Harvest of History is a really neat site that lets students explore the history of New York State agriculture. Explore the Village to watch videos and learn all about life and farming in 1845. While exploring the village, you can save some of the videos you watch to create your own video using the Village Videomaker. You can add text, music, and then you can download or share the video when it’s completed! This would be a great whole class SMART Board activity. Tip: If you wish to save or edit the video later, you will need a “Harvest Code”, which can be obtained by clicking on the Harvest Code section at the top. This site was designed for 4th grade students, so keep that in mind if you decide to use it in the classroom. More information:
Looking for something festive to do on your SMART Board today? Then check out the Meddybemps site for some nice interactive activities. You can decorate eggs by dragging and dropping decorations, paint eggs, as well as form words and sentences. There is also an Easter matching activity as well as an e-book at MightyBook.com. Check them out!
Posted by Amber Coggin | Posted in SMART Board | Posted on 01-04-2010
Give your students a thrill for April Fools’ Day by letting this “Magic Gopher” guess their number after doing some simple math. I’ve done it about four times now and he’s guessed right every time! Have fun!
I stumbled upon GrabbaBeast.com today while browsing Delicious. It’s an awesome interactive website where you can build your own beast using a variety of body parts. You can even paint the beast any color you’d like by using the paint tool. Once completed, you can save it, send it as an ecard, download it as wallpaper, or share it with friends on a variety of social sites. You will even be given a bit.ly url to your beast, as well as an embed code so you can put it on any website or blog. You don’t have to register or log in to do any of these things; however, you will have to name your beast and add your nickname. How awesome would this site be to use for the Monster Exchange or any similar project? Your students are going to love this!
