Monthly Archives: November 2010
Professional Development Offerings: Brooklyn & Cicero, NY
Teq will be offering opportunities for professional development on Wednesday, December 15 in Brooklyn, and Thursday, December 16 at the Teq Showroom in Cicero, NY (just north of Syracuse off Interstate 81). Each class is $75.
Bells, Whistles, & Balance
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM (ET)
North Brooklyn … Read more
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Nat’l Library of Virtual Manipulatives
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) contains more than 100 free, web-based manipulatives for math.
My favorite is “Base Blocks”. When you move a block one column to the right, it breaks apart to show that you have made an exchange. Items can also be re-grouped! Terrific for lessons on Place Value, Adding, and Subtracting. … Read more
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Cool Resources from the NMSA Conference
On November 4 – 6, we went to the National Middle School Association’s 37th Annual Conference and Exhibit in Baltimore, Maryland. While we were there we learned about some great resources and wanted to share them with you! Check these out:
The Week in Rap: “This website provides a free weekly summary of current events … Read more
Won’t you join us for a QWIKI?
So, you may be asking yourself, “What is a QWIKI and will you still respect me when its over” . . . ok enough of the double entendre. QWIKI (http://www.qwiki.com) is an amazingly slick information tool and this will be the 1st in a series of posts on how you can use your SMART Board … Read more
Using the SMART Board to Address AAC, Language, & Literacy in the Classroom
Join Dr. Carol Goossens and Patricia Snyder, MA CCC/SLP, on Dec 2nd at Abilities! SMEAL Learning Center, as they demonstrate six creative ways an SLP and teacher can collaborate using SMART Board Interactive Whitboard to conduct differentiated, group intervention within the classroom setting.
Learn how to use the SMART Board to provide your students with symbol-supported … Read more
Tumblebooks!
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated; talking picture books, which teach, kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music, and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book, which you can read, or have read to you. … Read more
Let’s Say Thank You to Our Veterans
With Veterans Day having just passed, you might want your students to send our Military men and women a thank you card. To honor U.S. military personnel and increase community morale, Xerox Corporation has created Let’s Say Thanks, a national program designed to deliver millions of cards to servicemen and women overseas with messages of … Read more
TeqCast 7: Google Earth Image Overlay
Episode 7: The first in a series on Google Earth, learn how you can overlay an image onto Google Earth to enhance your geography lessons.
Professional Development on November 29
Teq will be offering two opportunities for professional development on Monday, November 29 at the NYC DOE Office of Educational Technology in Manhattan. Each class is $75.
Integrating Rich Media into SMART Notebook
Monday, November 29, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM (ET)
NYC DOE Office of Educational Technology – Manhattan
425 W. 123rd … Read more
Turn your SMART Board into ELECTION CENTER 2010
Here are a few data visualization tools that you could use to create your own classroom Election Center (of course you will need to find your own snazzy theme music). The following interfaces when coupled with the Transparent Background option of the SMART Notebook software can help to create fun interactive election analysis centers that … Read more
