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map-a-course.com good resource for teachers virtual field trips, concept maps, blogs, wikis, scavenger hunts, digital storytelling, webquests all the links for Pete&C will be on virtual field trip resources for map-a-course

Using animations in Power Points: how it can impact student learning

1. not free www.animationfactory.com

2. google free animation gifs

3. audacity is free. it's on the student netbooks.

4. sights with sound effects for free.

5. fxdownloads

6. incompetech.com

rightclick and __save the link__; you can download them and save as __MPEG__

Provides hook and excitement for upcoming topic.

You can also download favorite TV themes. cartoon themes.

__Work Smarter / Not Harder - second session I attended__

How can we use digital tools to inform teaching and learning and engage our students?

brainpop

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">__101 Websites for Science and Math Teachers__

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">__duncanpatti.wikispaces__

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">create a wiki or blog for the class

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">get into the groove, make links, pass them along

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">puzzlemaker.com

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">delicious <span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">middleschoolscience'sbookmarks <span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">check this resource

<span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">diigo (check on this) <span style="color: #80003a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">zunal.com (webquests - library of)