Last week I initiated a new On Living By Learning feature - Friday Find - that I thought would get me out the door quicker, so I could enjoy my weekend that much sooner.
The first Friday Find was on Instructables, just because I couldn’t resist writing about chocolate bacon. Despite the silliness, I thought it was worth sharing this site since it’s a good way for kids to explain their projects. (Warning: my kids are planning their own Instructables. Be afraid, very afraid.)
That post worked out just as intended: it was quick and easy.
So, this week, I started bookmarking potential Friday Finds as I ran across them.
Like every single “quick and easy” project that I have ever ventured, I am now sinking in a deep well of choices. In just one week, I’ve found dozens of Friday Finds, enough to write a post every week for at least a year.
Still, I was pretty much set on my Friday Find selection until I ran into Edutopia’s Reader Survey. Awk! There are so many cornucopias of educational plenty linked in this survey, that I almost don’t know where to start.
Free Lessons and Materials:
In just one section of the survey - Best Site from Which You Can Download Free Lessons and Materials - there are current and new favorites on the poll:
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators is an old favorite. Every week, I discover fabulous educator resources in Kathy Schrock’s S.O.S. (Sites of the School Days) Update for Busy Teachers. Just this week, I found the Edutopia Reader Survey and the new Google Sites free collaborative website tools.
ReadWriteThink is another excellent resource, but you can find its content on my new favorite resource - ThinkFinity. I don’t know what I like more - the content, the graphics, or the navigation - but I love ThinkFinity.
In the After School Selected Resources section I found resources for analyzing photography, making videos, questioning advertisements, designing a travel brochure, and learning about the role of nonprofits in an economy. I’ll definitely be returning to explore each of these in greater depth.
Since there is never enough time to explore online (and elsewhere,) I think that what I love most about ThinkFinity is that it provides one-stop learning. It is a collaboration of content partners that includes the following organizations:
As always, the more I learn, the more I realize that I want to learn. Okay, next week, I’ll keep the Friday Find short and sweet (well, maybe, not so sweet!)
More Friday Finds and Wired World Articles:
Find out where you can get instructions for chocolate bacon and blender lamps on Friday Find: Instructables.
Get driving directions and listen to your favorite tunes and audio books when you are Wired On The Road.
Find suggestions for selecting an audio book and leading a discussion on Reading On The Road. Our choice for this road trip: Animal Farm.
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