Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Interactive Websites for the SMARTBoard

GENERAL
SMART Notebook Activities
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/default.htm
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edTech/SB/templates.htm
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com

GREAT K-3 SMARTSites http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html
SMARTBoard Resources http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
Interactive Practice http://www.quia.com/web
I Know That http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WackAWord&COOK
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/science.shtml
SKILLSWISE http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Interactive Sites http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Interactive.htm
Online Games http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html
EWTN for Kids http://www.ewtn.com/ewtnkids
Sesame Street Games http://www.sesamestreet.org/games
Teacher Portal http://www.mrsnicolo.homestead.com/

ILA
Interactive ILA http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/
Play Maker http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html
Story Maker http://www.kerpoof.com/#
Vocabulary Workshop http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/
Vocabulary Fun http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/games.html
Free Rice http://www.freerice.com/
Spell Bound http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm
Spin and Spell http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
Grammar Quizes http://a4esl.org/q/j/
Interactive Poetry http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Reading is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation.htm
Interactive Writing http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

MATH
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/
IXL Math http://www.ixl.com/
Multiplication Games http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
Cool Math http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Visual Math Learning http://www.visualmathlearning.com/
Multiplication Game
http://flash.learning.com/ahamath-demo/River-Crossing/SCORMDriver/indexAPI.html

SOCIAL STUDIES
Virtual Reality Field Trips http://www.techtrekers.com/virtualft.htm
Virtual Reality – Pyramids http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Geospy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
America’s Story http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Henry Hudson 400 http://www.henryhudson400.com/home.php

SCIENCE
Science Kids http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Science Games http://resources.kaboose.com/games/science.html
Just for Kids http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/
NASA Space Place http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Dinosaur Train http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7221/preview/
Weather Map http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/index.html
Chemistry for Kids http://www.chem4kids.com/
Biology for Kids http://www.biology4kids.com/

ART/MUSIC
COLORCUBE http://www.colorcube.com/play/play.htm
Sanford http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
Google SketchUp http://sketchup.google.com/
Interactive Art Zone http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
San Francisco Symphony http://www.sfskids.org

SMART Activity Toolkit
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+resources/toolkit/tipsandtricks.htm

Mrs. Meanie http://teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist&user_id=68022

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in the Classroom

PODCASTS
Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/

Podcasting: Just the Facts http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/

Overview of Podcasting http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education

Radio WillowWeb http://millard.esu3.org/willow/radio/

Learning in Hand http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/

Podcsting Booklet (FREE) http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/booklet.html

Podcasting Examples http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm

Discovery Channel Podcasts http://www.discovery.com/radio/podcasts.html

NPR Podcasts http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

Our City Podcast http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html

K12 Handhelds http://www.k12handhelds.com/podcasting.php

iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/

Just Vocabulary http://www.justvocabulary.com/

Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/directory/Education/K-12

BLOGS
Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start ePals http://www.epals.com/

Penguin Books Blog http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/index.php

Word Press http://wordpress.org/ Classroom Blog http://21classes.com/

Blogs of Room 12 http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233

MERIT blog http://teachershavemerit.blogspot.com/

Elaine Carboni (St. Gabriel) http://www.carboni304.ning.com

SOCIAL NETWORKING
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/ School 2.0 http://school20.wikispaces.com/

Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/ Twitter http://twitter.com/

Student Writing Models http://thewritesource.com/studentmodels/

Young Adult Publishing http://www.merlynspen.org/

Young Writers http://www.young-writer.co.uk

Yahoo Buzz http://buzz.yahoo.com/submit/

RESOURCES

Video http://www.teachertube.com http://www.unitedstreaming.com http://www.teachersdomain.org/

Poetry http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/pe08-ex/

Powerpoints http://www.worldofteaching.com/

Presentation Tool http://prezi.com/

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

MIT Open Coursewhere http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Nortel Learn It http://nortellearnit.org/

Web 3.0 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm/printable

BEST ONLINE COLLABORATION TOOLS

COLLABORATIVE WRITING

BUZZ WORD $$ https://acrobat.com/#l

WRITE BOARD http://writeboard.com/

GOOGLE DOCS http://docs.google.com/#

ZOHO WRITER http://writer.zoho.com/home?serviceurl=%2Findex.do

QUICK TOPIC http://www.quicktopic.com/

SYNCHRO EDIT http://www.synchroedit.com/

ETHER PAD http://etherpad.com/

GOBBY http://gobby.com/

TEXT FLOW http://www.textflow.com/

MIXED INK http://www.mixedink.com/main.php

THINK FOLD http://www.thinkfold.com/

MINDMAPPING and DIAGRAMMING

CREATELY http://creately.com/

MIND MEISTER http://www.mindmeister.com/

BUBBL.US http://www.bubbl.us/

MIND 42 http://www.mind42.com/

WEBSPIRATION http://www.mywebspiration.com/

SPINSCAPE http://www.spinscape.com/

GLIFFY http://www.gliffy.com/

MINDJET http://www.mindjet.com/

UUORLD http://www.uuorld.com/

SPICYNODES http://www.spicynodes.org/

COMAPPING http://comapping.com/

DOCUMENT SHARING – WIKIS

COMIND WORK $$ http://www.comindwork.com/

PBWIKI http://pbworks.com/academictour

WET PAINT http://www.wetpaint.com/

WIKIDOT http://www.wikidot.com/learnmore:education http://www.wikidot.com/

MEDIA WIKI http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

GOOGLE SITES http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html

SOCIAL TEXT http://www.socialtext.com/

MIND TOUCH DEKI http://www.mindtouch.com/

DATA PUBLISHING

TABLEFY http://www.tablefy.com/

DABBLE DB http://dabbledb.com/


DOCUMENT PUBLISHING

SCRIBD http://www.scribd.com/

DOCSTOC http://www.docstoc.com/

ACROBAT.COM http://www.acrobat.com

MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

KNOWLEDGE PLAZA http://www.knowledgeplaza.be/


PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS

GOOGLE GROUPS http://groups.google.com/?pli=1

YAHOO GROUPS http://groups.yahoo.com/

NING http://www.ning.com/

SOCIAL CAST http://www.socialcast.com/

FRIEND FEED http://friendfeed.com/

CUBE TREE http://www.cubetree.com/

YAMMER https://www.yammer.com/

GROUPSITE http://www.groupsite.com/

CAMPFIRE http://campfirenow.com/

WIZEHIVE https://www.wizehive.com/