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Here is this week's Five Friday Finds...enjoy! General Pixtick   "Capture screenshot, annotate, edit. Save, mail, upload or share.  All online." ELA Persuasion Map   Site to map out argument for persuasive essay or debate.  Map may also be printed out (either filled out or a blank map). Mathematics Piecolor Create a pie chard online. Science Build an Atom   Online interactive to build an atom. Social Studies Ingenious “This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into Science & Culture.”

Happy Friday!  Here are five new finds for you.  As always, feel free to share with others... General  Behold Easy search engine to find images that are free to use. ELA High Frequency Word Bingo   Directions and materials to play high frequency word bingo. Mathematics Mathsduck   Online games and activities to practice math. Science Global Clouds View clouds & city lights on the globe.  The cloud map updates every three hours.   Social Studies World History Sources   " [A] website to help world history teachers and students locate, analyze, and learn from online primary sources and to further their understanding of the complex nature of world history, especially the issues of cultural contact and globalization."

Happy December!  I don't know what the weather is like for you but we got slammed earlier this week and still have quite a bit of snow on the ground.  What a way for November to end and December to begin! Here are 5 new resources to share with you.  As always, feel free to share with others... General A Google a Day   Learn to search better and smarter with the Google daily challenge. ELA   Newswordy   Growing collection of "news words" along "a definition, a quote with its use (or misuse) in the media, and a news and Twitter feed on the subject." Updated every weekday.   Mathematics Dice Simulator " Here is a useful dice simulator for traditional six-sided dice which can be used for playing your own games. Choose the number of dice you want to simulate (1 to 6) and click 'Roll'." Science Weatherspark "Beautiful Weather Graphs and Maps" and more.  There are some really cool things you can do with we...

With most schools taking off this Friday in honor of Thanksgiving, here's a Wednesday edition of Five Friday Finds.  (...just a few days late....) General Teachit Timer   Simple to use online timer. ELA   Test Your Vocabulary A self-assessment of the approximate size (in number of words) of your vocabulary.  They have some interesting graphs on the growth of vocabulary over age on a companion page. Mathematics Fraction Painter   Illustrated fractions using an online interactive; this one is a 6 x 6 grid. Science   Everyday Mysteries "Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to...life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. In addition, we will introduce you to the Library of Congress' rich collections in science and technology." Social Studies The Best Online & Interactive Museum Exhibits Indiana Jen's blog post on the best exhibits...

Happy Friday before Thanksgiving to everyone!  Here are this weeks Five Friday Finds, some websites that teachers might find useful in their classroom or curriculum.  As always, feel free to share with others. General BBC - School Radio Audio resources for primary schools. ELA   Science Papers "Quick tutorial on reading scientific papers." Mathematics A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2011 by Jenny Eather   "A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language."   Science   Science-class.net Resources for elementary and middle school science educators (though I thought many could be used with high schoolers, as well), including activities, labs, slideshows, graphic organizers and a variety of other categories organized by content area (astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, forensics, geology, health, meteor...

Another presentation I've done a couple times on iPad management (brilliantly creative title, no?) that might be helpful to those just starting out with iPads in their school districts.  Please note that I only know how Apple, iTunes, iCloud, and all other services/companies/products work in the United States.  I don't know if all of this holds true elsewhere... Setting Up iPads in a Shared Environment presentation ( iPad in the Classroom Conference October 2011, Educational Technology meeting for local districts November 2011) This does include some for both iOS 4 and iOS 5.  There is no guarantee that any of it still works with the quickness that our user agreements for iTunes, iCloud, and everything else related to these changes!

Since I've done this presentation a couple times now, and eschew paper printouts I figure it is time to share it out with others here. I Have an iPad...Now What? (Presentation from Berrien RESA August 2011, and Michigan State University Ed Tech Conference November 2011) What's in here? Tips and Tricks Ways/sites of Finding Apps Suggested Apps (ok, most of these are really my favorite apps...but it's a place to start!)  For those of you looking for this since Saturday, here it finally is!! (The show and tell is so much better than the static presentation, but maybe someone will find it useful...)