Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
Site to make word "art". I have used this in the revision process for writers who are redundant in their word choice; the more frequently a word is entered, the larger it appears on the finished project. Students can copy and paste their document into the website for this effect.
This nonprofit site not only provides information on international heroes for students, but it also requests student reporters. Reports can be written or videos can be created. Pictures can also be uploaded.
This website was established by a teacher and it provides many resources for all kinds of social studies classes such as lessons, powerpoints, clip art, good explainer websites for students, etc.
I just recieved this in my inbox today. This would have been helpful for the extra credit this week. IThe website is a great tool for educators looking to integrate iPod touch into their classrooms.
This is a subscription website but they do have a free trial offer. This site offers learning videos on many subjects. They are engaging and entertaining. After the videos students can take an online quiz to test their learning.
Cool presentation tool which allows you to synchronize a video along side of your slideshow presentation. The hybrid presentation can then be embedded in a website.
This is a great website for basic math fact fluency. It's free, easy and kids love it. What is so great is that the practice they do at school can also be done at home (if they have access to a computer with internet). The pros at Xtra math have completely automated the system of fact fluency in the classroom!
Thanks for posting this site. It looks great! I have been doing this myself through Wikispaces but it was very time consuming to get a thumbnail shot of each site, upload it to the wiki, and organize everything.
This site offers a step by step guide for students learning how to research. It is an interactive website that gives students direct tips for each step of the research process.
This website contains a map of the US and a list of the natural disasters that can occur. When you click on the disaster, it hi-lights the states that are effected by the natural disaster.