Here’s a followup to my earlier list of royalty free images. Additions by Janice Stearns…creative commons licensed…all require attribution: Long list from Terry Roberts OpenPhoto Free Image Database NASA Images Royalty Free Clip Art Additional royalty free image list by Larry Ferlazzo and royalty free music/sound effects list by Larry Ferlazzo And my original list …
Author: Mathew Needleman
Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator has been pioneering the use of instructional technology for over two decades. He has been a classroom teacher, literacy coach, conference keynoter, and he currently serves as an elementary school principal in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of the independent education studio, Needleworks Pictures.
Losing It (In the Classroom)
Tim “VidSnacks” Holt posts another example of a teacher losing it in the classroom and being caught on video. Students have cameras and audio recorders in their pocket? Should we be surprised? The teacher who was caught on tape has since resigned and the news story has interviews with union officials and administrators pointing fingers …
Riddle Me This: Activity for Sound Spelling Cards
a guest post on using the Sound Spelling Cards by Ann Miani Dear Teachers, I wanted to share a life changing teaching strategy for OCR phonics. You can print out the Sound Spelling Card mats (see links): Link #1 Link #2 There are some cool new versions of the large long vowel cards to print …
Merit Pay for Teachers
cross-posted in In Practice. I’m not opposed to the theoretical idea of merit pay. However, I have not read of any fair plan to address who would earn it. I have the following concerns… Having worked with several principals, I have found that all of them tend to have favorites on staff. I would not …
CUE09: Make Your Presentations Pop with Keynote
I’m doing a second session on using Keynote (Apple’s version of Powerpoint) on Friday, March 6 at 3:30 PM. This session will be one part design tips and three parts technical how-to. You will walk away with concrete design tips and a good idea of what is possible and how to do it. Download handout …
CUE09: Film School for Video Podcasters
If you’re in the Southern California area, please join me at the CUE Conference in Palm Springs. This Friday, March 6 at 11:30 AM I’ll be leading a live presentation of “Film School for Video Podcasters” based on my K12 Online Conference presentation. This session will be extended and interactive featuring four parts: Hope to …
Video in the Classroom Carnival #2
It’s time for the irregularly scheduled Video in the Classroom Carnival featuring posts about intergrating video production and digital storytelling in the classroom. Please submit your own articles to the next carnival here. Production How to create clay animation movies by Kevin Hodgson. Dan Meyer wants students to stop relying on musical soundtracks to convey …
Read Across America Day Resources
Dr. Seuss’s birthday, called Read Across America Day is coming next week. Here are some activities to do for it…(by way of Doug Yonce’s newsletter. Subscribe to his newsletter here). NEA – Read Across America The National Education Association annually sponsors Read Across America. Now in its twelfth year, the program focuses on motivating children …
Writing Tip #3: Pictures Aren’t Just for Babies
A blank page is intimidating. Don’t believe me? Take a piece of paper and write three paragraphs about what you did last weekend. I don’t know about you but I’m lucky if I remember what I ate for breakfast. Yet, we often give students a prompt like this and then bemoan the fact that students …
CUE Conference
Please join me at this year’s CUE Conference in Palm Springs, March 6th. I’ll be presenting two sessions, a live and expanded version of Film School for Video Podcasters and How to Make Your Presentations Pop with Keynote. More on those sessions later, for now, register here.