WSD eToolBox

"Today Weebly is launching a new product geared directly at educators and their students, allowing schoolchildren who may not familiar with the basics of HTML or CSS to craft their own multimedia online blogs and reports with a minimal amount of effort."

"RIBIT is a tool designed to help teachers create inquiry-based learning curriculum using the Internet. RIBIT is easy to use, it stores the IBIs (Internet-based inquiries) that users create and it's free. "

Habitat resources

"In collaboration with my colleague Mike Hutchinson, I have begun to introduce the tools of the Read/Write web to my students. Specifically, my class is now blogging and podcasting. Blogging and podcasting has allowed me to create a forum where my students discuss current events connected to our social studies curriculum while developing language arts skills like critical thinking and persuasive dialogue. It has also given my students the opportunity to be creators-rather than simply consumers-of online content. Finally, blogging and podcasting have given my students an audience for their ideas, which has increased levels of interest and motivation."

"File2.ws is a free website that converts any of your own files into a public online web page. Every converted file to a web page has a unique web address so you can share it with friends, or other people on the internet. This allows information to be shared quickly and efficiently to a large audience."

"How to use Wikipedia and Wikitravel in Language Lessons Wikipedia is well-known and has become a main source for initial research. Yet its interactive nature allows language learners to play a more active role, to gain an online voice and focus on accuracy and quality in their written work."

Great links and resources for UDL

"The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. For the purpose of this web site a "holiday" is any day that recognizes a cultural event, and not necessarily a day when businesses are closed. "

Blog by an educator using ipods in the classroom

"Technology and Instruction Interwoven" A boatload of resources on a variety of topics for technology integration.

"Word Magnets will take a piece of text and break it into individual magnets which can be moved around the screen, resized, removed, colour coded, grouped, sorted and so on. New magnets can also be added at any point. The resource also offers a range of backgrounds for use in a variety of activities."

Use Myna to remix music tracks and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments. Registration required, must be 13 or with consent of a guardian to register. Would be good tool for IWB. Your creations cannot be private with a free account.

LearnCentral is a new social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate. More than a social network or a learning community, this free, open environment represents the next logical step of combining asynchronous social networking and the ability to store, organize, and find educational resources with the live, online meeting and collaboration provided by Elluminate technology. Not just for Elluminate customers, LearnCentral is for any educator who is passionate about teaching and learning and wants to find and connect with like-minded colleagues to share content, develop best practices, and collaborate on a global level. While still in its early stages, LearnCentral has the potential to make a significant historical difference in how educators work together for professional development in their own careers.

A great training/demo on Google Apps.. goes through each element and how they work.

A long list of sites for Math.

BrainFlips, Inc. is committed to building the most user-friendly and effective flashcards anywhere, for students and self-motivated learners of all ages and academic levels. BrainFlips.com is your free one-stop source for flashcards on any subject. We offer tools and features unavailable anywhere else.

"Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blogs from all of the students as a learning tool. The beauty of the student blog is that children from Kindergarten to high school can blog. No matter how you use blogs in your classroom, these tools will help you get started, enhance your experience, or bring the students into the fun."

Just type in a word you would like to see synonyms for. You will see a map from that word (in center) to its definitions (the green circles) to the synonyms (outer words) that share these definitions. Mouse over the green circles to view definitions, drag the circles around to reorganize the map, and double-click the synonyms to view their maps.

"Our latest lessons are designed to help algebraic thinking come alive for elementary students. Through interactive activities using musical penguins, colorful blocks, bouncing balls, and in-out machines, students in grades K-5 are introduced to key concepts such as patterns, relationships, functions, equations and inequalities. "