VWCC+February+2012

= = = **wwwShare Your Web 2.0 Website Suggestions** = http://www.**readwritethink**.**org**/ Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in ** reading ** and language arts instruction. Cheryl Teaford

= = http:// www.kubbu.com  Create activities and quizzes for online practice, revision and testing. Cheryl Teaford = = []Making word clouds is fun, and it is much more fun with Tagxedo! Cheryl Teaford = = [|**http://www.zooburst.com/**] ** ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool. **** Cheryl Teaford ** = =

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 * http:// ** [|**www.dipity.com/**] Use timelines to collaborate with students on a unique classroom project. **(Dipity’s members/users have to be 13 or older. Teachers could type in younger students’ information to create a timeline.)**

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= = =http://readwritething.org= Really excellent work for all grade levels. L. Adams

[|epals.com] Provides you and your students with the opportunity to connect with classrooms around the world. Online translators for emails to be translated into another language, if desired. Laura Gomez

[|www.teachersfirst.com] Online resources for any subject taught. Go to the Classroom Resources tab, then click on Browse by subject/grade, and then select your subject. They have educator-reviewed web resources, lesson plans/units, ready-to-go content, and some cool links and online activities. Laura Gomez

[|typeit.org] This is a website that allows users to type in different languages without having to use special codes for accent marks or other characters we don't have in English. This would be great for students typing papers online, and for teachers as well! Laura Gomez

[|www.verbs-online.com/index.htm] This website is helpful for students to practice conjugating verbs. They can select the verb tense they want to practice, and even specify if they want "regular" or "irregular" verbs included in the practice. Laura Gomez

[|www.lyricsgaps.com] This is a great website for students to practice listening skills with music in the target World Language. Students listen to the songs in Spanish, French, etc. and fill in the lyrics. They have beginner, intermediate and advanced options to choose from. Laura Gomez

[|www.kerpoof.com] Entertainment and educational website owned by Disney: Spell a picture, make a movie, make a drawing, make a picture, and tell a story...Janine Pollock

[|http://jc-schools.net] Powerpoint games: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Jeopardy, Password, Wheel of Fortune, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire...Janine Pollock

[|www.neoK12.com] Online educational lessons, games, and puzzles. Great student videos...Janine Pollock

[|www.pbs.org] Educational resources and activities tied to PBS programming. All subjects included...Janine Pollock

[|www.teach-nology.com] Teacher resource for lesson plans, worksheets, and printables. Web quests for all subjects included...Janine Pollock

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm http://www.mikids.com/ I found it when looking for simple machines games, but it also has many other games to play, including thinking and arcade games that can be used as free time, rewards. . . Kim Garst

http://wn.com/robnelsonfilms These guys are fantastic. They have many videos about nature. You can also get to them through You Tube. Kim Garst

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ Wonderful when used on the smartboard! Kim Garst

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-The-Grassland-117528211 A lot like You Tube but seems like it’s a lot more kid friendly. Kim Garst

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm Great site and cool games for science: producer, consumer and decomposers The second one is habitats.. Kim Garst

www.jeaopardylabs.com is a great website to create review games for students. -Angela

www.spellingcity.com allows you to type in your own spelling words for students to use for a variety of practice activities. -Cathy

[|http://lilliel.tripod.com] has some great 2nd grade webquests including habitats and butterfly life cycles: 2 of our SOLS.- Melissa McIntyre

[|http://storybird.com] has some great ways to use digital story telling that would be easy for elementary students.- Melissa McIntyre

[|www.storyjumper.com] is another good digital story telling website for all ages and gives you the ability to publish. Melissa McIntyre

[|http://jmathpage.com] is a web page that has alot of interactive math games for students of all ages. You can search by activity and level. Many of the activities can be used with the smart board. Melissa McIntyre

[] is a great list of very user friendly web 2.0 sites for educators. Melissa McIntyre

[] Make art in the style of artist Keith Haring, famous in the 1980's for his Swatch Watch designs. Karen Goodman

[] Create a work of art in the style of Piet Mondrian using rectangles, lines, and the primary colors. Karen Goodman

[] Create a portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso. Karen Goodman

[] Watch an animated demonstration, find examples in works of art from museums, and create your own work of art. Karen Goodman

[] Go on a midnight animated adventure through the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Solve a mystery while you learn about how art is made and view some of the famous works of art housed here. Karen Goodman

[] fun reading site for kids. They can read, sequence, or create their own cartoon to print. There are Art and Music links I haven't tried yet. Melissa Martin

[] Writers block is a story created by student users who register and wiki the next part. Melissa Martin

[] Interactive site word games. Melissa Martin

[] alot like mad libs, students enter words and the site generates a story featuring thier chosen words. Melissa Martin

[] an interactive game allowing students to "settle" in colonial Virginia. Melissa Martin

__http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/__ Has a couple of different games that you input the information in and the students can then play the games Stephanie Hudgins

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=1586332&CFTOKEN=51879308 I personally really enjoy puzzles, and you can create your own puzzles for students based on what you are studying. Stephanie Hudgins

http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/quiz This has some fun arcade games that you can input the questions and make a game for the students to play. Stephanie Hudgins

http://www.abcya.com/ Love this one as a time filler for the kids! Fun educational games! Stephanie Hudgins

www.pbskids.com- this is a good one for the kids that they can play games and learn at the same time! Stephanie Hudgins

[|www.solteacher.com] Great sight has activities and interactive games listed by grade level and SOL! I love using this sight to help with lesson planning too! Ren'shia Bond

[] Google search engine for kids. Safer searches when surfing the net, more kid friendly. Ren'shia Bond

[] Great mathweb sight! Lots of activites for all grade levels. Printables, interactive games and website links for math. Ren'shia Bond

[] Fun differenitated website for kids. I recomened this one to parents at the last parent/teacher conference. Gives assortment of games listed by grade level, good for those working below grade level and for those who need a challenge. Ren'shia Bond

[] Has read alongs stories and songs, also a games and activities for reading. Ren'shia Bond

[] This is a site I found that let's you make a presentation. The pictures are nice. You couldmake a presentation for a lesson or the students can each do a page in the presentation. Very user friendly. Susan Davis

[] Great site through the public library. Many books that are read for you. Also includes games. Susan Davis

[] This is a great site that links you to many other fun sites. You can pick the subject area and then choose from many games. We like Dog's letter pit under the words heading. There is also a good matching the person with the job they do. I use this site to help with my VAAP collections. Susan Davis

[] This is a great website for telling time. This particular one is for the hour and half hour. You can also search for other increments. Susan Davis

[]Very fun graphing activity. Nice way to practice graphing. Susan Davis []This is a great site for creating your own "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" & "Jeopardy" games. A. Harig

[] Great for sharing books on the Smartboard-you also get to choose which charity you want to have a book donated to-one book is donated for each book read. A. Harig

[|www.agoogleaday.com] This is a game google created which helps children learn how to search for information. It is better for older students. Kitty Hopkins [|www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/] This a good word search maker for spelling or sight words. It has other game makers as well. Kitty Hopkins [|www.superlame.com] You can take pictures and add text boxes and audio to it. This would be fun to do with famous Americans or story characters from stories you're reading in class. Kitty Hopkins [] This site has pictures from all over the world. You can click on a location on a map and it shows pictures. This could be good for reading, science or social studies. Preview the pictures first though. Some may not be appropriate for young children. Kitty Hopkins [] You can create a custom safe search engine for your students with only websites you choose. Kitty Hopkins

[] I love this site for my high school students who ask me math questions that are out of my scope of knowledge...Trig and such. There are many topics that anyone can use! KShelor [] This is a neat site that enables me to show my students what the Ghettos were really like. KShelor [] I use this site daily it helps me show the students history though current events with help from NBC. KShelor [] This is a fun cite for students to use to study World History, it has a timeline so they can focuse on a specific part. KShelor [] This site can help children at home get tutoring when at home and having troubles with Geography work. KShelor

[]You can paste a you tube link here. It blocks all the distracting stuff and shows only the video. A. Harig

[]This is a Mr. Nussbaum game for matching fractions and decimals. The Mr. Nussbaum site has great math games for many different levels and topics. A. Harig

[] This page has tons of great math games. A. Harig