If you would like to make searching for Alice Keeler's blog (or other sites) easily accessible in your Chrome Omnibox - watch my embedded YouTube video below or follow these simple steps below.
1. Right click on the website url - http://alicekeeler.com/ in your Omnibox
2. Select edit search engines
3. Come up with a keyword - example ak for Alice Keeler (see picture below)
4. Click Done
5. Go back to your Omnibox and type in ak - then TAB
6. You can then search for Alice Keeler directly in your Omnibox
My wife's friend posted on her Facebook account her video from the app 1 second everyday and it was awesome.
You just need to take a video through the app (or import from your photos) and trim the video down to 1 second. The video will stay on the calendar inside of the app. You can preview just the one day - or all the days you have created so far.
What a great idea to see what happens in a whole year in 365 seconds (or 366 if it is a Leap Year).
Embedded below you will my 2 second video of these past 2 days (followed by how they look as a GIF). Then imagine 365 of them - very cool!!
Click here to see helpful videos the site has created on YouTube.
Netflix has on-demand countdowns so those with little ones can get their kids to bed at a time that works for them - or celebrate it over and over again. This year, special countdowns were created for 10 shows:
If you are an online shopper and want to be sure you have the best coupon codes out there - let the Honey extension do it for you.
Simply add the extension - then at the checkout select "want to save money"?
I have had numerous friends, family members (thanks Marta and Doug), and colleagues talk to me about this extension so I figured it was time to put it out there.
I hope you save some money in the years ahead!
Brad
Osmo is an "award-winning game system that will change the way your child interacts with the iPad by opening it up to hands-on play".
In this post we will look at the Monster game. Mo "the friendly" Monster helps to bring drawings to life. Take a look at the embedded YouTube video below for a brief 37 second introduction.
Below you will see what the Monster game looks like when my two children (Jackson and Sydney) played with it. They have played and played with this for hours.
Adding a bath (23 second video)
Adding a shower head (30 seconds)
End of the show (46 seconds)
There are 8 "games" that go along with the set, which you see below. On June 5th I posted about the coding app - click here to see the post.
As many of us spend time with family this week and may need a fun activity to create - here is an option that I did every year with my 4th grade classes.
I read the 1999 Caldecott Medal winning book - Snowflake Bentleyby Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Below you will see a nice summary of the book on Amazon.com.
From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful. His story is gracefully told and brought to life in lovely woodcuts, giving children insight into a soul who had not only a scientist's vision and perseverance but a clear passion for the wonders of nature.
If you would like to see the story on YouTube please click on the embedded 13 minute video below.
After I read the story to them - the students would then pick out a snowflake design that I had for them. These 12 snowflake templates can be found by clicking here. You can see 2 examples of what the snowflakes templates look like below.
If you are looking for a 30 minute fun activity for today that incorporates working together, ingenuity, competition, and well - just plain fun - try the Paper Chain Challenge. What you will need:
1 piece of construction paper (per group)
1 pair of scissors
The Goal:
To create the longest paper chain using only the one piece of paper - no extra paper is to be given
Have fun working together!
Many more STEM projects will be shared in the future.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Brad
PS A much more detailed and specific set of instructions can be found by clicking here to access Math Chick's Blog. A fellow 4th grade teacher in the district where I work did this with her class. They absolutely loved it!
If you have ever wanted to change your font list in Google (this is set to Poor Richard) - please take a look at the 54 second embedded YouTube video below.
Enjoy! Big thank you to Layla Lyons for showing this to me!
Brad
Multiplication.com has upgraded what they offer to students as well as teachers/parents. Classes can be set up (for free) and reports can be run. While there are upgrade features to the site - the free information that is provided does a very nice job.
If you would like to see what Multiplication.com looks like from a parent/teacher point of view - please look at the embedded 2 minute and 32 second YouTube video below.
If you would like to see what Multiplication.com looks like from a student point of view - please look at the embedded 2 minute and 14 second YouTube video below.
If you are looking for some fact practice math worksheets - check out Multiplication.com's worksheet page.
Below you will see an embedded 1 minute and 9 second YouTube video just giving you a glance in to what the sheets look like followed by screenshots of how they look on the site.
All you need is a Jenga board and a permanent marker.
Here are the rules of the game from Multiplication.com's blog.
It is played just like Jenga; however, a multiplication fact is placed on a side of a game piece.
When setting up the tower, make sure to place the multiplication fact face down so no player can see the probem.
When a piece is chosen the player must answer the question correctly to keep the tile. If answer incorrectly, the question is asked to the other player and if answered correctly - they get to keep the tile.
The game ends when the tower falls and whoever has the most tile pieces is the winner.
See the embedded 1 minute and 20 second YouTube video below.
Of course this could be altered to fit whatever facts you are currently working on. There are so many possibilities with this.
Throwing a party and asking for people to bring something to it?
Have parent-teacher meeting and parents need to sign-up for a specific date?
If this sounds like something you do but would like once a food-item or specific time is eliminated as soon as it is chose - try using Choice Eliminator 2.
Below you will see a 2 minute and 30 second embedded YouTube video explaining how to use the add-on and what it looks like.
If you would like to take a website and place a direct shortcut to it on your device (iPad/iPhone) take a look at this embedded 1 minute and 13 second video below.
