Robin Young on April 6th, 2010

I started to title this blog post – A New Way to Brainstorm – but then I realized that Wall Wisher offers so much more than that. Wallwisher is a free internet application that allows you to build a wall that then you or you and others can post notes on.   To build a [...]

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Robin Young on February 19th, 2010

Creating avatars in education can help get the creative juices flowing and create safe images to post of the students online.    Here is a list of ideas for using avatars in classrooms: Create book trailers with the avatars representing the characters Teachers can put their avatar in their powerpoints to get the kids attention. Create [...]

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Robin Young on February 2nd, 2010

The Winter Olympics are 10 days away.  Soon the TV airwaves will be full ofwinter sports, some of which we only get to see every 4 years.  So how can you incorporate this historic event into your classroom?  I’ve gone through several websites (listed at the bottom of this post) and grouped some ideas into [...]

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Robin Young on January 21st, 2010

It’s almost Super Bowl time! Appointment television at it’s best with the thrill of the game and the fun of the commercials!   Why not use this important social event in American culture to pull students into learning?  What has caught my attention the most right now is the use of commercials in the classroom.  Several websites [...]

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Robin Young on May 8th, 2009

There is something powerful about having first hand knowledge.  My daughter and I were reading an animal book recently that asks you to match up the pictures with different features, like feet, fur, colors, etc.  Usually we struggle through this book and she can’t quite seem to see all the connections.  This time however she [...]

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Robin Young on March 3rd, 2009

I ran across http://www.befunky.com/ through my PLN (Personal Learning Network) and have been playing with the possibilities.   It requires no fees and no sign in or account to be created.  Of course the first place I start when playing with photos is my kids. The process of uploading pictures is very simple: Navigate to the [...]

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Robin Young on October 9th, 2008

Teachers struggle with getting non-writers writing and non-readers reading.  But why should those students practice a skill they struggle with?  Why will another book and another essay help when so far it has not made a difference?  We know that more practice helps, and that you can’t improve unless you work at it, but sometimes [...]

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