Geometry Movies for Smartboards
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A week ago I stumbled across a site called “Smart Board Revolution.” It’s basically a place online where teachers who are lucky enough to have Smart Boards in their classroom can come and share ideas and learn from each other. The posts, especially Matt Granger’s, Obe Hostetter’s, and Bill Lingle’s, are both informative and thought-provoking. New to Smart Boards? Having problems? These guys can help because they truly want to share ideas. If you teach middle school, take a look at Sondra’s page, Smart Boards in the Middle School. Sign up for free and become a member. I did.
As you know, my online excursions are for the purpose of finding really good links to interactive sites which will support student learning in the computer lab, the classroom, or at home. My colleague and friend, Bill, a 6th grade science teacher here in CT, uses a Smart Board with his students and is always looking for new ways to teach. I’ve never used one, but thanks to a Yahoo group I recently joined called smart teaching, moderated by Laura Candler, I was able to get a 30-day free subscription for Notebook 10. I’m now able to access Smart Board lessons from different links and find ones that are truly engaging. I’ll post some of these links tomorrow.
I also found Storytelling Alice, created by Caitlin Kelleher as part of her doctoral program at Carnegie Mellon (under Randy Pausch.) It’s designed for use by middle school girls and presents programming as a vehicle for storytelling. I brought you to the homepage; click on download to get Storytelling Alice. Check out Caitlin’s homepage as well.
I continue to be amazed and awed by what’s happening online.
Karen
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