11 Year Old Genius Trains Teachers

 

Adora Svitak is an eleven year old girl who is a teacher, published author and offers professional development. And by no means is Adora cheap. She charges $300 for each teacher attending her workshops and a hefty price tag of $10,000 for her speaking engagements! The 11 year old prodigy reads two books a day, integrates technology into her teaching to teachers and has some wonderful writing workshop ideas. Creativity and imagination is also at the top of her list in the recommendations she gives to the teachers she works with. In the closing of the video (link below), Adora even has some tips to the Obama Administration. Watch Adora's interview on the Fox and Friends morning show.

Adora's Website

Doodle 4 Google Contest

You ever wonder how they create the Google doodle's on the Google search engine? This is a great video explanation by Chief Google Doodler Dennis Hwan who shows us the process he uses to create a Google doodle.



And educators take note, Google is having a Doodle 4 Google student competition. Google is inviting K-12 students to play around with their homepage logo and see what new designs they come up with. This year Google is inviting U.S. students to join in the fun. The theme is "What I Wish for the World." For more information about the contest visit the Doodle 4 Google site.

Be sure to hurry, the Doodle 4 Google competition registration closes at 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 17, 2009 and entries are due by 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 31, 2009. Here is the Doodle 4 Google registration page.

Watch Doodle 4 Google Awards Ceremony From last year's contest



And here is more info about the Doodle 4 Google Judging and Prizes.

Do you want to see more Google Doodles? Watch this:

Google Earth 5.0 is Amazing

If you have never used Google Earth, it is time to start. It can be an invaluable educational tool for your classroom. Google has added the ability to view historical imagery from all over the globe, dive into the ocean floor and explore surface data from marine experts and record simplified touring with audio and voice. This recording option is great for presentations and student projects by the way.

Get this, since the first version of Google Earth was launched in 2005 over 500 million people have downloaded it. The newest version of Google Earth is available for free. Download Google Earth.

Watch Video: What's New in Google Earth 5.0



Watch Video: Google Earth 5.0 - Historical Imagery Feature



Watch Video: Explore the Ocean in Google Earth 5.0



This free killer app can revolutionize the way we present social studies to our students! Well? Are you going to download Google Earth 5.0?