November 3, 2010

Whitehaven – 1860 – My Old Ky Home

Across the River from the Home of Superman Metropolis, IL

SCISA Master Teacher 2009

Trident Academy Teacher 9 years as Librarian/Media Specialist Middle School Library Skills Library Programs for Lower School Assistive Technology Writers’ Workshop Social Studies Current Events Research Technology Webmaster for TA when forced

South Carolina Association of School Librarians Member of the Executive Board as the Independent/Special Schools representative Conference is March Columbia, SC

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The two best free resources in SC Discus SC ETV Streamline Use them or lose them! State funded.

Discus:

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Donna Thompson Technology Consultant/Trainer

Social Bookmarks vs. My Favorites - Delicious

The other.66% Specialized search engines - Who owns a domain?

The Owl at Purdue I consider the best resource for writing papers and formatting for teaching students and personal use

WebNotes Free Registration 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

Trident Academy Library Grid

Print What You Like Select clips, format page, and print.

Foxit Reader Allows you to enter information on a pdf form. Ex: job application.

Reminders StickyNotes - sticky-notes-free.htmlhttp:// sticky-notes-free.html Basic notes free, upgrades available at subscription cost (forward notes, etc.)

Cam Studio Record your desktop actions and create an instructional video or tutorial Free shareware org/ org/

Paper Rater Free, no registering, just cut and paste your composition

RubiStar – Free! Rubric generator Drop down choices Variety of subject areas Short registration

BibMe -

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 to cards Free

Wallwisher Like a wall of sticky notes that can be used privately or openly. Messages, links, video, etc.

Typing Web

Making your life easier You forgot your flash drive ture=player_embedded ture=player_embedded + =

Live Binders/My school log for Internet information storage for documents, etc. More places for students to store documents, etc. online Both are free – on the cloud

Chat Free and Upgrades

Photo Sharing Picasa - Embed on websites Flickr -

Big Huge Labs – Free! Fun stuff to do with your photos Badge Maker Motivational Posters Magazine Covers Jigsaw Puzzles Calendars Trading cards Much more

Poster Generator – Free! Order printed posters Or save as jpg and print yourself

Survey Monkey

Interactive white boards How to find more teacher created notebook files…….. Search using.notebook

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Oldie but goodie

Harvey Math elcome.html elcome.html

Reading and writing tools Adobe reader for read out loud function for all pdf files or scan and convert Free download Great for students who need text read out loud

Open Office Free! Own versions: Write (Word), Database and Calc (Excel), Math, Draw, Impress (PPT)

Storybird Students can create their own stories; artwork is provided Easy to use.

Wordle

Tagxedo (Wordle in shapes)

Visuwords Visuwords -

Newspaper Article Generator – Free! generators/newspaper/ snippet.asp generators/newspaper/ snippet.asp

Bookshare.org – Free with application Downloadable books which come with free text reading software – Don Johnson Must apply with a reading based learning disability

Google Docs ure=player_embedded ure=player_embedded Training center: Great for students who do not have Microsoft Word/Excel on their laptops.

Storage/Organization Pageflakes iGoogle

Audacity – Free Download Free download/simple to use and edit Can be used with Photostory or Movie Maker3

WatchKnow Video search engine – Kid safe!

Wayback Machine Internet Video Archive - Also archived books, websites, audio, and images

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

Voice Thread

BrainPop – Subscription based Calendar - august-2009/?month=aug&yr= august-2009/?month=aug&yr=2009 Short videos that explain basic math, science, English, and more concepts BrainPop Jr. BrainPop Espanol Activities and Quizzes

Epals Learning Space One year free subscription Blogs Wikis Forums Cloud storage Global ePals projects

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

Just for fun.

Bubblesnaps

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

Where I keep my stuff Contains many more links to excellent websites/tools Smartboard links Excel sheet See other presentation handouts on Reluctant Readers and Assistive technology Contact information: Mary M. Silgals Trident Academy ext 25