End of School Year!!!!

School Year is over....Summer Break has begun!!

This blog will resume in September.  If you have suggestions, please make comments on the blog!

Teachers are angels.  

And angels need some R&R and time with family.

THANK YOU FOR READING AND USING THIS WEBSITE!

Have a SAFE, restful, and Fabulous Summer! 

 

VisuWords - Online Graphic Dictionary

VISUWORDS  - Online Visual Dictionary

http://www.visuwords.com/

·         It's a dictionary! It's a thesaurus!

·         Great for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists.

·         The online dictionary is available wherever there’s an internet connection.

·         No membership required.

Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

NEWSEUM

NEWSEUM - A Museum of News!

Front Page Headlines Every Day from over  

800 World Newspapers!

      PLUS a LOT More!

http://www.newseum.com

I can't believe this has not been on my blog yet!  I love this site.  It gives me a world view of events that happen in our world.  After significant events such as 9-11, Presidential elections, or just normal every day events, show your students what has made the headlines today in Baltimore or Saudi Arabia or Australia or China or Paris or Russia or....you get the idea.  Show them and compare what has made the headlines.  Compare cities or countries - what is the headline today?

Through a special agreement with more than 800 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays these front pages each day on its website. The front pages are in their original, unedited form.

Newseum is an actual building in Washington D.C. See website for details.

Virtual Tour of Newseum:  http://www.newseum.org/virtual-tour/index.html 

Currently they have an exhibit on Presidential Campaign Ads:              http://www.newseum.org/exhibits-and-theaters/temporary-exhibits/every-four-years/campaign-ads/index.html

The most valuable aspect of the Newseum is the
Newspaper Headlines every day from across the world...AmaZing!!!

Educational Use:  Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is CURRENT EVENTS.  With Newseum, students can compare what the French or Saudi Arabian newspapers thought was their top story of the day.  Great discussion openers.