Dollar Days at Scholastic Teacher Express!

It's that time of year again ... Dollar Days at Scholastic Teacher Express! Better hurry though, because the sale is only good through Wednesday, 3.28.12.

These downloadable "e-books" and "e-pages" are PDFs and can therefore be read on a computer or most mobile devices.

You will need a Paypal account to make your purchase, but as soon as you do, you will be redirected back to the Scholastic site to download your items (including the items you downloaded last year if you took advantage of their Dollar Days then!)

I just downloaded two books ... what about you?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Resources

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming up! It's a Staff Development Day in our school district, so the kids will be home, but you may want to use a couple of these resources in your classroom during this week. Check out this excellent video about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank you KB ... Konnected for sharing this great "find"!

Additional Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources

• Enchanted Learning's MLK, Jr Site - this page shares general information about his life, a timeline of important times in his life, and several activity ideas. (Even if you don't have a subscription to this site and cannot download templates, there are still many good ideas!)
• MLK Jr. Interactive Timeline (from funschool.com) - drag your cursor along the timeline to read about Martin Luther King's history and famous quotes.
• "I Have a Dream" Speech - fill in the blanks of this famous speech and check to see if you were right!
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Video - short video from National Geographic Kids (I recommend it!)
• Scholastic's MLK Resources - K-12 resources including multimedia clips, slide show and quiz, interactive whiteboard resources, and more.
• teAchnology MLK Lessons - find technology lesson ideas here

Santa Fun

Do you want PROOF that Santa visited your home or classroom? Check out these fun sites where you can create photos or videos. Neither of these options are free, but they seem fairly reasonable to me!

Capture the Magic
In just three easy steps (and $9.95), you can have 3 high-quality photos of Santa in your own home or classroom! Just upload photos of your home or classroom, select a Santa (they've got LOTS of poses - surely you can find one just right!), and the site will merge the image and you can download your photos. Check out these samples:

Merry Christmas Santa Video
This one is similar in that it uses images you supply, but it actually uses green-screen technology to impose video images of Santa in your own home or classroom for $14.95. Once you're finished, you will receive a streaming video link online or you can download a high quality copy to burn to a DVD, edit, or even add to YouTube! Be sure to check out the short and informative video explaining how easy it is to create a Santa video in your own home or classroom!

I have not personally used either of these two sites, but they look fun to me and have lots of positive reviews. If you use them, I would love to hear how you liked them. More importantly, what did your kids think???