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Lascaux - 1 views

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    This site is a perfect example of the benefits of technology. People are no longer allowed to go into the actual caves in Lascaux, because simply exhaling will damage the already delicate paintings. However, this very robust site attempts to give you the experience of really being there. There is a tour of the caves that can be narrated in different languages, including English and Sign Language. Throughout the video tour, there are pop-ups to click if you want to explore one of the panels in greater depth. This page is part of a greater collection of multimedia resources on French archeology sites.
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Homepage | Freerice.com - 1 views

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    Freerice donates ten grains of rice to the hungry for every correct answer. The site now features quizzes ranging from knowing the multiplication facts to identifying famous paintings. Best known for their vocabulary questions (featured on the home page), Freerice also has this feature available in other languages, including French and Spanish. The section on chemical symbols would be a great way to study for that inevitable Chemistry quiz - and do a little good for others at the same time.
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For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 0 views

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    Library of Congress resources for teachers. The incredible amount of data available via the internet includes uploaded historical documents and images. As we teach students to express themselves through multiple modes, we can also explore with them how to use images and text from the past to help us understand other contexts. Exploration of primary texts with students is even more vital now than in previous times, and it is much easier, too, due to sites like this.
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Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 0 views

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    Great site to make pictures with words. Students can run passages or speeches through Wordle to come find the main points. This could extend from entering in a sonnet to inputing a student's own diet record. Design elements make this fun to play with. Could be used with technology lesson to review the role of tag clouds on the internet or look at visual representations of information (eg. surveys).
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Skype - 0 views

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    Communicate with professionals or other classrooms - see each other in real time. The new education side of Skype (http://education.skype.com/) includes a directory for teachers to connect. Excellent possibilities for second language learning.
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Storybird - Collaborative storytelling - 0 views

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    Choose an artist and create a story with that art. The pictures can inspire you. It is like a visual story starter. Students would have to lay out the pictures in the order they want and supply the test to accompany them. There are special teacher/class accounts to help educators get around the issue of student emails. I feel like this would work best for the Upper Elementary crowd - 4th to 6th - because some of the picture options are a little dark. I also think that the leaps that might be needed to make one page connect to another well would require some more sophisticated thought. Very appropriate for a poetry/rhyming type unit - on the writing end. What I like best about this site is that it shifts the way you look at writing - it presents new possibilities.
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ImageChef - Word Mosaic - 1 views

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    Make a customized word cloud with different shape templates. The one about is an example - a maple leaf shape with the lyrics of "O, Canada!" Other fun with images like writing in flowers or putting your name on a baseball jersey. Enjoy!
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