Video clips for the classroom

From the Reading Rockets September newsletter

WatchKnow Classroom Video Library : http://www.watchknow.org/
This wiki, guided by teachers, makes educational video available to any classroom free-of-charge. So far, WatchKnow has published and categorized more than 15,000 videos including offerings in literature (fables, fairy tales, mythology) and language arts (ABCs, vocabulary, writing). WatchKnow is a great kid-safe alternative to YouTube. And, you can add your classroom video to the ever-expanding library.

The epigraph on the website's header quotes Thomas Edison, talking about the film projector in 1911 "Suppose, instead of the dull, solemn letters on a board or a card you have a little play going on that the smallest youngster can understand."

Print-rich environments

Glenys has highlighted this quote in the JuLS Term 2 newsletter coming soon to your mailbox...
"Classroom conditions should facilitate learning… while in itself not enough, a print-rich physical environment is important." (Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 to 4 p. 78)

This blog is a great place to share some photos of print-rich physical environments in your school - classroom, class library and school library...
Uploading a photo to the blog is easy - when you are writing your post, look along the toolbar at the top of the beige box to the picture icon "Add image" and upload a picture from a file on your computer - just check it isn't too big first (8 mb maximum size).

Looking forward to the virtual tour :)