Does it get any cuter than this?
Kindergarten students are learning shapes and how to drag and drop on their new Chromebooks. They opened a Google Slide and navigated to the slide with their name on it. They then arranged the pieces to look like a cat. The purple border is the teacher example. They giggled and had so much fun trying to put the cat back together again.
I love fonts and the ability to change fonts was something I took for granted. I have always been a Microsoft user who fully utilizes than options. One customization is to add fonts to the Windows Fonts folder that Microsoft then uses in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc… (Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Fonts).
For years I have been going to the website 1001 Fonts to get free fonts for different projects. Today I discovered that you can actually type in your text and see the font displayed so you can decide if you like it or not!
Download and Install it.
Create in Microsoft products!
Last time I checked you could not upload your fonts into Google! So sad.
Store your MP3 files inside Google Drive, you can embed the files directly from Drive without having to upload them to another website. The Drive MP3 player can be embedded on any website that supports IFRAME and the list includes Blogger, WordPress, Medium or even the new Google Sites.
After the file is uploaded, right-click to share and set the sharing permission to “Anyone on the Internet can find and view” to that file will be visible to anyone who visits the link. Then click on copy the link.
Go to Google Sites and select the page where you want the file, then select Embed form the Insert menu on the right.
Paste the link and Insert. You are done.
PEEP and the Big Wide World has also created a series of free Family Science Handouts. These activities turn everyday situations—like a walk in the park or a sink full of later—into simple science explorations that families can enjoy together.
This is appropriate for younger students.
The Design Squad Nation Collection has a series of engineering activities for students ages 8-13 organized by science topic ranging from electricity to sports/games. These activities are great for home use because:
Dove Canada:
To all the front-line heroes, and to those who support them – we thank you for your courage and care.
Ignaz Semmelweis demonstrated that hand-washing could drastically reduce the number of women dying after childbirth. This was discovered in Austria in 1847. It is one of the first things that we taught kindergarten students when I first started teaching 28 years ago. Sad that we people have not learned simple hygiene in 2020.
Thank you to those that are washing hands and staying home.
Thanks to those using their gifts to help others.
Harjinder Singh Kukreja, a restaurateur, traveler and social activist posted a great video using black ink to show how to properly wash your hands.
How cool is this! The generous spirit of some many is oozing out.
The Kennedy Center’s first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence, Mo Willems, invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons as Mo invites you to doodle together and explore ways of writing and making.
Participate in the doodle at www.kennedy-center.org/mowillems.
We did walking animations digitally but one student wanted to draw them out instead.
I have only taken a few of the images drawn so you can see the progression.
Dogs certainly bring happiness to our lives.
This is my favorite student project and it is a great way to end the year.
The students have planned their stories, written scripts, created their storyboards, props and scenes. They are in the process of taking their photos and then on to editing and reflecting.
We do not have the best setup for this sort of project but the work they create is still amazing.
Due to ClustrMaps map crash the map no longer updates. This is data as of the crash, March 2015
Technology with Mrs. Gorneau 
