Intermediate

=General= [| Google for educators] -- find all the many things google has for teachers [|Quizlet] - Interactive online flashcards -You can pick an existing one, or make your own. Students don't need an email to use, but teachers do need to sign up, then students log onto the teachers link to study, play games, test themselves in a fun interactive way. [|Learner.org] -- this is a site by Annenberg Media which has a wide variety of interactive tools, also has courses and videos for teachers and students. Pictures that students can copy and use in blogs, wikis, reports, etc -- [|Tec4learning.com] =Presentations= Prezi is a a more interactive version similar to Power Point for presentations - It can be dowloaded to the computer - and for elementary students it probably should be because it is an open site. All projects are public and can be viewed by anyone. If it is downloaded to a computer the presentation can be saved to a flashdrive. Ahead and Prezi are both online presentation programs that create very cool alternatives to Powerpoints. Here's an example of a Prezi. Glogster This is an online poster maker that student's can add audio, video, links, pictures and more. Web 2.0 Glogster Example. Glogster [|glogster-edu-educator-resource-library[1.pdf]]document. -- NOTE: BE SURE TO LOG INTO **EDU.Glogster.Com** -- the EDU before it is important. Regular Glogster.com has adds and not all of its glogs are kid-friendly. As a teacher you can set up an account, then set up student accounts under you so the students can save their work without having to have an email address, and it makes it easy for you to see all their projects. = = =**Timelines**= XTimelines a free timeline maker that will allow you to add video and pictures. A great way to integrate primary source documents. = = =**Graphing**= Swivel Create your own charts with your own data or look at others charts. Some very interesting things get charted. Grapher Extremely easy and simple chart for elementary. Could be a good morning work type graphing task but not saveable and very limited. Create a Graph More functionality than Grapher. You can create a variety of types of graphs and the "Dare to Compare" function will look at how you compare to students around the world on a number of subjects = = =**Brainstorming/Graphic Organizers**= Webspiration and online version of the popular Inspiration software that provides tools to graphically organize thoughts and instantly transfer them to writing outlines. = = =**Audio/****Video**= Voice Thread This is a site that will allow you to post student work and have others comment on it. The new education version includes comment moderation so that all comments have to be approved by the teacher before the students see it. Educators are also the only ones that can invite members to their thread. media type="custom" key="7009605"This is the Voice Thread I did with a group of second graders. I took the pictures, uploaded them, then each group got to comment and remember what they did during the unit. This was what I used for assessment. Animoto for Educators Animoto is a great way to for students to do video editing to put together professional looking videos from still images, music and graphics. Audacity is a free, open-source software for recording and editing audio. You'd have to get your tech person to download the software. = = =**Comics**= Kerpoof is a drawing and cartoon making software that allows students to create their own animated movies. It has lists of lesson plans connected to state standards and you can create classroom accounts. Pikistrips will allow you to create comic book like pictures from your own photos. Xtranormal You might have to be careful with elementary students at this site because some of the cartoons are not appropriate but if you can type you can create an animated movie. = = =**Research Tools**= AwesomeHighlighter Put a website address in and it will take you to the site and add tools that will allow you to highlight and annotate text. = = =**Educational Games**= [|Quia] There are a lot of cools tools on this site. You do have to pay a yearly fee but it allows you to put your own data into fun games and quizzes for students. Bubbabrain This one allows you to import your own data as well but in some of the worksheets created by the website you can compete with students all over the country. Classtools Another site that allows you to create fun little quizzes and games but these you can easily add to your classroom website. [|Learning games for kids] = = =Primary Source Documents= DocsTeach This is a new site that has teacher created activities that use primary source documents to teach about historical periods. You can use the activities on the site, change activities, or create your own.
 * [|TweenTribune -]** A site with many articles and links for students to research. Does not require an email to sign up