Summertime 2007

Effects and a Slideshow Online

Free Printables for Teachers

MES English.com Free resources for teachers of young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms. There are free flashcards, worksheets , phonics cards, ESL games printable certificates and printable stickers ready for printing.

Get a Grant

Maine Technology Institute Grants and Awards: submit an application by Oct. 6, 2008.

Math as a Social Activity

Comic Strips in Literacy

Comics as Literacy
Edutopia Article - A New Literary Hero: Comics Make for Colorful Learning

Have some fun writing your own stories in comic strip format.
Here are some links to some versatile comic strip creators.
Charlotte's Web Comic Strip Charlotte's Web Characters and props are used
Make Beliefs Comix A variety of characters, 2, 3 or 4 panel comics
Read Write Think Comic Creator
Garfield Comic Creator
Kabam Comic Creator Help the Bam Bunch through stressful situations and create your own comic.
Boys' Life Comic Creator Characters, backgrounds and objects to use in your comic.
Comic Creator at Surfwell Island A Disney character comic creator

Reading Strategy/Game

This isn't really a tech tip, but the tip is delivered via tech.
I think this would be fun to try, and it seems like it would be quite effective.