Some Websites to
Check Out
Thinkfinity/Marco Polo Comic Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Civic Literacy for High Schoolers
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Thinkfinity
(used to be Marco Polo)
http://www.thinkfinity.org/EducatorHome.aspx
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120
Lemonade.com An interesting twist of the American lemonade
stand marketing scheme. The basic model is that you create a "stand"
of your favorite products that are displayed with links back to the original
retailers. When something is bought, you make a little money in the middle. You
can put the "stand" on your web site, blog, etc.
A social polling site that track trends and opinions in a professional and focused manner. Even though there are many social aspects, such as sharing polls and commenting on polls, the polls are not skewed by contests like who can make the most friends and therefore have their poll show up higher (i.e Digg), etc, etc.
Brain Honey (Collaborative
Learning Hive of interactive lesson plans) http://www.brainhoney.com/lessondetails/66b2096961ff45d381e9ab1c9538a7c5
Moving
Earth A
widget that shows us the latest earthquakes around our planet. Presents the magnitude, location and time of the latest quakes.
The information is provided by the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS)
Earthquake Hazards Program. http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/moving-earth
Toondo (making cartoons)
http://www.toondo.com
Music/Sounds for Power Points/projects AoA
Audio Extractor –For your instructional tools: One handy utility that
everyone needs nowadays is a software program that can extract audio, sound, or
background music from home movies, YouTube videos, or any other video file.
http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm
Sound Snap http://www.soundsnap.com/
FOR FUN
Periodic Table of the Internet http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-06-23--periodic-table-of-the-internet.html
Transforming Research
newspapers from around the World (on-line newspapers) http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
view historical
documents (The U.S. Constitution) http://www.archives.gov/exhibits
archived audio and video (watch Dr. Martin
Luther King’s” I Have a Dream” Speech) http://www.civilizednation.com/speeches/mlk/video.html
ask an expert (Pitsco) http://www.askanexpert.com/
Transforming Data
real time data
(population calculator)
http://www.census.gov/
(satellite tracking) http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html
spreadsheets
(online spreadsheets) http://numsum.com/spreadsheet/show/35
(collaborative spreadsheets)
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&rm=false
gather survey data (Survey Monkey) http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Transforming Student Publishing
photo essays (online publication) http://www.onetruemedia.com/
digital storytelling (online publication) http://www.digitales.us/gallery/gallery_living_memories.php
publish and distribute (Lulu)
http://www.lulu.com/
Transforming Student’s Understanding Of Their World
webcams (view
places around the World…live!) http://www.earthcam.com/
satallite maps (Google Earth) http://earthgoogle.com (Google Earth-Flash) http://www.flashearth.com/
(Microsoft Live Maps) http://maps.live.com/
TeacherTube
You Tube
Of course it is blocked by websense.
PODCASTS AND VIDEO
Podcasting 101 for K-12 “Librarians”
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml
Education Podcast Newtork (EPN)
http://www.epnweb.org/index.php
TED
This site has the best talks and performances from the world’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers available to the public for free.
Motionbox (Video)
Students can upload videos online in a flash and organize them.
Of course it is blocked by websense.
COLLABORATING AND
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Ning in Education
A community devoted to helping teachers build and use social networks in their teaching
Edutagger
Allows you to categorize and store your web links online and share them with other educators.
Google apps for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html (free subscription-- will email updates)
Del.icio.us
Social bookmarking website whose primary ues is to store your bookmarks online
WIKIS & BLOGS
WikiSpaces for Educators
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
PBWiki for Educators
http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
Software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link pages together. Often used to create collaborative websites Examples of educational wikis can be fournd at: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
Blogger
Educational blogs can be found at http://educational.blogs.com and http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
Of course these are blocked by websense.
Wordpress
Blogging software available for free download
Of course it is blocked by websense.
MULTIMEDIA
Flickr
Of course it is blocked by websense.
Free online photo editing and management site to share photos
Picasa
When you install Picasa, it instantly goes to work, organizing all the pictures on your hard drive by date in the "Folders on Disk" collection. If Picasa finds folders you don't want, go into Tools > Folder Manager to tell it which folders to scan once, scan always or remove. To remove individual pictures from your library, simply select a photo and right-click to delete it permanently from your computer or hide it from Picasa.
Animoto
http://www.animoto.com Upload a group of photos and this stie automatically generates professional produced slide shows using their own technology and hig-end motion design.
Tumblr
An easy way to makle the transition to Web 2.0. You can create a personal or collaborative site that functions as an online scrapbook.
Of course it is blocked by websense.
23 Things
http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com
This
site is a self-paced long-term learning process to familiarize yourself with the technologies that are out there. Links and
guidance are provided. Each week begins with a brief explanation of a new web 2.0 topic, followed by Discovery Exercises.
Did You Know? – TeacherTube.com video
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6c08179393d1beaf1860
Lyon/Clayton Web Page Creation Unit
Web Quest for Single Party States Project
Single Party States Final Project
Digital learners video clip:
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=42ed16b7d8fbf2c740e0
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue Web'n is an online library of 2163 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format.