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Grade level- 9-12 CC- Students can use the site to create a visual slideshow as part of a learning assessment for a unit like the Crusades. Overview- Students can take their own video and pictures and make stunning slideshows. Also they can incoroporate music too. Cons- Might need some time getting used too.

This website is great for the person that would like to make a dynamic video slideshow. Animoto takes your photos and arranges them to the beat, rhythm, etc. of the song of your choice. Great for any student who would like to create a professional looking slideshow in a fraction of the time.

K-12 Great for a class/ group collaboration in and outside of the classroom and great for personal use! Con: District permission, public to everyone, anyone can add or delete information.

K-12 Similar to YouTube, but teachers and students can search for school appropriate videos to show in class.

6-12 Send mass text messages to a group. Teachers can use this to send a mass message to students for reminders. Cons: it can cost money.

6-12 A social networking site, similar to Twitter, but for educators. Teachers can sign up for Free. Cons: need district permission.

K-12 With budgets becoming a henderience on field trips, efieldtrips allows teachers to take their class to places they never thought they would see. Con: Not all places are available.

3-12 Teachers and students can create a hotlist, treasure hunt, sampler, scrapbook, or webquest.

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Online book builder.

This site can be used as an alternative to web quests and scavenger hunts. Teachers are able to create instructional books for students which lead to task prompts. This is beneficial because it helps to scaffold student-learning. It also has the potential to translate instruction to languages other than English. You can also add images and audio files. Check out how easy it is to add a coach and think of how it would benefit your students. K-12

Create comics online.

4-12 This site is for students to create original works or would also be great for creating fan-fiction writing pieces. Students have the benefit of choosing their own layout and have many characters and props to choose from. The one con to this site is a biggee. The work cannot be saved, so students must print as they move along. After speaking with the creator, I have learned that he hopes to correct his-realizing how difficult this makes things. Another con (or more of a precaution). In internet explorer and Google Chrome, you are only able to print what is visible in the window. For this reason, it is essential that the strip be minimized to fit in the screen.

Take this quiz to uncover your strengths.

4-12 This is another pre-assessment tool for shaping instruction. The benefit of this is that you can choose to cater to students' strengths or you may choose to challenge their weaknesses. As with the Learning Style Inventory, I would suggest that this be conducted several times during a school year since children are so prone to change. I would suggest that a teacher take this test as well, so that we are careful to not always teach with the understanding that students have the same strengths and weaknesses as us. After you take the test, read the information that applies to your intelligence.

Framework, activities, resources for reading comprehension strategies Can be adapted for all grade levels Classroom Connections: * Comprehension activities can be used to set a purpose for reading and to organize and make sense of information in the content areas and literacy * Activities can be used to differentiate learning in the content areas * Framework and activities reinforce skills needed for the NYS ELA tests--without "teaching to the test"

Grades 3-8 A website for teachers that explores comprehension and content reading strategies and when to use them in social studies. This site can be used to help teachers enure their students have the necessary strategies to understand social studies content.

All grade levels Teachers enter in spelling/vocabulary lists that the site generates into interacive learning activities including games (hangman, word searches, matching games). Also includes a "teach me' and "test me" option- generated from entered words. Classroom Connections: * Literacy-Introduce spelling and vocabulary words * Whole group instruction of literacy- spelling/vocabulary words * Math/Science/Social studies- create lists for students to reinforce spelling and vocabulary in all areas * Independent practice- use as a choice for center work to reinforce spelling/vocabulary in all areas * Whole group practice- Interactively on SmartBoard

Grades 1-5 A resource for interactive activities to give students practice with weekly spelling words. This is a great activity for students to utilize at home when practicing weekly spelling words. It is a more engaging activity for students to complete spelling activities.

K-12 Online poster creator. User can make personal themed posters, using various fonts, images, videos and links. Classroom Connections: *Teachers- create a poster of vocabulary words in science social studies, literacy or math-- include images, fonts, words, videos to reinfoce concepts * Students- create posters to demonstrate what they learned about concepts in any content area- by including text, images, font * Students- Create posters of research done on various topics- or books reports

Grade level- 7-12 CC- Students can create a glogster for a Roman Emperor as to why they would be the best candidate to be Mr. Rome Overview- A great site to post ideas, important information, and great organizational tool designed with images and color. Cons- Need some time to get used too.

This is a tool to be used by students or by teachers to create an online poster. One con to this site is that students will first have to be familiarized with copyright law before reusing information. If the poster is intended to communicate research information, there is no built-in way of creating a bibliography. Check out "Today's Top Glogs" for fresh ideas.