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This website provides the tools to create infographics for student presentations and assessment. Students choose a general theme and drag and drop graphics and information onto the graphic. After creation is complete, students receive a URL to share their Easel.ly.

A site offering educator approved videos in the subject areas of language arts, math, writing, fine arts, science, social studies, and languages. Videos are divided by age level and could be used in the classroom as an introduction to a topic, a review of information or to present a topic in an alternate form.

This website allows students to choose a subject area and then collect information in a variety of formats. Students can get a dictionary definition, use a thesaurus, look at a map in an atlas, find more information in an encyclopedia or view a timeline related to the topic. I think this would be a great general reference site for student or teachers. Wonderful for the interactive white board.

This app for iphone or ipad is an idea board that provides students with a new way to collect, organize, and share your ideas. The "cork" in corkulous is reminiscent of old cork boards and one would organize with notes, pictures, messages and lists. Corkulous is the digital version of this! Students could us this app to organize ideas, write step-by-step plans for a project, grab images to save and create a reminder list of things to do. I also think it could be used as a quick, one-shot way to assess student knowledge on a particular topic, much like a powerpoint, but less involved and quicker.

"Math is about so much more than just numbers-so, IXL is too! We approach each math concept from all angles, offering visual representations, word problems, interactive activities, and more. With an abundance of math problems for every learning style, students can't help but build lasting skills and confidence." This website lists state standards in Math for all 50 states and connects online drills and games to each. Preschool concepts through Algebra are presented. As a member, you can track student progress by class or individuals but students can play as a visitor as well. Pop-up screen lets you know what each game looks like before you click to play. In addition to its applications in the classroom, this looks like a great resource for parents to inform themselves of state standards and to help them check their child's progress.

The state Standards list includes a description of current shift towards Common Core. Teachers need only to pick a grade level and an objective to see a sample questions that addresses that standard at the appropriate level. The sample drill shows that activities are timed. How is that reflected in the stats for a students' session?

If you opt for the subscription rather than the free Shared games, teachers are able to see student scores on activities and compare them to the results of other students. I think this would work best in a lab setting to get good information from all students but kids could have passwords and do drills at home as well. Teachers could still get the information.

A site that allows teacher to offer online quizzes, games and activities in any subject area. Shared Quizzes or games might come directly from a text book or be written by Quia site members and are free for use. With membership, teachers can also create their own quizzes and activities from 16 different activity templates. Student date is collected upon completion and is reported back to the teacher in a variety of forms including charts & graphs.

This home page for this looks great. The site is down for temporary maintenance until Sunday, September 9. I'll look again then.

Article by Jaclyn Norton that is explains the power of visual information with a strong visual element. The link is incorrect, but I can't seem to edit the link itself. Here is the actual link: http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/09/infographic-growing-up-with-technology/

Enter words into this site and watch them come to life. Site was developed by Jonathan Feinberg and is non-commercial.

This site combines the old fashioned practice of writing names on the chalkboard as a form of disciplinary tracking with modern technology. Positive reinforcement is even easier to monitor and post. Internal record-keeping within the software is a snap!

A great primer for introducing teachers to the concept of Web 3.0 which is revolutionizing how patrons are making choices for even simple decisions such as where to eat. How Stuff Works website is powered by the Discovery Company.

This link is to the language arts portion of learner.org, a series of video on demand workshops for teacher professional development. Videos are produced and distributed by Annenberg Foundation.

A news service that covers major headlines in 15 countries in their native languages. Categories of news selections can be limited to one or more of the following subjects: World, national, business, health, sports, entertainment and technology. Feeds can be updated every 10 minutes or every hour. As you mouse over a particular headline, a short synopsis appears as a preview before clicking will take you to the primary online source article.

Visual learning strategies such as graphic organizers, concept mapping, mind mapping, diagrams, outlines and more are being used in classrooms. These strategies help students or all ages better manage learning objectives and achieve academic success. As students are required to evaluate and interpret information from a variety of sources, incorporate new knowledge with what they already have learned, and improve writing skills and think critically, visual learning tools help students meet those demands. Together with the brain's capacity for images, visual learning strategies help students better understand and retain information. This Website offers a variety of resources for better understanding the use of visual learning methodologies and tools to incorporate into your classroom.

This is an online translation from one language to another, or machine translation, and can be helpful to students and teachers. This is useful for teachers teaching ELLs and FLs, teachers can look up important words in the student' native languages or translate some simple instructions on a project. It is helpful for students as this site function like bilingual dictionaries and help them find the meaning of a word both in context.

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). The GLOBE Program is an authentic online project involving students in scientific inquiry-based learning. GLOBE is an environmental science project that has students investigate the weather, land cover, soil, and hydrology, and record their observations at the GLOBE site. In effect, they become collaborators in a real scientific investigation.

The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content.

The Kahn Academy offers resources on a variety of topics like Math, Science, Computer Science, Finance and Economics, Humanities and Test Prep. Resources include an extensive video library, interactive challenges, and assessments.

Classroom Resources have a pretty wide collection of lessons and web resources for teachers, students, and parents. Materials are easily access by subject area and then you can use them to create lesson plans or at-home activities. There are many multimedia (video) presentation of contents as well.

Glogster EDU is an interactive digital platform for users to create online multimedia posters, called glogs. Users can drag and drop text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data to create glogs. The completed glog can be shared in a variety of educational settings, including blogs, wikis, web pages, or e-mail.