Study Island High Scores!

Two 5th graders made the Study Island state high score table today!  Jeremy Steidinger's score of 1991 put him 4th in the Bouncing game for multiplication as repeated addition.  John Gregory scored 583 in the Chase game for multiplication as repeated addition, placing him 2nd on the state high score tables.  Great job gentlemen!

Study Island is an ISAT prep website used by students all over Illinois. Visit their websiteto learn more.

 

Study Island High Score!

5th Grader John Gregory made the Illinois state high score table for algebraic expressions. His score of 132put him 7th out of all 5th graders in the state that have completed the game so far. Great job!

Study Island is an ISAT prep website used by students all over Illinois. Visit their websiteto learn more.

 

How Big is it Really?

Have I mentioned before how much I love what people are doing with Google Maps?

The BBC site Dimensions is a great use of Google Map technology.  It allows you to superimpose the outlines of different cities, structures, and locations of major events in history over a present day Google map.  In the example above I put the walls of Constantinople circa 340 c.e. next to Gibson City!

One thing to be aware of when using this site is that you will need to adjust the location you enter based on which outline you are wanting to view.  Something smaller like the city of Constantinople can be attached to Gibson City's zip code.  If you want to do something larger like the moon (yes you can do the moon) you may want to type in something like "North America"

As always let me know of any specific uses you find for this tool in the classroom!

Study Island High Score!

5th Grader Bailey Long made the Illinois state high score table for place value of decimals. His score of put her 7th out of all 5th graders in the state that have completed the game so far. Great job!

Study Island is an ISAT prep website used by students all over Illinois. Visit their website to learn more.

Study Island High Score!

5th Grader Jeremy Steidinger made the Illinois state high score table for place value of whole numbers. His score of 5,880 put him 5th out of all 5th graders in the state that have completed the game so far. Great job!

Blabberize

Friday seems like a good day to share this tool. It's called Blabberize, and at first glance, I know it looks silly. The site is incredibly easy to use. Upload a picture, place a mouth on the picture (or multiple mouths if you want), record a sound and you're done! Click my pal to the left to see what I'm talking about.

I challenge you to think about what can actually be done with this tool. Students can create reports in the first person and then "blabberize" them into a relevant picture. Teachers can create "special guests" to introduce a new topic. I'm sure that there are many more possibilities. What can you do with it?

Taxgedo

Here's a Web 2.0 tool that I highly recommend.  Perhaps you have heard of Wordle, which allows you to create word clouds from a body of text.  Taxgedo takes this concept a step farther by allowing you to apply these word clouds into specific shapes.  I made the one you see in this post using the text of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

An important thing to remember about both Taxgedo and Wordle is that words most used in the text appear largest in the word cloud.  Therefore these word clouds are not only a creative display, but can help students analyse the content of a text.  I foresee a number of great uses for this tool, if you have some good examples leave a comment!