WSD eToolBox

"The Can Do! Kids page has fun online activities for kids to try out, and interesting can do stories and resources that will help kids realize and appreciate their abilities as they try to accomplish their goals and reach their dreams. "

A nice website that showcases a teacher's take on Writer's Workshop. A lot of great ideas and resources.

Website that shows how to form lower case letters with animation. Great for teaching handwriting.

Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form - this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. With help from a Googler I have included a link so that you can get your own copy of the form - click on the appropriate link and it should open in your docs home.

"In this tutorial, we will use the Geometer's Sketchpad to mimic the compass and straightedge construction tool we use in elementary geometry. Geometer's Sketchpad is a proprietary interactive geometry software developed by Key Curriculum Press."

"Let your students practice what you cover, and refresh what they need to - using intelligent questions, hints, and video lessons. "

"Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page."

The Awesome Highlighter allows you to highlight text in a webpage so that when you send a link you can be certain the recipient will know why.

"With Myfakewall.com you can easily create fake profile pages just for fun. This fake facebook wall generator allows you to create a funny profile to entertain your friends. Create it, and share it on Facebook !"

Google Tools to Support Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - Nice chart that breaks down the differet Google Tools into the different levels of Bloom's. Very cool!

The Teacher Challenge is made up of free 30 day professional development challenges where participants are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while working together as part of a global community. The Challenge is open to anyone who wants to increase their skills - blogs will be used for reflecting your progress while learning and connecting with each other. We've observed success of any use of online technology is strongly related to the teacher's abilities. The greater we support and increase a teacher's skills, the better they are able to support their students use of web 2.0 technologies.

Instant Poetry forms.. enter your own information and a poem is formed. A lot of different options!

PowerPoint has a fantastic and QUICK way to create a photo album/slideshow of many pictures. Using this feature allows you to import many photos at one time and Powerpoint will autosize them to fit the slide. Then you can print full size pictures or a few to a page using print options!

A nice collection of video tutorials for using the SMART Board

Easy to Use Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - A large collection of FREE and easy to use Web 2.0 tools that are available for K-12 teachers. These ideas for educators can inspire kids of all ages and vastly improve collaboration and technology efforts in schools today. SJC.

"We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today... and it's delicious"

"This site features online printable greeting cards, free calendars, including yearly and monthly layouts with new designs being added on a regular basis. "

The Biography Maker is like those homework machines we have been hearing about for many years. It is designed to help you convert facts into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and magic. It will help you do a good job, but you must provide some of the "steam" to make it work well. The Biography Maker is meant to inspire lively story telling and vivid writing which will make your readers want to know more about your subject.

We are creating a global learning community with the best teachers in the world. Easily record interactive lessons on your iPad and share them online - reach more students, more easily.

This blog is designed mainly for beginner French students and their teachers. You will notice that most of the websites are interactive, free, ad-free, and do not require any registration. This collection can be used by teachers in class, or for individual students on their own computers, either in school or at home. 

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.