1. What I Did On My Summer Vacation 2009

2. Home of Superman Metropolis, IL

3. Big John

4. Whitehaven – 1860 – My old KY home

5. Updates Username: See Librarian Password: See Librarian http://scdiscus.org/brochures-and-handouts/view-category

6. Remember Quia http://www.quia.com/web http://www.quia.com/web Flashcards Multiple choice tests Surveys Shared Activities Create your own activities –Match games –Concentration –Word Search –Many more

7. BrainPop Calendar - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/blog/c urriculum-calendar-august- 2009/?month=aug&yr=2009 http://www.brainpop.com/educators/blog/c urriculum-calendar-august- 2009/?month=aug&yr=2009 Graphic organizers - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/graphi c_organizers/ http://www.brainpop.com/educators/graphi c_organizers/

8. Newspaper Article Generator http://www.fodey.com/ generators/newspape r/snippet.asphttp://www.fodey.com/ generators/newspape r/snippet.asp

9. JamStudio.com http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

10. Big Huge Labs Fun stuff to do with your photos http://bighugelabs.com/ Badge Maker Motivational Posters Magazine Covers Jigsaw Puzzles Calendars

11. Other Poster Makers AutoMotivator - http://wigflip.com/automotivator/ http://wigflip.com/automotivator/ MotivationLOL by BravoBugMotivationLOL Software [Mac Only]

12. Flash Card Machine http://www.flashcardmachine.com/ http://www.flashcardmachine.com/ Share address with your students Integration with iStudyToGo for studying cards on the iPod – Application $14.99-$19.99 http://www.istudytogo.com/istudytogo/default.aspx http://www.istudytogo.com/istudytogo/default.aspx Database of cards already created Can add photos/sound Free

13. Bubblesnaps http://www.bubblesnaps.com/ http://www.bubblesnaps.com/

14. Imagination Cubed http://www.imaginationcubed.com/ Use on Smartboard Records Steps Can Email Can save file

15. Make Believe Comix.com http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Teachers’ Resources and Writers’ Prompts

16. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html Oldie but goodie

17. English Companion Ning http://englishcompanion.ning.com/ Conversations with other English professionals via Ninging Topics vary from literature to technology to classroom instructional tips, etc.

18. Organization SpringPad - http://www.springpadit.com/http://www.springpadit.com/ http://delicious.com/ - Delicioushttp://delicious.com/ http://delicious.com/MarySilgals/?page=1 EverNotes - http://www.evernote.com/about/what_is_en/video/ http://www.evernote.com/about/what_is_en/video/

19. 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 email/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

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

21. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 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

22. Pulse Pens http://www.livescribe.com/ http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/index.html Software downloadable Pen 1G = $149.00 at Target Try it out with Students

23. Clouds Visuwords - http://www.visuwords.com/http://www.visuwords.com/ Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/http://www.wordle.net/

24. League of Scientists http://www.theleagueofscientists.com/ Free online science games for grades 3-5

25. Many Eyes http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ 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

26. Mary Alice – Guitar Website http://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php http://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php Chordbook.com –Guitar Scales –Guitar Tuner –Guitar Chords Jam session

27. ZinePal.com http://www.zinepal.com/ http://www.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 e-mail it to your friends or just let them subscribe to your zine feed on zinepal.com.

28. Bookshare.org http://bookshare.org/ http://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

29. Animoto Video maker Upload photos Select music Caption photos/Add text Program animates the photos itself Play from website or receive an email of video http://animoto.com

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

31. Reminder Turning Point Technologies - Clickers