1. Scrumblr is an online sticky note site that allows users to create shared boards divided into labeled columns to organize tasks.
2. Educational uses include brainstorming where students can anonymously share ideas without criticism from peers.
3. Read Write Think is an education resource site for teachers, students, and parents containing lesson plans, activities, and professional development tools sorted by subject, grade, and standards.
2. Scrumblr Scrumblr is a new site that provides an online space to create and share sticky notes with a group. Scrumblr can be used by anyone to quickly create an online space for sharing stickies. To use, go to www.scrumblr.ca
3. Educational Use Online sticky note services like Scrumblr are useful for brainstorming sessions in which students can quickly share a bunch of ideas with each other. The anonymous online format enables shy students to share their ideas without fear of criticism from other group members.
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8. Bloom’s Taxonomy Understanding: Students can describe, discuss, and explain ideas on Scrumblr Evaluating: Students can argue, defend, judge, select, support and evaluate ideas on Scrumblr Creating: Students can assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, and write ideas on Scrumblr
9. Read Write Think This site is a great resource for both teachers and parents. It is full of lesson plan ideas, printouts, and interactive games (sorted by grade level and topic) for the students to play. It also has different strategies that a teacher can use in their classroom, along with a list professional development seminars a teacher can attend online. This site also includes resources for parents and afterschool activities. To use, go to www.readwritehink.org
10. Educational Use This site is centered around education! Teachers can utilize the lesson plans, interactives, and printouts for their students to use. Teachers can also apply any classroom strategies they find useful
11. Site Navigation The site is very organized, user-friendly, and easy to navigate. Thesite can be navigated by grade level (K-12), resource type (lesson plans, student interactives, calendar activities, or printouts), learning objectives (such as phonemic awareness or multicultural awareness), or theme (such as social action or drama)
17. All suggestions are fun, educational, and easy to use outside of school. These suggestions can be used as a supplement to what the child is learning in school, or would be fun to complete during the summer