"Jennifer Wagner, creator of ProjectsByJen, has been succesfully encouraging
teachers since 1999 to use online projects in their PreK-6 classrooms. Using
various ideas, Jennifer will help you understand how online projects will help
you make the most of your time in a variety of ways. Winning numerous awards for
her creative ways in encouraging teachers to collaborate, her teaching style is
very user friendly, creative, and personable."
"Tux Paint\n is a free, \naward-winning\n \ndrawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It \ncombines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon \nmascot who guides children as they use the program."
Wikimedia commons provides pictures, sounds, and videos that can be used provided the user follows the commons licensing agreement. This is like creative commons.
ABCya! Word Clouds are graphical representations or words. A Word Cloud can represent any main idea or topic based on the words used. ABCya! Word Clouds are fun and exciting because they allow for creativity and imagination beyond lists or graphic organizers.
"The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital
age. When students create a movie or
interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can:
Improve their writing.
Show creativity.
Have a voice.
Digital storytelling projects
lend themselves well to portfolio assessment"
"Educate your pupils using ARKive's many thousands of videos, images and fact files in a wide range of science, ICT, art and English projects. Use the ARKive multimedia materials to engage your class in key biology topics, such as variation and adaptation, habitats or life cycles, or use them as creative inspiration for art & design projects. All our photos, video clips and authenticated fact files are free and easy to use in your classroom activities and presentations."
"Download a story onto your portable music player or stream an episode from your
computer. You can also print the free activity pages that accompany each
episode."
"The LF10 is a loose association of middle school students in undisclosed \nlocations in cyberspace dedicated to promoting awareness of important academic \nterms and concepts through absurd stop-motion films"
"Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.
Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting
cards. They're curiously fun."