popups http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/interventions/cbmwarehou...
* This site is good for showing literary elements for creative writing. It's mostly about poetry- from UK. Check it out! http://www.barbican.org.uk/canihaveaword/
* Here’s a set of Boggle-like dice for you IWB. Go here for directions http://www.teacherled.com/2008/03/03/letter-dice/and here for Fullscreen- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/dice/diceload.html
* Game for pc or on IWB- it’s timed. Here’s the directions- http://www.teacherled.com/2009/04/26/vowel-digraphs/ and here’s Fullscreen- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/vowels/vowelsload.html
* Alphabet Speed test- IWB resource. Kids @ IWB get 30 seconds to choose which comes next- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetspeedload.html
* Alphabet Boxes- boves fall, student puts in abc order http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetboxesload.html
* Ice cube Alphabet- stack abc blocks WITH A STEADY HAND- either 1 minute or 2 minutes to stack w/o falling over- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetstackload.html
* Letter reveal- Rub off # & guess abc letter- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/letterrevealload.html
* This is same as letter reveal except guess the shape- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/shapereveal/shaperevealload.html
* Letter Quiz- directions http://www.teacherled.com/2008/03/26/letter-quiz/ Go to Fullscreen http://www.teacherled.com/resources/letterquiz/letterquizload.html
* IWB Fullscreen Aesop Fables- copy of public domain book v/pictures- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/aesop/aesopbookload.html directions and extras from author of IWB resource- http://www.teacherled.com/2009/08/27/aesops-fables/
* Keyword Jumble- I got this from the site This interactive whiteboard classroom activity produces a scrambled maths keyword for the students to solve. Alternatively enter a word for the computer to scramble and present. Useful as a starter to the lesson or to fill some time for the early arrivals while waiting for the rest of the students to arrive. Have a word projected on to the interactive whiteboard ready for students to unscramble. Go here for directions and a pdf http://www.teacherled.com/2008/01/28/keyword-jumble/ or here for Fullscreen http://www.teacherled.com/resources/keywords/keywordload.html
· Here’s link to some abc activities- http://www.teacherled.com/alphabet-activities/ The direct links to the IWB resources are- Aunt Friendly’s Alphabet Book IWB resource
o Aunt Friendly’s Alphabet Book Printable
o ABC Picture Book IWB resource
o ABC Picture Book Printable
http://progressivephonics.com/
Did you know that Progressive Phonics is now COMPLETELY FREE? Awhile back, they got a sponsor to fund the cost of developing their remaining books. All you have to do is sign up!
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm
Rimes and Rhymes- Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy- Great for 'early literacy' and fluency practice! Also nice as a center for handwriting for fluency.
http://www.learningclip.co.uk/
You'll need to sign up- make sure to have the latest version of your media player in order to see the video- it's- only 30-45 seconds long. The games are great. It says for key stages 3-6, but I've found several games appropriate for younger. Also has worksheets with each resource.
Lots of math games. Scroll down for blends practice, letter dice and and abc order practice.
http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/
http://www.triptico.co.uk/flashFiles/wordMagnets/WordMagnets.html
ez resource for separating types of speech, word families, long vowels and more
http://www.sentenceplay.co.uk/Games.htm sentence work
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/InteractiveResources.htm Great reading/phonics resources
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/maths/ks3-maths-investigat... online interactive # square

INTERACTIVES & VIDEO & RESOURCE SITES
(UK)http://ow.ly/knoa help w/bloom's taxonomy
http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com/ 21st century Bloom representation
http://www.btinternet.com/~mrfield/Literacy_Disk/index.htm grammar, suffixes & other quizzes
http://www.gameclassroom.com/ interactives for K-6; a listing of games online
http://www.hoodamath.com/ movies, tutorials and worksheets for math
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/ math science & English games
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/about/overview online nutrition games for kids
http://squizzes.com/ interactives for kids- doesn't have to sign up; UK
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/index.html science, english, lang, math, interactives for all grades
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/bobinogs/games/gamespage.shtml games for little kids (UK)
Into the Book pc games plus
podcasts, videos, and many lesson topics. Find lesson plans, videos, teaching tips, research, and more about Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating, Synthesizing, and Using Other Strategies
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/spidey/index.html 16 interactive activities that involve words for kids: from rebuses to word searches
(I have the old Electric Company magazines w/Spiderman in jpegs if anyone's interested in using them- let me know)
http://www.lexipedia.com/ a FREE, dynamic, interactive dictionary/thesaurus provides word definitions and examples of sentence use, and creates a visual word web that links the word to associated concepts and indicates parts of speech.
http://www.uclick.com/client/mwb/ucudw/ online version of word ladders; probably needs to be used w/3rd&up
NewsBreaker game is a simple game in which players use the keyboard to keep a ball in play while breaking blocks that contain news headlines; then student decides if they want to check out headlines
One Minute Wonders short videos for elementary. The have quizzes to test student's knowledge they acquire from the videos. Use these on IWB or for a webpage of linX.
http://nature.ca/discover/exf/index_e.cfm interactives in a nature museum- dinos, volcanoes, insects, continents
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/ over 300 clips and teacher resources for science
http://sciencewithme.com/ animations, videos, worksheets- sign up- good site
http://sciencecomics.uwe.ac.uk/ science comics, games, links for teachers- have students read comics, and then identify the scientific principles;activities include games such as word searches and other puzzles to reinforce vocabulary
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/foodchain.html food chain video in the Savannah
http://www.mathatube.com/index.html math videos, worksheet generators- even for time
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/index.php animated movies for different concepts, also this site has a network of a whole host of other sites- check this out thoroughly
http://www.mapskip.com/ add pictures, stories, videos to map; great for social studies- free
http://placespotting.com/ make your own Google-map quiz; students get practice using Google Maps’. Students use hints to narrow their search area to find a place. A world map below the “quiz” location image allows them to explore the globe and zoom in to pinpoint the location shown in the “quiz” map.
http://dotsub.com/ watch videos w/subtitles in your language or the one you want to learn- one of my favorite ways to reinforce reading
http://www.snagfilms.com/ full length documentaries available here from National Geo, Discovery, etc
http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/welcomepage iCue stands for: immerse, connect, understand, excel.
This website is sponsored by NBC and has all sorts of lessons and activities related to USHistory, Environmental Science, EngLang&Comp,US Gov't&Politics, and Special Collections (now is A Woman's nation)
http://teachertube.com/ online community for sharing instructional videos
http://www.teachers.tv/ free ed resources for pro development (UK)
http://nibipedia.com/ online ED video database
http://vixy.net/ use this to upload youtube videos and convert to flash or other portable file if school doesn't allow you tube
http://thedigitalnarrative.com/ for teachers- see how to use new tools in class; resources as well as demonstration
Card Maker make trading cards w/images of Historical figures or cards for language games
http://wallwisher.com/ make online bulletin board
http://www.tikatok.com/user/teacherRegistration sign up for teachers&your students to write your own original books, add your own images and artwork, and read your your books online
http://myths.e2bn.org/teachers/ sign up to create and look at others myths & legends stories
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp ninja text, wizard text, talking flowers, talking tomatoes, talking owls, a wanted poster, talking cats, a cigarette packet, talking squirrels, and a clapper board
http://compfight.com/ search engine that uses Flickr pictures you are ALLOWED to use without copyright problems
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr make a quick sketch in a small area then it searches through thousands of images shared on flickr to find a similar image; you can even upload a pic
http://simplybox.com/main collect web content, parts of web pages, images, recipes, passages of text, entire web pages, etc. and arrange a mixture of contents to a 'box'! Everything moves by simply selecting and drag/drop
http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-shapes/wordshapes.html create word shapes worksheets

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Students need to know about this...

I read this today and it really moved me.
So many of our youth- and adults- don't realize what they've got and we all take things for granted. Do yourself a favor- and perhaps your community- local and worldwide- by reading this article about the youngest teacher in the world- he's 16. This will be a great story to share with your students.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8299780.stm

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

new video site

I joined a video site a few months ago and the it went offline.
They just relaunched it today.
I went in for a bit- and there's almost 1000 videos just for Language Arts!

Watch Know - Videos for kids to learn from. Organized.
WatchKnow makes educational videos for kids EXTREMELY easy to find. Now they claim to have over 10,000 videos placed in over 2,000 categories. It's kinda like a wiki site- contributors (even anonymous) work together, to edit video information as well as the directory by drag and drop, which means it's ALWAYS growing! Here's a video on how to edit. Since it's an opensourced project that welcomes even anonymous contributions, the project engages teachers to act as community moderators. It's a non-profit and receives support through an anonymous donor through the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi.
Navigation is just as easy. Not only can you filter results by category, but there's a slideable age-filter.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

New IWB Resources (mostly)

New Resources for IWB (mostly)

· Here’s link to some abc activities- http://www.teacherled.com/alphabet-activities/ The direct links to the IWB resources are- Aunt Friendly’s Alphabet Book IWB resource

o Aunt Friendly’s Alphabet Book Printable

o ABC Picture Book IWB resource

o ABC Picture Book Printable

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Important....

I feel like everyone needs to know this. There's a document format that I've started seeing quite often. It's .xps  This format, when you have a software that'll view it, will take the info and make 1/2 of the size of a file that a pdf would. I know when I installed the XPS viewer from Microsoft, that when I go to download or print, I can choose to download to an 'xps' file. So, I can choose to print on my printer or download the file to my computer in an xps file. The XPS file, prints FINE- actually, better than fine. I have started using this format whenever I have the option. It has something to do with xml and by knowing that, I feel like it may be something I may want to switch to.
Microsoft has a free viewer and their are other options out there. I have something called NiXPS that I use. The software I use, I can convert to a pdf document, a tiff format or svg. I think a lot of this kind of software will export to a pdf file. If I get the SAME pdf file and the SAME xps file from the SAME place, chances are the pdf will be close to 2X the size. However, if I chose to make a copy of the xps file a pdf on my computer- the difference is only a few kildbytes.
A lot of files I put on my 'sharing' spots, will be xps files. I have so many pdf and ed movie files that I've filled up my original 320GB hard drive and an extra one I bought 5 months ago (320GB also). So, I've HAD to find something to free up some space. There's only so many dvd's you can burn- LOL
I just wanted y'all to know that this is a file format that you may want to an LEAST find a free viewer for, just so you can print files from other places. You may already have been aware of this format, but I just really started using it about 5 months ago.
You can easily find an xps viewer by typing 'free xps viewer' in your favorite search engine.
~~~~~~~~~~ sharnon



I had a game for 3rd 2-3...

I had a game for 3rd grade Unit 2-3. If you want it, let me know. I thought it was awful. It was a fling the teacher and all I did pretty much was copy the questions from the Teacher's Book.
I try to keep only games and game links here.
~~~ sharnon007

Thursday, October 1, 2009

free on demand from comcast& discovery ed

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/classroom-news/?i=60930
Here's a cut&paste from the above link...
In a move that could help extend students' learning after school hours, the state of Indiana, Comcast Corp., and Discovery Education have teamed up to provide students with free on-demand digital resources that are aligned with state standards.
Discovery Education On Demand By Comcast is a first-in-the-nation service that will give Indiana families instant, at-home access to educational video clips, hands-on activities, interactive content, subject guides, puzzles, and homework help tools. Content is available at no additional cost to local Comcast Digital Cable customers on their cable TV service and to all Indiana parents and students online. (With free registration, persons outside of Indiana may access the content as well.)
Currently, more than 200 videos are available on demand through the service, and all "engage students in learning, and support and supplement the work of educators in classrooms across the state," said Stephen Wakefield, communications manager for Discovery Education. "These videos, aligned to state standards and organized by grade level and subject area, cover core academic disciplines including math, science, English/language arts, and social studies."
Content will be continually refreshed with new videos, and new content will be added online regularly as well, said Wakefield.
Discovery Education On Demand By Comcast was inspired by the personal experience of Scott Tenney, senior vice president of Comcast's Indianapolis region. Nearly 20 years ago, Tenney and his wife were seeking tools to supplement the education of their son, who had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and dyslexia. They found that Discovery's educational content was a resource that engaged their son in learning and made a difference in his academic progress.