Staff Web Resources
The listed links are intended as a resource, GKHS is not responsible for the maintenance of content on these external sites.
Skype - Use Skype to make free calls to any other Skype user anywhere in the world. If you (and the person you are calling) have a web cam, you can also see each other. Skype also allows you to instant message others on your contact list. Check Skype in the Classroom for a list of teachers that are interested in using Skype to communicate with other classrooms.
KidsBlog - http://kidblog.org/home.php, designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog.
Symbaloo - http://www.symbaloo.com/ is a web creation tool that uses images, rather than words, to link to other sites. This makes it ideal for teachers of pre and beginning readers who want to provide links to learning sites for their students. An example is this Kindergarten E-Book Symbaloo.
Persuasion Map - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/, argument map.
Primary Access - PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools. http://www.primaryaccess.org/
Photo Peach - http://www.go2web20.net/site/?a=PhotoPeach, Quickly upload photos
and make slideshows.
My Storymaker allows users to create a story entirely online. The user can choose characters and the character's goal for the story. The settings and other items for the story are added to the picture by simply clicking on them. The author can also choose emotions, actions and interactions for the characters, which the characters then act out in the picture. As the characters do this, the text of their actions appears below them. This text can be edited and the final story can be printed.
Primary Paint is a collaborative drawing tool, but it also allows text options. This is a quick and easy option for collecting information to view together.
PaintGo is an ABCya site. It allows children to choose colour, type of brush, stickers, shapes and text. When the drawing is complete, it can be printed or saved.
Listening to Books - Actors from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation read books aloud at Storyline Online.
AudioBoo is a recording tool that saves your voice recording as a "boo" that can be linked to or embedded. Here are links to a six year old explaining how to make pancakes and another six year old's reading sample (embedded in his blog).
Animoto is a free program that converts your photos and video clips into a movie complete with music, a title and cool effects. An example is here.
Storybird provides you with illustrations to inspire you to write and publish your own book. You choose the illustrations from many artists that are available. Choosing, rather than drawing the illustrations, forces the student to focus on making a story out of the illustrations, rather than on the illustrations themselves. Teachers can set up student accounts. Finished stories can be embedded into a blog. For a fee, they may also be downloaded or purchased in hard or softcover form. Example of a Storybird embedded into a blog here.
PicLit - http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx, A PicLit is a combination of words placed on a photograph to capture the essence, story and meaning of the picture
Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/, It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents.
Glogster – http://www.glogster.com/, Virtual Poster Maker
Class Tools - http://classtools.net/education-games-php/turningPage/ , Create a Virtual Book
aMap - http://www.amap.org.uk/create/, create an argument map
SketchStar - http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/create/, Create an animation using a paint type interface, save and view the animation.
Storybird - http://storybird.com/, Storybird reverses the process of visual storytelling by starting with the image and "unlocking" the story inside. Choose an artist or a theme, get inspired, and start writing.
Wall Wisher - http://www.wallwisher.com, say more with images, music, video, and pages. It is intuitive, works like a real notice board, drag, drop, and re-arrange posts.
Vocab Grabber - http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/, The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus that allows you to discover the connections between words in a visually captivating display.
Vocaroo - http://vocaroo.com/, premier recording service
C4LPT - http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/, Over 2,000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplace
Electronic Flashcards - Cramberry
Electronic flash cards, great way to merge technology and vocabulary. Students could sign up (takes about 30 seconds), create their own cards or you can create cards with a generic account and share with your students. Website is free, it also "tracks your progress and helps you focus on the cards you are having trouble" with.
Multimedia lessons - Hippocampus
This site offers multimedia lessons and course materials. You can send a student who is having trouble with a particular topic to this site or play a demonstration for the class. Topics include Algebra, American Government, Biology, Calculus, Calculus (spanish), Environmental Science, Physics, Psychology, Religion, Statistics, and US History. No sign-in required.
Rubrics - Rubistar
is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.
Clipart
Royalty free clipart
http://www.wisc-online.com/
Great teacher resource website (for obtaining lesson ideas and plans)
Diigo
Don't just bookmark! Highlight the web! Create groups to pool resources for specific projects.
TeacherTube
An online community for sharing instructional videos
http://delicious.com/
Delicious is a Social Bookmarking service, which means you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what other people are bookmarking.
Twitter
to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Keep your students up to date on classroom assignments, schedule changes, supplies needed for next class, quiz reminder, etc.
http://free.ed.gov/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, teaching and learning resources
Scholastic Resources
Resources for Your Classroom
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/about/websites-of-the-year/
www.freerice.com
(cool site for kids to test knowledge and participate in
the combat on world hunger)
http://21cif.com/, 21st Century Information Fluency Project
