E-book Sales Surpass Hardcover Books

Monday was a day for the history books — if those will even exist in the future. Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, announced Monday that for the last three months, sales of books for its e-reader, the kindle outnumbered sales of hardcover books. In that time, Amazon said, it sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which there is no Kindle edition.

Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!

Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.

Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!

Quintura for Kids

Today's link is a search engine for children. Quintura has an interesting twist though. It features a useful tag cloud. Kids can click on or type popular topics. Then a new tag cloud offers additional searches under that topic. Detailed searches can be made with a few clicks. Try it out and comment to let me know what you think.
Quintura for Kids

Timer Stopwatch - Online Timer - Online Stopwatch

Practically every day, as a classroom, teacher I used a timer. I found it very helpful to remind students how much time they had left. I was able to stop announcing times when I posted the timer or stopwatch on the wall.
I recommend teachers add this link to their bookmark bar so its always available on the browser screen.
Timer Stopwatch - Online Timer - Online Stopwatch

Create a timeline using MS Excel

Today's helpful link shows how how to create a timeline using MS Excel 2007.
Create a timeline using Microsoft Office Excel
I've seen teachers have 1st Grade students create simple timelines on paper. Some teachers are limiting 9-year old students to paper, too. Why not let them use technology to help them create something like that? Users can simply start Excel, play this video, pause it as they complete each step. Try it! Create a timeline of YOUR life.

Welcome to your notable world | Evernote Corporation

Welcome to your notable world | Evernote Corporation
This program lets you capture thoughts for later reference. Jot down quick notes, take photos and record audio. It's easy to use on your computer. But you can also carry it with you on an iPhone. Wherever they're taken, notes are synced to your account.

Tips and Advice for Parents and Families - The Kim Komando Radio Show

This is a quickie. The link will take you to the 10 Caommandments for Kids Online. I think I'll post this for all my students and their parents. Tips and Advice for Parents and Families - The Kim Komando Radio Show

LEGO Digital Designer : Virtual Building Software

My son, Dane, loves LEGOS. Most children love to create, tear apart, and reuse the blocks to build something new. With hundreds of block types their imagination can go wild. Now, they can design things on their computer with LEGO Digital Designer. Once done, children may choose to buy their creation. The necessary LEGO pieces will be shipped to them. They can even design the box.
LEGO Digital Designer : Virtual Building Software