New Links and Ideas For You

Now that you have been using your Document Cameras daily, you probably are looking for new ideas for using your Document Camera in your classroom. Find many lesson ideas here:
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/323/37/

Start planning for next year to participate in the 2011 Jordan District Film Festival. Students and Techers submitted great films and the award winning films can be found at:
http://web.me.com/bonniemmuir/filmfestival/Home.html
If you have any great student projects to share with us, please leave a comment and share!

Continue learning technology by checking out the resources at UEN and the T4 Professional Development page:
http://profdev.uen.org/register/view_course_by_month
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/section/6/35/

Be sure to check out the T4 front webpage in June to find great summer learning ideas for you and your students.
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/

Have fun in the sun! Thank you for continuing to move technology forward for you and your students.

Safe Images for the Classroom

There have been some questions lately about finding appropriate images for classroom use.  A Google Image search can lead to some questionable results.  Following are some suggested sites for finding plenty of useable images, clip art and photos.

SIRS Discover Pictures:  (http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage) This can be accessed through Pioneer Library.  Lots of good pictures for elementary use are found here.

eMedia:  There are hundreds of still images here as well as videos, all preapproved by UEN. (http://eq.uen.org/emedia/access/search.do?hier.topic=72fb35ab-18e5-2fbe-2439-6cfacaa2782b )

World Book Online: (http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Home ) All the articles here will come with beautiful images, that we are able to use.

Morgue Files: (http://www.morguefile.com/) Beautiful pictures that have “died” as far as copy write is concerned.  You still may need to watch for content but they are searchable by topic. 

KidRex: A child friendly search engine, the images here are filtered to remove questionable content. (http://www.kidrex.org/ )

Soundzabound-Another great tool from UEN

Soundzabound is another great tool from UEN that can be used by Educators and Students for any educational project. Soundzabound is a library of music and sounds that you and your students can use without worrying about copyrights or other legal issues, and best of all it is free for you thanks to UEN. Soundzabound is accessed through the K-12 Pioneer resources. Have you ever had a student ask you where they can find music or sounds to use for their school projects? Have you ever been concerned about your students using “just any music”? I know that I have. If you use Soundzabound you wont have to worry about the lyrics or the content. It is an easy one-stop shop for all of your classroom sound needs. Check it out for your next class project.