Here’s my outline for a half-day workshop on using web-based resources for K-5 literacy instruction, including links to my favorite literacy-oriented sites.
ASL Pro
is a web site that offers a free American Sign Language video dictionary and quiz tool for teachers and others who want to teach or learn sign language. Words and phrases are organized into a Main Dictionary, Religious Dictionary, Conversational Dictionary (including idioms), and ASL for Babies Dictionary. The quiz and learning tools include finger spelling quizzes and customizable quizzes.
Foundation for Children with Behavioral Challenges
FCBC (Foundation for Children with Behavioral
Challenges) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing
education and support for caregivers to promote awareness of more
enlightened, compassionate, and effective approaches, such as Collaborative
Problem Solving (CPS)SM for helping
children who struggle with social, emotional and behavioral challenges. FCBC began
in 1988 as a grass roots organization, P.T.E.K. (Parent
and Teachers of Explosive Kids).
The RC Color Bug is one cool idea (and one we used to rig up ourselves with remote controlled cars, markers and rubber bands). This lady-bug shaped toy holds markers point down so kids can draw by steering the bug with a button-operated remote. With a little work, we could probably adapt the remote to work with ability switches used by many kids with physical disabilities. At the same time, most kids would find this a fun way to play and draw, making it a good example of universal design.
Reprinted from Exchange Every Day by Child Care Information Exchange: What Will $1 Million Buy?
April 26, 2007
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Helen KellerDid you ever play the game, “What would you do if you had $1 million?” Well, here are some ideas for you:
For $1 million you can pay for….
1. 22 minutes of playing time by Matt Hasselback, quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks football team.
2. 133 children to attend one year of Head Start.
3. One television show performed by Oprah Winfrey.
4. 333,333 doses of antiretroviral drugs for HIV infected children.
5. 480 minutes of work from Capital One Financial CEO Richard Fairchild.
6. 7 PlayPump water systems driven by merry-go-rounds installed at schools in Africa.
7. 1 BGM-109 Tomah awk Missile.
8. 36 early childhood lead teachers salaries for one year.
Sources:
1. “The World’s Best Paid Athletes;” www.msnbc.msn.com; March 22, 2006. 2. “The Future of Head Start” by Ron Haskins, Brookings Institute. 3. “The Celebrity 100,” www.forbes.com, June 15, 2006. 4. www.unicef.org. 5. “Forbes CEO Salary Compensation Review 2006, www.forbes.com. 6. “100 Pumps in 100 Days,” www.savethechildren.org/newsroom; March 22, 2007. 7. Arms Trade Resource Center, “The Weapons of Enduring Freedom,” by Frida Berrigan, www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/ 8. Exchange Insta Poll, www.ChildCareExchange.com; April 2005.ExchangeEveryDay is a free service of Exchange Magazine. View this article online at ChildCareExchange.com.
