5.20.2009
Looking for a good PowerPoint Jeopardy Template?
If you're on the hunt for a good PowerPoint Jeopardy template, just google "Bill Arcuri Jeopardy" and you will find a good many of them using the same template with several different topics. It isn't a flashy template, but it's clean and simple, a great template.
5.14.2009
May 2009 Issue of Enlighten Now Online
Check out these articles and more in our May issue of Enlighten...
- Many Thanks For A Great Time at NETA 2009
- Congratulations To Our NETA 2009 Winners
- What Reform Will You Bring About With Your Stimulus Funds?
- Make Your Searching More Effective
- MindPoint Quiz Show and ExamView
- RAISE THE ROOF KS & NE in the Content Meets Technology Sweepstakes
- Title Track Search
5.06.2009
Ready-Made CPS Content For Math and Language Practice
Elementary teachers, you have got to check out this fantastic math practice site at www.ixl.com! This is of a great example of how quickly you can be up and running with CPS using the verbal question mode and content like this from the internet. This site has a membership plan, but you can also get up to 20 questions free every day...perfect for a practice or review in the classroom.
It is designed with math practice at home in mind, but the site layout and the ease of finding specific skill practices make it really conducive to using with clickers or a whiteboard in the classroom.
Right now, there is Pre-K through 5th grade content, with more grade levels coming soon.
Give it a shot at www.ixl.com!
Another example of using Internet content with CPS for math practice is this interactive game, Leon’s Math Dojo, a free game at IKnowThat.com. The practice mode is great for practicing as a class because there is no timer. After practicing, it would be fun for the class to use the actual game, which has a timer, to see if the entire class can beat the game. Just start the game, have the students buzz in with clickers, and then submit the classsroom majority answer after all have buzzed in. This makes math practice a lot of fun!
Another fabulous site that I checked out today for math practice and a few language arts games, is http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/. There are some hilariously interactive games here, many of which are most conducive to practice in a computer lab, where students can even play against each other. However, the single player games would work great to play as a class using the whiteboard or CPS. For example, the single-player game, Minus Mission, would be really fun to play using the Mobi tablet. After the student answered, he/she could pass the tablet to the next person. It is a timed game, so this makes it even more challenging, but also adds to the classroom excitement! The single-player game, Country Toad, could be played in class the same way, but it teaches countries and their capitals.
These are all some great examples of using interactive Internet content with CPS and the whiteboard to keep students more engaged, and these sites allow all students to participate in gaming content while having fun learning.
It is designed with math practice at home in mind, but the site layout and the ease of finding specific skill practices make it really conducive to using with clickers or a whiteboard in the classroom.
Right now, there is Pre-K through 5th grade content, with more grade levels coming soon.
Give it a shot at www.ixl.com!
Another example of using Internet content with CPS for math practice is this interactive game, Leon’s Math Dojo, a free game at IKnowThat.com. The practice mode is great for practicing as a class because there is no timer. After practicing, it would be fun for the class to use the actual game, which has a timer, to see if the entire class can beat the game. Just start the game, have the students buzz in with clickers, and then submit the classsroom majority answer after all have buzzed in. This makes math practice a lot of fun!
Another fabulous site that I checked out today for math practice and a few language arts games, is http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/. There are some hilariously interactive games here, many of which are most conducive to practice in a computer lab, where students can even play against each other. However, the single player games would work great to play as a class using the whiteboard or CPS. For example, the single-player game, Minus Mission, would be really fun to play using the Mobi tablet. After the student answered, he/she could pass the tablet to the next person. It is a timed game, so this makes it even more challenging, but also adds to the classroom excitement! The single-player game, Country Toad, could be played in class the same way, but it teaches countries and their capitals.
These are all some great examples of using interactive Internet content with CPS and the whiteboard to keep students more engaged, and these sites allow all students to participate in gaming content while having fun learning.
Share CPS and Whiteboard Lessons at the eI Community!
This summer, eInstruction will be launching the eI Community, a place to share all of those great CPS and whiteboard lessons that you've put together. We've seen some of the great work that you do, so we are really excited about a community where everyone will have the chance to "pay it forward."
Here are just a few of the things that you'll be able to share and find in the eI community...
Here are just a few of the things that you'll be able to share and find in the eI community...
- ExamView (Learning Series) Resources
- Workspace Content and Lessons
- Lecture Notes
- Instructional, Assessment, and Theme Bundles
- Lesson Plans
- Images
- News
- Blogs
- Best Practices
5.04.2009
Congrats to our NETA 2009 Big Winners!
We had several lucky winners from NETA 2009, but the biggest winner was Ron Phelps of Elkhorn Ridge Middle School in Omaha, NE!
Ron won a 77' Interwrite DualBoard, an Interwrite Mobi, a 32-pad RF CPS system, and a year of ExamView Learning Series for his 6th grade science classroom. Congratulations Ron!
We gave away 4 CPS systems on top of our BIG giveaway, and these were the lucky folks...
Missy Timmerman from Cedar Elementary in Beatrice, NE with her new 24-pad IR CPS system.
Jeff Hayes from Boone Central Middle School in Petersburg, NE with his new 28-pad RF CPS system and presenters Julie Stallings and Karen Dux from Fairbury, NE.
Nancy Jeffres from Sargent Public in Sargent, NE and her new 28-pad RF CPS system.
Brian Rut from Dorchester School in Dorchester, NE, was also the winner of a 28-pad RF CPS system (not pictured).
Ron won a 77' Interwrite DualBoard, an Interwrite Mobi, a 32-pad RF CPS system, and a year of ExamView Learning Series for his 6th grade science classroom. Congratulations Ron!We gave away 4 CPS systems on top of our BIG giveaway, and these were the lucky folks...
Missy Timmerman from Cedar Elementary in Beatrice, NE with her new 24-pad IR CPS system.
Jeff Hayes from Boone Central Middle School in Petersburg, NE with his new 28-pad RF CPS system and presenters Julie Stallings and Karen Dux from Fairbury, NE.
Nancy Jeffres from Sargent Public in Sargent, NE and her new 28-pad RF CPS system.
Brian Rut from Dorchester School in Dorchester, NE, was also the winner of a 28-pad RF CPS system (not pictured).
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