// Langwitches Blog

I have decided to introduce Scatch in my upcoming TechCamp.
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As [...]

I found an incredible site (from the UK) this morning, while googleing for "SmartBoard" and "Geography".

Welcome to Oxfam- Mapping our World .
Mapping our World is a whiteboard teaching product for 8 to 14 year olds.
It explores the relationship between maps and globes, and how different projections influence our perception of the world. It challenges the [...]

SpinandSpell.com
(tags: spelling games SmartBoard)

Lookybook | Home
(tags: books elementary interactive SmartBoard sjeds-reading)

Soundflavor | Music Videos | Online Music | Video Playlist | Friendster Playlist | Myspace, Facebook Playlists
(tags: mp3)

Comoki – Web development
(tags: iPhone)

Tech Byte: Telling Stories With Google Maps | The Tech Trainer
Below is an excerpt from an excellent tutorial by Technology Integration Facilitator Silvia Tolisano from her blog “Langwitches.” She is an amazing blogger who has written quite a few other excellent tutorials about edtech. I hope that someday my blog
(tags: langwitches)

Educational Websites For Kids – The KidsKnowIt Network
(tags: resources kids education)

iFlipr
# Create and share. # Embed HTML: Flickr images, Quicktime sounds, even videos! # Leitner learning model. # Works on your desktop, too.
(tags: iPhone flashcards education)

Scratch Tutorials
Students at Expo were beta testers for a new programming software called Scratch. Designed specifically for youth, it allows [...]

Storytelling used to be the only way to pass one generation’s knowledge on to the next one. Oral transmitted legends, fairy- and folk tales for example allowed elders to explain and help understand the world around them to their descendants. When books were scarce or did not exist and few knew how to read them, [...]

BBC – CBeebies – Fun and Games
(tags: digital_storytelling literacy SJEDS-ELC)

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills – Framework for 21st Century Learning
(tags: 21stcenturyskills literacy professional_development)

Tweet Cube – Share Files on Twitter
Tweetcube allows you to share files on Twitter. Blast out your images, videos, music and more with just a couple of clicks.
(tags: twitter mashup file_sharing)

My Tweeple
Manage Your Twitter Following and Followers
(tags: twitter mashup)

It’s Greek To Me
(tags: games olympics socialstudies)

Free online media file conversion (Document, Images, Audio, Video & Archives)
(tags: [...]

I am getting ready to teach a one week-three hour summer technology camp next week at my elementary school.
My objective for this camp is to allow the campers (incoming 4th-6th Graders) to have time to PLAY, time to EXPLORE, time to MAKE MISTAKES and time to FIGURE IT OUT, either by themselves or with each [...]