Posts made in June 30th, 2010

Aviary for Education

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 in Activity Ideas, Art Resources, Resources, Useful Links | 0 comments

I’ve written about the fabulous Aviary before. If you haven’t seen it, Aviary provides a suite of online tools that allows you to take create images, edit screenshots, edit sounds and create music. All for free, and all through your browser.

I was rather pleased to find out that there will soon be an special version for students and educators that lets them use Aviary in a completely private setting which is separate from the rest of the Aviary community. Aviary Education will let teachers:

• Create private student accounts
• Manage assignments and projects
• Use the image editor, vector editor, audio editor & music creator
• access content and images which are 100% school safe

It’s currently in beta, so if you want to try it out you can request a free beta trial.

Check it out now: http://www.aviaryeducation.com/

StarrMatica 50 States Contest

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 in Activity Ideas, Interactive Whiteboards, Useful Links | 0 comments

US whiteboard users might well be interested in this competition that has just been launched by StarrMatica.

StarrMatica is on a mission to help teachers in every corner of the United States!  They are giving away a $900 StarrMatica School Subscription in every state!

StarrMatica school subscription gives all teachers and students in a building access to an online library of 3,800 K-6 reading, math, and science manipulatives, animations, activities, and games at school and at home for an entire year.  Teachers can also search their library of interactive content to find resources aligned to state standards, the national core curriculum and popular textbook curriculums.

To enter you need to design a lesson or resource that uses some of Starrmatica’s resources. More information can be found on their How To Enter page.

Competition closes on 30th September when the entries will then be judged. You might recognise one or two of the judges….

Good Luck!