Source: Free icons by first-class designers
Here are some neat graphics that you or your students can use for free. They are in .svg format, so you’ll have to use an app that supports that format. This would include Boxy SVG or Gravit Designer. You could also convert the graphics with CloudConvert.
Source: Mr. Nussbaum – Educational Games, Activities, Resources for Kids Ages 5-14 and Teacher Tools. If you teach grades 1-6, then check out Mr. Nussbaum’s website. There are tons of resources available for free and also a subscription model. What makes Mr. Nussbaum’s website pretty cool is that he offers not only online activities, but…
Source: DrawKit – Beautiful free illustrations I think I find a new free illustration site about once a month, and here’s another one. DrawKit offers a bunch of illustrations for free, just scroll to the bottom of the page. The illustrations offered by DrawKit are in .png and .svg format. PNGs are graphic images you…
Apple’s Back to School promotion has ironically dropped before some school districts have even finished this year, and it’s… Meh. By purchasing an eligible Mac, iPad or iPhone for college, you get a free pair of Beats headphones. There are two versions of the headphones that you can receive depending on the product you purchase….
Source: Illustrations Gallery – ManyPixels Yes, there are many different sources of royalty free and copyright friendly graphics and pictures. What makes ManyPixels nice is that the graphics you download all share a common look. After selecting a color, you can search for clip art, and ManyPixels will show you clipart with the same color…
Q&A with Paperless Classroom Innovator Kerry Gallagher | EdTech Magazine As a digital learning specialist, Kerry Gallagher looks for ways for teachers and students to use technology more collaboratively. Students scour the Internet for information daily. Digital Learning Specialist Kerry Gallagher says it’s now part of her job to show students how to better leverage…
On Slow Readers and What It Means for Student Reading Identity I am ready to hang a banner in our classroom to loudly display the following words, “Being a slow reader does not make you a bad reader!” and then point to it every time a child tells me with a downward glance that they…