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Google Doc Anagram Game

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Here’s a fun game I thought up the other day that I call the Google Doc Anagram Game. I realized that my Google Apps for Education docs display the first letters of 7 student names as they open the document which naturally made me think of anagrams…

1. Create a list of letters of your students’ first names. I used a text document and did all three of my daily classes.
ANAGRAM_LETTERS_txt

2. Use an Anagram Generator to create a list of possible anagrams. This one allows you to set a minimum of 7 letter words (http://www.a2zwordfinder.com/anagram.html)

 

3. Pick a good one and write it on the board before the students arrive. And hope they all attend that day.


4. Share a document with the class and challenge them to recreate the anagram on the board by opening the Google doc in the right order.

It’s a fun way to get settled into class and to build a little collaboration in the room.
-Pete

Printable CD Cover

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cdcoverEvery now and then, like this morning, a person might need a printable cd cover. Here’s a quick generator site that gets the job done nicely. I’ve used it for years and thought it might be useful as my last recommendation for the 2012-2013 school year.
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The URL: http://www.papercdcase.com/

And on that note, I want to wish everyone on The Teacher List a relaxing summer! Thanks to everyone for the support, for recommending that your colleagues sign up, for following on Twitter and for being part of my daily routines since 1998. If you’re affected by the floods in Southern Alberta, I hope that things dry out for you soon and we’ll catch up again after Labour Day when I begin Season 15 of https://www.theteacherlist.ca!

Tek’care,
Pete

ThingLink

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thinklinkThanks to my pal, Daryl Jones, who suggested this site when I was looking for a simple way to add pop-ups to a photograph. ThingLink allows a student to add video, images, audio, links and text to photographs to enhance their digital storytelling projects. It’s perfect for those with younger students or who are starting down the road to more complex digital storytelling tasks.
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The URL: http://www.thinglink.com

13 Things To Never Say At Work

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Forbes staff writer, Jacquelyn Smith, put together this interesting list of faux-pas to avoid in the workplace. It would make for some interesting discussion in high school career and life management classes. Students could role-play, discuss, formulate alternate scenarios and generally appreciate the sound advice offered. There are some pesky click-through ads you’ll need to deal with as the page loads.
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The URL: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/02/15/13-things-you-should-never-say-at-work/

40 Things To Do With A Text

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The title of this post says it all – it’s a quick brainstorming effort by a group of English Language Teachers. There are ideas here that would work outside of the English classroom too. The authors state, “The ideas are presented in the order they came to us, so there is a kind of logic to the list but it certainly isn’t in order of effectiveness. We would simply like to present them here with a little commentary on each. None of the ideas is anything new; the fun is in seeing them all together and realising how much more we can (and sometimes actually) do with texts in the classroom. Neither is the list exhaustive, we are sure that you will have come up with ideas that we do not mention here. If you do, we would love to hear about them so please drop us a line at the email address at the end of this article.”
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The URL: http://teachertrainingunplugged.com/other-writing/40-things-to-do-with-a-text/