Qwik and Cool!
Qwiki
Qwiki is one of the coolest tools on the web! Just type in a topic and it will pull together different information found on the web about that subject and play it back. Let it do the work!
How Does It Work?
Ed Heads
Ed Heads is a site that has great activities that range from virtual surgery to designing a cell phone, and even predicting weather.
Science Net Links Tools
Use this site to find interactive tools you can use to reinforce different science concepts. The tools are searchable by grade and science topic.
Let's Get Down to Work!
Fuel the Brain
Little Fingers
Use these sites to find different tools that reinforce concepts you are teaching in class.
Got Pictures?
Big Huge Labs
Big Huge Labs is a "mega site" that will allow you to do almost anything with a digital picture. The options are too many to name here. Click and explore!
Let Me Show You Something
Animoto
Are you looking for an interesting way to share pictures of your class? Do you have a ton of pictures from a field trip or of a project that you would love to post on your blog but you don't have time (or space) to post all of the pictures?
Try Animoto! Animoto is an online tool you can use to create slide shows with your pictures. You load select a theme, load the pictures, and select the music and animoto does the rest. The program "mixes" the theme, pictures, and music to create awesome slideshows.
Ready, Set, Create!
Voicethread
Mixbook
Storybird
Looking for a way to encourage creative thought and expression with your students? Try these websites to use visual and audio (Voicethread only) skills to create stories or to simply learn different parts of speech.
Voicethread is on online collaboration tool that allows groups of people to comment on pictures or drawings. It can be used for creating and narrating stories. It can also be used to reflect and comment on a specific concept.
Mixbook is an online scrapbook program. It is a great tool for organizing photos and using different scrapbooking tools and captions to "tell a story" or visually document an event or concept.
Storybird is an online tool used to create art inspired stories. With a teacher account, you can create classes and assignments where students can respond to a visual prompt or even create a story using the art on the site.
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