Website of the Week: Money Management (Gr. 2-12)

Money Management International – Improving lives through financial education This site contains a wide variety of tools and resources on topics ranging from budgets to financial wellness to how loans and debt work. For educators, click on Lesson Plans under the Resources menu to access 55 different lesson plans and activities, almost all of which [...]

Website of the Week: LogoType Maker (Gr. 6-12)

LogoType Maker – Create & customize your own logo images LogoType Maker is a free, Flash-based web tool with an impressive archive of fonts, graphics, and templates for making logos and rich titles. Simply type in the text for your logo, then click the Generate LOGO button. If you don’t see one you like, click [...]

MLTI Minute: Text Substitution

MLTI Minute Podcast Episode 163: Text Substitution This podcast will show you how you can program your own text substitution and apply it globally to most Apps. installed on your Apple computer. The example in the podcast shows how to program the Mac to convert “LOL” automatically to, “That was quite a humorous statement. This [...]

This American Life Episode #449: Middle School

I just finished listening to an episode of This American Life from NPR on the topic of “Middle School.” The topic was requested by who else, a middle school student who listens to the podcast. The entire podcast is available online as well as the individual segments. I just thought it was interesting to here [...]

Magic and the Brain

Nova scienceNOW – Magic and the Brain In an effort to try to building on our understanding of how our brains work, scientists have turned to a group who has made a profession out of knowing how the brain perceives in order to deceive it: magicians. Watch as some well-known magicians share some (not all) [...]

How-To Tech Tip: MLTI Minute Podcast

MLTI Minute Podcast – “It will only take about a minute” MLTI Minute is a set of video tutorials created by the MLTI Project Team showcasing a variety of tools and features provided to every student and teacher in the MLTI 1-to-1 Laptop Program. Tutorial topics range from tips to customize apps. to making better [...]

Website of the Week: Changing the Balance

Changing the Balance – Digital assets investigating climate change (Gr. 6-12) Changing the Balance dives into the debates around climate change by investigating the story of some unlikely players in this game: blood-thirsty parasites. As students progress through the story they will learn about mosquitoes, Malaria, the West Nile virus and how climate change has [...]

Kid Politics – from TAL & NPR

From This American Life and NPR (National Public Radio), their January 14 episode entitled “Kid Politics“  investigates what happens when we turn over responsibility for governing and making the big decisions to kids. When a group of 5th graders take over the White House to re-enact the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada in 1983, will they [...]

Digital Storytelling @ACTEM

As soon as people developed a mode of communication, they also started to tell stories. Now in the 21st century, storytelling has entered the digital age and the opportunities to express one’s tales of mystery, adventure and understanding are almost endless. As educators, we have a duty to listen for the stories that students have [...]

Website of the Week: Story Bee

Story Bee – Stories for Elementary, Middle and High School Students (Gr. K-12) Would you like to hear a story? Then you’ve come to the right place! This site has an extensive list of stories where you can listen to professional storytellers from across the country as they spin their wonderful tales. The library is [...]