Monday, March 10, 2008

E-Ready Teachersfirst’s Resouces for Gifted and Special Education

TeachersFirst developed this site to help classroom teachers and other educators better recognize and serve students with high intellectual abilities - either in specific areas or generally. The individualized techniques that can accomplish this are often similar to those used when adapting instruction to meet other individualized needs.

It also provides teachers and other education professionals with information and resources about teaching students with disabilities.

Additionally there is a parent resources section for each group.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/sped/gt/start-tchr.html

SMART Technologies: St. Patrick’s Day Fun

SMARTBoard Lesson for Grades 4, 5, and 6.
This is an ELA lesson using St. Patrick’s Day as the theme. The Activity can be completed individually or in a group. Just click on the link below
· Practice spelling skills using St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary words.
· Practice alphabetizing a list of words.
· Practice finding proper nouns.
http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/Instructional_Technology/StPatricksDayWordFunUS.notebook

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

New biology streams from BioMedia

New biology streams from BioMedia have been added (234) to the Digital Media Library. Biology teachers will love this material.

Sample topics include: Algae; Annelids; Bacteria; Biology of Lakes, Ponds, Streams, and Wetlands; Biology of Seashores; Chordates; Cnidarians; Domains of Life; Echinoderms; Flatworms; Fungi, and much, much more.

The trial for the Digital Media Library can be found here:http://dml.esboces.org
login: teacher
password: teacher/user
Click on the search box in the upper left. On the next screen, key in Biomedia in the text box, and all 234 streams will appear in a list. Teacher guides are also available.
Posted by: Jim Fargione
District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology
Three Village School District