Web 2.0 

Browser Tools

 

 

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Animation

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie/

 

Super simple animation movie maker- Just drag and drop clips for a fast mashup.

 

http://fluxtime.com/animate.php

 

 http://www.moovl.co.uk/

Moovl is a unique online tool which teachers and pupils can use to draw, animate and apply physical properties

to objects in order to bring their pictures and words to life.

 

http://www.blender.org/

3d animation

 

http://www.myglife.org/workshop/master/en/play/elephant 

Cell based animation

 

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Art

 

art.com artPad

 

http://youdraw.com/cgi-bin/drawpad.pl

draw pad

 

http://queeky.com/draw/php/

paint on-line

 

http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/

 

http://www.somacon.com/p44.php

Draw your own favicon or icon online for free using this entirely web-based, non-Java icon generator. All you need is a modern web browser like Firefox. The tool creates a 16x16 pixel icon in 16 colors with optional transparency.

 

http://www.digitaldrawn.nl/drawing/online.htm 

digital draw

 

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/lineart.htm

creating line art in Flash

 

http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/fun_and_games/online_woodstock.html

Snoopy on-line coloring book

 

http://www.tosiproductions.com/_amazingadventure/activities/painting/paintgame22.html

Art Studio-painting on-line

 

 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm

Brushter-cool drawing in line

 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm

Collage Machine

 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/mobile.htm

Create a 3d mobil

 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/pixelface.htm

Pixel face

 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/jungle.htm

Virtual jungle colorforms

 

 

 

 

 

Kid's Art Program http://www.kerpoof.com/ a neat new product that lets kids create, color, print, and share within a browser

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Avatars

Stardoll

http://www.stardoll.com/en/user/ 

 

 http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

 

http://www.tektek.org/dream/ dream avatar creator

 

http://whuddle.crystal-dreams.us/whuddletar2.php

 

http://www.doppelme.com/create/step2.asp These look alot like a the Wii  characters

 

http://www.funnypics.cc/media/create_your_avatar.php

 

http://www.meez.com/home.dm THis has been my favorite because you can animate them

 

http://www.gizmoz.com/create/head With gizmoz you upload a photo and using facial recogntion software you

can create a cartoon character of yourself

 

Build Your Wild Self http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

 

Who is your Dark Ages Character?

 

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Biography Tool

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/

 

 This tool allows students to develop an outline of a person whose biography or autobiography they have just read; it can also be used before students write their own autobiography. Specific prompts ask students to describe a person’s significance, background, and personality. The finished printout can be folded into a fun cube shape that can be used for future reference.

Book Reports- Step by step

 

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp

Book Report Sandwich is a step-by-step guide to writing your book report

 

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/bookreportnow/

Spice up those old book reports with some new ideas ...

Five guidelines for getting a book report done. Includes information on different types of book reports as well as templates for selected books

 

Book Cover Creator The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
Book Cover Guide Explore the parts of book covers and dust jackets with this online guide, designed to to allow users to review the content that appears on each portion of these artifacts.

 

C.A.D.

for Kids

 

http://sketchup.google.com/download.html 

Google SketchUp 6 is a 3D modeling software tool that’s easy to learn, simple to use, and lets you place your models in Google Earth. Are you remodeling a kitchen, landscaping your back yard or adding a deck to your home? Google SketchUp makes it faster, easier and a lot more fun. From simple to complex, from conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp helps you see your vision before you build it.

Once you've built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse.

 

 http://www.ldraw.org/ LDraw™ is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, create building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your virtual models and even make animations. The possibilities are endless. Unlike real LEGO bricks where you are limited by the number of parts and colors, in LDraw nothing is impossible. You can download

Step 1 Download the following file: ldraw_setup_2006q3_full_J.exe NOTE: The file is protected by a Captcha image. Please type in the letters you see in the picture.

 

 

 Kids who like to be challenged

 Anim8or is a 3D modeling and character animation program . You can download here http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

Be sure to follow the tutorials here to learn how to use the program http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

 

http://www.cadstd.com/ C.A.D studio CadStd is a general purpose, easy to learn CAD/drafting program for creating professional quality mechanical designs, house plans, blueprints, schematics and charts utilizing ANSI drawing standards. Free download here http://www.cadstd.com/lite.html

 

Character Trading Cards The interactive Character Trading Cards tool is a fun and useful way for students to explore a character in a book that they are reading or as a prewriting exercise when creating characters for original stories.
Circle Plot Diagram The Circle Plot Diagram can be used as a prewriting graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure as well as a postreading organizer used to explore the text structures in a book.
Comic Creator The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).
Compare & Contrast Map The Compare & Contrast Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for different kinds of comparison essays.
Comparison and Contrast Guide The Comparison and Contrast Guide outlines the characteristics of the genre and provides direct instruction on the methods of organizing, gathering ideas, and writing comparison and contrast essays.

 

Bookmarks

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.

 

http://www.linksagogo.com/

 

http://technorati.com/faves/

 

	Google Bookmarks
	Del.icio.us		Digg
	MySpace		Facebook
	Furl		Yahoo MyWeb
	StumbleUpon		Reddit
	Newsvine		Live Bookmarks
	Technorati		Twitter
	Yahoo Bookmarks		myAOL
	Ask		Fark
	Slashdot		Propeller
	Simpy		Blogmarks
	Diigo		Faves (Blue Dot)
	Spurl		LinkaGoGo
	Mister Wong		Feed Me Links
	Backflip		Magnolia
	Segnalo		Netvouz
	Tailrank		BlinkList

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Building on Line

Brio Track Builder Virtual Brio Train design http://brio.knex.com/customer/TrackBuilder.php

 

Built track and neighborhood http://funschool.kaboose.com/time-warp/games/game_all_aboard.html

 

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Citation Machine

Click the link below to use the Citation maker from Calvin College. You can enter your reference information in, and the cite

maker will put it in proper order for you.

 http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Ottobib: Similar to EasyBib, Ottobib is a simple bibliography tool that allows users to enter multiple ISBN numbers for books at a time and retrieve the bibliographies in MLA, APA, AMA, or Chicago/Turabian format.

 

 

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Certificate Creation

http://www.123certificates.com/  Print out certificates online

 

 

 

 

Create Comics at the sites below

 

Cartoons/Comic Strips:

Toondoo http://www.toondoo.com

Comic Strip Generator http://stripgenerator.com

Captain Underpants Cartoon Maker http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic.htm

Make Belief Comics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php

Quicktoons http://www.quicktoons.com/create

Howtoons http://www.instructables.com/group/howtoons/

Pixton http://www.pixton.com/home

Read Write and Think http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ line comics

Garfield Comichttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm 

Comic strip creator  http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php 

Boys Life http://www.boyslife.org/games/online-games/235/comic-creator/

Disney Comic Creatorhttp://disney.go.com/surfswell/comiccreator.html Comic Life

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 Drawing

 

http://flashface.ctapt.de/

face generator

 

http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html 

picasso's head and face

 

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

On-line drawing and art program

 

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/Imagine 

 draw pain and stamp right on line

 

http://www.izhuk.com/painter/

J-Painter is an image editor that allows drawing within a browser. You can install it on your website or embed it in your web application. The editor can be easy configured for many applications:

 

http://sketchfu.com

 

Sketchcast - Talk about creativity, you can sketch a drawing with or without voice or write content and save it to your PC.

 

Skrbl - It's like a virtual space. Simple and easy online multi-user whiteboard, Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space.

 

 http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html Project Draw

 

http://wufoo.com/ form builder

 

http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/ scrubbler

 

http://www.mxgraph.com/demo/mxgraph/editors/diagrameditor.html online drawing with many shapes available

 

Drawing for Children Similar to KidPix Studio

 

 

 

 

 

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 Dictionaries on Line

 

 

http://www.misd.net/fig/ answers.com  install and get definitions on line

 

Dictionary.com Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day, crossword puzzles and word games, and vocabulary learning resources for many languages

 

 

http://www.answers.com/main/product_info.jsp One Click answers download that adds instant definitions when you click on a word

 

http://www.visuwords.com/?word=help

 

Dictionary.com

 

www.merriam-webster.com/

 

www.yourdictionary.com/

 

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Encyclopedias On line

 

The old reliable Britannica can be accessed online, but of course there is a fee once the free trial period ends. You can read more about the services they offer at their website: http://www.eb.com/index.html

 

 

Another example of an online encyclopedia but this one is free. It also includes a dictionary, atlas and many other features. It is supported through advertising so prepare yourself for some distractions.  http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html

 

 

This easy to use reference website is familiar to most students.  This site also includes a Thesaurus, Encyclopedia and web search engine. You can check it all out for yourself at:  http://dictionary.reference.com/

 

 

This website offers you a whole list of additional online encyclopedia resources including the ones listed above.  It also has it's own search engine and plenty of catagories to browse.  Check it out here:  http://www.ipl.org/

 

 

 

 

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Family Tree

 

 

Geni

This tool lets you instantly start building up a family tree and you can invite people you add by email so they can also start adding to the same tree. This was used in a school as part of an 'All About Me' topic and apparently it really got the community involved and families found it a really easy to use and useful tool.

 

 

 

Zooof

Another similar tool to Geni where you can easily start setting up family tree information

 

 

 

 

http://kindo.com/

family tree maker

 

http://www.thefamilypost.com/

family tree with pictures

 

http://www.myfamily.com/

add news videos pictures and text

 

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Games

 

http://supertux.lethargik.org/ 

SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original SuperMario games

 

Samorost Two

Created by Amanita Design, these lovely point and click games are guaranteed to enthrall all who play them. They would be awesome for using to prompt creative writing or instructional writing. The problem solving skills needed to play are also great brain gym. The first game features a smoking character who seems a little 'out of it' so may not be suitable for kids but the second game has no such issues. It is called a 'Point and Click' game as that is how you play - by clicking on areas of the screen to make things happen. This might seem to be an easy thing to do but finding the right places to click and in the correct order is no easy feat! Not all the levels of Samorost Two are included in the free online version and you need to pay to download the full version (but not very much).

 

Questionaut

This is a game specifically designed for the BBC education website and is to help children learn facts about English, Science and Maths. You still have to point and click in order to get the characters on each screen to ask the questions. Each correct answer means that you move to another level as your hot air balloon fills up. A great game.

 

 

 

Rooms

This is a game I tripped over one day on the web and spent an engrossing number of hours making my way through the levels (and I am not someone that is a gamer as a rule). The game is set in a mysterious mansion with rooms that move and that contain magical items to help you make your way through. Using both mouse and keyboard, use the items you find and slide the rooms into the correct configuration to make your escape. It starts off deceptively easily and then gets quite difficult. A great problem solving game with excellent graphics. The only draw back is the large file sizes for it to load

 

 

 

 

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 Google Gadgets

 

You can now use Google Gadgets to make your webpages even more interesting and useful to your visitors.

 

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open 

 

 

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Graphic Organizers

 

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ 

kwl flo charts venn diagrams

 

http://www.simpleseating.com/

seating chart

 

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 Graph Makers

Graphic Map The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually

 

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html

 

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/stkierans-manly/Graph/graph.html

 

http://www.handygraph.com/free_graphs.htm

blank graph paper

 

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Handwriting Maker

http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/ 

Make custom handwriting worksheets at the click of a button !

Select a handwriting style below and watch the magic unfold !

Free from your friends at TampaReads.com

 

 

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Images Resources

 

images.info.com freedigitalphotos.netbarrysfreephotos.com          dreamstime.com/free-photos        yotophoto.com      corbis.com

 

freestockphotos.com bigfoto.com       jupiterimages.com   istockphoto.com   freephotobank.org         image.baidu.com

 

  photos.com                  public- domain-photos.com 

 

 

Discovery School Clip Art

FreeFoto

Image After

McCord Museum

Microsoft Clip Art

Pics For Learning

YotoPhoto

 

 

Morguefile, big size pics, organized by topics, of high quality. They are copyright free, and with very original content.

ImageAfter, all kind of pics. You can find textures, nature...

Free High Resolution Photos, very original photos that you can use freely.

Copyright Free Photos, maybe they are not too big, but they are useful and nice.

http://www.inmagine.com/ Watermarks the images

backgroundsarchive.com great background images

BestAnimation's Backgrounds, allows to make really amazing backgrounds.

All Free Backgrounds, you can choose a background by color, texture...

bgMaker, has a gallery of designs and you can pick a background color that you like.

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Maps

 

Google Earth

This is a free download that you can get for your home computer here.

 

 EarthCam

Don't forget you can also see what's going on all over the world too.

 

Google Maps

Online dynamic maps with all kinds of search features.

 

Yahoo Maps

Same basic idea as Google Maps

Live Search Maps

MSN’s version of Google Maps

 

Google Maps Street View

maps.google.com    Explore neighborhoods at street level, virtually. Try it now!

 

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Math Blocks

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html

Virtual

Attribute Blocks – Learn color and shape concepts by sorting blocks.
	Attribute Trains – Learn about shape and color patterns of by completing trains of blocks.
	Congruent Triangles – Build similar triangles by combining sides and angles.
	Geoboard

http://www.e-tutor.com/et2/graphing/

pn line graphicing calculator

 

 http://www.aplusmath.com/

on line math tools

 

http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

GeoGebra is a free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for schools

that joins geometry, algebra and calculus.

 

 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_169_g_1_t_2.html

on line pattern blocks for math k-2

 

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Mind Mapping

 

CmapTools  Concept mapping tool very much like Inspiration

 

FreeMind  free mind mapping software

 

 

 Mind jet  http://www.mindjet.com/us/

 

Thinking Guide http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ 

 

 

Thinkature  http://www.thinkature.com/

mind mapping with sketch

 

 MinMo Mind Mapping http://www.mindomo.com/

 

 

Mind Mapping    ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool The Webbing Tool provides a free-form graphic organizer for activities that ask students to pursue hypertextual thinking and writing. The tool provides a quick way for students to trace out options and rearrange connections in prewriting and post-reading activities.

Mystery Stories Mystery Cube The Mystery Cube is a useful tool that helps students identify and summarize story elements in this popular genre. It can be used as a postreading activity for mysteries students have read or as a prewriting activity for students writing their own mysteries.
Persuasion Map The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

 http://www.primopdf.com/ Primo pdf files- turns word and publisher into pdf files so adobe acrobat reader  can open them

 

 

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Music

Sites where you can download music legally and for free

 

Freeplay Music

 

soundzabound - Royalty Free Music for Schools

 

http://odeo.com/ ODEO

 

http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Garageband Garage Band

 

http://www.jamendo.com/en/

All of the music housed on Jamendo is licensed under the Creative Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Podcast/net casts

 

 

 

Audacity

Simple sound recording tool.

Download Page

 

Audacity Portable

 

 

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Puzzlemakers

 

 

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists.

 

http://www.puzzle-maker.com/  Create word searches and crossword puzzles

 

http://next.yahoo.net/photosoup/ Makes puzzles with flickr photos

 

Photograph Puzzle Maker

Choose a picture from your computer (jpeg, png, gif, and bmp formats supported). You can use a photograph you took with your camera. ...

 

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Photo Stories

 

Pageflakes Site - Select the "Digital Story" Tab 

 

http://www.scrapblog.com/Scrapblog is the best place to share your digital scrapbooks with your friends, family, and the world. Enhance your photos, and express yourself

 

Photo Story 3 from Microsoft  is great for making slide shows with music.http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx PhotoStory- free program creates photo slide shows . You can add effects, transitions, captions, and music.

 

http://www.dl4all.com/2007/11/21/wondershare-photo-story-platinum-v2.6.0.html Wondershare Photo Story Platinum offers a whole new way to create and share gorgeous animated picture albums. Built-in templates / themes, intro / end movie, and decoration make it unprecedented on designing your masterpieces. Easily publish it as any popular format – flahs, iPod / iPhone / Zune video, even author DVD.

 

 

Photography-Digital Editing

 

Flickr: Explore, upload, and share photos online. Includes commenting and neat note functionality where users can add blocks of notes on the photos themselves for others to see.

 

http://www.splashup.com/

 

http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk//

morphing

 

http://www.xiberpix.net/SqirlzMorph.html

Sqirlz Morph allows you to mark features on several images, and the program mixes the images so that each feature on one image moves smoothly to the corresponding feature on the other images - a technique widely used in the film industry

 

http://www.xemico.com/photogadget/ Free download to resize pictures to a smaller resolution size.

 

https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html?bypass&wf=testdrive

Photoshop online

 

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Podcasting Tools - http://www.podcasting-tools.com

 

Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com

 

PodcastBunker - http://www.podcastbunker.com

 

Podcasting News - http://www.podcastingnews.com

 

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Take notes and save them on the web.

• Webnote : Write a quick note - whereever you have a browser. Free.
• Zohowriter : Online word processor. Free.
• Sproutliner : Write and store projects and ideas online. Free.
• Thinkfree.com : ThinkFree Office is an online replacement for Microsoft Office. Free.
• Jotlive : Live multi-user note taking for groups. Free. Jjot - take notes online, fast.

 

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Presentation

http://sketchcast.com/ 

Record a sketch with or without voice. Explain something, have fun, or create art.

 

http://animoto.com/

slide shows

 

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/register?

on line slide shows

 

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials

 

Flypaperis a versatile presentation tool with an infinite range of potential uses by learners and teachers–to engage, represent, and express.

Flypaper is easy to learn and use.

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Printing Press

ReadWriteThink Printing Press

The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets. Teachers and students can choose from several templates to publish class newspapers, informational brochures, and flyers announcing class events.

 

 

ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool

The Webbing Tool provides a free-form graphic organizer for activities that ask students to pursue hypertextual thinking and writing. The tool provides a quick way for students to trace out options and rearrange connections in prewriting and post-reading activities.

 

 

The Domino Maker

Make dominoes

with text on the left and images on the right.  You can print up to 10 per page. 

 

 

Make Board Games: 

make boardgames with imagesimages mixed with text, or all text.  Use the all text version to create printable math board games

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The Handout Creator: This

worksheet program

allows you to choose up to 15 images and place text related to that image below the picture. 

 

Spelling Worksheet Maker and Reading Sheet Wizard: make spelling worksheets where students select the correct spelling of words or have the students write the correct spelling.

 

Free Writing, Spelling and Tracing Worksheets:  Create

spelling practice sheets, free writing worksheets and tracing handouts with images

of your choice

 

http://www.stickersandcharts.com/

 

 

 

 

Free Crossword Maker

 

 

Free Word Search Generator

 

 

Free Math Squares Program and Math Worksheet Creator

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Podcasting Resources

 

 

Podcasting Tools - http://www.podcasting-tools.com

 

Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com

 

PodcastBunker - http://www.podcastbunker.com

 

Podcasting News - http://www.podcastingnews.com

 

Take notes and save them on the web.

• Webnote : Write a quick note - whereever you have a browser. Free.
• Zohowriter : Online word processor. Free.
• Sproutliner : Write and store projects and ideas online. Free.
• Thinkfree.com : ThinkFree Office is an online replacement for Microsoft Office. Free.
• Jotlive : Live multi-user note taking for groups. Free. Jjot - take notes online, fast.

  <p class='title'>Jjot helps you take online notes</p> <p>Think of these as online sticky notes. They're simple, fast, and you can access them from any ...

 

 

Programing right on line

Logo in the browser

http://www.logo.com/imagine/project_gallery/turtle.HTM

 

Pologon builder

http://www.logo.com/imagine/project_gallery/polygons.HTM

 

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/?version=1.5.0_13&browser=Mozilla&vendor=Apple_Computer,_Inc.

 

Create tesselations on-line

 

Publishing

http://scrapblog.com/

Import pictures add stickers, backgronds, text, even video

 

http://www.letterpop.com/

newsletter on line

 

www.newsletteraccess.com/

newsletters on line

 

http://www.picaboo.com/

create on-line photbooks  and cards

 

http://www.memorymixer.com/

Digital scrapbooking software

 

http://www.glogster.com/

images, video pictures stickers to create an on-line poster

 

http://amaztype.tha.jp/US/Books/Title?q=KAYLEE

 Create a word with books that have the word in the title

 

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PagePlus/default1.asp

 

www.mybrochuremaker.com

Create and print a brochure or flyer in minutes. Choose a theme and then customize with photos and text.

 It's a great way to create brochures and flyers.

 

http://www.avery.com/us/print/index.html

nstantly create and print your favorite Avery products online in just a few easy

 

http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/index.php

pompam matches  photo's from flickr to words

 

 

 http://www.lulu.com/

Publish your own book

 

 

 

 

Search Engines for Kids

 

Safer Ways to Search   click here for easy search techniques

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The internet is not regulated for content.  Because of this we have to be careful about where exactly a student’s internet search might take them.  Creating the perfect, kid friendly search engine has been a goal for some time now.  Above are links to some of the best attempts so far.

 

 

Screen Capture

 

  Jing - Audio and visual screen capture  http://www.jingproject.com/

 

Cam Studio 

 

Sketchcast  http://sketchcast.com/ 

Record a sketch with or without voice. Explain something, have fun, or create art.

 

 

 

Sight Words

http://www.sightwordswithsamson.com/sw/sight_words.asp Sight Word Practice

 

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Simulations-interactive

 

City Creator - Make your own city.

Create A Car - Create your own car.

Zanpo Virtual City - Create your own virtual city.

 

 

  Rabbits and Hunters:

from the Greenwich grid for learning

 

 Plant Force  You work for a plant development company and and have to try and find out the optimum conditions for its growth. Which is the cheapest option?

 

Grow Alien plants Change the variables to grow Universe record breaking plant.

There are four plants that need feeding:

 

BBC virtual garden planner. Allows you to plan a garden then view it in '3D'

 

Parachute Man Simulation Help the parachutist land safely. Good link for Science work on Forces.

 

Roller Coaster Designer - Design your own roller-coaster. Good link for Science work on Forces.

 

Global Warming simulation. Science museum climate change simulation. What happens if you don’t turn the light off?

 

Food Chain Simulation

 

Morphases - Changing Faces

 

Discovery Channel Space Walk Simulation A space walk to fix cables on the space shuttle.

 

Planet10 - Build your own planet in this virtual universe

 

Design your own Satellite

 

Maths Simulations online

Grow Alien plants Change the variables to grow Universe record breaking plant.

There are four plants that need feeding:

Interpreting a line graph

 

Bath time with Archimedes Turn the tap on, turn the tap on, put the plug in, take the plug out, Archimedes gets in and out of the bath...a line graph is drawn in real time. Interpret the graph.

 

Design and Technology Simulations online

Pontifex. Bridge building simulation. Highly sophisticated simulation where you build a bridge then see if it will take a train without going for a swim!

 

Robot Sim Construct your own robot from a range of different materials and components, and try it out in one of many treacherous Zones.

 

Supercity Planner You have a budget of £10 million pounds to construct your own section of Supercity. How well will you do?

 

City Creator

Build towns and cities. It is similar to some of the old MyWorld screens and SIM City.

 

 

Geography Simulations online

Dumptown A recycling simulation

 

History Simulations online

Tudor Simulations

 

Viking simulation on the BBC Site

 

 

 

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Space

 

Google Moon& Mars

You can explore other planets too

 

Explore the Universe for free.  Try it at school or download it at home

Celestia

More than just the Earth, check out the rest of the universe. Another free download here.

 

 

 

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Storymaker Programs

 

 

http://www.kerpoof.com/

Digital storytelling program. Kae a picture, make a story make a movie 2-4

 

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm 

Do you like writing? You can create your own story here. Click on 'next'. Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story. Wait for the storymaker to load, then answer the questions - choose the characters, words and places or write your own! Then the story maker will 'make' your story - you can print it too!

 

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/LittleLostDog.html 

Have fun making your own stories using Squigly's story builder. Squigly and his friends have written some stories that you can personalize with your own words.

 

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/stories/storymaker/index.html make a picture and then write about.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/colour/gingerbreadman.shtml create a story with pictures about the gingerbread man.

 

Study Tools

http://www.studystack.com/

Study and play with data online as flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle, matching, word search, or word scramble.

 

 

Tesselations

 

http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/grades_games_tess_fla.html  Tesselations for k-2

 

Text Maker

http://www.3dtextmaker.com/image_editor.html

 

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Time Lines

 

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/ interactive time lines

 

http://www3.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html 

 

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Video and Movies

 

Microsoft Movie Maker 2.1 is a great, easy to use download for editing simple videos

 

TVnima.com - TVnima is an online real time 3D application that allows anyone to create a TV news program using their personal media (photos, images, videos).

 

Eyespot - This tool is like iMovie, you can upload, edit, and mix your videos.

 

Terragen- create photo-realistic landscape images

 

Teaching Children to Work with Video

 

Advice on Video in Education

 

Digital Video in Education

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Writing Tools

 

Diamante Poems This online tool enables students to learn about and write diamante poems. Examples, definitions of parts of speech, and elements of the writing process are also included.
Doodle Splash Doodle Splash combines the process of drawing with analytical thinking by pairing online drawing with writing prompts that encourage students to make connections between their visual designs and the text.
Drama Map Students analyzing a play can map out the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution for a variety purposes. An updated version of the Story Map, this interactive is aimed at secondary students.
Essay Map The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay.
Eye on Idioms Eye on Idioms can be used to introduce students to idioms. The activity includes a series of exercises, in which students view the literal representations of seven idioms and then examine the metaphorical meanings of the idioms.
Fact Fragment Frenzy Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary students with an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text, then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.
Flip Book The Flip Book is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long. Students and teachers can use the flip book for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating question and answer booklets.
Flip-a-Chip Flip-a-Chip is a novel approach to word study that promotes vocabulary development. The activity provides hands-on practice with affixes and roots, and also promotes comprehension through structural analysis and vocabulary in context.
Fractured Fairy Tales Fractured fairy tales are traditional fairy tales with a twist – for example, telling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk from the giant’s perspective. The Fractured Fairy Tale tool encourages students to create their own fractured fairy tales.

 

Hints about Print Hints about Print demonstrates the process of evaluating a nonfiction print resource to determine its appropriateness for a research project.
Letter Generator The Letter Generator is a useful tool for students to learn the parts of a business or friendly letter and then compose and print letters containing all the essential elements needed for both styles of correspondence.