Double Play!

An exceptionally talented colleague (Mark in social studies) introduced me to these two sites. The first is called Xtranormal. Just the title is intriguing. It's in Beta form right now, so things will change and some free stuff won't be free later, but it is a fun site that can be used as part of a lesson, or as a project for your students. I've made a brief practice movie just to show a little of what you can do, but some of you will no doubt make much better movies and spend more time. I know one thing--many of our students will make much better movies and spend LESS time. It's their thing, which is why it's a good tool for us.

The second is an incredible site created by a teacher in California. (See--this is what social networking, a personal learning network, is all about--collaboration across the country, around the globe.) Go to Mr. Roughton's Classroom 2.0 and look around at the incredible stuff he has done. I want to be like him when I grow up. What a great site! Can you imagine how engaging his site is for his students?