Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Just found this and I don't want to lose it!

Dear Excellent Educators on Eid Vacation,

I just found this bookmaking site and thought I would put it here for a future workshop.

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/

It has:
Step Books ...........................Flip Books ..............Fact Flipper Books .............Accordion Books
Fan Books Tall ....................Tale Books ..............Poof Books ...........................Clue Books
Stars Twinkle Book.............Circle Book .............Shape Books ........................Pop-up Books
Notepad Books.................... Clueboxes...............PowerPoint Books ...............Pattern Writing Books
House of ... Book .................Dynamic Dictionary !!!

Here's another site that has many ideas that could be used in English classes and IT:
http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/fetc/ppt/ppt_index.htm#abc

Enjoy!
Christy

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Summing Up the Best Practices for Summative Assessments

While researching Test Design, I came across a Canadian site:
http://www.edselect.com/index.htm

This site is rich with teacher resources. I am currently looking at their "On-Line Quizzes" page:
http://www.edselect.com/quizzes.htm
This page includes many test design and quiz making sites.

I will post the most impressive sites soon.

Happy Trails (sign off courtesy of Toni Chew and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans)
Christy B