What I Did On My Summer Vacation 2009

Home of Superman Metropolis, IL

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Whitehaven – 1860 – My old KY home

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Remember Quia Flashcards Multiple choice tests Surveys Shared Activities Create your own activities –Match games –Concentration –Word Search –Many more

BrainPop Calendar - urriculum-calendar-august- 2009/?month=aug&yr= urriculum-calendar-august- 2009/?month=aug&yr=2009 Graphic organizers - c_organizers/ c_organizers/

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JamStudio.com

Big Huge Labs Fun stuff to do with your photos Badge Maker Motivational Posters Magazine Covers Jigsaw Puzzles Calendars

Other Poster Makers AutoMotivator MotivationLOL by BravoBugMotivationLOL Software [Mac Only]

Flash Card Machine Share address with your students Integration with iStudyToGo for studying cards on the iPod – Application $14.99-$ Database of cards already created Can add photos/sound Free

Bubblesnaps

Imagination Cubed Use on Smartboard Records Steps Can Can save file

Make Believe Comix.com Teachers’ Resources and Writers’ Prompts

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Oldie but goodie

English Companion Ning Conversations with other English professionals via Ninging Topics vary from literature to technology to classroom instructional tips, etc.

Organization SpringPad Delicioushttp://delicious.com/ EverNotes -

WebNotes Free Register Download toolbar Allows you to highlight text on page Allows you to create sticky notes on page Allows you to create folder to save notes in Allows you to share by /permalink/twitter Saves links and notes on webpage to reopen Will tell you if any changes have been made since last accessed PDF uploads for annotating

Blogging Possibility for creating student/teacher blogs –Edublogs –Glogster –Ning –Blogger –Tumblr

Audacity Free download/simple to use and edit Can be used with PhotoStory or Movie Maker3 4 Headsets available/stored in bottom drawer of my desk

Pulse Pens Software downloadable Pen 1G = $ at Target Try it out with Students

Clouds Visuwords - Wordle -

League of Scientists Free online science games for grades 3-5

Many Eyes Free data visualization tool View, create and share any type of data 16 ways to present data including bar charts, diagrams, and word clouds Can comment on data

Mary Alice – Guitar Website Chordbook.com –Guitar Scales –Guitar Tuner –Guitar Chords Jam session

ZinePal.com Use zinepal.com to create your own magazines and eBooks. You can select content from blogs, Atom/RSS feeds and other websites. zinepal.com reformats the content into a printable PDF and an eBook for use with the Amazon Kindle and other eBook readers. Now you can take your content wherever you go. Read your zine during your commute, in the park or your favorite coffee shop. You can also it to your friends or just let them subscribe to your zine feed on zinepal.com.

Bookshare.org Downloadable books which come with free text reading software Teachers let me know if a particular student needs this resource on a particular book Communicate to parents that this resource is available to our students

Animoto Video maker Upload photos Select music Caption photos/Add text Program animates the photos itself Play from website or receive an of video

Other tools PhotoStory MovieMaker Library Teachers’ Page Library Grid Wishing you the best… Beginning of a Great School Year

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