Resources



[] national archives primary sources for students and teachers

[] Create a character to welcome students and parents to your website, wiki or blog.

[|http://www.animoto.com] Upload pictures and let animoto create a video with visual interest and music. Great for classroom activities, school parties and fields trips, concert photos and so much more.

[|http://www.glogster.com] No more boring PowerPoint’s! Here students can create interactive posters to present ideas, and do presentations.

[] Guide to web 20 tools for educators

http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/02/02/top-10-web-20-tools-for-young-learners.aspx

[|http://www.google.docs] Create and edit documents anywhere. Computer independent. Can be setup for classroom use.

[|http://www.edublog.org] Create a free blog for your classroom.

http://www.wikispaces.com Create free wikis for your classroom or school. Applicable for all subjects. Great help available.

[|www.moodle.com]

[|http://www.diigo.com] (web bookmarking) Keep all your internet bookmarks in one place and always available to you regardless of which computer you are on.

[|www.twitter.com] Meet and follow people with the same interests as yours. 148 characters to convey your ideas.

[] Visually organize a process. Great for students to create outlines for essays and projects.

[] outline to teach web 2.0 tools to teachers

[|www.wallwisher.com] An online bulletin board

[] ideas to use wallwisher in your classroom

http://kditzlerteacherresourcepage.wikispaces.com/Wallwisher examples to wallwisher boards

[] 12,000 online newspapers from all over the world. Great for social studies and history classes.

[] Problem solving with Smithsonian Experts. Applicable for all subjects

[] "Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others."

[] Here are ways to use Google earth in the classroom. Applicable for all subjects

[] Use Skype for video conferencing in your classroom. Students can interact with other students, topic experts and other educators

[] Here's how you can use Skype in your classroom.

[] Find instructional videos here. Videos created by teachers for classroom use. Safe environment for teachers’ and students

[] Live Blogging in the classroom. Great for book groups, test review and discussion. Encourages participation by shy, quiet students.

http://www.edmodo.com/

Free micro blogging in the classroom. Promotes social learning in the classroom. Instruction driven by students.

http://www.gimp.org/ Free image manipulation tool. Great for photo retouching.

Gimp tutorial http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ Gimpology http://gimpology.com/ Gimp Video tutorials http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorials/gimp/video/

http://www.google.com/reader Read all your online services in one place. Syncs with google and requires a google email account http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ Classroom resources by organized by discipline, and many are already aligned to standards. Wiki style. www.flickr.com photostorage and editing www.piccas.com photo storage and editing software www.quia.com Study tools for students. Teachers can create quizzes, activities, manage their classrooms. http://www.mixbook.com/ create scrapbooks for free. Great for class trip pictures, concert pictures, school events, projects http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0 Free smartboard teacher lessons and resources

http://smartboardwiki.wikispaces.com/LESSON+CREATION wiki with lots of pre-created smartboard lessons

http://teacher.scholastic.com/whiteboards/languagearts.htm whiteboard activites primarily for k-5, smartboard and promethean board http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/ resources and free lessons for Prometean Board http://www.suite101.com/content/interactive-white-board-promethean-applications-a116318 integrating Promethean Board in the classroom http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/oakview/dept/media/teacher.asp more Promethean resources http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?campaign=SFC discovery education online science fair http://www.studystack.com/ create flashcards to use as study aids. Lots of pre-created flash cards for free download and use http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Tools+By+Subject web 20 tools by subject http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/ open source materials about Shakespeare http://www.musictheory.net/ lean music online