Awesome+New+Websites

Awesome New Websites

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 * 1) [|Delicious] – this organizes your bookmarks online so no matter where you are you can get to your bookmarks. No more wondering what computer you put that great bookmark on! You can also search other people’s bookmarks to save them on your own… a valuable resource
 * 2) [|xtranormal] – this is a fairly new site where you (or students) can make their own movie… complete with animations and speaking. You write a script and add camera angles, looks, expressions, and can even choose characters and a scene. This is very cool! Alex made one… I will send you a link to see it. J
 * 1) [|Interactive Math and Puzzles] - This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. Many of the topics are accompanied by Java illustrations. There are more than 900 Java applets.
 * 2) [|Elementary Math] – Most of the sites are interactive
 * 3) [|Myebook] - This site is for teachers and/or students to write their own stories and publish them online. You have to create an account, but you might be able to use one account to log in with... thus your students could all use the same username and password under your email. Looks very user friendly.
 * 4) [|Discovery Educator Network] – use your username and password for United Streaming and you can access this wealth of information and resources. At the top you will see where it says “Educator Network”. Click on Forums, Blogs, or Resources. This and United Streaming are in the same place.
 * 5) [|Animoto] – this puts an end to the boring slide show. J You can upload pictures, add your music and have a movie made. Your kids can do it, or you can do it. If your kids draw pictures, you can take a picture of their picture, put it on your computer, and they can use those for their movie. The sky is the limit… very cool. This is free, just create an account.
 * 6) [|Slide Share] – Upload and share your presentations and documents on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. It is free, you just have to create an account.
 * 7) [|Bubble Share] – similar to slideshare above. Check it out!
 * 8) [|Meez] – create your own Avatar. If you are not sure what an avatar is… go here and check it out. They are very cool. Your kids will love them... I will create one and send put it on my website or something and let you see it. J
 * 1) [|Mindomo] – this is a mind mapping tool… similar to make a web on the whiteboard…. only WAY cooler. You can collaborate also, which means that you can be on other computers working on the same map. This is a MUST see.
 * 2) [|Voicethread] - Voicethread gets a lot of attention in educational circles. It has a straight-forward logging in process that doesn't require e-mail validation before use. There are a series of flash based tutorials which is always useful for the teacher with a large class to teach a new tool to. You can add pictures or video to your Voicethread and then record a voice narration or add a text comment. There are some other useful features specifically for teachers. Once published anyone can add a text comment or record an audio comment which again has great potential for formative assessment. You can also download your voicethread for presentations. You can also e-mail your voicethread to enable collaboration.
 * 1) [|xtimeline] – this is a timeline creator. Easy to use. Events are added reasonably easily and can include a picture, video and a written description. It is not the best looking timeline on the market but it works well. An added bonus is that the timeline can be printed. You can view more or less detail by clicking on the green icons in the top right of the page.
 * 1) [|PlanningWiz] - Any budding interior designers will love this. The tool can be used without registering but a username needs to be created for saving. You can print or save the final plan and it is so simple to use a primary school child would have no difficulty. Very Impressed.
 * 1) [|MixBooks] - It is primarily a tool for producing Photo Books. However, a small amount of text can be used and its professional look and ease of use may be of interest to some. Remember that as well as adding photos you can upload student drawings you have scanned in. Why not produce an illustrated book of student poems?
 * 1) [|Interactive Writing]– this site allows you to write words and/or letters and have them “played”. This is very cool!
 * 1) [|Big Universe] – awesome online story creator! I just watched the demo of how to make a book and it looks super easy. There are lots of graphics to choose from, backgrounds, bubbles, and more! A MUST SEE!
 * 2) [|Wordle] - this is very cool. You can type in any words you want and it will make a cute little poster for you. You can put this on your website or print it out. You can change the font, color, and layout of your poster. Very cool... I have put a slideshow on the Web.2.0 page for you to see ways to use it in your classroom.