by Lois Smethurst | Dec 12, 2010 | How To
The Grade 2 students have finished their sea projects on Scratch. You can see all of them on our school blog by searching the Categories for “Scratch”. THE SCRATCH PROJECT – Step 1 Each student chose their own topic about what they might “See Under the Sea”....
by Lois Smethurst | Nov 28, 2010 | Class Activities, Web 2.0
This is a lesson I have used on the way to creating a Wordle or any word cloud for that matter. Usually at the beginning of the year when students are getting to know their new classmates. I have mentioned Wordle in other posts but this blog is about the journey not...
by Lois Smethurst | Jul 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m sure a number of teachers still wonder why they should consider starting a blog. I spent some time working through the considerable amount information that Will Richardson presents in just the first twelve minutes of “Here Comes Learning” the...
by Lois Smethurst | May 20, 2009 | Online Resources
Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are three of the ongoing projects belonging to Tux4Kids. Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are free software applications that you can download and run on your home or school computers. If you would like to know more, you can read...
by Lois Smethurst | May 20, 2009 | Arts, Literacy, Online Resources, Web 2.0
“Tux Paint is free, Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is developed by volunteers around the world.” Tux Paint is an attractive drawing package for students and it runs on a variety of platforms. It is...
