Teachers >
Elementary
Secondary
Professional
Development
> Tools
Web 2.0 lists
of tools for education:
Google
Apps.
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Interacts
Orally
This section provides
links to resources related to
developing this competency.
Visit the student page.
Skype is a voice over
internet "telephone" service
that lets you call other
Skype users for free. With a
webcam, you can make free
video calls, too. Talk with
authors, create
collaborative projects, chat
with experts--all for free!
The Learning Librarian
offers a manual
(.doc) she developed for her
school's Skype use. You
might also want to see
authors who will Skype with
your school at the
Skype An Author Network.
Many authors will chat with
your students for 10-15
minutes for free!
ESL Skyping (info)
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/papers2001/chen.htm
Reinvests
This section provides links to
resources related to developing
this competency.
Student Link Site.
Response process handbook
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texts
Provides links to
resources/texts to
integrate into LES
tasks.
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Images
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UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Libraryedupics.com
Pics4Learning Graphics/Clipart lists
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/graphics.htm
FREE CLIPART FROM SUGGESTIONS from cyber-kap.blogspot.com
1. Pics4Learning - Very popular site to find free, safe-to-use images for teachers and students.
2. Cyclo.ps - Search engine that searches the most popular free image engines around and provides one-stop shopping.
3. School Clip Art - Great site for free school clip art.
4. Ookaboo - Creative commons (free) site for finding great images for class work.
5. Picsearch - Excellent image search engine, if used with a district's filtering solution.
6. Veezzle - Wonderful free stock photo search engine.
7. Free Photo Bank - Easy way to find creative common images.
8. Open Clip Art - Great way to find free clip art.
9. Find Icons - Nice site for free icons.
Photo images http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/graphics.htm
- AICT Art Images for College Teaching provides free-use educational resources of historical photos
- AMG Media Works Royalty free photos to use as long as credit is given to the photographer: Ernest von Rosen, www.amgmedia.com
- American Memory Collections An extensive collection of historic photographs, maps, motion pictures, manuscripts, etc.
- Behold CC Search access to high quality images that are openly available online Calisphere Historical images collections for educators
- Cepholinia Photo 1013 Royalty free photos of animals, nature and countries
- Digital History Original works for which copyright permission has expired, works reprinted with permission or works that are fair use protection of the copyright laws
- EduPic Free photographs and graphic for educators
- EdTechTeacher An extensive list of Internet sources containing public domain images
- 5-14 Curriculum Illustrations and photographs that are free for any kind of educational use
- Flickr Images with Creative Common license
- Flickr Storm Image search of collections photographs with a similar theme
- FreeFoto Many free photographs arranged by subject
- Free Photos Bank Free photographs for non-commercial use
- FreePixels Many free photographs arranged by subject
- Free Public Domain Images Free images include photographs of historical events and people as well as advice for safely using images and content on the web
- Image After Free photo collection
- Kitzu Free, educational, copyright-friendly media resources
- LIFE Photo Archive Millions of photographs from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available through the joint work of LIFE and Google. Photos are free to print and use for not-for-profit organizations.
- MorgueFile Provides the public and creative community with free, high resolution photo materials
- National Archives Exhibits Hall Historical photographs and documents
- National Image Library A collection of free photographs maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- NOAA Photo Library Free photos in the public domain with more than 20,000 photographs of weather events, animals, coastlines, the Antarctic, and more
- Open Photo A collection of photographs for free noncommercial use
- PD Photo Large collection of public domain photos, unless something is clearly marked as being copyrighted
- Photos in the News National Geographic photographs of current events for classroom use
- Photo Laboratory Awesome collection of colorful photographs; requires a free registration
- Smithsonian Images Images from the Collections of the Office of Imaging and Photographic Services
- U.S. Government Graphics and Photos This site functions as a portal to other government sites offering images with most items in the collection in the public domain
- Yellowstone Digital Slide File Large variety of nature themed photographs
 Free images for teachers
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Visuwords:
This
dictionary
is
graphically
based,
making
it easy
to see
what
concepts
or ideas
are
represented. |
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KartOO:
another
visual
search
engine,
providing
results
laid out
in a
networked
chart
that
makes it
easy to
see how
topics
relate. |
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Written Texts |
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Resources and
links from
eduscapes.com
Background
information and
links to quality
websites,
activities,
webquests, and
teaching
materials
42explore
Projects
http://42explore.com
Building
Language
for
Literacy
from
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm
Resources
for
children
and
teachers
E-Server
http://eserver.org/
Starting
point
for all
areas of
English
English
&
Language
Arts
from
HomeWorkSpot
Organized,
annotated
links
English
Zone
http://www.english-zone.com/
Great
English
starting
point
Journalism
Resources
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
Great
list of
resources
Language
Arts
from the
KidsHub
http://kidshub.org/kids/english.cfm
Links to
quality
resources,
reference
materials,
and
learning
activities
including
word
games,
spelling,
writing,
and
poetry
Language
Arts
from the
Multnomah
County
Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/langhc.html
Information
by
category
Literature
&
Authors
from the
Multnomah
County
Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/lithc.html
Information
by
category
Literature
Ladders
from
Eduscapes
http://www.eduscapes.com/ladders/
Provides
ideas
for
connecting
books
and
Internet
resources.
Matrix
of
WebQuest
Examples
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
Explore
webquests
in
English
and
language
arts for
grades
K-2,
3-5,
6-8,
9-12,
or
adults
Mythology
from the
Multnomah
County
Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/mythhc.html
Information
by
category
Annie's
Rhyme
Time
from
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/annie/index.asp
Resources
for
children
and
teachers
Arts &
Literature
from
PBS'
TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
Lessons
for K-5,
6-8, and
9-12.
Carol
Hurst’s
Children
Lit
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Lots of
great
resources,
lessons,
and
ideas
Literature
from
Discovery
School
Lesson
Plans
Library
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/lit.html
Lesson
for K-5,
6-8, and
9-12.
Literature
from
Family
Education
Network's
Teacher
Vision
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-5817.html
Lessons,
assessments,
printable
sheets,
and
themes
organized
by
Pre-K,
K-2,
3-5,
6-8, and
9-12.
Writing
with
Writers
from
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/
Resources
for
children
and
teachers
Writing
Workshop
from
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/
Resources
for
children
and
teachers
Web
English
Teacher***
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Presents
K-12
English/Language
Arts
teaching
resources:
lesson
plans,
WebQuests,
videos,
biography,
e-texts,
criticism,
jokes,
puzzles,
and
classroom
activities.
Resources
for
Young
Adults
A+
Research
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
Many
resources
for
students
doing
research
About:
Poetry
http://poetry.about.com/
Great
poetry
links
Academy
of
American
Poets
http://www.poets.org/
Read and
listen
to
poetry.
Also,
learn
about
poets
All
Readers
http://www.allreaders.com/
Helps
you find
a good
book
American
Verse
Project
from
University
of
Michigan
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Explore
American
verse
Bartleby:
Great
Books
Online
http://www.bartleby.com/
Online
publisher
of
literature,
reference,
and
poetry
providing
access
to books
and
information,
free of
charge.
Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Great
reasons
on
reading
and
literature
Electronic
Literature
Directory
http://directory.wordcircuits.com/
Directory
to
location
electronic
literature
Teen
Reads
http://www.teenreads.com/
Read
reviews
and
learn
about
books
Biographies
Biographies
from the
Multnomah
Country
Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html
Organized,
annotated
links
Resources
for
Young
Adults
Biography
Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Short
descriptions
Born in
Slavery
from the
Library
of
Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Oral
history
project
Conversations
with
History
from UC
Berkeley
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
Well-known
and
lesser
known
people
with
audio
and
video
Distinguished
Women of
Past and
Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
Explore
biographies
of women
First
Person
Narratives
of the
American
South
from the
Library
of
Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html
Oral
history
project
Inventor
Archives
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html
Learn
about
inventors
Political
Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/
Information
about
politicians
Presidents
of the
United
States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Information
about US
presidents
World of
Science
Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Biographies
of
famous
scientists
Rulers
http://www.rulers.org/
Information
about
rulers
from
around
the
world
National
Center
for
Family
Literacy
(NCFL)
http://www.famlit.org/
NCFL is
recognized
internationally
as the
leader
in the
field of
family
literacy,
an
innovative
approach
to
meeting
the
educational
needs of
both
children
and
their
parents.
By
providing
training
for
educators,
researching
effective
practices,
and
raising
public
awareness,
NCFL
works to
expand
the
learning
opportunities
for all
families
nationwide.
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Multi-Media
texts |
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Media Literacy
(explains and
suggests
activities CA)
Listening
resources |
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http://www.elllo.org/index.htm
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Listening Links
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CBS News - 60
minutes
audio
subscription in
MP3 format |
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Library Resources :Notes
from the Presentation of
Montreal Children’s
Literature Roundtable
meeting at JAC, November
17th , 2010
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Organization
Blog sites for sharing/Social bookmarking
Searching the Internet: a document
prepared by
librarians
of all
English
School
Boards in
Quebec to
support
research
done in the
high school
libraries.
See:
http://qclibrarians.wikispaces.com/
Booktalks/reviews
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk
: Good for
the order of
series
titles, and
summaries
for book
talks
Possible to
add this
link to your
library
website
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News
www.allmyfaves.com
: Quick visual
search of many
news sources.
Just click on
the icon and
Google takes you
directly to the
website
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Global Issues
Quebec specific to teach students to be
global citizens
and about social
issues
www.newint.org:
New
Internationalist
magazine; social
justice; global
issues
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Encyclopedias/Reference
https://www.cia.gov/library/index.html
: For
information on
countries of the
world, Lists
names of world
leaders, World
Factbook ,
Favourite site
of Charlie Rose
www.histori.ca/default.do?page=.index
:Canadiana;
Includes link to
the Canadian
Encyclopedia at
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1
www.canadahistory.ca
:Formerly The
Beaver, this is
the official
Canadian history
magazine online
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For LBPSB library technicians:
www.lbpsb.qc.ca>portal>communities
As teachers and students are increasingly
encouraged to
use their portal
accounts for
interaction and
communication,
the library
should also be
present on the
portal.
You can create a
website or
community for
the library and
put up all kinds
of information
and documents
for users.
Consider
attending a
workshop in your
school, or just
figuring out how
to set up a
community for
your library.
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Read aloud resources
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Browsealoud
will read
websites out to
you and
highlight words
as they are read
out.
LibriVox:
This
site
provides
free
audio
books in
the
public
domain.
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Audio Books
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Audible: This subscription site allows visitors to download from thousands of audio books, both best sellers and classics making it easy to find what you need for class.
Project
Gutenburg:
Books
that are
no
longer
under US
copyright
can be
found
here and
there is
a
special
section
for
audio
books,
both
read by
computers
and by
humans.
Free Books.org: If your class is reading an older text you may be able to find a free version of it to listen to on this site.
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Podcasts
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iTunes Free
software for Mac
and Windows. The
interface will
be familiar to
most K-12
students from
music downloads.
Search for
podcasts of
interest to you.
iTunesU
iTunesU is used
by universities
and K-12 schools
to publish (and
locate)
educational
podcasts
including many
podcasts on
podcasting!
There are over
15,000 different
podcasts here!
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Find Podcast
A directory
where you can
search in
categories much
like the site
above, but a
nice addition is
"kids and
teens." Check
out new
podcasts, rated
podcasts, or
popular
podcasts.
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FireAnt
Discover, watch
and subscribe to
podcasts and
vodcasts (video
podcasts).
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Learn Out Loud
Some for sale,
some free.
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Podcast Alley
Pick a podcast
genre, and
you'll receive a
list of
podcasts. Genres
include, but
aren't limited
to: business,
cultural/political,
environment,
movies/films,
sports,
technology,
comedy, travel.
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Podcast Pickle
Search by tag,
topic, category
or see and hear
the top-rated
podcasts
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Podanza
Search by
category, see
featured
podcasts in each
category, or
search by
content and
keyword
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Karen's Mashups
Excerpts from
popular
educational
podcasts
combined into a
new "mashup."
"Most shows will
have a theme,
such as math,
science, student
productions,
professional
development,
museum
productions, or
technology news.
Some shows will
be focused on
podcasts for
administrators
and teachers,
while other
shows will
highlight
podcasts for
students or
parents."
Show 10
samples
professional
development
podcasts;
show 15
features audio
books;
show 12 has
podcasts for
parents;
show 3 is
about podcasts
for libraries.
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Lit2Go free
online
collection of
stories and
poems in Mp3.
Search by title
or author or
search the
database. Print
the text to read
along! Listen or
download.
Subscribe
through iTunes,
too.
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EdTechTalk
Several great
podcasts can be
found on this
site.
WOW2 (Women of
Web 2.0)
focuses on using
new web tools in
teaching and
learning and is
broadcast live
every Tuesday
night and
archived for you
to listen to
anytime.
Show #65
featured Doug
Johnson and
Joyce Valenza
discussion
school libraries
that work and
the future of
school library
media centers.
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Audible Kids
Listen to
stories, rate
them, see what
others are
listening to,
download them
(fee based)
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Just One More
Book
Podcasts
featuring
children's books
and authors.
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Library of
Congress
Podcasts
including
podcasts with
authors and
poets from the
National Book
Festival
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MyBabyMonsters
Original stories
become podcasts
for kids
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NPR Classics for
Kids
Introducing
students to
classical music
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Open Culture:
Audio & Podcast
Collections
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PortablePD A
site created by
two classroom
teachers to
share, support
and celebrate
the use of
blogs, podcasts
and other
technologies in
the classroom.
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Portable Radio
Podcasts created
by Grade 5/6
students in
Ottawa, Canada
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SLJ Podcasts
Items of
interest to
school library
media
specialists.
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StoryNory
Free podcasts
for kids
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TourCaster
Audio tours of
cities |
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Educational
Podcast Network:
Narrow your
search for
podcasts down to
those dedicated
to education.
You can learn
about everything
from math to
dance right on
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Podcasting For
ELT
Podcasting
Presentation
Introduction to
Podcasting
Assignment:
Podcast
Another
Introduction to
Podcasting
Englishcaster
Yackpack
Audacity
Tutorial
Evoca
Odiogo
Podcast People |
Videos
resources for
inspiration, cognitive
conflict, examples,
tutorials and more.
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Video Banks
Video search
engines
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FireAnt
Discover,
watch and
subscribe to
Internet TV,
podcasts and
vodcasts
(video
podcasts.
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MetaTube
Search over
100 video
sharing
sites
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SnagFilms
provides
access to
short
documentaries
for you to
watch and
"snag" for
your website
with a
commercial
message up
front.
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Video
Fetcher
A newer
search
engine for
video.
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Introducing /
Predicting and
summarizing
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Wordle
is a toy
for
generating
“word
clouds”
from
text
that you
provide.
The
clouds
give
greater
prominence
to words
that
appear
more
frequently
in the
source
text.
You can
tweak
your
clouds
with
different
fonts,
layouts,
and
color
schemes.
The
images
you
create
with
Wordle
are
yours to
use
however
you
like.
You can
print
them
out, or
save
them.
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Present
a view
of a
text,
review
the
impact
and
focus of
a text.
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Tag
Clouds
/
Word
Clouds
/
Tag
Cloud
Generator
another
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Take Note of facts, characters, impressions and understanding
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MyNoteIT: This great tool allows students to take and store their notes online, edit them with the help of classmates, look up words or terms you don’t understand and keep track of things you need to do. |
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Google Docs: With this program from Google you can take notes online, save them, and even send them to your peers for collaboration. |
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Notely: Keep your class notes, to-do lists and more organized and easy to access with this site. |
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Stu.dicio.us: Here, students are able to actively organize their class materials, take and store notes, share information and even link to online reference sites. |
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ShortText: This is a very simple tool for taking notes online. Simply enter your text, hit save, and you’ve got an online note you can revisit anytime you like. |
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YourDraft: Take notes with this rich text editor and share and save them online. |
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Stickkit: Get an intelligent sticky note with this great online program. It looks at the text on your notes and can recognize important dates, bookmarks, emails and more, organizing them for you and making it easy to stay on top of everything. |
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SyncNotes: If you use a PDA this can be a great way to keep your notes accessible on both your main computer and your portable device. |
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JotCloud: If you’re the type that loves to put sticky notes all over everything then you’ll enjoy this online note taking tool. It allows you to create clouds of stickies anywhere you need them. |
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NoteCentric: Store and share your classroom notes with this innovative site. It keeps your notes organized so you can reference them later and you can easily access it through a Facebook account. |
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represent understanding from the texts / Organize and present information
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Gliffy: Gliffy makes it easy to lay out ideas in flow charts and diagrams or to create floor plans and technical drawings to help you better visually understand
information. |
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FlowChart: Create great flow charts for your classes using this online tool, which comes complete with drawing tools and objects as well as collaborative tools. |
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DrawAnywhere: This online program allows you to create diagrams and flow charts to represent all kinds of information. Best of all, you can log in from anywhere to get access to your diagrams. |
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AjaxSketch: This web-based drawing tool makes it easy to not only create flow charts and diagrams but to do freehand drawing as well and you can use it right from Firefox. |
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XML/SWF Charts: Those familiar with XML will be able to turn their data into colorful and useful charts with this downloadable tool. |
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yEd: Is a very powerful graph editor and creation tool that can be used to quickly and effectively generate drawings and to create easily read and laid out graphs and diagrams. |
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Best 4C: This Web-based tool allows you to create and share charts from anywhere, making it easier than ever to diagram and draw your ideas. |
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LovelyCharts: Charts created through this tool really can be lovely with full color capabilities and loads of graphics. |
Read
and
LISTEN
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Read Please: Cut and paste text or type it directly into the input form on this site and the program will read it to you. It can be a very useful tool for making sure essays and projects are written correctly. |
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Text Reader: Here you’ll find a tool that will give you audio for any text you feed into it. |
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ItCanSay: This site has a great online text reader and can also give you some help pronouncing difficult words that aren’t said like they’re spelt. |
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Midomi: While not quite a text reader, this tool couldn’t be left out of this list. It’s a search engine that is based on sound rather than text. It can be a more intuitive way to find things if you respond better to sounds. |
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Reinvestment
tasks
Provides links to
short tasks related to
reinvestment to
integrate into LES
tasks.
Student Link Site.
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Powerpoint |
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Video and Photo
response
possibilities
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Picasa: Picasa is Google’s answer to photo sharing and you can upload images from an art history or anatomy class and study them from anywhere on the Web.Flickr: This social networking and photo posting site can be a great way to share images from a class with your
classmates
or look for images to back up your notes.
Scooch: Scooch is a Web-based slide show program that will allow you to post photos and make slide shows that you can share with others over the Web.
Screencast-o-Matic: Create a video or photo of your screen with this helpful online tool. It can be a great way to remember how to do tasks on the computer or just to share images online.
Jing Project: This tool allows you to snap a photo of your desktop, make recordings of your activities and email or IM them to anyone.
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Web Tools
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools-for-every-kind-of-learner/
Create
Podcasts
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ProfCasts:
Turn a
PowerPoint
presentation
into a
useful
and
portable
podcast
using
this
tool. It
can be a
great
way to
put
class
materials
into a
format
you can
bring
with you
anywhere.
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Writes
This section
provides links to resources
related to developing this
competency.
Student Link
Site.
Produces
This section
provides links to resources
related to developing this
competency.
Student Link
Site.
Strategies
This section
provides links to resources
related to developing the
students' use of strategies.
Student Link Site.
Activities This section
provides links to short
skill-building activities to
integrate into LES tasks.
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Virtual Activities
Listing
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/Virtual%20Activities.htm
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Filamentality
Fill-in-the-blank
website; choose a
topic, search for
Internet resources
and turn those into
learning activities
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Learning
with iAdventures
Problem solving
activities in which
students determine
the direction and
outcome of a
content-rich
storyline using
resources available
on the Internet
particularly
resources providing
real-world data and
primary documents
Virtual Field Trips
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Blackwell's Best
Blackwell's best
virtual field trips
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Ellis Island, an
Interactive Tour
An interactive
immigration
experience
(6-12)
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The
FIELD TRIPS site
A range of field
trips on nature
topics: rainforests,
endangered species,
salt marshes,
volcanoes, and more
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The Great Depression
Virtual field trip
of The Great
Depression
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TechTrekers Virtual
Field Trips
Topical listing of
virtual field trips
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Thinkport Fieldtrips
Rich multimedia
content including
interactive stories,
maps, games,
timelines, audio and
more
Tours from Above
Ariel views of New
York, Seattle, and
Sydney
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Utah Education
Network
Select the subject
and field trip to
take or create your
own
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Virtual Fieldtrip
Page
Several destinations
to investigate
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Virtual Tours
Links to museums,
exhibits, special
interest sites,
realtime tours, and
reality tours
Scavenger Hunts
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Student Projects:
Quizzes
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quizzes
- For teachers or for
students to use in
interactive projects
...
Here are some
others:
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Organizers
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AN INTRODUCTION TO
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS:
WHAT IS IT? A
strategy in which
teachers and
students transfer
abstract concepts
and processes into
visual
representations.
Graphic
Organizers.org
Includes:
General Procedures
for Writing an
Assigned Essay - A
strategy that might
be useful. Printable
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers
Assess students'
skills using one of
our handy helpers.
Graphic Organizers
More Graphic
Organizers
Create Graphic
Organizers
Even More Graphic
Organizers
Thinkport Graphic
Organizers
Exploratree
Write Design
Graphic organizers
Scaffolding
Comprehension
Strategies Using
Graphic Organizers
Grades 3-8
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Mega organizers: (from
http://www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1/
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Stu.dicio.us:Student organizer and social notetaking tool where students can create a schedule, track their grades, manage a to do list, store files for classes, and write public notes in an outline-like format. Stu.dicio.us also allows students to connect with friends and soon will include Facebook integration. More on
Stu.dicio.us.
- Chalksite
(Teachers): Chalksite is a system built for teachers, students, and parents providing teachers with an easy to use central point where they can communicate with students and parents, post assignments and grades, send messages, and manage a website for their courses. More on
Chalksite.
- Engrade
(Teachers): Similar to Chalksite, Engrade allows teachers to create an account and have direct communication with students and their parents. Teachers can manage student grades, track attendance, schedule upcoming homework, and provide students and parents progress reports.
- mynoteIT: (New release came out the other day) An online note taking tool for students including a WYSIWYG note editor, assignment reminders, grade management, to do lists, and more. Students can also share notes with friends and receive feedback through commenting on notes.
- Haiku LMS
(Teachers): Haiku has yet to launch, but its feature set sounds promising making it worth mentioning. Haiku provides a system for teachers where they can create a public website for their classes, manage content, list assignments and announcements, track grades, and more. Sounds like a similar application to Chalksite.
- CollegeRuled: Academic organizer, class scheduler, and message board area for students. Students can either create a schedule or connect to their Facebook schedule with CollegeRuled and take notes and manage a to do list for each class.
- Backpack: Backpack is an all around great organizer including note taking, file storage, to do lists, a calendar, and more. An example use could be that students can create pages in their organizer for each class and manage notes on class discussions as well as upload related files and class documents.
- PocketMod: Pocketmod is a small tool for creating disposable paper organizers using print out templates covering just about anything from note paper to reference sheets. It’s perfect for students that prefer keeping organized on paper. Also, it’s just helpful to carry around with you for whenever you may need to jot some things down.
- JotSpot: JotSpot is a free wiki allowing users to create and share documents, spreadsheets, calendars, and more. It is my top pick for a wiki and provides a great set of features. Users can even install other applications from an application gallery to extend their wiki with project managers, to do lists, photo galleries, and other applications. It may be a little on the advanced side for students and teachers, but if your tech savvy, have at it.
Learning and Research organizers
- EasyBib: An “automatic bibliography composer” that lets users enter sources and fill out a simple forms to be given MLA style bibliographies. I’ve used this multiple times in the past for research papers.
- Nuvvo: Nuvvo offers a service where students can search for courses to enroll in online on any just about any topic. It’s a fun and easy way for students to learn and they can select from free or paid courses.
- Diigo: Social annotation and bookmarking service where users can bookmark sites and add highlights and notes to them. Great for research.
- Wizlite: “Wizlite allows you to highlight text (like on real paper) on any page on the Internet and share it with everybody (or just your friends).”
- Mindpicnic: Similar to Nuvvo, Mindpicnic offers a service where users can create courses and find and study interesting courses full of media, links, flash cards, and more.
- Answers.com: Excellent site for researching anything at all. Make a search and receive results from dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other information sources.
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia under a Wiki platform that is written and maintained by volunteers. It has possibly grown to be todays largest reference site and encyclopedia on the Internet.
- Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking site where users can save bookmarks and organize them with tags. Users can also take advantage of their del.icio.us network allowing them to add friends to their account and keep track of bookmarks left by each friend.
- Zotero: Next-generation research tool for Firefox that is currently in private beta. With Zotero, users can capture citation information, store media and websites, take notes, and more all within their browser. Note: Zotero is in private beta.
- Newsvine: Probably, the best news source for students. It’s a clean and friendly social news site containing articles from the Associated Press, ESPN, and New Scientist as well as user contributions. Students can browse the site comfortably, rate news articles, participate in article discussion, and even start their own news column where they can write and publish articles. More on Newsvine.
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Calendars
Templates
Puzzle
makers
Surveys/Polls
Games
Grammar/Form:
Grammar
resources / Focus on Form
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Class awards templates
Certificate / Diploma Maker PPT
Software
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Free Serif software:
Serif PagePlus SE
is the FREE desktop
publishing (DTP)
software to design
stunning
publications for
home or business
with no previous
experience!
With FREE
PagePlus SE you can
easily create
outstanding menus,
greeting cards,
posters, brochures,
documents and
catalogues.
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HiYah
provides a
series of programs.
They are based on
high interest
subjects, such as
nursery rhymes,
holidays, and
birthday themes.
The software
keeps children
engaged
and
actively learning.
For children with
limited language
skills, the programs
can help
give
meaning to words
and concepts.
Holidays, birthdays,
going to the doctor,
dentist,
or
getting a
haircut, are
all broken down into
sequential steps to
thoroughly explain
the event.
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Genealogy Software
review
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FSF/UNESCO Free
Software Directory
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Logicielseducatif.qc.ca
Interested in
software ?- get some
input here! |
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ESL Free software |
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Listing (in French)
of a variety of free
software for
different projects |
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Free
English courses and
resources
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Class site/blogs
Topics
Groupings /cooperation
and collaboration
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Curriculum Collaboration
Toolkit:
Effective teaching with
technology matches the
teacher's goals and the
learner's
characteristics and
needs, with tools that
enhance understanding.
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Rubrics
/evaluation
Sites
CASLT
maintains a website, monthly
newsletter and many other
services for ESL across
Canada.
Provides a link to a search
engine focusing on
second official language
teaching and learning
resources maintained by
CASLT
which also offers ESL
resources.
British Council Learn
English Central:
http://www.britishcouncil.ca/
Link
Sites
providing Teacher Tools
and/or links to tools:
Larry Ferlazzo's Best
Sites /
Of the year
/
Teacher Tool lists
ESL teaching /
technology integration
Blogs:
Scholastic
provides the following
tools:
For the classroom
Handouts —
"Citing Internet
Sources,"
"Etymology" and "The
Writing Process"
Worksheets —
Handouts to help
with reading
comprehension and
research
organization
Classroom Feature
Movie — Mission
Possible: Successful
Online Research
For your computer
Free Web Tools
Blogger Portal —
Free tools for your
blog or website
AnswerBoxes —
Choose the lookup
box that fits your
style!
AnswerTips — A
must-have for every
classroom computer —
just click on any
word and get instant
information.
ICT Pedagogy
Ideas, research and
examples of ICT
Offline Software
Downloads and
tutorials (by type)
Online Tools
Online apps and web
2.0 tools.
Using Web Tips
Searching, internet
safety, copyright
etc
Media Libraries
Find images, videos
and audio online.
Skills
Photography/ video,
typing, presenting
Hardware Support
Whiteboards,
microscopes,
robotics
Education World
Lesson Planning
News for Kids
Learning Games
Printables Library
Lesson of the Day
5-Minute Fillers
Professional
Development
Reader’s Theater
Math Cats Math Chat
Dr. Fred Jones
Strategies That Work
Teacher Feature
Technology
Integration
Teacher Templates
Tech Lesson Plans
Techtorials
Internet 4 Teachers
suggests lists of
online resources for
teachers.
Education World -
Teacher Tools and
Templates
http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml
Educator's Reference
Desk - brings you 2,000+
lesson plans, 3,000+
links to online
education information,
and 200+ question
archive responses.
http://www.eduref.org/
Tools2learn.ca "What
makes the Teacher Tools
website so attractive is
that it takes the ICT
teacher's tools, such as
word processor,
presentation program and
so on, and gives you
advice on how best to
use them to enhance your
educational goals for
the pupils, as well as
technical instruction."
Includes:
Concept Map Index
'Need a Concept Map
blank form to use
with your students?
Select one of
fifteen blank form
styles, add your own
instructions and
print.
'Need a Venn
Diagram blank form
to use with your
students? Select one
of three blank form
styles, add your own
instructions and
print.
'Need a Graph
Paper blank form to
use with your
students? Select one
of the 18 blank form
styles below (black
or gray), to see the
full version for
printing.
Use our easy
form to build your
own worksheets,
indicating the value
of each question as
you go.
This rubric
builder allows you
to enter in 5
objectives, each
with 5 levels of
work accomplished,
along with
corresponding marks.
Digital Media:
Digital media may be used in the
classroom in a variety of ways.
Digital images can be used in a
PowerPoint presentation, inserted in
to Word, Excel, and even SMART
Notebook. Digital video can
also be used in a PowerPoint or
Movie Maker presentation.
Student produced video can empower
students with the tools, skills and
confidence to take creative control
of their research and presentation
projects.
A vast
listing of teacher resources for
teaching and learning focusing on
Vocational education.
Copyright
ACCESS Access Copyright
provides educators,
businesses and other users
of copyright protected works
with the ability to copy
from millions of books,
magazines and newspapers in
a flexible, convenient and
economical way.
Vocabulary
Comprehensive English
Vocabulary Word Lists
You can browse these lists
in categories or you can use
the Find function of your
web browser to jump directly
to the list you are looking
for.
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