Health and Nutrition
www.healthyeating.org (games and videos)
www.healthyeating.org (games and videos)
Safe Websites for Kids
Web 2.0 Sites Not Requiring Student Email
19 Pencils - An excellent site for finding educational resources, creating online quizzes, and bookmarking sites for students. Teachers create student accounts for access.
Aviary Education - Great suite of tools such as image and audio editors, where a teacher creates student accounts and class ID for logging in.
BeeClip - A wonderful site for creating digital scrapbooks; teachers create student accounts.
Flocabulary - A neat site where students learn through educational hip-hop videos. Teachers create one unique username and password for the class.
GlogsterEDU - An innovative site for creating interactive digital posters; teachers create student accounts.
GoAnimatae for Schools - A great site for making animated videos; teachers create student accounts.
Little Bird Tales - A wonderful site for digital storytelling where teachers create student accounts or imports them.
Pixton for Schools - A terrific site for creating online comics for digital storytelling; teachers create a class code for logging in.
SpellingCity - A great site for teaching/learning Vocabulary & Spelling; teachers can create or import student accounts with a premium membership.
Storybird - A nice site for digital storytelling where a parent can create a student account.
StoryJumper - A fantastic site for digital storytelling; teachers create a class and student accounts.
ToonDooSpaces - Nice site for creating online comics for digital storytelling; teachers create student accounts.
Yacapaca - A nice site for teachers for creating online quizzes and lessons where they create an activation code for logging in.
19 Pencils - An excellent site for finding educational resources, creating online quizzes, and bookmarking sites for students. Teachers create student accounts for access.
Aviary Education - Great suite of tools such as image and audio editors, where a teacher creates student accounts and class ID for logging in.
BeeClip - A wonderful site for creating digital scrapbooks; teachers create student accounts.
Flocabulary - A neat site where students learn through educational hip-hop videos. Teachers create one unique username and password for the class.
GlogsterEDU - An innovative site for creating interactive digital posters; teachers create student accounts.
GoAnimatae for Schools - A great site for making animated videos; teachers create student accounts.
Little Bird Tales - A wonderful site for digital storytelling where teachers create student accounts or imports them.
Pixton for Schools - A terrific site for creating online comics for digital storytelling; teachers create a class code for logging in.
SpellingCity - A great site for teaching/learning Vocabulary & Spelling; teachers can create or import student accounts with a premium membership.
Storybird - A nice site for digital storytelling where a parent can create a student account.
StoryJumper - A fantastic site for digital storytelling; teachers create a class and student accounts.
ToonDooSpaces - Nice site for creating online comics for digital storytelling; teachers create student accounts.
Yacapaca - A nice site for teachers for creating online quizzes and lessons where they create an activation code for logging in.
Great Technology Sites:
Xtranormal
VocabGrabber
Glogster EDU
Masher
Prezi
DoInk
Professor Garfield
Evernote
Storybird
Blabberize
Audacity
Bubbl.us
Animoto
Word Magnets
Museum Box
Podbean
Zimmertwins
Tagxedo
Kerpoof
Scratch
Storybird
Pixton
Wordle
Story Jumper
Prezi
Diigo
Google Apps
Voice Thread
Mixbook
ToonDoo Spaces
Weebly
Study Jams
Zunal
Study Zone
Skype
Windows Skydrive
Spelling City
Ning
Education City
Survey Monkey
Web 2.0 Tools
Web 2.0 Tools
Web 2.0 Tools
Slide Rocket
Foto Babble
Edmodo
Biocube
Animoto
Ten by Ten
Mixbook
Cookie
GoAnimate
JigZone
ComicMaster
HelloSlide
BigHuge Labs
SlideRocket
StoryBoard That
WatchKnowLearn
Library of Congress
Bookwink
Jogtheweb
Wordia
Electronic Writing Resources to Motivate Student Writers
In the Back to School 2010 issue of Instructor, there is a list of 25 websites that engage student writers. Even though Instructor is geared to elementary, there are resources here for all. Copy and paste to your browser to open. Here are the sites:
5. Writer’s Block cures owl.english.purdue.edu
6. My Hero myhero.com/go/home/asp
7. ELL/ESL games and quizzes a4est.org/a/c3.html
8. Get Published youthinkit.com
9. The Daily Buzzword wordcentral.com
10. Do the Twist (poetry) uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
11. Rubrics at the ready uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/cfm
12. Persuasive writing readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/persuasive- writing-30142.html
13. Preventing Plagiarism kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html
14. Prompting olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/pd/instr/strats/raft
15. What if? Prompts canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
16. Citation is for kids owl.English.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08
17. Vocabulary challenge internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_lang.htm
18. Plays and scripts eutopia.org
19. Sensory details educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson183.shtml
20. Writing for change tolerance.org/kit/writing-change
21. Free Typing Class freeonlinetypinggames.com
22. Self reflection urbanext.illinois.edu/ce/strat-index.html
23. Allegory to simile olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/resources/litdevices/index.html
24. Tutorial for MS Word office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-
FX101782702.aspx
25. National Writing Project (for teachers) nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource_topic/teaching/writing
26. Service Learning projects.kaboom.org
27. Poetry contest (Dec. 9) poeticpower.com/poetry.php
28. Poetry poetryoutloud.org
29. Build books online storyjumper.com/main/classroom
30. Poetry (6-8) facinghistory.org
31. Poetry (9-12) poetryoutloud.org
32. Blogging blogger.com and schoolrack.com
33. Recycling projects Disney.com/projectgreen
34. Space Hubble message amazing-space.stsci.edu
35. Live streaming nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
36. Publishing scholastic.com/studenttreasures
37. Art Tech4learning.com/pixie
38. Greeting cards greetingisland.com
39. Fluency Audacity or Garage Band (programs to buy)
40. Fluency simplybox.com/index/education
41. Fluency google.com/cse (custom search)
42. Student research digitalpencil.org
43. Sharing talk, image, document, and video voicethread.com
44. Create a website sites.google.com
45. Internet visits skypetips.internetvisitation.org
46. Podcasts apple.com/education/podcasting
47. Video chats oovoo.com
48. Poster pages, AV glogster.com
49. Publishing wtisburyschool.org/website/projects/ms-ponds/index.html
50. Technology turningtechnologies.com
51. online slideshow tool prezi.com
52. Making movies apple.com/imovie
53. Videos vimeo.com (similar to You Tube)
54. Wikis (Wikipedia) wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
55. Making Movies xtranormal/com
56. commoncraft.com
57. Make your own games scratch.mit.edu
58. Make a book jumper.com
59. Make a book wordle.net
60. For teachers-- virtualteacherexchange.ning.com
61. Online collaboration and video conferences cilc.org/c/community/collaboration_center.aspx
In the Back to School 2010 issue of Instructor, there is a list of 25 websites that engage student writers. Even though Instructor is geared to elementary, there are resources here for all. Copy and paste to your browser to open. Here are the sites:
- Online Mad Libs funbrain.com/words.html
- Write your own folktales teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff
- Aha!, Yo!, and Zuzu noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html
- Storymaps and Graphic Organizers
5. Writer’s Block cures owl.english.purdue.edu
6. My Hero myhero.com/go/home/asp
7. ELL/ESL games and quizzes a4est.org/a/c3.html
8. Get Published youthinkit.com
9. The Daily Buzzword wordcentral.com
10. Do the Twist (poetry) uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
11. Rubrics at the ready uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/cfm
12. Persuasive writing readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/persuasive- writing-30142.html
13. Preventing Plagiarism kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html
14. Prompting olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/pd/instr/strats/raft
15. What if? Prompts canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
16. Citation is for kids owl.English.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08
17. Vocabulary challenge internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_lang.htm
18. Plays and scripts eutopia.org
19. Sensory details educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson183.shtml
20. Writing for change tolerance.org/kit/writing-change
21. Free Typing Class freeonlinetypinggames.com
22. Self reflection urbanext.illinois.edu/ce/strat-index.html
23. Allegory to simile olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/resources/litdevices/index.html
24. Tutorial for MS Word office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-
FX101782702.aspx
25. National Writing Project (for teachers) nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource_topic/teaching/writing
26. Service Learning projects.kaboom.org
27. Poetry contest (Dec. 9) poeticpower.com/poetry.php
28. Poetry poetryoutloud.org
29. Build books online storyjumper.com/main/classroom
30. Poetry (6-8) facinghistory.org
31. Poetry (9-12) poetryoutloud.org
32. Blogging blogger.com and schoolrack.com
33. Recycling projects Disney.com/projectgreen
34. Space Hubble message amazing-space.stsci.edu
35. Live streaming nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
36. Publishing scholastic.com/studenttreasures
37. Art Tech4learning.com/pixie
38. Greeting cards greetingisland.com
39. Fluency Audacity or Garage Band (programs to buy)
40. Fluency simplybox.com/index/education
41. Fluency google.com/cse (custom search)
42. Student research digitalpencil.org
43. Sharing talk, image, document, and video voicethread.com
44. Create a website sites.google.com
45. Internet visits skypetips.internetvisitation.org
46. Podcasts apple.com/education/podcasting
47. Video chats oovoo.com
48. Poster pages, AV glogster.com
49. Publishing wtisburyschool.org/website/projects/ms-ponds/index.html
50. Technology turningtechnologies.com
51. online slideshow tool prezi.com
52. Making movies apple.com/imovie
53. Videos vimeo.com (similar to You Tube)
54. Wikis (Wikipedia) wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
55. Making Movies xtranormal/com
56. commoncraft.com
57. Make your own games scratch.mit.edu
58. Make a book jumper.com
59. Make a book wordle.net
60. For teachers-- virtualteacherexchange.ning.com
61. Online collaboration and video conferences cilc.org/c/community/collaboration_center.aspx