Tech+Resources


 * Site || Web Address || Summary ||
 * Book Builder || [|http://bookbuilder.cast.org] || A website to create and read online books. ||
 * Wordle || [|www.wordle.net/create] || Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. ***Caution: the public galleries have EVERYTHING! ||
 * Word Cloud || [|www.tagxedo.com] || Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. ||
 * VisuWords || [|www.visuwords.com] || **Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary** — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. ||
 * Roget's Thesaurus || [|http://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com] || An online thesaurus. ||
 * Giggle Poetry || [] || A poetry site that is fun to find poetry and use with students. ||
 * Magnetic words || [] || A site where you can play with words - like the magnets on the refrigerator! ||
 * VoiceThread || [|www.voicethread.com] || With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with **no software to install** . A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.

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 * Xtra Normal || [] || A site to make movies. The tagline for this site is: If you can type, you can make movies… Caution: this site does have inappropriate content, but there is an educational part to it. ||
 * Library of Congress || [|http://www.loc.gov/index.html] || The Library of Congress's website. Many, many resources! ||
 * ReadWriteThink || [|http://www.readwritethink.org/] || This site provides tons of resources for teachers. ||
 * WebNotes || [] || Take notes on websites without leaving your computer using this site! ||
 * Quizlet || [|http://quizlet.com] || This site allows you to make note cards and play games with vocabulary words and concepts. ||
 * Spelling City || [|www.spellingcity.com] || This site allows you to type in spelling words and then you can have students play games and you can even print handwriting sheets. ||
 * Google Lit Trips || [|http://www.googlelittrips.org/] || You have to download the free software to access the lit trips. See what others have done and/or create your own. Travel with the characters in your book and even see real world pictures of different places. ||
 * SlideRocket || [] || An alternative presentation website that you can access any where with web access. Caution: this site links to picture galleries. Some pictures may not be school appropriate. ||
 * Prezi || [|http://prezi.com] || An alternative presentation website that you can access any where with web access. ||
 * Glogster || [|www.glogster.com] || An online poster maker which allows you to include audio and video! Make sure to use the educational part of Glogster! ||
 * Wallwisher || [|www.wallwisher.com] || A site where students can leave virtual sticky notes with limited text space. ||
 * TrackStar || [|http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/] || Create a web trip for your students to go on. With this, you choose the sites and what you want them to do at each website. This limits student access to the web. ||
 * Free Rice || [|www.freerice.com] || A vocabulary practice site where students can start on any level to practice. For each correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme. ||
 * Sheppard Software || [|www.sheppardsoftware.com] || This site has games from several areas of the curriculum. There are fun games to help students practice basic skills. ||
 * Prep Dog || [|www.prepdog.com] || Prepdog.com is a **FREE** interactive education site created by three teachers. We provide educational tools, such as practice tests, video tutorials, and lessons to students, teachers, and parents. ||
 * Wikispaces || www.wikispaces.com || A free site to create a website for your class or for personal use. Sign up and tell ask for the upgrade (no ads) for free if it's going to be used in K-12 education! ||
 * Always check the sites you want to use in your classroom - some change, some may have inappropriate content. We urge you to really explore these tools and know what students can find. ||
 * List compiled by: Nicole Gilbert, Treasurer SCCIRA ||
 * Visit our wiki: www.sccira.wikispaces.com ||
 * Visit our wiki: www.sccira.wikispaces.com ||