Interactive+Web+Resources

Tools

[|Weaving WebTools] Rubistar--online rubric generator: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ [|Read Write Think]

Quizzes
[|Quibblo] [|Poll Everywhere] [|Pollmo]

Personal Productivity
[|Evernote] [|Notezz]

Flashcards
[|Flashcard Machine] [|Study Stack]

Feedback/Collaboration
[|Wallwisher] [|Type With Me Document Collaboration]

Study Skills
[|Soshiku] A great site for kids to use to set up project reminders [|Awesome Highlighter] Amazing site for to create web clippings and highlight text for students [|Easy Bib] [|Wordle] [|http://www.tagxedo.com/]Word Cloud Creator

Literacy--organization
[|Voicethread] So many uses!! [|StarFall] Early Literacy Site [|CAST] UDL CAST Stories with reading/highlight support [|www.voki.com] [|www.toondoo.com] [|Glogster] [|Storybird] [|www.wordit.com] www.abcya.com www.worditout.com/discover-word-clouds

Graphic Organizers
[|Bubbl.us] My favorite--Maps can be shared with multiple groups--very easy to use [|Exploratree] [|MindMeister]--very similar to Bubbl with a few more features in creating the map. [|Webspiration]--created by Inspiration. Only out in Beta at this point.

Timeline Tools
[|Xtimeline] [|Dipity]

Digital Storytelling and Multimedia
[|Scrapblog] Voicethread [|Animoto]

Search Engines for Kids

 * == Sweet Search - A group of experts, including librarians and teachers, evaluates all content from this search engine. ==
 * == Top Marks - A great site developed in the UK by teachers who approved everything on this site. ==
 * == Quintura for Kids - An innovative search engine for kids that displays results in a cloud-based style. Also, has apps for mobile devices. ==
 * == Kid Rex - Wonderful search engine designed around Google's safe search. Very nice visual appeal for kids. ==
 * == Famhoo - Family-friendly search engine that filters all content. ==

Built in [|Google] Supports.

Resources: http://www.slideshare.net/murcha/using-wordle-in-the-classroom-presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas

Web 2.0 Information.....
Voicethread Resources

50 Ways to Tell a Story

Blog Post on Using gmail acct to allow students without email access to Web 2.0 registration []

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