Posts Tagged ‘education’

More.Starfall Colors!

Friday, February 26th, 2010

For more information, please visit: http://www.more.starfall.com.
Learn about colors with backpack bear on more.starfall.com. Create color sentences that make pictures come alive. See silly animations and interact with our colorful world.

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More.Starfall Numbers!

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

For more information, please visit: http://www.more.starfall.com.
Learn your numbers through the use of ordinary objects to help you count and group things together.

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Starfall Kindergarten Curriculum

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

For more information visit: http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/curriculum.htm.

A Reading/Language Arts curriculum that is magical, creative, sequential, integrated, and combines content area instruction in Social Studies and Science – that’s kindergarten, the Starfall Way.

Starfall uses fantasy as a springboard for motivating children to use their natural sense of wonder and curiosity to enhance learning. Children interact with Starfall characters in the classroom as well as through stories, songs, rhymes, practice books, writing journals, and activities online.

For the past five years, Starfall has been busily developing this unique kindergarten curriculum in conjunction with a team of over 150 teachers and educators. The result is a field-tested program that includes complete lesson plans, support materials, and interactive companion website at more.starfall.com. Our dynamic Kindergarten Language Arts Program includes:

Opportunities for child-directed learning.
Target skills that are introduced then meaningfully applied, integrated, and practiced repeatedly throughout the year.
Specially designed lesson plans to meet the needs of English Language Learners and Struggling Readers alongside their peers.
Interactive technology that incorporates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning.
Materials appropriate for kindergarten classrooms and homeschoolers.
A curriculum that is teacher-tested, research-based, and meets state standards.
Motivation for children to learn and have fun at the same time.

To learn more about the 2009-10 Starfall Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts program, materials, and new companion website please contact us today at magic@starfall.com.

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Learn Japanese – 3 Rookie Mistakes you can Easily Avoid.

Monday, February 8th, 2010

http://www.japanesepod101.com

Do you want to know how to avoid some embarrassing mistakes while learning Japanese? In this lesson, you learn how to avoid three mistakes that almost everyone makes while they are learning Japanese.

If you learned a lot with this video, stop by our Japanese language learning website and get other language learning content including other great videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more.

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Preschool Learning-Preschool Activities Website

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Preschool learning & parenting website group for teaching parents ways to use preschool learning & preschool activities to teach kids at home or in pre K.
http://www.preschoollearningonline.com
http://www.activityschoolbus.com

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Multimedia English Classroom website

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

www.multimedia-english.com. A presentation video with a tutorial about how to use this virtual classroom website to learn English.

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Learn Japanese Word Origins 3 – Don’t forget to say this before eating!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

http://www.japanesepod101.com

Did you ever wonder where Japanese words came from? Word origins are not only an interesting way to see how language developed, but it is also great for remembering vocabulary. In this series, we will show you the origins of some common words and phrases in the Japanese language.

Do you know what you should say before eating in Japan? Do you know why? In lesson three, you will learn what you are supposed to say before eating and where this phrase came from.

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If you learned a lot with this video, stop by our Japanese language learning website and get other language learning content including other great videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more.

All archival artwork from Visipix.com

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Rancho Cucamonga Career Video — Preschool Teacher

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Meet Yolanda Lopez, a preschool teacher for the Cougar Cubs Child Care Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Yolanda talks about the child care profession and why it is a great career path.

This video profile is part of the CareerQuest.tv website, the only Inland Empire website where you can find information and resources to help launch a new career in one of the hottest job markets in the United States.

Visit http://www.CareerQuest.tv for more video profiles and career resources.

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Highlight and Annotate Websites Using Diigo 1

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Diigo (no affiliation) is a great free tool for highlighting, socially bookmarking, and posting online annotations to websites. This video tutorial just scratches the surface of what can be done with it as a teacher or a student.

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[Formatting text] Website Interactive Tutorial Series

Friday, December 18th, 2009

This video shows how to format text with Google Sites. This includes changing color, font, size, and alignment.

This interactive video tutorial series is designed to help teachers create a website for their class. The platform used for building websites is Google Sites. You may click on the annotations that appear to see related videos in the series.

Please do not try to embed these videos. If you want to share with friends, please direct them to this page.

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