Avondale Elementary School is located in West Memphis, Arkansas. The school is a part of the Marion School District. Seven hundred kindergarten and first grade students attend Avondale. We strive for excellence everyday. We are making significants strides in the area of educational technology. Avondale is...simply the BEST!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Posting Job 08/23/2011
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Twapper Keeper - "We save tweets" - #hashtag - ISTE11 - tweets re: ISTE 2011 @ Philly
Cool way to archive your own tweets or search for archived tweets
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Great graphic explaining hot keys ctrl x c and z
tags: coolcatteacher
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5 Useful Webtools You Don’t Know Exist
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SMART Board Revolution - A Revolution in Education
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Posting Job 08/20/2011
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The Teacher Report: Creative Ways to Use Technolo... - WeAreTeachers
tags: ReadLater
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Posting Job 07/28/2011
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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Website of the Day
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Arkansas Leadership Academy
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Create cartoons, comic strips, etc!
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Twitter in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation
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If you can type, you can make a movie!!!
FUN, FUN, FUN for kids!!! Text to movie!
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Fun tool to make educational comic strips online!
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Turn word clouds into pictures!!!
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Online Group Colloboration/Conversations
Communication around an image or a video!! Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!
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Web 2.0 Tools mixed with Blooms Taxonomy
Great visual representation of web 2.0 tools with Blooms Taxonomy
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WallWisher---Online Marker Board
Post a question, students respond by posting a sticky note!
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Zooburst
Teachers at Avondale Elementary School strive for excellence in education. One avenue we have found to reach that destination is the use of technology. All of our classrooms are equipped with SMART Interactive Whiteboards. We have recently purchased a SMART Table. Our teachers are also integrating the use of iPods, iPads, and iPhones into their classrooms.
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Preparing for the Future
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life. Please visit Zooburst.org and set up a free account.
Readers can choose to experience and participate in a ZooBurst book in a number of ways. Authors can share books with readers using a simple hyperlink, and books can easily be “embedded” in any website or blog, allowing authors to provide their own contextual framework to their stories. Authors can also maintain a moderated discussion forum for each book, providing a virtual space in which readers can interact with one another.
Readers who have a webcam installed on their computer can also experience any ZooBurst book in Augmented Reality. Once a book has been loaded, readers can click on the ‘Webcam Mode’ button at the top of the screen. This button will turn on their webcam and allow them to see themselves as though they were looking in a mirror. From here, visitors can hold up a special symbol to the webcam to watch as the book “flys” out of the paper and into the room around them! In addition, Augmented Reality mode also allows readers the ability to interact with a book using simple gestures. For example, simply waving your hand in front of a book will allow you to turn its pages back and forth.