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Welcome to Kordeks Korner ! This is a biweekly newsletter to share what is available within our library and on the internet for you to use to support your curriculum. The resources will also be posted on my blog, Kordeks Korner, for future reference.
A Biweekly Newsletter Issue 8 - Feb 13, 2012f

Elizabeth Leads the way

By: Tanya Lee Stone Call Number: B STA Grade: 3-4 This a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and womans right to vote. Suggestion: This biography has good story ow and structure to be used as a read aloud. It describes her childhood and development into the leader she is today. It also describes the unfairness of the time

The 3 Little Dassies

By: Jan Brett Call Number: E BRE Grade: K-4 A story about three little dassies that leave home to build houses of there own.

Suggestion: This books can be used for a comparison with The Three Little Pigs. Students can compare and contrast the differences and similarities. Also consider The Little Gators, and Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pigs

Mapping Pennys World

By: Loreen Leedy Call Number: E LEE Grade: K-4 This book describes different types of maps and with help for a dog, Penny. Suggestion: This is a good story to use to introduce or review maps. Can be used as a start of a mapping activity of the room, students house, or maybe a space from the perspective of a dog.

commercials, home videos, and randomness. Among these videos are gems for educators. There are educators and organizations that upload videos on all subjects, for all grade levels, in all different types of styles. There are educational music videos like Henry VII, author explanations and so much more. There is so much you can do using YouTube, but for the sake of space and time, I am focusing on just what you can do with the videos.

This month technology section will be focused on YouTube. YouTube has become the leading way to share and nd videos. Over 3 billion videos are viewed every day with 48 hours of video uploaded every minute. These videos range from music videos,
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On the second page of this issue are Web2.0 tools that can be used to help you with YouTube videos. They will remove distractions, trim clips, and even download. I choose ones that I thought would be the most benecial. Most of these I have found through reading random blog postings and my own exploration. If you want more Web2.0 tools that can be used with YouTube videos, go to Free Technology for Teachers.

KeepVid
http://www.keepvid.com/ This website allows you to download YouTube videos to your computer. This can be used when you wont have Internet access or want to keep a copy.

TubeChop
http://www.tubechop.com/
This website allows you to only use part of the video that you want instead of the entire thing. Good for during lessons, to save time nding the clips

SafeShare.TV
http://www.safeshare.tv/ Creates a new URL link for you to share on your website. The new link does not have any distractions or unnecessary items. This is good to use if you want to share a link with students or place it on your website.

A Cleaner YouTube
http://clea.nr/
Downloading this software automatically cleans and remove distractions. The items can be seen again with a simple button click. This also changes the YouTube start page. This would be good to use when searching with students. Can be removed in preferences

quietTube
http://quietube.com/
I recommend using these

ViewPure
http://viewpure.com/

These two website allow you to watch YouTube videos without any distractions (similar videos, description, comments, etc). Copy and paste YouTube URL into box to purify or drag the bookmark into bookmark toolbar for easy clicking.
If an appropriate video is blocked by a rewall due to weighted phrase limit usually because of comments this will remove those comments and it should be able to be played
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