The Last 18 Years in Rap

The Week in Rap is a neat website that brings hip hop into the classroom. Because hip hop, and music in general, is such a big part of our students' lives, it is important for us to embrace their interests. The Week in Rap is a site that allows teachers to do just that. What is even better is that the site raps about current events - or in this video's case, the last 18 years!


View it in Quicktime version: here

Channel One's version: here

Attention Parents

Are you concerned with your child accessing inappropriate content from the internet? Well, there are ways for them to search without the risk! Check out the following:

Creating a Quiz using Google Docs

Sample Quiz created in Google Docs

Google Apps - Presented in Prezi

I created a mini-library to house some important videos for those who are interested in using Google Apps. Prezi is an online presentation tool that changes the way people convey information. Check out my 1st presentation below:

Google Apps on Prezi

Notebook Lesson Using Discovery Education

Discovery Education is a great service that enables teachers to show video segments and photo clips from various content areas and topics. The link below is a Smart Notebook lesson on Gettysburg created by Jeannine Shields using images from Discovery Education. Students can definitely benefit from this lesson because the images provide them with a visual representation of the battle, where it took place, and the people who were involved.

Click the link below to download Jeaninne Shields' Gettysburg Smart Notebook Lesson:
http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=d4e9e59c-237d-0718-d896-5de5b5b1a590

Timeliner 5.0

This technology is neat and can really add to the learning environment. Students who are visual learners can really benefit from using this technology. I advise that you check out the website and watch the video.

The only problem I have is that there are links to a free download; however, it does not seem as if it is free. Free or not, Timeliner 5.0 definitely seems like a reasonable purchase that teachers would definitely take advantage of!

http://www.tomsnyder.com/timelinerxe/index.asp