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Worth the Wait!

It's been awhile since I posted, but I think it will be worth your wait. If you have ever used Moodle I think you'll agree that it is a powerful open source classroom tool. My problem has been finding a hosting option that worked with a teachers zero dollar budget. Well here it is: KeytoSchool. They host your classroom Moodle for FREE! It takes awhile to become active, but I solved that with a jaunt to Family Dollar and Walmart. By the time I got home, my site was ready to be managed. If you aren't familiar with Moodle you may want to do a bit of reading up on it first. There are some good guides online for that. I'm pretty excited to be able to offer this to my students this year. In a little over an hour, I have set up my profile and the initial settings for the site, selected a theme and created 3 courses for my science classes.

Another great find I recently made that has kept me too busy to post is pinterest.   What a fabulous way to visually bookmark websites.  Students are becoming increasingly visual and digital.  Sites like pinterest and sqworl make it super easy to categorize and share websites with your students.  I hope you find something you can use.  I know I have!

200 FB Likes!

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to "like" my facebook page.  Here's a fun review file as a Thank you offering!  Don't Bug Me is a review game I created last year. Use it with your own questions.  Divide into teams.  After students answer correctly, let them squish a bug to find out how many points they earned.  Keep track of team points and offer the winners some "BUG JUICE" (juice boxes) as a reward.  Hope you don't mind a little bug guts. (lol)  What can I say, I teach in an elementary science lab and it's almost summer. I may be going a little crazy scientist these days.
Thanks again if you are following me on facebook.  If you aren't already a follower, why not stop over and click the like button.  If you like this file, I'd love to hear from you.  Leave me a comment or better yet, recommend my file to all your followers.  It won't "BUG ME". 

Ladybug's Teacher Files

If you're looking for that creative spark... Ladybug's Teacher Files probably has what you need.  In celebration of reaching 600 followers, she's offering a giveaway for one of her lovely pre-made blog templates.  If you've seen the cute blog designs and wished you had one, then you definitely want to get in on this contest.  Good luck all!  

Announcing the Winners of the Facebook Mega Contest

Today is the BIG Day! Mega Facebook Contest Winners will be drawn.

Tonight is the night!  Shelley will be making the draw for 2 lucky winners of 14 products from TeachersPayTeachers.  You can still get in on it by clicking the link: Mega Facebook Contest
and following the directions.
Good luck to everyone who has entered!

The Skype Game

If you're looking for a fun way to spend some time and still sneak in a little learning before the end of the year, you may want to consider signing up for the Skype Game.  I discovered this in the computer technology community on Edmodo.  How to Play:  Follow the link and sign up for a time.  Decide on the best 5 questions you could ask the other students that would help you identify what state they live in.  Wait for the class to call you or you call them on Skype depending on your placement in the spreadsheet as class 1 or class 2.  Now ask the questions and answer the questions of the other class to see who can guess the state.
Sound like fun?  Sign up for more than 1 and play with multiple classes.  Happy Skyping!