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Babl Books – Multilanguage picture books (the physical kind)

Byryan July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

Babl Books brings you children’s picture books in all languages. Books in Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Tagalog, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and much more!

Source: Babl Books

This would be a nice resource for multiple language classrooms. The books I looked at were priced at $9.99 for paperback and $14.99 for hardback. The website allows you to search for books in a particular language.

They also offer special pricing for schools and libraries. My only complaint is that there are no samples of the books available online, just some artwork from the books.

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Check out Google’s Fact Check Explorer

Byryan April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Source: Fact Check Tools Google has a cool Fact Check Explorer, which allows you to enter a search term and it will show how that term is portrayed online and what facts are true. This would be a great starting point when investigating sources of information.

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8 cool stop motion effects

Byryan September 2, 2021September 2, 2021

In Edu Puertas video, he shows off 8 simple animation and special effects tricks you can use in your stop motion videos. It’s a great resource for when your students are ready to advance their stop motion movie creations.

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Sharing: Waving Goodbye to Drive-By PD

Byryan April 26, 2016April 26, 2016

A Principal’s Reflections: Waving Goodbye to Drive-By PD There has been a great deal of knocks on professional development as of late and rightfully so. More often than not, professional development is something that is done to educators as opposed to an experience that they truly value for growth. For many, district professional development is…

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ⓔ Quickly create new Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides from the toolbar

Byryan May 12, 2015May 11, 2015

Yesterday’s post was all about launching Chrome apps from the toolbar. But what if you want to start a new document in Google Drive from the toolbar? Sure, you can use AppJump to launch Docs, Slides, or Sheets, but then you’re still stuck hitting the + in the lower right to create the document. There are two…

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Using feedback to help students learn

Byryan November 3, 2015November 2, 2015

How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn To tell a student “great job”or “this needs work” is a missed opportunity. Everyone loves to hear they did a great job. And perhaps your student really did nail this latest assignment. But the problem with “great job” is this: it’s not specific. There…

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Activities and more for students in grades PreK-8 at Funbrain

Byryan July 28, 2021July 27, 2021

Source: Games, Videos, and Books for Kids – Funbrain Funbrain is a free to use website with books, videos, and games available for students K-8. The activities are organized by grade level and activity. No registration is required to use the site, and each activity has it’s own web address, making it easy to share…

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