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Henrico Public Schools Libraries #1

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Congratulations to Henrico Public Schools Librarians- voted best library system in the Nation!!! My librarians ROCK!
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Interactive 3D Solar System

Seems I am finding new and wonderful tools every day. Yesterday, I started working on the site: http://www.solarsystemscope.com. There are geocentric and heliocentric views of our solar system, you can measure in the program and find facts. It is al… Continue reading

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Poetry for People

Ben Rimes (@techsavvyed) as just put a great poetry project online, Poetry for People.  I have included his introduction video in this post.  You can check out his full write… Continue reading

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Text to Speech Part II for Henrico Teachers

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Text to Speech Part I for Henrico Teachers

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Making an eBook using ePub

PLN members.  I have just been shown the wonders of iWorks’ Pages and making an eBook.  If you have Pages ’09 you already have a conversion tool to make your document an ebook, it is in the export menu and says “ePub”.  You can find a template already formatted on the web for the ’09 […] Continue reading

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4th Grade Glogsters

The 4th graders have worked very hard on their Colonial glogster projects. I will spotlight a few. Click on any of the titles below to get to the link. Please leave any comments for the students!!!  Thanks.

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Little Bird Tales

This site is so cute for students to make their own books: http://www.littlebirdtales.com/ Any time that students can create their own products, collaborate with another student, and get to show their creativity you are really making a difference in teaching and learning.  Mrs. Rhyne has started her students using this and below is a sample […] Continue reading

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Project based learning- explained

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Photo Booth- 4th Grade

I showed Mr. Adair how to use Photo Booth and his students have done a remarkable job with their Social Studies (Jamestown) videos.  Here is a sample.  Well done everyone!!! Jamestown 1 Continue reading

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