Another great deal ... Dollar Days at Scholastic Teacher Express!

I never really intended for this blog to turn into a "Deal of the Day" site, but this is too good to pass up! Scholastic Express has a great deal going until January 31, 2011. Click on the picture below to check it out!!!

Want to hear even better news? You don't have to worry about getting it to your Kindle, Nook, or iPad set up. These download as PDF files and read them on your computer!

Check these out! THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE!!!

What do you think? Do you see anything that might be helpful in your classroom?

FREE eBooks for Students of All Ages!

***The deadline for this deal has passed. Hope you were able to download something good!***

I happened upon a great offer from Kaplan that I wanted to share with you. Kaplan (best known for their professional training courses, test prep materials, reference books, etc.) is giving away 130 free eBooks from January 4 - January 17. 

If you are going to start a book study on your campus, check out some of these titles (look at the "Education" section listed below in this email). If you see something you'd like to use, have your teachers download it before Monday and everyone will get a FREE copy!

These books are available on Nook, iBooks (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touches), Kindles and Sony eReaders. If you do NOT have one of these devices, you can download a free application to your computer that will allow you to read eBooks right on your computer! (Directions for how to download these texts are found at the very end of this post)

Most of the material is for students (adult students too!) to prepare for SAT, PSAT, AP, GMAT, MAT, GRE, MCAT, and MBA examinations.  

If you have teachers who are going back to school and going to take the GRE, I would strongly suggest they grab the GRE prep books now while they can! We all know how pricey these test-prep books can be!

Wow ... Spelling City Gets Better!

Great news ... Do you remember my post a while back about Spelling City? Well, it's gotten even better! In fact, after adding a few new games and activities relating to vocabulary, they have renamed themselves! Please be sure to visit Spelling and Vocabulary City to check out the new stuff!

 

Tech Tip Tuesday ... Tech-Ease

Tech-Ease is a great source for just-in-time answers for classroom technology answers. The site was created by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, but is available for all. I've even got it bookmarked at home!

From the Tech-Ease home page, either search for a topic or choose your computer platform (click the green guy for computers at school).

If you know exactly what you're looking for, try the Search feature. If you're just browsing around the site, there are several categories of classroom help available for you. Choose from Images, Classroom Practice, Chat & Conferencing, Files & Sharing, E-Mail, Hardware, and Internet. 

Each category has a bank of frequently asked questions. When you click on one of these, you will find an easy-to-follow, well-illustrated article that answers the question. 

Here are a few of my favorite topics from this site:

• How do I create a movie in Windows Movie Maker?
• How do I install and uninstall programs on my computer?
• How do I search for a file on my computer?
• How do I compress files to make them smaller?
• What is a plugin? How do I install it? 

What do you think? Is this a site that could be helpful to you? or your students? or your students' parents?