Random Items

I thought I would just keep it light today with a few things I have seen lately.

Today everyone commemorates life through photos.  Well almost everyone.  The funny thing is we are looking at this through a photo.  

Might fit in your class.

Have a nice holiday as I will not be posting next week.  I will continue posting in the New Year.

Photoshop Literal Pieces in Media Arts

Here are some examples of Computer Arts Literal Pieces done by  Mrs Sudkamp's class in Photoshop.  Can you guess what these are?  You might use this as a starting project to your Introduction to Photoshop.

          Hot Dog                                      Hair Spray      




  Novelty (Novel Tea)                             Porcupine


          Facebook                               Keyboard

Mammoth unearthed near Ann Arbor Michigan

I know they find a ton of dinosaurs in the Badlands in Alberta and the northern states but I never would have imagined that you could find a mammoth so close to where we live.  

To read the story click here.

Printable Resources for French Class

Lots of free printable resources here for French teachers.  You can sort by various tabs but I have set the link to Secondary.  To see the site click here.

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Here is a good resource site if you are teaching Environmental Sciences. To see the site click here. There is plenty of information on duh, snow, ice and glaciers but there are data files in the form of Google Earth files that enable you to view them on the virtual globe.  If you would like to see these data files, click here.

Ted Ed Lessons Sorted by Grade Level

If you ever wanted to sort Ted Ed videos by subject and grade level there is an easy way to do this.

First go to the Ted Ed site by clicking here.   Then select Lessons.

Now on the left hand side select your subject material, such as Mathematics.

Now select the Student and pick the appropriate age level

Now just peruse the appropriate Ted Ed lessons.

Food Waste - An Educators Guide

Just reposting an article I read on MSNBC.  It has a discussion guide and conversation starters for your food classes on food waste.  You can see the article by clicking here.

World of 7 Billion

They are running a video contest that puts together Geography, Science and Media Arts.  The contest will give out a top prize of $1000.  You have to produce a 60 second video about human population growth  that highlights one of the following: deforestation, public health or water scarcity.  The deadline is February 25 2016.  To see the contest flyer click here.  To see the contest website click here.  There is also a teachers resource link on the contest website.  You might want to consider using Wevideo to create your video unless you are using a Mac.  If using a Mac you probably will be using iMovie.  Good luck.

Web Poets' Society and the Learning Network

Online poetry via instagram and twitter have made at least one young author a celebrity poet.  The article from the New York Times can be found clicking here.  The material for you class that should be used before and after reading the article can be found by clicking here.