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Bat Template
Scare up some creative writing with this Halloween themed writing template or shapebook page.

Sites to See
American History
Resources for teachers and students range from basic historical facts to virtual investigations of historical events; explore primary documents, lesson plans and interactive classroom activities.

A Spooky Adlib Story
Using Excel, students answer questions to create a silly, spooky, fill-in-the-blanks story.

A Techtorial
Create -- or teach students to create -- an adlib story with Excel.


What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Heather Ashmore's Life Science Page.

This Week's
Online Find


If you're a bookophile...a reluctant reader...the parent of teens...a middle- or high-school teacher (of any subject)...a teen who loves books...a teen who "hates" to read...a student struggling to understand your assigned reading...really, whoever you are...go immediately to 60second Recap and bookmark the site. This is a url you'll want to hold on to.

The mission of 60second Recap is to "make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to todays teens...not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives." But it's really a site for anyone who's ever loved -- or strugggled with -- a book. And it's a site that warrants my highest praise: "Why didn't I think of that?"



Chatting the USA
Last year, third graders in Brewer, Maine, conversed through Web conference with classes from Florida to Alaska. Intrigued by their differences, it was the many similarities the children shared that forged special connections.



Mr. Marsala's Home Page
Vince Marsala's high school Web site becomes an essential classroom tool.

Edutainers Make Lessons Relevant And Engaging
In coining the term "edutainer," Dr. Brad Johnson and Tammy Maxson McElroy aren't suggesting that teachers juggle at the front of the room, but rather that teachers should use some entertainer-type skills to help make lessons more relevant and engaging.


Learn what Total Reader can do for your students.




Doug Johnson: Tech Proof
The 4th "R"
As painful as it sounds to add to an over-burdened curriculum, the case easily can be made that information literacy is as necessary in the information age as the basic Rs have been in the past.


Brenda Dyck: Brenda's Blog
Is Their Work Really Their Work?
Its [the teachers] job to make sure that the student work theyre assessing is indeed the students work. Anything less turns education into a charade.


Bernie Poole: Reflecting Poole
Gradebook Programs: Why Use Them?
The goal of good gradebook programs is simple: Data transformed into information enables students, teachers, administrators, and parents to better assess a students progress in school.





From the Science Machine
Use Science of Music to explore the topics of sound and music. (Grades 3-8)


Miguel Guhlin
Five Essential Tech Tools for Campus Administrators
(Part 3)

As an administrator who uses technology in K-12 settings, I like the idea of using technology to R.E.A.C.H. out to parents and create opportunities for dialogue.

Gadget of the Week
Glogster
A nifty web 2.0 tool that allows you to create electronic posters.

Featured (Free) Webinars
Thursday, October 28
4:00pm (EST)
More Evidenced-Based Activities To Boost Your Happiness from Tech & Learning.
Practical tips and advice to make the most of your mobile device investments and initiatives.

Wednesday, November 3
1:00pm (EST)
More Evidenced-Based Activities To Boost Your Happiness from Elluminate.
Learn six activities to increase your happiness level in a measurable and sustainable fashion.


From the Reading Machine
Chicken Stacker reinforces short vowel sounds. (Grades K-2)

From the Math Machine
Tickets Please! is a fun Web site for teaching addition. (Grades 1-2)



Check out this week's site reviews:

Writing With Writers
From Scholastic, an excellent resource for teaching writing.

Basic Steps in the Research Process
A step-by-step guide for creating a research project.

Giggle Poetry
Featuring children's poet Bruce Lansky and others.

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Response to Intervention
RtI offers students multiple levels, or tiers, of evidence-based instruction and interventions.



Neatness Counts
Make classroom chaos a thing of the past.