Sites,+Tools,+Blogs,+etc+I+LOVE

An ever growing list of sites, tools, and blogs I love and could not live without! (in no particular order!)

[] Its like a wordle, but cooler! It turns what ever words you want into whatever shape you want! []

[] Tons of great tools (most cost money, but are super cool) and lots of free poster downloads- cool stuff! This is also a fablevision blog []Free Stuff- []

[] Enough said, really... great blog too [|http://blog.schlechtycenter.org/]

Resources I've used with my students (many of these resources and descriptions come from []

[|Glogster] is an online poster, but it's colorful, customizable and interactive. You can add hyperlinks, videos, pictures, sounds, music, animations. You can even take your picture or film yourself while you are creating your glog and put it on right away. Change the background or make your photo your background. Use it as an introduction page or just for a project presentation!! Very interesting and very useful! you can make this the main part of your wiki too- see this example [|http://ozgekaraoglu.wikispaces.com/]

[|Animoto] automatically turns your photos into stunning videos, you can use your videos as well. You can narrate your pictures with text to tell your story. There is an example of a basic picture only Animoto on the [|10th grade site.]

[|Prezi] is another presentation site that you can create zooming sketching on a page and tell your digital stories. It's one of the best sites that you can create your presentation! Below is an example of the Would You Rather Prezi I used on the first day of class. Notice that you don't have to link the Prezi your wiki, you can embed it directly!

[|would you rather] on [|Prezi]

[|Voki] is a site where you can create your speaking avatar. Below is an example of the Voki I made- you can use your cell phone to record a message, or you can type in a message.

[|Voicethread] is the a digital story telling device.

[|Stripcreator] is a site where you can make and then embed your own comic strips

[|WebQuest]- Using quality web resources, you can make a "webquest" that explores some of the content of the American Revolution. Make sure that you also provide the answers to your webquest. Here is an example of a [|webquest] that I made for the Labor Day.

[|Mixbook] makes on-line books that you can embed in your wiki.

[|Wix]