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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Mathematical Mondays: Free Math Fonts that Create Symbols and Manipulatives


Do you like to use cute fonts?  Do you try to make math materials and don't have the symbols you need?  

I stumbled across these math fonts on Sunday while looking for some regular fonts.  You can create bar models, numbels lines, fractions and so much more using your keyboard.  Check out the following links to get Free fonts for your math sheets.  

(School started today and I'm a day late with this post…so this needs to be short and sweet today…sorry!)

 

 



Saturday, July 26, 2014

Scientific Saturday- Getting Organized using Livebinders




This post is more related to technology but I am in the process of gathering materials for a new grade level and need help organizing resources on the Internet.  I like the idea of having my computer favorites at home and school.  I decided to give Livebinders a try.  It is a site to bookmark and organize all your links.  It has the option of keeping your binders private or sharing them.  You can put public binders(other owners) on your bookshelf to refer to for the future.  There are tutorials available but it is pretty easy to figure out.  There is a "Livebider It" tool for your tool bar so it makes it even easier to add sites to your binders.  This site is free. 

 

I am in the process of creating a binder for science.  
I am setting up a tab for:
standards
printables
general experiments
matter
water cycle
weather
earth, soil and erosion
rocks and minerals
plants and animal classification 
adaptations
simple machines
energy
solar system
?????

I know what I am going to be doing this week-end!!!




Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Teacher Week: Technology Tip Tuesday

Teacher Week: Technology Tip Tuesday


I am sitting here wracking my brain about what I can share with teachers using technology.  I am not an expert, but I do okay. I couldn't come up with anything.

 I decided to share how to make great looking letters for bulletin board using your computer...that counts right???  Many people now use die-cut machines like Cameos and Cri-cuts.  You don't need fancy tools to create something like this....


1.  Choose a bold font that you like.  I set the page as landscape, I used SAF 
and size was 550.  You have to type it in yourself...my computer only goes up to 72.

2.  Type out your words, highlight and click on text effects, the outlined blue A on the tool bar.  Choose outline and line effects.  You can also right click, go to fonts and click on text effects at the bottom.
3.  Click on text fill and choose no fill.  Click on text line black.  Click on weights and arrows. I chose solid line and 4 point, it is your preference on colors and lines.  I choose thicker lines, so I can cut them out and still have some black showing.


5.  You are ready to print!  I added some scraps of paper and stitching using a sharpie marker.  I made this on foam board.

I hope this technology tip will help someone out there!

I'm posting for  Blog Hoppin' for Teacher Week!!!
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