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Picture Book Maker - 0 views

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literacy ebooks picturebook storytelling

shared by Thomas Brandt on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 01 Oct 12

TOOL - The Picture Book Maker allows students to create six page stories by dragging background scenes into a page, dragging in animals and props, and typing text. All of the elements can be sized an positioned to fit the pages. Text is limited to roughly two lines per page. Completed stories are displayed with simple page turning effects. Stories created on Picture Book Maker can be printed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - The Picture Book Maker allows students to create six page stories by dragging background scenes into a page, dragging in animals and props, and typing text. All of the elements can be sized an positioned to fit the pages. Text is limited to roughly two lines per page. Completed stories are displayed with simple page turning effects. Stories created on Picture Book Maker can be printed.</div>

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ScootPad - 0 views

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reading math practice

shared by Thomas Brandt on 29 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 29 Sep 12

LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - ScootPad is the ultimate way to master math and reading skills. Self-paced and personalized practice keeps kids engaged & challenged.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - ScootPad is the ultimate way to master math and reading skills. Self-paced and personalized practice keeps kids engaged & challenged.</div>

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Storyline Online - 0 views

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reading literacy

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - Storyline Online is an online streaming video program featuring members of the Screen Actor Guild reading children's books aloud.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Storyline Online is an online streaming video program featuring members of the Screen Actor Guild reading children's books aloud.</div>

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Google Voice - 0 views

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shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

TOOL - Google Voice manages your voicemail on your computer or phone, and affords unlimited free texting within the US and Canada. Here are a few advanced Google Voice tricks.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Google Voice manages your voicemail on your computer or phone, and affords unlimited free texting within the US and Canada. Here are a few advanced Google Voice tricks.</div>

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Reading Bear - 0 views

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Web Reading

shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

TOOL - Reading Bear is an educational project created by Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, that aims to teach beginner child readers about vocabulary and the concepts of English.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Reading Bear is an educational project created by Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, that aims to teach beginner child readers about vocabulary and the concepts of English.</div>

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VoiceThread - 0 views

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digitalstorytelling web2.0 collaboration

shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

TOOL - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.</div>

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digitalstorytelling primarysources web2.0

shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.</div>

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Storybird - 0 views

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digitalstorytelling web2.0

shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

COMMUNITY - A fantastic site to inspire students to read and write through the use of digital storytelling.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">COMMUNITY - A fantastic site to inspire students to read and write through the use of digital storytelling.</div>

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SpiderScribe - 0 views

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mindmap brainstorming collaboration

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. It lets you organize your ideas by connecting notes, files, calendar events, etc. in free-form maps. You can collaborate and share those maps online. There is a limited free version as well a two premium plans.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. It lets you organize your ideas by connecting notes, files, calendar events, etc. in free-form maps. You can collaborate and share those maps online. There is a limited free version as well a two premium plans.</div>

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collaboration mindmap

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - A popplet is a big pinboard containing boxes or "popples", containers that hold text, photos, and other interesting things such as Google Maps or YouTube videos.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - A popplet is a big pinboard containing boxes or "popples", containers that hold text, photos, and other interesting things such as Google Maps or YouTube videos.</div>

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noticeboard notes collaboration

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - Scrumblr is a very simple brainstorming tool. The post-it notes you add to the page are purely text - you can't add links, images or videos. This can be a useful feature as there are less distractions or things to confuse learners.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Scrumblr is a very simple brainstorming tool. The post-it notes you add to the page are purely text - you can't add links, images or videos. This can be a useful feature as there are less distractions or things to confuse learners.</div>

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MixedInk - 0 views

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collaboration Writing

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - MixedInk's collaborative writing platform allows groups of any size to weave their best ideas and language into a single text.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - MixedInk's collaborative writing platform allows groups of any size to weave their best ideas and language into a single text.</div>

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Cube Creator - 0 views

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Web2.0 tools

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - Cube Creator is a free to use website that helps you create cubes with whatever you want on them. The site provides you with four basic cube options: a bio cube for biographies, a mystery cube for jotting down points for your stories or articles, a story cube for mapping your story elements, and a custom cube on which you can put down anything you want.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Cube Creator is a free to use website that helps you create cubes with whatever you want on them. The site provides you with four basic cube options: a bio cube for biographies, a mystery cube for jotting down points for your stories or articles, a story cube for mapping your story elements, and a custom cube on which you can put down anything you want.</div>

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digital literacy goals

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals-from organizing their thoughts to learning about language-all while having fun.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals-from organizing their thoughts to learning about language-all while having fun.</div>

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TeachersFirst - 0 views

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shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - TeachersFirst offers teacher-created lessons for elementary (or middle) schools to build skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening systematically in a schoolwide model including students, teachers, and parents.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">LESSONS/ACTIVITIES - TeachersFirst offers teacher-created lessons for elementary (or middle) schools to build skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening systematically in a schoolwide model including students, teachers, and parents.</div>

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Alphabetimals - 0 views

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alphabet literacy kindergarten preschool

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - Alphabetimals is a website which teaches your children alphabets. Because the website gives you the option to listen to the sounds of the words and the sounds of the animals, your child will not only learn his/hers ABCs, but also animals and their pronounciation and noise.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Alphabetimals is a website which teaches your children alphabets. Because the website gives you the option to listen to the sounds of the words and the sounds of the animals, your child will not only learn his/hers ABCs, but also animals and their pronounciation and noise.</div>

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Figment - 0 views

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writing reading

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

COMMUNITY - Share your writing, connect with other people who love to read, and discover new stories and authors.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">COMMUNITY - Share your writing, connect with other people who love to read, and discover new stories and authors.</div>

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lino - 0 views

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noticeboard collaboration

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - lino gives you a virtual space where you can post short text notes, images, video and weblinks in the same way that you put post-it notes onto a notice board in your classroom.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - lino gives you a virtual space where you can post short text notes, images, video and weblinks in the same way that you put post-it notes onto a notice board in your classroom.</div>

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noticeboard collaboration

shared by Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 24 Sep 12

TOOL - Wall Wisher gives you a virtual space where you can post short text notes, images, video and weblinks in the same way that you put post-it notes onto a notice board in your classroom.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Wall Wisher gives you a virtual space where you can post short text notes, images, video and weblinks in the same way that you put post-it notes onto a notice board in your classroom.</div>

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audio recorder podcasting web2.0

shared by Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12 - Cached

Thomas Brandt on 23 Aug 12

TOOL - Vocaroo is a web-based audio recorder that allows you to make and send voice messages across the "interwebs" (English for internet).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TOOL - Vocaroo is a web-based audio recorder that allows you to make and send voice messages across the "interwebs" (English for internet).</div>

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