I am not a big fan of the gory, bloody or violent war games that many of our elementary school students play online. There are obviously not on the school’s recommended resource list. On the other hand, I love to be able to allow them time to design and experiment with games that require a [...]

Just found this amazing site, that allows students to create Character Trading Cards from Read Write and Think. Thank you CLong from Tech Integration in School.

Students will be asked question by question to fill out an analisis of a book character for example.

Once completed, students can print it out, to fold and then glue together. [...]

For five days, three hours each morning, for a total of fifteen hours, I had a small class of twelve students of my own. They were between the ages of 9-11 years old, incoming 4th through 6th graders.
I have written in the past weeks about my preparation for the camp on Learning and Teaching Scratch [...]

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 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 [...]

Barnes & Noble (national bookseller chain) had one of their clearance sales and I bought “Thousand Places To See Before Your Die” game for 50% off. My family and I finally sat down yesterday and played. Here is a quick review.
The game is intended for ages 7 to adult. I believe you can play it [...]