September+2013

media type="custom" key="9996533" = September 2013 = =Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month= =Educational Technology's Featured Apps of the Month= =Learn All About Playlists In Safari Montage= =Resource Request and Suggestion Box For Safari Montage= =Teaching Kids To Code= =Pioneer Library Has Updated Their Student Password For 2013-2014= =Listing Of K-12 Grants Available For Classrooms and Schools=

 = Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month =

that will complement the core subjects taught.
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Be sure to scroll down a little further to find the UEN Student Interactives that match the grade level you teach (K-2, 3-6 and 7-12).
=Grades K-2 Student Interactives= =Grades 3-6 Student Interactives= == =Grades 7-12 Student Interactives=
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.33.26 AM.png width="88" height="110" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/abc.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.33.34 AM.png width="86" height="111" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/reading.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.33.41 AM.png width="87" height="110" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/listening.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.33.48 AM.png width="85" height="110" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/writing.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.33.55 AM.png width="88" height="107" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/words.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.01 AM.png width="88" height="110" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/art_music.shtml"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.08 AM.png width="88" height="116" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/my_world.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.13 AM.png width="87" height="110" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/math.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.19 AM.png width="88" height="113" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/brain.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.25 AM.png width="89" height="113" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/health.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.32 AM.png width="88" height="114" link="@http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/just_fun.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.34.39 AM.png width="88" height="129" link="@http://www.uen.org/tumbletown/index.shtml"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.13 AM.png width="85" height="116" link="http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/lang_arts.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.19 AM.png width="87" height="101" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/math.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.24 AM.png width="86" height="96" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/health.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.29 AM.png width="84" height="98" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/fine_arts.shtml"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.35 AM.png width="87" height="115" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/social_studies.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.41 AM.png width="86" height="100" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.47 AM.png width="89" height="103" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/technology.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.44.53 AM.png width="87" height="101" link="@http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/brainteasers.shtml"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.19 AM.png width="87" height="104" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/science.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.24 AM.png width="88" height="105" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/health.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.29 AM.png width="89" height="103" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/technology.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.34 AM.png width="88" height="109" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/arts.shtml"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.39 AM.png width="85" height="119" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/lang_arts.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.45 AM.png width="88" height="107" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/brain.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.50 AM.png width="86" height="108" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/math.shtml"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 8.52.55 AM.png width="90" height="119" link="@http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/social_studies.shtml"]] ||

 = Educational Technology's Featured Apps of the Month =



This app would be great for upper elementary and above. Pick-a-Path is currently a free app in the iTunes store and works on iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads.
 = Learn All About Playlists In Safari Montage =

Click on any of the buttons below to see tutorials that explain:

 * ===What is a playlist?===
 * ===How to access personal, school or district playlists===
 * ===How to create a playlist===
 * ===How to organize content in your playlist folders===
 * ===How to share your playlists and more===
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 3.47.03 PM.png link="@http://www.safarimontage.com/tutorial/V5/playlists.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 3.47.10 PM.png link="@http://www.safarimontage.com/tutorial/V5/creating.htm"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 3.47.18 PM.png link="@http://www.safarimontage.com/tutorial/V5/organizing.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-06-20 at 3.47.29 PM.png link="@http://www.safarimontage.com/tutorial/V5/adding.htm"]] ||

== = Teaching Kids To Code =



More ways to learn coding below:

 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-09 at 3.37.44 PM.png width="112" height="108" caption="Daisy the Dinosaur: Free app teaches basic computer programing" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-09 at 3.40.36 PM.png width="114" height="106" caption="Hopscotch: Free app teaches coding to kids" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-coding-for-kids/id617098629?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-09 at 3.44.49 PM.png width="227" height="69" caption="Free educational software for older students to learn computer programming in a 3D environment." link="@http://www.alice.org/index.php"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-09 at 3.46.43 PM.png width="141" height="62" caption="Codeacademy: Learn to code interactively for free (May open best with IE 10, Safari, Firefox or Chrome) " link="@http://www.codecademy.com/#%21/exercises/0"]] ||

In the following Ted Talk, Mitch Resnick speaks about kids learning to code and the program Scratch, that he developed at MIT.
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 = Resource Request and Suggestion Box For Safari Montage =

[[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-28 at 1.12.51 PM.png width="118" height="62"]][[image:Screen Shot 2013-08-28 at 1.19.40 PM.png width="279" height="58" link="@http://www.granitemedia.org/suggest/"]]

 * ===Do you need a specific resource that is not available on Safari Montage or in your school's library?===
 * ===Are you looking for resources for a cerain content area but not finding anything useful?===
 * ===Do you have any questions or suggestions about Safari Montage or other district content systems?===

Please let us know by filling out the form accessed by the link below. We're happy to help, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
=Resource Request/Suggestion Box=

 = Pioneer Library Has Updated Their Student Password For 2013-2014 =

Click Here to learn how to access the new student password for Pioneer Online Library.
 = Listing Of K-12 Grants Available For Classrooms and Schools =