May+2013

== =Now Registering For Digital Writing Matters= = Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month = =New Content In Safari Montage= =Mr. Nussbaum's Interactive Math Activities= =Educational Technology's Featured Apps=

 = Now Registering For Digital Writing Matters, a Summer Class Being Offered To 4th-6th Grade Teachers =

Participants will receive licensure points or one lane change credit. There is no charge for this class.


 = Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month = = Note: Be sure to scroll down and see all three amazing geography and statistics websites.= ==Gapminder World is a very visual and animated way to compare and analyze a wide variety of statistics on different countries.==

Here is a video tutorial to get you started with Gapminder:
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NationMaster.com allows you to choose two countries and do a comparison of any of the following:

 * ==Agriculture== || ==Economy== || ==Government== || ==Labor== || ==People== ||
 * ==Background== || ==Education== || ==Health== || ==Language== || ==Religion== ||
 * ==Crime== || ==Energy== || ==Identification== || ==Lifestyle== || ==Sports== ||
 * ==Currency== || ==Environment== || ==Immigration== || ==Media== || ==Taxation== ||
 * ==Democracy== || ==Food== || ==Industry== || ==Military== || ==Terrorism== ||
 * ==Disasters== || ==Geography== || ==Internet== || ==Mortality== || ==Transportation== ||

and get correlation information between countries among other data and comparisons.
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AnimatedAtlas.com has a nice animated timeline of America's growth from 1790 to approximately 2000.
 = New Content In Safari Montage =

=**Safari Montage Updates**=

· The Eyes of Nye (now accessible in high schools)
 = Mr. Nussbaum's Interactive Math Activities =
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 * ====Mr. Nussbaum's Drag-N-Drop Math is====

Nussbaum's Learning and Fun website.
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 = Educational Technology's Featured Apps =

===Too Noisy is an app available in the iTunes store for a variety of Apple devices. There is a free version as well as a paid version of the app for 1.99 currently.===

Leveled for readers aged 4+

 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.56 PM.png width="70" height="78" caption="My Bike Ride Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-my-bike-ride/id499206187?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.51 PM.png width="75" height="73" caption="At The Dump Story Creator" link="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-at-dump-story/id526977340?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.46 PM.png width="75" height="79" caption="Around The World Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-around-world/id485306015?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.40 PM.png width="73" height="80" caption="The Farmer's Lunch Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-farmers-lunch/id530512217?mt=8"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.34 PM.png width="67" height="83" caption="It Was a Cold, Dark Night Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-it-was-cold/id485308966?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.29 PM.png width="71" height="77" caption="Playing Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-playing-story/id524048013?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.25 PM.png width="70" height="79" caption="The Steam Train Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-steam-train/id488140241?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-04-26 at 3.51.20 PM.png width="72" height="74" caption="Big Cat In The Garden Story Creator" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collins-big-cat-in-garden/id499208536?mt=8"]] ||