Teens and the Internet

This post is from David Warlick at 2 cents worth .  It caused me to pause and reflect how far we have come in such a short period of time.  We are truly in the digital age, and we as educators and parents need to take notice of what our children are doing.   I am also [...]

Links for Primary Grades

This is a great site with lots of interactive activities for Numeracy, Literacy and Science.
http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/

Search Engine Activating

Students all search a given search criteria with a minimum of ten search engines and record the number of relevant results. Then they compare the results to see which search has the highest relevancy percentage (by simply dividing the relevant sites by the total sites on the first page). This makes students aware of different search [...]

Secret Pal

Students chose a secret pal to write about.  Students created a web of the information about their “pal”.  They used the web to create a write up which they could type on the computer and add a picture of the student they wrote about.
Laura M

Venn Diagram for Data Management Unit

I use this Smartboard  activity for when the students first come in in the morning.   An example would be a three ringed Venn diagram, with the title “What Do You Like on Your Hotdog”, with the labels  ketchup, mustard and relish.  To speed things up I have each student’s name typed at the bottom, so all they have [...]

Kidspiration in Grade 2B- All about Me

This is a great activity to start your students off in Kidspiration. Following the tutorial the students created a graphic organizor that has both digital pictures and text. Really cool, and at the same time they are learning about all the tools etc. of the software.
 

Welcome Team!

We are thrilled to have you on board and are looking forward to introducing you to Literacy with ICT.  We hope this will be a useful and time saving communication tool.