Happy Paperless Earth Day 2010

Just recently learned about the paperless day drive on Earth Day. 1500 teachers from around the world are teaching students without the use of extra paper. I bet there have been some creative approaches to learning today. great job to all those teachers.

Here is a link provided by Dean Mantz of Mantz's Mission to a great resource of digital ideas and tools that teachers can adopt in the classroom. There is also a podcast from the founder of paperless day Steve Katz and by Elaine Plybon from Discovery Education Network about the challenges and rewards of going digital. The main take away I got was that both teachers and students are excited about learning. We need new models for teaching because students are wired so differently now.

http://dmantz7.edublogs.org/2010/04/22/earth-day-pln-style/

Enjoy!

Texas GT teachers resources

Here is a comprehensive list of teaching resources from kindergarten to 4th grade in subjects like math and science for those teachers in Texas GT teachers for the TPSP projects . A nice compilations of websites and youtube videos collected by teachagiftedkid.

http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/search_author?terms=teachagiftedkid

Online Flash Cards and online quizes

For all those high school and college students that want a more interactive way to study flash cards for your subjects, check out this great resource of online flash card and testing sites.

Study Tools

Homeschooling Resource

Discovered a great collection of homeschooling resources all in one online binder. It has all of the standard course resources like math, science, grammar, but also useful ideas for PE, art, Music, and spelling.

Check out'Amyswanderings' binder below:

Homeschool for Free

St. Patrick's Day Lesson Plans

If you are looking to spice up your lessons around the theme of St. Patrick's day, here is another binder from xmath with some great resources on activities and the history of the St. Patrick's day holiday.

St Patrick's Day Resources

Olympic Teaching Plans

This may be a little late, but if you are looking for a special Friday project, check out this livebinder on activities around the 2010 Olympics.

OLYMPIC LESSON PLANS

Gardens at School

Spring is another 6 weeks away, but that doesn't mean we can't get ready for it. Nice job by 'ianjod' who create a livebinder on all these great resources for gardening at your school. He has included some handouts in colorful PDFs that give examples of what schools have done to participate in the gardening activities. It also includes the pedagogy behind these outdoor - tactile activities. There are even some lovely pictures from some example school projects.

Any teacher who is thinking about engaging the kids in a garden project will want to check out this livebinder.

School Gardens