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New Educational Technology Acquisitions

December  2007

 

Circulating

Destination Reading Course 2: Building Fluency and Comprehension (Riverdeep, Inc.)

Math'scool: Module 1: Number Sense (BestQuest)

Math'scool: Module 4: Fractions, Decimals, Percents and Factors (BestQuest)

Math'scool: Module 5: Decimal Operations, Exponents and Powers (BestQuest)

Phonics 1a Vowel Sounds (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 1b Consonant Sounds (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 2a Intermediate Level (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 2b Intermediate Level II  (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Computer Science

Alice Web Site

Alice is a 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video tool. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-an-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging first programming experience. Learn more at: http://www.alice.org/# (Carnegie Mellen University)

Scratch

Programming language that makes it easier to create interactive stories, animations, games, music and art. It was designed at MIT to help children (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they work with Scratch, they learn mathematical and computational ideas while gaining a better understanding of the process of design. It is available as a free download at: http://scratch.mit.edu (MIT)


Early Childhood

Dora the Explorer: Lost City Adventures

Children must use problem solving and math skills to help Dora find her Teddy Bear, Osito, who is lost. Along with her friends Boots, Backpack and Map, she goes on a journey to the Lost City, a mysterious place where all things go when they get lost. Along they way the meet new friends and help them find lost items.(Infogrames, A division of Atari)

ESL/World Languages

Spanish 1a with Phonics, Ingles 1a con Fonetica

Over 15 games and activities hold a child’s interest as they begin to learn new words through knowing the letter sounds and patterns. The program contains pictures, sounds and animated illustrations to begin learning Spanish or making the transition from Spanish to English.(Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Health/Physical Education

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain

Trevor Romain with his animated friends, Skye and Jack, help children discover the secret to becoming bully-proof. With humor and original music, kids are offered practical, easy-to-use solutions for dealing with their own bully problems. They learn how to build their own confidence, stay calm and more. (Trevor Romain)

TV Junkie: Faces of Addiction

A 45 minute educational version of the award-winning documentary film TV Junkie that will help educators and teens confront the real-world impact of drugs. It premiered on HBO on March 16, 2007. It includes standards-based lesson plans from The New York Times anti-drug currycomb with 12 activities designed to engage students in the film encouraging reflection and discussion. (Deep Ellum Pictures)

What On Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?

This DVD uses humor and animation to help children understand that death is a natural part of life. Trevor Romain uses his own experience to pass along practical, helpful advice for kids - such as it’s ok to cry, to talk about death, to grieve and then go on with life. (Trevor Romain)

Instructional Tools - Students and Teachers

Introduction to Problem Solving in the Information Age

Book by David Moursund for pre-service and inservice teachers. The goal of the book is to help K-12 students become more accomplished in problem solving across the curriculum. This book is also available free on the Web in both PDF and Microsoft Word Format and can be found at:http://uoregon.edu/%7emoursund/Books/IAE-PS/index.htm (David Moursund)

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Internet/World Wide Web

Copyright and Fair Use Center Web Site

Site from the Stanford University libraries offers a complete guide to copyright, fair use, intellectual property, and other concepts important to teachers and students. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/  (Stanford University Libraries)

EduWikis Web Site

Web site from Wikispaces that is designed to help educators create and manage their own educational wikis. The goal of the site is to inform teachers how to use wikis in education by providing them with articles and resources and a comprehensive list of existing educational wikis. The basic plan is free. Additional resources are available for a monthly fee. Find it at: http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/ (Wikispaces)

 

Language Arts - Grammar       

BRAINtastic! Word Skills Two Ages 7-11

Software designed to help build and consolidate literacy proficiencies in students. Designed for students ages 7-11, it offers activities to help build skills in spelling patterns and rules, establish command of grammar and punctuation fundamentals and expand and enrich their vocabulary. (Ed Alive)

Phonics 3a

Students continue to develop their phonics skills in this program based on Third Grade standards. Graphics and animations are designed to hold a child’s interest through feedback and interactivity as they learn word families, antonyms & synonyms, classifying & sorting, prefixes, root words, suffixes, spelling and reading comprehension. (Ed Alive)

ProVoc

Free vocabulary trainer that offers a variety of unique features to help users improve their knowledge of any foreign language or technical terminology. (Arizona Software)

Language Arts - Reading


Internet Subscription: MaestroReading.com

This Internet subscription is a literacy portal for children. Leonardo’s Reading Adventure is an illustrated online storybook about Leonardo da Vinci - his life, experiences and ideas. The text will adapt to the child’s reading ability. The program can read the story to the child, and adjustable word-speed ensures that they child will remain challenged. Learning tools such as Flash Cards, Sound Finder, Syllable Counter, Words in Words and a TypeIt! section are offered. A chid-friendly dictionary is also available. Portions of the web site are free. (MaestroReading, Inc.)

Language Arts Review 3b, Advanced Leel II - with Sports

Featuring young adult characters and sports games, this program engages students as they hone their basic fundamental language arts skills. It also has the “Gold Medal Motivational and Data Tracking System” that rewards students with medals as they complete each lesson. Teachers can track student progress with the Student Management and Reporting System.(Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Letters & Numbers Teachers Version

Interactive program for young children offers a variety of activities to support their learning of letters, numbers, beginning counting, addition and subtraction. There are 11 Karaoke songs and 15 games with 2 levels.(Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 3b

Program designed for students who need action and activity to help them hold their attention. A variety of games and activities from stock car racing to hot air balloons entice the children to learn about types of literature, writing a paragraph, verb tenses, spelling strategies and more.(Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Language Arts - Writing

Aussie Spell Force

A complete spelling tutor for classroom and home use to help boost the child's word attack skills through gameplay. (Ed Alive)

Phonics 2b Intermediate Level II

This title in the Super Star Phonics series is designed to help students work on problem areas of the English language to make them more comfortable in reading, decoding words and their meanings. Animated and interactive stories help retain their interest level.  (Ed Alive)

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Mathematics - K-8

Numbers Up! Beggin' the Dragon

Program features practical math content in a game environment. Students use basic number fact knowledge to explore the math of measurement, space, data and algebra. Math activities give context and purpose to learning basic arithmetic. (Ed Alive)

Mathematics - High School

BRAINtastic! Lower Secondary

Product provides coverage of math curriculum that promotes higher-order mathematical thinking and problem solving. This title in the BRAINtastic series is geared to students in grades 7-10. (Ed Alive)


SAT MathPro Web Site

Site created by a Math teacher offers up the types of problems students will encounter on the mathematics part of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and offers easy-to-follow video explanations with an animated pencil showing how to solve the specific problem. It is available at: http://lesley.edit.neptuneweb.com/nw_content_manager/ (SAT Math Pro)
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Multimedia Production

GraphClick

Graph digitizer software which allows users to automatically retrieve the original (x,y)-data from the image of a scanned graph or from a QuickTime movie. (Arizona Software)

Science - Chemistry


Vernier LabPro

A versatile data collection interface that can be used to collect data in a variety of ways in the field or in the classroom. It can be used with a computer, Palm OS handheld, TI graphing calculator, or as a stand-alone data logger. It will work with more than 50 Vernier sensors. (Vernier Software & Technology)

Science - Earth Science


Wonders and Magic of Nature: Coral Reef

Utilizing Clicker 5 software, each title in the series includes an anchor book for initial instruction and exposure to the ecosystem. There are follow-on content books in different formats including adventure stories and chapter books. Different journaling and review writing formats, sorting activities, plus assessment activities are included. The Exploring the Coral Reef title guides students as they find out about coral polyps and how they grow and die to form the coral reef. They are introduced to the inhabitants of the reef as they go on a scuba adventure and focus on the animals hiding there, such as the octopus and a great white shark. (Learning Magic, Inc.)

Wonders and Magic of Nature: Exploring the Desert

Utilizing Clicker 5 software, each title in the series includes an anchor book for initial instruction and exposure to the ecosystem. There are follow-on content books in different formats including adventure stories and chapter books. Different journaling and review writing formats, sorting activities, plus assessment activities are included. As students explore and write about the deserts of the world, they also learn about the adaptations the plants and animals in these biomes must make to survive. (Learning Magic, Inc.)

Wonders and Magic of Nature: Exploring the Oceans

Utilizing Clicker 5 software, each title in the series includes an anchor book for initial instruction and exposure to the ecosystem. There are follow-on content books in different formats including adventure stories and chapter books. Different journaling and review writing formats, sorting activities, plus assessment activities are included. In this title, Exploring the Oceans, students learn about the oceans, the largest ecological zone on our planet. They take an Ocean Research Adventure, in which interactive videos make them feel like they are onboard the research vessel. (Learning Magic, Inc.)

Wonders and Magic of Nature: Exploring the Tropical Rainforest

Utilizing Clicker 5 software, each title in the series includes an anchor book for initial instruction and exposure to the ecosystem. There are follow-on content books in different formats including adventure stories and chapter books. Different journaling and review writing formats, sorting activities, plus assessment activities are included. Students learn about the hot and humid world of the tropical rainforest from the emergent layer down to the forest floor in the Exploring the Tropical Rainforest title in this series. They learn about rappelling, the emerald tree boa and an assortment of reptiles. (Learning Magic, Inc.)

Upgrades

Cheetah 3D  (Cheetah 3D)

Destination Math: Mastering Algebra I, Course II (Riverdeep Interactive Learning)

Letters & Numbers (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 1a Vowel Sounds (Help Me 2 Learn Company)

Phonics 2a Intermediate Level (Help Me 2 Learn Company)
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