Websites

**Throughout my education I have found several great resources for teachers and students in the classroom! Here they are, I will continue to add whenever I find new sites that I think are fun!**

FOR TEACHERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/preschool.shtml has some fun activities for grades K-3

http://www.neok12.com/  educational videos for K-12!

http://www.starfall.com/ focuses on kindergarten literacy. Has some sample lesson plans and resources

http://tryscience.org/teachers/teacher.html has activities as well as can be used in the classroom

http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf interactive alphabet site

http://www.boxoftricks.net/?page_id=29  A-Z web resources for teachers! Very useful!

http://tdnnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-that-narrative-in-your-pocket.html  has teaching apps for the Iphone!

http://ilearn.senecac.on.ca/elc/wqg/index.html allows teachers to create an online lesson that allows students to explore the internet for a specific topic while only using sites chosen and deemed appropriate by the teacher

http://quizlet.com/ fun study tools for in class or at home

http://teacherlingo.com/ for teachers to communicate and create online PLNs. Includes blogs, lesson plans, etc. for teachers to share resources and information

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ easy to use rubric creation site

http://classtools.net/ create interactive flash games for students

http://www.proprofs.com/games/ another site for creating online games, including brain teasers, word play, hangman, etc.

http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php create your own word searches

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ another site for creating your own word searches

http://voicethread.com/#home allows students to communicate online via microphones. Some teachers might also want to use it to communicate with students and families while they are at home

Website creation sites

http://www.wix.com

http://www.yola.com/

http://www.webnode.com/

http://www.thinkquest.org/en/

http://www.weebly.com

Digital story telling sites 

http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/
http://www.edutopia.org/use-digital-storytelling-classroom
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ds.html#
http://www.digitales.us/tools/toolkits_kids.php (most for sale, however some helpful tools under resources)
http://teachingteachers.com/

Sites about tolerance

http://www.thinkb4youspeak.com/

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html connected to thinkb4youspeak to teach awareness. Both sites have lesson plans and helpful resources for educators

http://www.hrc.org/welcomingschools/ another great resource for educators with lesson plans around bullying

FOR STUDENTS

http://buildyourwildself.com/ allows students to create an individual avatar

www.imagechef.com allows you to compile photos in creative ways

www.shapecollage.com creates unique collages using your own photos!

http://www.zefrank.com/v_draw_beta/index3.html  students can make sounds and the computer will draw based on their volume

http://www.doink.com/  allows students to create animations

http://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/guest.php  make a flipbook using your own paint illustrator type drawings!

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/mystorymaker/  allows you to make stories! One of my favorite sites!

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/superactioncomicmaker/index.php Allows you to make super heroes/comics!

www.storybird.com make stories online using user artwork. Could also use art for something else!

http://www.wordle.net/ allows students to type in words and make a word collage!

http://bighugelabs.com/ another fun site to create things using your own pictures

http://www.text2mindmap.com/ creates a virtual web for any given topic

MISC.

http://www.twittermagnets.com/ fridge type magnets for creating sentences
http://www.writerhymes.com/ helps find rhyming words

http://oneword.com/ provides a word and students have to write about that word
http://thestorystarter.com/ provides a starting sentence prompt for writing

http://www.youtube.com/user/Instrumentube  hands-on way to learn instruments. Very basic, kind of slow do to video/internet

http://www.balldroppings.com/js/  making music by building a maze for bouncing balls

http://windowseat.ca/viscosity/create.php  allows you to play with colors/art

http://www.freerice.com/ fun interactive quiz site! Donates 10 grains of rice to hunger countries for every right answer! 

http://www.acapela.tv/ fun site to create voice messages through online animated characters

http://www.xtranormal.com/makemovies/ create a digital story. I used this site to create the video on the home page!

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ create a photo book using flickr photos

http://www.mixbook.com/ online photo book! This one is great for class projects (ex: class recipe book). Can leave online for families to view or order prints

http://www.storyjumper.com/main/teacher create classroom books or individual student books. Inspires creative writing

http://www.glogster.com/?eduwarning=1 create online posters. Be careful, content isn't always student appropriate. Perhaps set up a classroom glog account so students are only looking at the material they are working on

COLLABORATIVE SITES

http://www.cosketch.com/  collaborative whiteboard

http://thinklinkr.com/login?r=http%3A//thinklinkr.com/outliner%235653

http://www.scriblink.com/

http://wallwisher.com/

--> Also googledocs is a great collaborative option

SMART BOARD RESOURCES

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/ lots of ideas for smart board lessons, interactive games, tutorials and templates! Very useful!             

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edTech/resources/SBsites.htm  interactive smart board sites. Broken down by subject which is helpful.

http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/ provides smart board lesson plans and teaching resources

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm#Interactive_Websites more interactive websites, activities and even smart board tutorials

http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/lessonplans.html list of resources for smart boards

http://www.theteachersguide.com/InteractiveSitesSmartboard.htm more lesson plans, activities. Also has full thematic units which is helpful!

http://www.plattscsd.org/oak/smartboard/Smartboard.htm  interactive sites for K-5 broken down by subject

http://plattsburgh.neric.org/oak/smartboard/sciencealpha.htm science sites

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Classroom+Resources/ list of interactive websites

http://www.theteachersguide.com/InteractiveLitSitesSmartBoard.htm sites focus on literacy!

SMART BOARD GAME TEMPLATES

http://ms.ardsleyschools.org/site_res_view_folder.aspx?id=1dcf8b49-b239-4f40-ab1d-e5641db76817 pre-made smart board game templates for modern day games (ex. Jeopardy, deal or no deal, etc.)

http://www.bobsedulinks.com/Smart_Board_Links.htm teacher made activities and games for smart board

http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T%27s/Games/Games.htm includes game templates as well. Also has sound clips, music and directions which would be fun to add!

http://its.monroe.edu/content/smart-board-help-links-resources-and-lessons offer a few more games that focus more on board games as opposed to game shows!