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Times Attack Some of you did not see this the first time around so I am resending the attached instructions for parents to download Timez Attack at home. By now I have shown the second, third, fourth and fifth graders how to logon. There is one class that when we tried the Internet went down but I can't remember which class (much less which school). So if your kids look like they do not know what your talking about let me know.

It is on the computers in your room. The directions are the same as the parent letter. You can use the admin password field250 and login to track your students progress. Please enter your email address so you can get updated info. The link below is to a site with a short video. http://www.bigbrainz.com/Implementation.php

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Successmaker vs. Earobics

Success Maker (SM) is a tier 3 intervention, designed for kiddos who are performing 2 or more years below grade level. SM is for grade 1-5, not kindergarten. The expectation for this tier 3 intervention is that kiddos use it daily. Earobics is considered a tier 2 intervention used primarily with younger kiddos who are 1-2 years below grade level and focuses on phonemic awareness & phonics. Earobics also includes teacher guides that are AMAZING. They support phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency (oral language), comprehension and vocabulary. Earobics is much broader the computer piece. Kiddos using Earobics as a tier 2 intervention are expected to use it 2-3 times a week. SM will carry kiddos through a placement phase where they are tested and the program determines their starting level. Teachers assign students to courses in Earobics.

SM reports lend themselves to RTI data because they show increases in level of coursework. There are online tutorials available at mytrainingconnection.com. Earobics doesn't show levels. Both can show where a student is encountering difficulty. Both give results of usage.

The SM Math Icon on the desktops is no longer active. Students will use the Teddy bearIcon for **//both//** reading and math starting Monday. Math is now web-based. Catha

Directions to Install Smart Software

Technology Resources for Common Core Kerpoof ** create pictures, cards, book, and even mo **

** online cartoon strip creator **

Wordsift ** text visualization tool **

xtranormal ** text-to-speech avatar movie making **

Cool Tools For Schools. Click here.

How to use a flip camera. Click here.

Classroom Uses for a Document Camera. Click here.

Bubble Us. Click here.

(E-portfolio Formative Assessment) Set up one folder for general classroom observations, then make a dedicated folder for each student in your class. Instantly your phone or tablet becomes your eyes, ears and brain. Collect visual data, record audio, and add notes as you have time. Later, process all you collected and decide who achieved mastery and who you need to meet with the next day. Click here.

Download these power points. 60 second count down. And who is here today.

Click here. App to manage behavior from your smart phone. Great app for behavior. Class Dojo.

We Video. Click here. Create videos on line.

Meetings I O. Collaborate with online meetings. Click here.

National Archive Digital Vault. CLick here. poster and video creation tools allow students to drag and drop digital artifacts into a poster or video. The National Archives provides images, documents, and audio in an easy to use editor. To create a video simply drag your selected images on to the editing templates, type image captions, select the duration of display for each image, and select audio tracks.

Masher is a tool for creating video mash-ups. [|Masher] offers a large collection of video clips from the BBC's Motion Gallery and Rip Curl video. There is a large music library, an effects library, and a good selection of video player skins. If you don't find content that you like in Masher's library, you can add your own images, video clips, and music clips through the Masher uploader. [|Masher] also gives you the option to insert text throughout your videos. Creating with [|Masher] is a simple matter of dragging elements from the media gallery into the timeline editor. From there you can arrange the sequence of elements using the drag and drop interface. When you're happy with the sequence, publish and share your production. Click here

[|Flixtime] is a video creation service that is quite similar to [|Animoto]. [|Flixtime] gives users the ability to create 60 second videos by mixing together images, video clips, and music tracks. You can use your own images, video clips, and music tracks or you can choose media from the [|Flixtime] galleries. [|Flixtime] also gives you the option to record voiceovers for your videos through their site. [|Flixtime] videos can be downloaded for use on your local computer, shared via email or social networks, or posted to YouTube. Click here. .

The [|Zimmer Twins] is a neat site for introducing elementary school students to making simple animated video stories. On the [|Zimmer Twins] site students can create a story from scratch or complete one of the "cliff hanger" story starters. Students do not need to have any drawing skills in order to create a story as all elements are added to the video through a simple drag and drop interface. Students select settings, characters, character actions, emotions, and text styles then drag those elements into the storyboard. Students then arrange those elements and type words into the conversation bubbles where appropriate. Click here.

Day in Pictures. Click here.

Interactive Smart board Teaching Resources. Click here.