Posts Tagged ‘education’

Adobe: New Digital School Collection K-12

28th September 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Updated K-12 Digital School Collection
Adobe offers great curriculum support for students, teachers and administrative staff. Not only does Adobe provide lessons on how to use their products, the company supports teachers, parents and students by providing actual lesson plans, activities and projects that can be incorporated into classroom curriculum.
Adobe just updated their Digital School [...]

Aha!Science by Learning.com

19th September 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Science
Grades: Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Well Designed Online Curriculum
Learning.com offers Aha!Science and Aha!Math.  For grades K-5, Aha!Science provides good science coverage on:

Earth and Space
Physical
Life

For many elementary teachers, science isn’t something they’ve been required to teach in classrooms.  Many states now require science testing in 5th grade, with teachers scrambling for science content.

Wacom Pen Tablets: Great Support For Teachers, Etc.

18th September 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
Grades: Middle Elementary & Above, Businesses, Marketing, NonProfit
Good Advice From a Teacher:
A couple weeks ago, I received an email from a math tutor asking advice on the Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet.
“I want to be able to write the equations on the tablet and then somehow embed them in [...]

Dangerously Irrelevant-Interesting Website

19th August 2009 by LisaHill 3 Comments

Subject Matter: Education Website
Grades: All grades
Ruminate on Education I’m probably not the only educator that has stumbled onto this site. It’s hosted by Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D. Dr. McCleod is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University. He also is the Director of the [...]

Adobe Curriculum: 4 Teachers’ Viewpoints

11th August 2009 by LisaHill 11 Comments

Subject Matter: Digital Media Education for Students, Teachers, Administrative Personnel, Digital Technicians
Grades: Elementary to College, Businesses, Marketing, NonProfit Organizations
Learn From These Teachers
I’ve enjoyed interviewing four different teachers who use different Adobe curricula in their elementary to college marketing classrooms. Adobe offers two curriculum levels: K-12 and Upper Education for College & Technical Training. [...]

MySpeed by Enounce

3rd August 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Reviewing Educational & Training Videos Faster
Grades: Middle School & Up, Business
Zip Through Videos, Lectures and Lessons
Tired of trying to get through videos to view content? Or is the video running so fast it’s difficult to listen to all the material, and comprehend the content? Increase Flash video speed by 5X, or slow [...]

VTech-Learning Toys 4 Little Ones

31st July 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter:Educational electronic toys for ages 3-7
Grades PreK to Kindergarten
Learning and Moving
VTech offers electronic toys that keep the young ones moving and learning at the same time. Hand held electronic toys provide active curriculum while playing. Youngsters are moving, not sitting, as they’re learning.

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