Usefulsites

=Useful Websites=

Primary Education: [|www.starfall.com] - A great preschool through third grade interactive phonics/reading site [|www.mathgoodies.com] - Math interactive activities, lessons, worksheets, and more [|library.stjosephsea.org/quia.htm] - Library Media Games for students http://www.readingrockets.org/ Reading Rockets-- Strategies to Help Kids that Struggle. [|www.brainpop.com] Brain Pop-creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports teachers and engages students http://readthinkwrite.org -contains lessons and graphic organizers for story elements Middle School/High School: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_original.htm Math games tied to grade level standards [|www.Turnitin.com] - A fee based service that checks students' papers for plagiarism [|www.goodreads.com] - Book discussion site, great for book clubs/talks [|www.librarything.com] - very similar to Goodreads [|www.bartleby.com] - Source for online books, short stories, quotations, and reference materials http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/ Superkids Vocabulary Builders helps and reinforces vocabulary skills. http://educationalvodcasting.com/ - Source for learning how to use vodcasts in the classroom http://www.loc.gov/ - This is probably the single best source for history teachers looking for primary sources. It is awesome! http://leaders.wikispaces.com - Fifty sites for education leaders - not necessarily for students

General Teaching: [|www.donorschoose.org] - Post supply list for projects and get them funded! [|http://www.curriki.org] - Lesson Plans, etc. [|http://funbrain.com] -Educational games for students. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm Media Awareness Activities http://www.edutopia.org/ --use of technology and sustainability in the classroom. http://nlvm.usu.edu/ - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: Interactive Math activities broken down by grade level and math topic. [|http://clusty.com] -Searches, combines results in groups of similar information. Can search images, blogs, jobs, web. [|http://www.quia.com] - Customized, teacher-created on-line activities and practice for students [|http://www.ldonline.org] Activities and lessons to use with learning disabled students. http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ2Fa Family Education Network-- The Web’s leading source of educational content and resources for parents, teachers, and kids. http://www.dpme.org - Digital Portfolios Made Easy. Framework from which to build standards-based individualized portfolios. Originally designed for higher-ed students, it can be modified for middle school and high school levels. [Resources] - a PLETHORA of Google Earth resources from the notorius "Google Earth Girl", Cindy Lane from St. Louis, MO. [|Circavie] Makes interactive timelines

Personal Productivity: [|www.del.icio.us] - Saves all your bookmarks in one place wherever you go [|www.cozi.com] - Schedule organizer http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ Schedule Organizer http://www.appscout.com/2008/09/caffeine_keeps_your_mac_displa.php - "Caffeine" a free app that lets your Mac computer stay bright for as long as you set it.

Website Creation Tools: http://weebly.com - Free website authoring tool http://posterous.com - Ultra easy website creation tool for the reluctant teacher

Audio/Video/Image Media: [|www.flickr.com] - Great source for images [|http://news.nationalgeographic.com] - Current event video clips and more [|www.homokaasu.org/rasterbator] - Takes an image and enables you to print it out up to 20 meters in size http://vixy.net/ Takes videos from the web & converts for other uses http://www.teachertube.com/ Teacher Tube & http://www.youtube.com/ You Tube [|http://www.wordle.net] Create fun art with words!!! [|http://keepvid.com-Video] file converter http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ Copyright-friendly images and sounds - a great resource!!! http://www.meez.com/ - avatar creator (the one Katie used) http://www.iclipart.com/index2.php - Great images for teachers! [|http://www.hotchalk.com] - Access the NBC archives for short clips from the news. Lesson plans included. Categorized for teachers--addresses pretty much EVERY subject, including math. [|http://www.zamzar.com] - Convert document, video, audio, image, and compressed files online FOR FREE. http://www.appscout.com/2008/09/resizeit_an_image_editor_made_1.php - Free tool for Macs. Resize images before posting them on the web. This page link is a review. Follow the link to the download page. http://www.gcast.com - free podcasting site

Free Software: [|www.audacity.sourceforge.net] - Sound editing software, good for creating podcasts http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ -Educational software http://www.tuxpaint.org -Free open source drawing software for children http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx - Create slideshows with narration or music [|http://www.openoffice.org] is a free office suite with versions for both Apple and Windows OS's http://www.videolan.org/vlc is a free media player that can play almost any media format in use today, available in both Apple And Windows OS

Social Networking: http://www.linkedin.com/home Linked In http://www.ning.com/ Ning [|http://www.facebook.com] Facebook http://twitter.com/ Twitter - "microblogging" I learn about many new tech tools through this resource