Mr. Thorne is a busy Year 1 teacher with his own Youtube channel. The channel has as huge collection of phonics videos which help children to learn how to read.
At present, there are approximately 200 videos, which have been viewed over 300,000 times! The videos cover a wide range of literacy concepts, including:
A new educational DVD has been produced to encourage children to speak up to their teacher if they are being bullied. Find out more at the related site or watch this Youtube video to see some clips from the DVD.
Tony De Saullese has been illustrating Scholastic’s Horrible Science series since it started in 1996. He currently visits a lot of primary schools, libraries and literature festivals where he holds Horrible Science Drawing Workshops.
Tony has recently started a new “LET’S DRAW!” YouTube channel which has six videos showing children how to draw: a crocodile, a dinosaur, a dog, a cat, a snail and a fish. The cartoon drawings are created using simple lines so that children can copy the image as it appears. A teacher can hit the pause button at any time to allow pupils to catch up.
Here’s another selection of links and ideas that I’ve discovered from my Twitter network over recent weeks:
Mapzone (via @simonhaughton) – Learn how to read maps with this interactive site from Ordnance Survey.
Interactives Spelling Bee (via @keisawilliams) – Just like an old-fashioned spelling bee, but played on your computer, with different grade levels to choose from.
DirectgovKids (via @wigglemyears) – A bright and colourful to help children to learn about the world around them. Also has sections for parents and teachers.
ABC Reading Eggs (via @kelrob6) - a site for children aged 4-7 which aims to help them learn to read while having fun.
Did you Know 4.0 – An update to the popular video presentation which includes facts and statistics about the world around us.
Thanks to those who shared these wonderful links! Lots of people think that Twitter is about listening to random strangers posting messages about where they are, what they are doing, and what they are having for dinner tonight.
But it’s much more than that. I find Twitter to be a great way for people with common interests to share links and discover new ideas. If you’re signed up, follow me at @markw29 and @teachingideas.
My Ideas to Inspire site has received a number of updates recently… with the addition of a number of presentations which contain lots of new and exciting ideas to try in your classrooms.
Some of these include:
Using Memiary in the classroom – Memiary is a free online diary site which allows you (and your class) to record your achievements and memories on a daily basis. Look at this new presentation to see some tips for using it with your students.
Things to do with a digital image – This presentation (started by @skinnyboyevans) has lots of ideas of ways of editing / using / manipulating digital images. You’re sure to find a new trick if you browse through this presentation!
Inspiring Youtube videos – There are currently 83 inspirational videos to view within this presentation, with ideas for possible classroom uses. The presentation is still growing, so let me know if you’ve used any Youtube videos with your own pupils. Here is one of them… will the baby squirrel manage to get over the wall?
Take a look at the site… if you have an idea to add to the presentation, contact the original creator using the details shown within it. If you have a suggestion for a new presentation, get in touch!
There are lots of amazing videos on Youtube, many of which are valuable resources for teachers to use in their classrooms. Over on Ideas to Inspire, we’ve started a presentation called ‘Inspiring Youtube Videos to use in the classroom‘. Take a look and discover some amazing videos that have been suggested by other teachers.
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