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GoAnimate for schools is one of the best animation tools available. Since this spinoff from the public site is geared for kids, you do not need to worry about inappropriate content. Has text to speech tools for giving voice to characters. Lesson Gallery gives plenty of examples. Free version is limited to 2 minutes. TeacherPlus AccountA single teacher account gets unlimited access to all GoAnimate4Schools features, The teacher can also post animations to GoAnimate4Schools public gallery. Students accounts have access to following features: - Make animation up to 2 minutes long - Upload own music - Text-to-voice and voice recording

From Earobics. Reading games for k-2. Three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced

Resources for the IWB for K-2 Fabulous resources, no ads, easily linked directly to the activity

Set 2 variables (viscosity and gas) and see what type of volcano is created. Start eruption to see the results

Teacher explains how she uses voicethread as a digital note card for research in K-2. Very good!

Fun way to encourage student writing in any subject. Using a photo of of almost anything, coupled with imagination, students can create and record a talking animation.

The Oreo Project is starting in September and supports the Data and Analysis strand. These are simple projects that are not time consuming. You need to join this site to partipate and sign up for projects separately.

No registration required. Quick way to get groups organized or elicit opinions. Easy for classroom use (grades 4.5 -6) since there is no registration

Jen's Oreo project

This video gives a great overview of one of the best, full-featured online image editors. It is also terrific creative tool for teachers and students to create drawings or edit images for any class. Click on the sumo wrestler on the home page: http://www.sumopaint.com/web/#/home/ There is a community gallery which has high quality art created by users. However, teachers should be careful of viewing with the class--just in case! It would be better to

Record messages for your website. Teachers can assign students to record messages from the classroom, homework reminders etc.

A 'glog' is basically an online poster into which you can upload text, images, audio, and video - and then embed into a blog or wiki. Looks as though you can upload unlimited students accounts. Students can create a "glog" for virtually any subject matter...book report, math explanations, lab report, social studies themes.

Paste text into the text box. Select your options. Text is displayed visually by frequency (importance). Great for summarizing or emphasizing the main idea. Can be used in a variety of ways. Wordle is another popular visualizing tool.

Students place animals in the layers of the rainforest