Tomorrow begins day 3 of state testing for us here in Coweta County Georgia. Our state test is called the Georgia Milestones Assessment. This year the test is spread out over 9 days so there are days built in for make ups, so I imagine we'll all feel like we've run for many miles by the time its over. It might be hard to keep up the testing "spirit" for that long, but there are some great resources out there that might be helpful.
One of our first grade teachers organized a visit from the NED Show last year and the kids loved them. The NED Show has a motivation video about testing that I showed a few weeks ago during Media lessons to get the 3rd-5th graders pumped up. It's a catchy tune..gets stuck in your head after showing it 10 times in one week. =)
A blog reader emailed me the link to this cute YouTube video made by Cohutta Elementary. (Thanks, Holly!)
And I've come across several others on YouTube:
And here are a couple of general state testing parody videos...
This is an older one, but still fun...
Teachers Pay Teachers also has some fun FREE printables to give to students and some cute testing signs teachers could use for their doors.
While preparing my lessons for this week, I ran across some great cyber safety videos that you might like to bookmark for later use. I was really amazed at how many cyber safety videos are out there. Some are better than others, but here are my top 10 picks. If the videos don't work in this post, you can click on the direct link posted underneath each video to go directly to YouTube to watch them.
This short 7 minute video is about some rabbits at an elementary school who are using computers. They learn how to use the computer safely. Younger elementary students might enjoy this video.
This is a two minute music video about Internet Safety performed by a group from New Zealand called the Polkadots. Younger elementary students would enjoy it, but might not understand all the terminology.
Upper and lower elementary students might like this video about five safety rules to use when online. The video is about 2 minutes long and show how to make a Cyber Five sign to put on or near a computer to remind you how to be safe online.
This fun song, also from NetSmartz, reminds students to Use Your NetSmartz before posting something online. Even though younger students should not be chatting online without supervision, they often do. Showing them this video might help them remember what is safe to post online.
Although the title suggests this video is for kids AND teens, I think it's really geared more towards teens. They will like the fun way the narrator talks about being online. Video is about 5 minutes long.
This video is less than three minutes long but shows how you can't know for sure if people are who they say they are. I wouldn't show this to younger kids even though the characters seem geared toward that audience, because children under 13 are not supposed to be on facebook and to me that would send a wrong message. I think middle schoolers would still enjoy the video.
