ECS-WES Teacher Website Links

Word Tamer is an interactive flash-based website where you "tame words and train stories" The site helps students create and develop new writing possibilities. All the ideas can be saved and printed off to be developed off-line. You can even print off certificates! The site contains different sections such as Wild Words, Prowl Through Plot, Capture a Character, Snare a Setting and Grapple With Genre. Each task is simple to get into and fun for children to play. Word Tamer is created by children's author Judy Waite and is born out of the creative writing workshops she delivers in schools.

Great problem solving game

Excellent site for math games, great for IWB

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

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

This is a fun site to get creative with digital images. Now there is an free education version for schools with no ads!! Easy Sign up!

Resources for Smartboard files for math

"Virtual field trips challenge and expose students to new types of technology. It is a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific content area. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor!"

Great for grade 4 solar system unit.

Learn to read through music (phonics songs)

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

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Planet Kodu was originally created to support a twenty eight school pilot of Kodu in Victoria, Australia. The pilot was jointly sponsored by ideasLAB, Knowledge Bank Next Generation and Microsoft. As the pilot ended on December 11th 2009, Planet Kodu will be opened up to the world shortly.

Resources from UVM for digital storytelling This is a comprehensive site that introduces teachers to the use of digital video in the curriculum. It was produced in 2002 by the Grossmont Union High School District. Sections include Student Process, Teacher Process, Equipment, and Internet Resources. The list of resources is quite good.

Learning Clip is an online project to create resources for teaching primary maths. During the initial development phase of the project all the clips have been freely available to anyone interested in teaching and learning mathematics. From the 16th January 2010 some of the resources will only be available by subscription. The rest will continue to be free to registered users click here to register

online extreme mapping. Add content, customize with notes, measure, and present it in full screen mode. Use different basemaps as a starting point. Great for IWB

Major cities world wide. Create your own customized guide.  Download as PDF. Great for social studies

What happens when you take a comic book artist, an inventor, and a toy designer?  You get Howtoons.  Our mission is to provide engaging content that teaches kids how to build things, combining instructions with storytelling.  Howtoons has a foundation of science and engineering education, inspiring creativity through art and imagination.

A great way to show YouTube videos in the classroom

The recipe for a great story- whether in a book, a movie or on TV-requires the same important ingredients: plot, character development, dialogue, grammar, editing and more. Maximize your students' storytelling potential with our standards aligned lesson plans.