Some days I LOVE technology. One of those days was when I found out I could make my own handwritten font. This may not sound that wonderful to some people, but there is a special place in my heart for fonts and to be able to make one in my own handwriting was icing on the cake.
Use fontpaint.com to download the font template, fill in the alphabet blanks, scan it back to your computer and upload the scanned file to their website. Give it a few seconds and your font is ready to be downloaded and installed.
Check out this video to see how it works.
Thanks to for posting this on twitter.
Math Learning Center provides a variety of math apps for elementary students including Geoboard, Number Line, Pattern Shapes, Number Rack, Number Frames, Pieces, and Math Vocabulary.
Each app uses a similar toolbar so moving between apps is easy for students. Just go to the App Store and search for Math Learning Center. All of the apps will show in the results list - install one or all of them! They're FREE!
Here are a few screen shots of the apps -
Thank you Peggy Reimers, Director of Professional Development at TCEA, for sharing this website with me today during a lunch and learn webinar.
NEWSELA provides teachers with a database of relevant non-fiction articles. Each article can be adjusted by Lexile for up to five different reading levels. It also has quizzes built into each article.
It's free to use NEWSELA, but if you create an account you have access to all of the articles and quizzes as well as the option to create classes, add students and assignments.
Article categories include war and peace, science, kids, money, law, health, arts and sports.
Did you know you could convert any Google Doc to a Webpage in just a few clicks? Yes you can!
Here are the steps to make it happen -
1. Open the Google Doc.
2. Click File > Publish to the Web.
3. Click Publish.
4. A link is created that you can copy and paste anywhere - your website, blog, wiki, etc. OR post it to Google+, Facebook or Twitter.
5. Make sure to select Published Content and Setting > Automatically republish when changes are made. If you update the Google Doc, your webpage is automatically updated!
6. If you ever need to unpublish the webpage, just open the doc, click File > Publish to the Web and then click Unpublish - it's that simple!
This would be a great way to publish an online newsletter for parents every month, make announcements to staff members or students, provide a quick list of website resources, post lesson plans, have students post writing assignments, etc.
How would you use this in your classroom?
The ReadWriteThink website provides educators with free, high quality resources including lesson plans, interactive activities, mobile apps and printed materials. Their partners include the International Literacy Association, The National Council of Teachers of English and Verizon.
Search their site by resource type, keyword, or grade level. You won't be disappointed. ReadWriteThink provides everything from the lesson plan to the materials needed in class. * Download the free apps for your iPad too - two of my favorites are Timeline and Trading Cards. * Enjoy!
