Sites+A+to+Z

A is for [|Animoto]
What is it?
 * A free, online movie making program. All you have to do is upload your pictures and select music from the site or upload your own, then let Animoto do the rest. The program adds cool transitions to make the movie look very professional.
 * Record audio to narrate the movie.
 * New [|Animoto for Educators] allows students to have their own account.
 * Download or embed into webpage/blogs/wikis

How do I use it in my classroom?
 * End of the unit movies
 * School year memories
 * Famous person/author/scientist/artist reports
 * Lab reports
 * Introduce students to class procedures/rules

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B is for [|BubbleShare]
What is it?
 * Picture slideshow that you can share with others by either emailing or embedding show into a blog/wiki/webpage
 * Unlimited storage
 * Upload your pictures then add fun clipart, audio captions, and video captions to your albums.
 * Printable calendars and photo books
 * Public or private setting

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 * Share field trip photos with parents
 * Classroom scrapbook
 * Lab reports


What is it?
 * 15 teacher-friendly templates for games/learning activites
 * Can be used across the grades and content areas
 * Download, email, or embed in blog/webpage/wiki

How do I use it in my classroom? media type="custom" key="1481439" _ ===D is for [|del.icio.us]      === What is it?
 * Teacher makes up a game to review for a test
 * Students make up games to review for tests
 * Timer can be used during group work
 * Use word picker for vocabulary review
 * Students use venn diagram to compare/contrast items
 * Social bookmarking site
 * Tag (categorize) sites
 * Bookmarks are saved on Internet, not on individual computer so you can login anywhere and have your bookmarks!
 * Follow others' bookmarks - very important for teachers
 * See what others with common tags are bookmarking

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Bookmark sites for different units for next year or to share w/ other teachers that teach the same units
 * Students working on cooperative research project bookmark sites for others to use
 * Teachers bookmark the sites they want the students to use - no more surfing the net

[|My del.icio.us bookmarks] _

E is for [|edHeads]
What is it?
 * Free, award-winning site that offers science simulations like virtual hip replacement, virtual knee surgery, simple machines, and weather forecasting.

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * After teaching students how to read a weather map, have them try the simulation.

F is for [|Freeplay Music]
What is it?
 * Free music that is searchable by style/feel
 * Download as mp3 file in various time durations

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Students can insert music into MovieMaker, PhotoStory, Animoto, etc..
 * Great to use as background music for podcasting

G is for [|Glogster]
What is it?
 * Give a scrapbook/poster look to your blog/wiki
 * Mix graphics, photos, music, video, and text on your Glog
 * Set as private or public
 * Provides you with html code to embed or url link

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Jazz up your blog/wiki
 * Students use as a multimedia "poster" for a presentation/project
 * All-about me glog for beginning of the year

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H is for [|HotChalk]
What is it?
 * NBC News, National Geographic, PBS, History Education videos
 * online management system
 * lesson plan library
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How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Post assignments and tests
 * Message boards for discussion on topics or students can ask teacher questions at home
 * Gradebook

I is for [|Instructify]
What is it?
 * Time saving tips and resources for the classroom
 * Cutting edge technology

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Teach old content in a new way

J is for [|Jott]
What is it?
 * Converts your voice into emails or text messages
 * You record your message from your phone and Jott converts message and either emails the message or sends text to a cellphone.

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Quick reminders to self
 * Students practice their spelling words

<span style="COLOR: rgb(244,11,11)">K is for [|KidZui]
What is it?
 * Kids safe internet browser - content is reviewed by parents and teachers
 * Over 800,000 websites, pictures, and videos
 * Weekly email reports to parent/teacher to see where the kids have been
 * Must download

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Safe elementary web surfing/research

<span style="COLOR: rgb(245,41,41)">L is for [|LetterPop]
What is it?
 * Make eye-catching newsletters that you can email
 * [|How it works]

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Weekly/monthy newsletters home to parents
 * Student projects - book reports, famous person reports, etc..

[|Examples] _

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,3,0)">M is for [|Media Converter]
What is it?
 * Converts files, audio, and video files to the file type you need
 * Converts videos directly from various portals
 * Immediately ready for download

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Download online videos to use in your classroom. Especially handy if video sites are blocked at school (YouTube)

<span style="COLOR: rgb(236,24,26)">N is for [|Netvibes]
What is it?
 * Aggregator of RSS feeds
 * Categorize by making your own tabs

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Time saver for teachers - check one site for all the blogs you follow and know when they are updated
 * Students can house all their blogs at one site also

[|My netvibes page] _

<span style="COLOR: rgb(245,50,50)">O is for [|OurStory]
What is it?
 * Save stories, videos, and photos on a collaborative timeline.
 * Add to your blog

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * All About Me (student's timeline of their childhood)
 * History - timelines of battles during wars

<span style="COLOR: rgb(245,20,20)">P is for [|Picnik]
What is it?
 * Photo editing program - crop, rotate, resize, sharpen, special effects
 * Upload pictures from your computer, myspace, Flickr, facebook, photobucket, Picasa, webshots, freewebs

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Edit classroom pictures to be placed on your blog
 * Teach students basic elements of photography

<span style="COLOR: rgb(228,17,12)">Q is for [|QlipBoard]
What is it?
 * Make narrated slide shows of images
 * Draw or type on images
 * Online and download versions
 * Post show on website, download to your computer, email finished shows

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Student projects
 * Teacher lectures

<span style="COLOR: rgb(241,19,19)">R is for [|Read The Words]
What is it?
 * Text reader
 * Upload documents or copy and paste text from websites, choose a reader, then listen to reader online or download to your mp3 player or blog/website

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Teachers can listen to student's writing on their ride home from work
 * Provides accomodations for special needs students
 * Improves reading comprehension for auditory learners
 * Use as a read-aloud in centers

<span style="COLOR: rgb(242,28,28)">S is for [|Slideshare]
What is it?
 * Share your presentations with the world or embed on your blog/wiki
 * Add audio for a webinar
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How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Upload your PowerPoint presentations to your blog/wiki/website so students can view anywhere

<span style="COLOR: rgb(244,37,37)">T is for [|Twitter]
What is it?
 * Social networking, microblogging
 * What are you doing? in 140 characters or less
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How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Great personal learning community for teachers

<span style="COLOR: rgb(250,20,20)">U is for [|Ubernote]
What is it? How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Online web notes accessible from any computer
 * Email notes to your Ubernote account
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 * [|Students] can keep track of homework and assignments, use tags to organize notes taken in class, and bookmark websites for class.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(239,6,6)">V is for [|Voki]
What is it?
 * Talking avatar for your blog/wiki or profile

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Record an introduction/instructions on your blog/wiki
 * Audio plays - student's record their parts

Voki example _

<span style="COLOR: rgb(232,17,17)">W is for [|Wix]
What is it?
 * Web site builder

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Class website
 * Students make own site about themselves or a subject they are learning

[|Bullying example] _

<span style="COLOR: rgb(220,9,9)">X is for [|xtimeline]
What is it?
 * Create and share timelines with pictures and videos
 * Embed into your blog/wiki
 * [|How to create a timeline]

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * My Life project
 * Famous Person reports
 * Events/battles during a war
 * Editable so students can collaborate
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===<span style="COLOR: rgb(247,34,34)">Y is for [|YouTube] Oh, wait! That's blocked at my school! How about [|TeacherTube] or [|SchoolTube]=== What is it?
 * Videos produced by students/teachers = free media
 * SchoolTube offers [|contests] and [|lesson plans] on video production

How can I use it in my classroom?
 * Videos to enhance a lesson
 * Teachers may upload student videos in SchoolTube

<span style="COLOR: rgb(247,29,29)">Z is for [|Zoho]<span style="COLOR: rgb(235,51,51)">
What is it?
 * Microsoft Office-like applications, plus more
 * Save and edit from any computer
 * Collaborative

How can I use it in my classroom? _
 * Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, note taker, wiki, database, email
 * No license fee
 * Group projects - easy collaboration

Other sites to check out: CoolTools4School [|Go2Web2.0]