November 2011 - Posts
Friend and asset to the education community, Adam Bellow, is the author of EduTecher - a free site for teachers! Last year, Adam started a campaign for Change the World . Each click = 1 cent donated. Please enjoy the brief video below to see more about
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New this year is an online tool Musicshake which will provide your students with an opportunity to create and share unlimited music that is copyright free. This is a fantastic tool for students, and will help children with all levels of musical experience,
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Congrats to our Sunday Winners! If you missed the post announcing our Friday winners, please click here . Be sure to click here to connect to the Kleinspiration home page and see even more of our fantastic give-aways that are available. Winners, I will
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Congrats to our Saturday Winners! If you missed the post announcing our Friday winners, please click here . Be sure to click here to connect to the Kleinspiration home page and see even more of our fantastic give-aways that are available. Winners, I will
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What we're giving away? an iPad, iPod, $150 Amazon Gift Card, and Mastery Connect T-Shirts What is it? How do you enter for this give away? 3 Simple Steps: 1. click here : Sign up for MasteryConnect (it's free!) 2. Upload your assessments (each one =
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What we're giving away? an Easi-Speak USB Recorder from Learning Resources What is it? Fun MP3 recorder in the shape of a microphone invites students to talk! Fun-and-easy wireless microphone encourages even reluctant students to speak up! Just one button
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Asana: The Modern Way to Work Together Imagine earning over ten million dollars in only two rounds of funding... Asana did just this. Former Facebook engineers have build a platform to connect colleagues and enhance collaboration. just see for yourself...
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I am happy to receive this award from Cindy of In The Teacher's Lounge . Thanks Cindy! It's always nice to be recognized by our peers. In accordance with accepting the award I am answering the following questions and then passing the award along to others:
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I'm humbled and honored to be named as a Top 10 Blogger according to Blogs.com in the Teaching category. There is an amazing list of teacher bloggers you can check out. To view the complete list, please click here .
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What we're giving away? literacy center in a box: Base Race by Really Good Stuff What is it? Students build as many words as they can in 2 minutes using base words and affixes. Next they record their words on paper. Students could do this activity on
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What we're giving away? an iPevo Document Camera What is it? The Point 2 View USB Document Camera provides live image capture for documents, pictures, textbooks, and three-dimensional objects—all at hundreds or even thousands less than conventional document
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What we're giving away? 3 autographed copies of No More I'm Done by Jennifer Jacobson What is it? No More "I'm Done!" demonstrates how to create a more productive, engaging, and rewarding writer's workshop. Jennifer guides teachers from creating a supportive
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What we're giving away? 3 copies of the hardcover, beautifully illustrated books yes, we'll select 3 winners! What is it? Boys and girls will be enthralled by this dramatic pictorial history of the great ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic , and its fateful sinking
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Dear Kleinspiration Readers, Due to popular reader request, instead of allowing all readers to be eligible for each give-away, I will be changing the entry requirements to meet the needs of my audience. At first, I thought it would be easiest for readers
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Launching Crafts for Kids Inspired by my love for creativity and lack of ideas... I enjoy doing crafts with my own children and students; however, I sometimes lack original ideas. Thus, I thought it would be great to launch a site dedicated to sharing
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Edublog 2011 Award Nominations The nominations are now open! There are so many great individuals and groups to support. I'm always excited to see how many bloggers come together to support the writers they learn from and collaborate with throughout the
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Primary Games has over 20 cute and festive games for the Thanksgiving holiday . Some have a more academic presence than others; however, they're all fun for kids as they get ready for their holiday break. These are great to use on the SMART Board for
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One of Kleinspiration's most popular posts this year was from April and centered around my middle school class' journey through exploring the Titanic . The post includes some great student work and online tools that were not available at the time my students
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My mother always tells me that I used to have more fun playing with an empty box than any other toy. An old refrigerator box, some cardboard scraps, and you've got a life sized doll house, right? Here is the toy that will modernize that idea. Makedo
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What a fantastic find. My husband was driving to work a few days ago and saw an advertisement for this challenge on the side of a truck. I did a little digging into it, and found that the Chemist Challenge is created by the Chemical Educational Foundation
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Alright, I'm slightly obsessed... I even colored my hair pink last summer to be like Effie. So, needless to state, I'm quite excited about The Hunger Games! ( see the official trailer below ) Scholastic's Interactive Hunger Games World - become a Tribute!
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Recently released from ABCya.com , Virtual Maniplatives is the newest and best tool for iPads to help children learn about some of the toughest elementary mathematics concepts---fractions, decimals, and percentages. This app already has a Top 50 Free
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One of the greatest teachers I know, and dear friend, Lindsay Denny, creates amazing SMART Notebook files. I'm lucky enough that she is generous! Here is an example of one of the Guess the Covered Words activities she creates. Click here to download the
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October was a fast month! One of the greatest things that came out of this chaotic time was my birthday surprise, Bella. As my sister and I were on our way to my home, we saw Miss Bella shaking cold in the middle of the highway - frozen in shock. My sister
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I surprise students by slipping this into their desks to encourage clean and organized spaces throughout the year. This works especially well for conference time or flu season! Dest Fairy (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type
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Laura Schaefer, author of The Teashop Girls (Simon & Schuster 2009) and The Secret Ingredient (Simon & Schuster 2011) has a new series of education travel guidebooks for kids called Planet Explorers . Her first title, Planet Explorers Walt Disney World
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Teach the Common Core Standards with Ease via Mastery Connect MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover common formative assessments and track mastery of state and Common Core standards. Built-in grading tools save teachers time . My Favorite
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Last day to support Kleinspiration. Each vote counts, and I thank you bunches!! 1. click here 2. scroll down to find Kleinspiration 3. click 'vote' *no need to register and it takes less than 30 seconds* Thank you very much for your kind support, Erin
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Be sure to check out the short animated video by BrainPop on daylight savings time. Also, see the related links: - click here : Time Zones - click here : Daylight Savings Time quiz - click here : Daylight Savings Time activity page - click here : Kleinspiration
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Word Dynamo : a fun and free way to enhance vocabulary! I first heard of this site from friend and edu blogger, Kelly Tenkely . She posted about it on her amazing site, iLearnTechnology . Thanks for sharing, Kelly. I love hearing about great sites and
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Time to Set your Clocks and Fall Back! Lately, I've been so busy (as I'm sure most of you all have as well). With finally getting settled into school, Halloween, and Conferences around the corner, I'm excited about the extra hour of sleep! I wanted to
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