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This a great resource for schools or classrooms that don't contain video editing software. As far as online video editing goes this is as good of an option as you are going to find. Students and teachers can sign up for an account and be up and editing in no time. The site contains many tutorials for how to use the online software.

Grade level- 7-12 CC- This site is filled with links to sites relating to ancient cultures, webquest and much more. This could serve as a review tool for students. Overview- Filled with many resources relating to Anicent Cultures that range from Mesopotamia to the Aztecs. It is very interactive with hosting virtual tours. Cons- Since the site has a lot of infomation it might become a distraction to students.

Purpose of the Website: This website is a tutorial that students can follow through to learn how to access and navigate the Internet. Each section, or lesson, has worksheets that help students navigate through the information and to assess students understanding of the tutorial. Some topics include The Beginning, Getting Started Online, Staying Safe, Using Your Browser, Searching Online, Trying Top Tricks, and The Welcome to the Web Challenge. Students learn things such as what the Internet is for, what links do, how to use the toolbar, etc. Grade Level: 4-8 Classroom Connection: This a wonderful resource to use with upper elementary and secondary students at the beginning of the year to help them review information they already know and introduce them to new information about the Internet. This can be completed independently in class or as a homework assignment. Negatives of this Website: Some parts of the website have a lot of information and is not extremely easy to navigate, therefore might not be used by younger students independently.

Purpose of the Website: This wonderful tool helps students to correctly develop a source cited for information taken from books, websites, newspapers, magazines, journals and film. The easy to use forms allow the user to input all of the important components of the sources they used. This information is then generated into a list in the appropriate format for all the sources used. You can also search for resource online and the form will automatically be filled in for you. Grade Level: 2-12 Classroom Connection: When completing research projects, many students have difficulty citing their sources in the correct format. This website helps students to correctly list their sources. This can be introduced to students along with the introduction for research either in the library or in the computer lab.

Purpose of the Website: Students can get photographs from their favorite website and creatively edit the photos. This website is free. It does not require any downloads or registration. It is also available for the Android, so that would be a great way to introduce the tool in your classroom if you do not have access for the students to go to the computer lab. Students can upload a photo, apply photo or artist effects, insert frames, perform translations and reflections, etc. Grade Level: K-12 Classroom Connection: This would be a perfect tool for the art teacher that is looking to incorporate technology into their curriculum. Using this resource, art teachers can incorporate art and math by having students select a picture and create an artistic view on that photograph, as well as incorporating translations into the piece as well.

Purpose of the Website: This website has a directory of fairy tale podcasts available. Students can listen to popular fairy tales read aloud to them. Podcasts can also be downloaded to iPhones and students can take them back to their desks. Grade Level: K-12 Classroom Connection: This is a great resource for any teachers that teach fairy tales during Readers Workshop in their classroom. One great way to use this website is as a listening center. Students can listen to popular fairy tales as an individuals or a small group. Following the listening activity, students can work on reading reflection activities. This would be a great way to prepare students for the listening portion of the New York State tests.

ABC Teach.com is the Quick check of education. Too many benefits to list.

This one covers it all. It has resources for educators, students, and even parents. The benefit of this site is that the information can be printed directly from the screen and you do not need to dowload it. This is particularly beneficial if your district does not give you the authority to download anything off of the web. If you are a parent, I would suggest that you first look at the various resources for parents. You will be hooked. k-12

This resource takes wordle and goes a step further. All grade levels are able to benefit from this word cluster in a picture format. Might use it in English during a poetry unit.

3-12 A play on Wordle but with 'style'. Students and teachers can create a wordle with different shapes. Cons: You can choose your shape, but must adjust and play to make it good.

A must resource for technology beginners.

This website is one of the best technology resources on the planet. If you are in the technology field, you will visit this site often.

K-12 Math resource for students and teachers. Site provides interactive math activities for students. Site also provides lesson plans for teachers to go along with activities. Classroom Connections * Use lesson plans in conjunction with math activites to reinforce concepts * Teachers- use student interactives to introduce math concepts and practice in whole group setting using SmartBoard * Students can independently practice concepts using interactives as a center choice.

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 Students, Professional, Parents Internet search guide- prompts user to choose who they are- then gives topics based on the users needs. Allows user to search alphabetically, by topic, or by typing in specific topic. Provides lesson plans for teachers. Classroom Connections: * Teachers: get lesson plans on different topics. Research educational/professional topics * Offer as a resource for parents * Students: can use for doing research projects

Soundation is a powerful online music studio with recordings, effects, virtual instruments and over 400 free loops and sounds. This is another great option for those student more interested in the audio side of video production. Geared more towards high school students, but could possibly be used in lower grades with a small amount of training.

I downloaded Jing and used this screencast to help me learn how to use Jing and create a screencast.

word cluster resource

All grade levels Interactive "Word Cloud" generator, allowing user to enter various words, fonts and layouts in their design Classroom Connections: Students can make wordles of: *spelling words * vocabulary words * related words from content area concepts * words indicating a grammar skill-i.e.- homophones/synonyms/ antonyms/ rhyming words/ parts of speech * math concept words

Energy Kids site geared and leveled for students in order to understand all that has to do with energy.

A great Science energy resource for kids.The entire website is focused on kids and science/energy.

Everyone knows YouTube

YouTube account can store all educational videos as well as any creations that are teacher made

NY Science Times

A great website that is free and creates surveys in many different formats.