Deb Norton Tech

I love Spelling City and we use this site in our classrooms on a weekly basis.  It is worth the subscription that we pay each year.   Recently, Spelling City developed an iPad app and so I asked my spelling groups to put it to the test.  It was a huge hit and my students were impressed.  The things they liked were that they could sign in and access their spelling list, the activities and games worked super fast, and they liked the sounds and animations with the games. To explain more about what the app has to offer, I suggest reading Nic Peachey's blog post .  He does a nice job explaining the app thoroughly and with screen captures.  

Wow, supply lists sure have changed over the years.  I've noticed that we have been asking for fewer and fewer school supplies since receiving our 1:1 laptops.  All we ask for are a few folders, some looseleaf paper, some pencils and a few odds and ends.  Don't worry, we still glue, color, cut and create every day.  Today our goal is to fill our students' desks with digital tools that promote creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving skills. Here are the digital tools our students will need to start the school year: Google Apps for Education including:   Gmail, Google Drive (no more Dropbox for us), Google Sites, Google Presentations and Google Forms                         SMART Notebook 11  this is usually one of our students favorite places for creating projects. Kidblog  most of our students have never blogged before 5th grade.  They lov...