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It’s Friday, August 30th, 2013 and welcome to episode 154 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (38 minutes 23 seconds) Subscribe to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast by using our  RSS Feed Show Links: Library of Congress Constitution Day PD Opportunity http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/08/new-constitution-day-webinar-from-the-library-of-congress/ Technology Picks of the Week Tom’s Pick Record Voice and Pen Screencasting App 30 Days with a Surface RT Windows Tablet  http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/08/day-30-creating-screencasts-and.html?view=magazine Cindy's Pick CNN Student News http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ Mike's Pick Budget App Keep on Learning, Tom Grissom, PhD

A Liebster Award!  Wow!  This award is give to new and exciting blogs with less than 200 followers.  Thanks so much to Tonya at Swashbuckling in Seventh for nominating me. In order to accept the nomination you need to do the following:  Link back to the person that nominated you. Answer the questions from your nominator. Share 11 random facts about yourself. Nominate 5 more blogs with less than 200 followers. Pose 11 questions for your nominees Here are the answers to your questions, Tonya! 1.  What/who was your inspiration to become a teacher?      A:  I was not a person who "knew" they were always going to be a teacher.             When I was a junior in college, I volunteered in a 5th grade classroom in            Portland, OR.  Jeff Creswell, the teacher, used a method of instruction            called Storyline to teach integrated social studies and science.  I            was completely inspired!  And so because of that, off I went to my first             education class

Hello friends! Monsters University, what a great movie.  But, the short, "Blue Umbrella" really affected me.  Not only did it make me feel sad for inanimate objects, but it also made me do some metacognition.  I realized I was predicting and inferring the entire time.  I realized this was a gem for introducing and practicing important reading strategies.  So I went on youtube and pinterest to look for some shorts to use.  Holy Cow!!  There are a ton of amazing shorts that are appropriate for kids.  There are also many that are not appropriate.  In doing this search, I decided to make a resource that could be useful to all of us.  That is what I am sharing with you today! This first google doc link is to a list of animated shorts.  I have included the youtube links and what reading strategies with which I believe they work the best.  You may use them in any way you wish, but having watched them all, I placed them where I plan on using them in my classroom. The second google d

Hello everyone! The start of the school year is almost here!  I can't believe the summer zoomed by as quickly as it did.  So, I am thinking of ways to integrate the iPad into the classroom for a more seamless classroom management system.  In my search, I discovered this amazing slideshare.  Thank you, Monica Burns for your resources! Click here to visit the slideshare presentation.