More+Tools

= More tools for you to play with! These are websites my students use regularly at school and at home for a variety of tasks and information. = . ** Web 2.0 - Interactive Tools **

[|Stapleless Book Resource] Tiny Book Creator [|Just for Kids - Interactive - Bugs/Weather] [|Floorplanner.com] Create Floor Plans [|Glogster] - online poster generator with links and many options - use free .edu version Mindmapping Tools - an array of mapping tools - incredible [|Kid Graph Maker**] Create Graphs [|Mapwing] create and share virtual tours [|sample of teacher work]: [|Tagxedo] word cloud generator in shapes ie: globe or US or face [|Scribblemaps] write on maps electronically and embed - use help feature [|Voki]create talking avatars [|Xtranormal] create movies with characters and avatars [|Bitstrips] cartoon generator - not as cool as make belief comix but fun [|Goanimate] 4 schools account - 100 free educator accts- create cartoon and animations ! New tools workshop fabulous resource set up as a GLOG.... [|Jamstudio] music creation [|Money 101: Teaching Kids to Count Money] Floorplanner __ weave silk __

[|Edheads] geoguesser Invention & Play Design Squad Nation __ [|Calculationnation] __ [|Questionaut] [|Machinearium] Tinker Ball Challenge NCES Kids Zone __ [|Geography Games] __
 * Interactive Games/Challenges **

Cool tools for schooll
 * Aggregated Resources for Web 2.0 **

** Stock Market Simulations ** Stock Market Game [|Http://www.stockmarketgame.com] Top 50 Stock Picks [] . ** History primary sources ** [] [|http://loc.gov] [|Ellis Island Oral History] [|Bill of Rights] [|Exploratorium Digital Library] Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection . ** Visual Dictionaries ** [] [|http://www.Lexipedia.com] . ** Web Evaluation ** [|Get your Web License !] Net Lesson [|Website Evaluation Lesson- click here] Common Sense Media . ** Samples of Webquests ** [|3rd Grade Space Exploration] [|3rd Grade Tornado Webquest] [|Tornado Pathfinder !] [|5th Grade Fairy Tale Webquest:] [|5th Grade Webquest for Weather:] [|Denver] Denver Webquest [|ILT Webquest Page]A list of Webquests by ILT DPS

** Kid Search Engines: ** [|Google] [|Kidsclick] [|KidsKonnect] [|Yahooligans] [|Ask Kids.com] [|Internet Public Library for Kids]

** Citation Makers ** [|Easybib.com] [|Citation Maker] . ** Authors ** [|Pigeon Website Mo Willems] [|Skippy Jon Jones] [|Author/Illustrator Resource] . ** Current Events: ** [|Denver Post e-Subscription] [|Time for Kids] [|News Hour Extra] [|Sports Illustrated for Kids] [|Kids Washington Post] [|Kids New York Times] [|Kids Newsroom]

** Alphabet & Reading ** [|Starfall] [|ECE Community Helpers] [|Rhyming Game Kinder] [|Poisson Rouge] [|Eric Carle Movie Reading Book]

** Online stories for children: ** [|Storyblocks] Videos in English & Spanish - Rhymes [|Storyline Online] Actors Read Stories Out Loud [|Codyscuentos] Classic Fairy Tales in Spanish [|Reading Planet] Reading Stories & Activities [|SurLaLune – Fairy Tales] Fairy Tales [|StoryPlace] Children’s Digital Library [|International Children’s Digital Library] Books read aloud . ** Time Line Creators ** [] []

** Image Resources for Students: ** [|Eduscapes] [|Pics4Learning] Copyright Free Photos NOAA Photo Library FreeFoto The Morgue File US Federal Government Public Domain Images [] Art Etc. [] School Clip Art Gallery

** Educational Games: ** [|Geography Games] [|PBS Kids] [|Spelling City] Open in Safari ! NCES Kids Zone [] [|Figure This – Math Challenges] [|Calculationnation] [|Math Dictionary for Kids] [|Aunty Math] [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] .

Misc. Cool Stuff

 * [|Flat Stanley Project] **