Newsmap
http://newsmap.jp/
Have you ever wanted to find out what the major new stories are, world-wide, with a single mouse click? If so, then the Newsmap is for you. Just go to the Newsmap and you're there.
If you want a little more control of where or when the stories are found, just zero in on the appropriate link. Of, you can create your own account and just log in to get your daily news fix.
Mouse over any of the stories for a quick preview and click through to get to the entire story.
Rhyme Race
http://www.aartpack.com/diglesson/rhymerace/index.html
Rhyming and Racing? That's quick a combination but it plays out nicely with the SMARTBoard, your speakers, and some grouping or as a centre.
Clicking on the blue die gives you a number to move your playing piece around the board in the race to finish. Along the way, success is achieved by identifying appropriate rhyming words.
Comic Vocabulary
http://readwritethink.org/materials/comic/vocabulary.html
So, if you'll agree with all of the suggestions about the use of Comic Life and Bitstrips for Schools that are not so subtlely included in this newsletter, you'll want to make sure that your students know and use the vocabulary of comics properly.
The folks at Read, Write, Think have created this interactive object to help with the learning. Explore the language of comics as it applies to text, layout, and angles. The content is just as appropriate for primary comic writing as it is for the secondary school Communications Technology course.
Virtual Pumpkin
http://carveapumpkin.bhg.com/carveapumpkin/
We've got to have a little fun (and geometry, symmetry, ...) in time for Hallowe'en. The folks at Better Homes and Gardens provide a great tool for a little SMARTBoard virtual pumpkin carving.
Choose die cuts or just go freehand. Can you do a better pumpkin that me?
