Christmas tree title background render

Free Stock Video for personal use - Mixkit

https://mixkit.co/free-stock-video/christmas-tree-title-background-render-18105/

Students who are looking for video animations to enliven personal projects could explore the various offerings at Mixkit. The remix provision of the CMA lets students incorporate elements from a variety of sources to create a new product - they just need to make sure they credit their source in the finished work. These clips can also be licensed for commercial use.

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Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids

Be a More Prolific Writer!

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/index.html

Richard Byne's Freetech4teachers always has such great ideas to explore for teachers who want to add a bit of "tech spice" to their lessons. Especially when we are doing so much virtual or blended instruction, these can be an important addition. (Lots of ideas: https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/11/good-places-to-make-and-find-story.html) 

Story Starters (by Scholastic) is a fun way to get prompts that generate creativity from kids' writing time. Here's Richard's summary:

From Richard's blog: "Scholastic Story Starters is a great tool that students will enjoy using to create short, creative fiction stories. Scholastic Story Starters offers four story themes; fantasy, adventure, sci-fi, and scrambler. To create a story on Story Starters a student picks a theme, enters his or her name, chooses his or her grade, and spins the big wheels of prompts. The student can spin the wheels until he or she finds a prompt he or she likes. After the prompt is selected the student can write his or her story using the letter, postcard, notebook, or newspaper format provided by Scholastic Story Starters. When the story is finished it can be printed."

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How to create your first Mentimeter presentation

Interactive surveying and quizzing for your class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpbXY98R39c

This web app has some similarities to Kahoot and Quizlet, but also some unique offerings. Check out this quick-start tutorial and explore other videos on the Mentimeter YouTube channel.

"Learn how to get to the edit view, where to find all of Mentimeter's key features, and how to start designing your presentation. It also shows how your audience can vote and participate by going to menti.com and putting in the code."

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Video Writing Prompts - Liberate your inner writer

When your students don't know what to write about.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWzhTb5vGii16D_SuKpBZQ/video

John Spencer has created Video prompts using sketch-note animation that inspire students to think creatively. Take a look!

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