Web+2.0+tools+and+Free+Resources+for+Teaching+and+Learning

Here is a list of many websites. There are many links listed here that we did not have time to look at in the sessions today.
Anita Brady, Technology Adminsitrator, Ascension School abrady@ascensioncatholicsch.org Resources, Technology Integration

The sites below were the main 4 sites that I highlighted in my presentation:
[] - is a nonprofit Web site maintained by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers and English (NCTE), with support from the Verizon Foundation through the Thinkfinity Consortium. Each resource on the ReadWriteThink site is based on the NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts.  []  (student tools, Comic Creator) [] - suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools. teachersfirst.org - web resources, lessons, tools, much more! [|www.4teachers.org] - lessons, activities, more!

[] - free video clips, online or downloadable [] –– social bookmarking, save your bookmarks to a website, always available [|http://k12opensource.org] – Open Source for Educators - Listing with links to free software or websites [] - Florida Center for Instructional Technology - - Resources, lesson plans, interactive games, maps Connected sites - [] Technology Integration Matrix, has sample lessons, video examples - [|**http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html**]** - ** http:// [|www.curriki.org] – Reviewed lesson plans, collaborate with other teachers, save favorites, blog [] - Free, toon book reader, comic creator, games, letters, sounds [] – Lesson plans, resources, sponsored, http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools- 50 tools to use for Digital Storytelling http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ - Wiki with links to many tools [] - Free Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies [] - Math Resources [] – FunSchool.com – some games are more educational than others. [] - free online gradebook, assignments, messaging, private [] - virtual tool for seasons [] - Social Studies Games and More… [] - Games students can play alone or against others [] critical thinking skills, economic development [] - [] - NSF, AAAS funded online games, critical thinking skills [] - space lessons, games online, [] - lesson plans, activities, games [] - lesson plans, activities, web resources, [] - Center for Educational Technologies Classroom of the Future [] - Rocks, Dinosaurs, Biomes, animal adaptations [] - Engineering activities [] - PBS Teachers Resources [] - Upload videos for kids. Virtual Field Trips for Kids [] - Open ended Math explorations Tools on the Web… [] - List of Web 2.0 tools, Standards, Strategies [] - free, downloadable, concept mapping tool [] – mapping software, must buy to save maps [] - build satellites – Lockheed Martin [] - Critical thinking - [] – example [] - TweenTribune – news article for tweens, kids, from CNN @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ - collect resources to make a case, teacher area, register school [] - Learn IT Teach IT – Lesson Plans for Projects (PBL) Video Tutorials on tech usage topics, Best Practices/Resources [] - type a word, hold down the ALT key, click on the word to get rhymes [] - flash cards online for anything [] free for public use, small fee ($8 for 30 users for 1 month)

@http://pixton.com/ - Comic Creator online [] – free for basic account [] – Create photo books online to share [] - free digital images to use for educational projects [] - Record audio for use on a webpage [] - Free, open source, cross platform media player without the need for additional codecs (What is a codec, anyway?) [] - Instructional Videos [] - Record voices, speaking avatars (What is an Avatar?) [] - Free service for recording your voice to go with a picture [] - Google Tools – Google Earth, Sketch-Up, Picasa, Maps