Posts Tagged ‘student’

Badger Trail

28th June 2009 by LisaHill 3 Comments

Subject Matter: Wildlife Habitat and Ecology
Grades: PreSchool to Elementary
EAT, SLEEP, AND THINK LIKE A BADGER
What 3 to 12 year old child hasn’t enjoyed playing make believe pretending to be a wolf, deer or badger?

Typer Shark: Improving Typing Skills

12th June 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Improving Typing Online
Grades: All ages above PreSchool
Now this is the way to improve typing skills!  In Typer Shark, swimming sharks with partial or full words printed on their sides glide toward an undersea diver.  Watch out for the piranha letters too, but there’s treasure to dive (or die for)!  

Early Start Mandarin Chinese

11th June 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Learning Mandarin Chinese, Foreign Language
Grades: Preschoolers to Elementary
Learning Mandarin With Bao Bei
Nî hâo Bao Bèi! (Hello Treasure!) Xiè Xiè! (Thank you!) Slip in the Early Start Mandarin Chinese DVD, and young children can begin learning Chinese with Bao Bei the panda puppet.

Guide to Online Research

29th May 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Finding creditable research sites online
Grades: Middle School to College

Best Source is Still the Library
Trustworthy research sites are sometimes difficult to find on the internet. Sure, Wikipedia can be the initial site to check footnotes for research leads, but individuals have to be careful these sources have been vetted as a reliable source [...]

VMware Fusion2 – 1/2 Off 4 Students & Grads

26th May 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Running Windows on a Mac
Grades: Middle to High School, College & University
VMware just announced VMware Fusion2 is 1/2 off for students and grads.
“For friends and family thinking about getting that new grad a Mac, add VMware Fusion, enabling them to do even more as they venture into the real world.”

FREE – iSpeech 4 Books, Docs, Web, Blogs

19th May 2009 by LisaHill 15 Comments

Subject Matter: Converting books, docs, websites, or blog text into speech
Grades: Special Education, ESL, Elementary to College, Administrative, Commercial uses
Reading While on the Road
Stuck in traffic, on a plane, or waiting for a meeting and you’re behind on  studying for a test, reviewing work, or keeping up on favorite blogs?  Are you a visually impaired [...]

FREE – Kerpoof by Disney

16th May 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter: Art, Drawing, Media, Illustration
Grades: PreK to Elementary, maybe Middle School and High School

Drawing Fun for the Little Ones
A teacher mentioned Kerpoof in a Twitter. Hmm…what’s Kerpoof? There’s not many free, quality offerings for PreK to early elementary students, but Kerpoof fits the bill. Kerpoof is a free, colorful, online application [...]

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