S.)+Great+Web+Resources+for+the+Classroom

[|Live Binders]

LiveBinders is your 3-ring binder for the Web

 * Collect your resources
 * Organize them neatly and easily
 * Present them with pride

[|Blabberize] This one is hard to explain. You can take any picture that includes something with a mouth, add audio and the mouth will move as if it were speaking/singing. Maybe you just have to check it out to really understand!

[|Web 2.0 Wiki] This Wiki has a huge number of resources of Web 2.0 tools for the classroom or library. This doesn't seem to want to work. I will keep playing with it because it would be great if it did. If anyone gets good results with it please e-mail me and let me know.

[|Google Docs] This site allows you to work on documents (word processing, spread sheet etc.) in conjunction with another person. It is even possible to be typing on the same document at the same time. It works through google and you need to have a google e-mail. The great news is that it is FREE!

[|Open Office] Free version of office-like software. Files can be moved back and forth between open office and Microsoft Office but it is not perfect. It is nice that it is available if you don't have access to office.

[|Penzu - online journal] Safe and secure online journal. Easy to use.

[|Survey Monkey] Easy to use site to create survey questions and send out to specified e-mails.

[|Poll Daddy] Another site to create polls and gather data.

[|Rubistar] Simple site that allows you to create your own rubrics or choose from the huge number already available. You can choose an existing runbric and edit it for your own purposes too. .

[|glogster] A fun site to create interactive walls. See example on my verse novel page

[|textbooks in simple English Wiki] I didn't explore this too much but it seems to have textbooks available in simpler language. This might be good for ESL students and students that are struggling readers.

[|Wikibooks] More textbooks.

[|Animoto] Video generator - add your own music and pictures - see examples on my practicum 2011 page.

[|tripwow from trip advisor]

This is amazing. It allows you to add photos and locations for the photos and will generate a slideshow which includes the picutres and show you where you have traveled. Dr. Comer showed us a slideshow with multi-genre book covers and she plugged in the settings for the books it was amazing. If you are doing family trees in the classroom you could enter family pictures and the places the family immigrated from for each child. I think there are so many ways to use this in the classroom. The slide shows come out beautifully too.