Fur.ly Saves Time!!!

Fur.ly

This is a tool to create a quick “website tour” that students can easily access.  

1. Go to: http://fur.ly/
2. Enter (or copy and paste) your first URL. Notice that furl.ly will give you a new field each time you add a URL.
3. Continue to enter the desired URLs.
4. Click the “Go” button.
5. Provide the shortened URL to your students.
6. When students go to the provided URL, they will see your first website with an added navigation bar at the top.
7. Students can click the forward and back buttons to move between the websites, or they can use the pull down menu to choose the desired site.

You would use this when there are several sites within a website you want students to navigate through.  For example:  ABCya  

You could add the different games within the site for young students to easily access and navigate through.

If you are new to Fur.ly, this is a great little tutorial (2.36 minutes) on how to set up/use the site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDtqGnvV5M

Discovery Education Resource Gem!!

Did you know inside Discovery Education, there is an entire resource page with free downloadable clip art?  Just go to the Teacher’s Tab, Additional Resources, Clipart:

From there, it takes you to a page with tons of free clipart listed by categories.  Enjoy!

Scholastic Learning Activities

Looking for quick, engaging, and education activities for your elementary students? Well, Scholastic has the solution with a section of their website that offers 50+ one-stop learning activities in a fun and easy-to-use interface! The activities don’t require any prep and can be done in 15 – 20 minutes.