Here is a procedure that you can use with your students to show them how to put images onto their blogs. All you have to do is print it out, do a class demonstration and then let them head on their merry way

Take me to the image hosting procedure.

cheers

Adrian

Hi All,

I provide all my games as a pdf files for all the people in the world that don’t have access to Word.
I also provide all my reading games in Word so that if people wish to modify them to match the needs of their learners. The up side of this is that people who modify my reading games can email them to me and I can upload them to the site for everyone to use.

The software I use to convert the Word to pdf is free and it is called primo PDF feel free to check it out. It really is easy to use and does everything I need.

Cheers

Adrian

‘Work smarter, not harder’. This is a catch cry of school executive all over the world. It is something management espouse, along with ‘family friendly workplaces’, whilst handing you several more deadlines I’m sure you can relate.

A while back a friend and I were having several drinks at a pub and tried to nut out a few strategies to do something other than pay lip service to this empty catch phrase.

One of the things we came up with was to get the student body working as a ‘Learning Community’ to discover quality learning resources. What we figured is that to have 30 students spending 30 minutes on a task could potentially save you 15 hours of work. Then, with a little reflection on the part of the classroom teacher, you would have new skills to add to your Teacher Toolbox and the children would have participated in a very powerful learning experience.

Check out how I use this strategy when exploring problem solving.

cheers

Adrian

PS If this strategy saved you a little time, feel free to cast a vote my way at the EduBlogger’s Awards

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It is a little scary I know, but it has been over 3 and a half years since I last updated my Virtual Library.

My Virtual Library is a place that I send my students during ‘Silent Reading’ / ‘Silent Browsing’ time to explore the Internet.

Tonight I updated my fav Publishers and Authors site.

If you think there is an author or publisher missing from this list, feel free to send it to me. Esp if you think students should be exposed to it before the end of childhood.

cheers

Adrian B

PS If you only check out one resource - the kids love the opportunity to create their own Captain Underpants Comic,

I’ve been experimenting with blogging on the classroom for about 5 months now and one of my biggest frustrations has been not being able to find a one stop shop for all things blogging. So I’m building it. Feel free to offer any input.

I use David Warlick’s Classblogmeister as it has all the features I need but even finding a blog host took me a couple of nights of searching.

Anyway, today I put online my task that has the students explore the videos on TeacherTube and then ‘embed’ one into their blog. (Take me to the adding video to my blog tutorial)

I also refined a page that has a lot of simple html code that students can copy and paste directly into their articles so they don’t have to learn coding. I’ve added the commands for linking to a webpage, linking to a webpage so it opens in a different window, bold, italics and a heap of different coloured text. (Take me to the timesaving html code) NB I intend putting a link on my student blogs so the kids can go straight to this page.

You can check out some of the videos that the kids put on their blogs at the Ace Kids Blog
or at the Aussie Emus Blog

cheers

Adrian

Match stick puzzles are great problem solving lessons. Heaps of thinking, problem solving skills and life lessons can be had.

Tonight I’ve added some of the puzzles that I have had success with to the website. I’ve even put the solutions up this time but I know you are all way too smart to ‘turn to the back of the book’ and look up the answers.

Enjoy

Adrian B

Here is a collection of Math websites that I often get students to explore to, ’see what they can find’.

I also use this site for what I call, ‘Silent Browsing’ i.e. the equivalent to ‘Silent Reading’ on the Internet.

There are heaps of really useful resources here. One way to save yourself a bit of time is to have each child in your class review one of the websites and introduce it to the class.

Enjoy

Adrian B
PS If you have any great sites you’d like added to this page, feel free to send them through.

Tonight I’ve begun to rework my ‘Virtual Library’.

This is a site that I put together so that I can send my students off to it to find ‘things of interest to them’ during what I call, ‘Silent Web Browsing’.

It has been a looooooong time since I updated the site so tonight I’ve added some of the websites I use when teaching Infants. There’s a bit of Reading, a bit of Math, a few pointless games and a tad of Art.

Feel free to check out the beginnings of my Educational Internet Link Site.

cheers

Adrian

One of the easiest ways to get an image ready for a blog is to download Paint.Net and then download my ‘Getting and Image Ready for Your Blog’ procedure. Install the software and work through the procedure step by step. Too Easy!

I use this method with the students in my classes and have a great deal of success with it.

Give it a go!

cheers

Adrian
We are chasing the leaders down now. Have you given a hand yet

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There are many ways to say ’said’. Tonight I’ve put together a collection of writing activities/ideas to help children to rise above the mundane use of ’said’. On to the Writing Tips!