Monday, November 22, 2010

ookaboo - Free Pictures of Everything on Earth


Ookaboo is a a site where all images are public domain or creative commons and can be used freely by students and teachers.

Monday, November 15, 2010

MuseumBox


MuseumBox is a site allows students to place items into virtual boxes; these items can include images, video, text, and sound. MuseumBox can be used across the curriculum and can help students to describe a person, place, thing, event, idea, or issue. The site facilitates description, debate, investigation, and exploration and development of ideas and issues.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Conjugation.com



Conjugation. com is a site that instantaneously displayed a verb shown in all of its forms, voices and tenses. Just type the verb that you want to conjugate in any form and click on “Conjugate.”

2010 Edublog Award Nominations


Best individual blog: Free Technology For Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com

Best individual tweeter: Jeff Thomas http://twitter.com/jdthomas7

Best group blog: TechyThingsTeachersShouldTry http://bryantechnology.blogspot.com/

Best resource sharing blog: Digital Goonies http://digitalgoonies.com/


Monday, November 8, 2010

My Story Maker - Creating Your Own Fairytales


My Story Maker is a tool that helps kids write their own stories. Each story begins by asking the name of the student creating the story and what main character they would like to use from a list of pre-created characters. Add characters and objects to the storyboard, and click them to add actions. As they add each element, a basic story is written in which the user than enhances by choosing the different actions, objects, and settings for each page.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Study Jams


Study Jams is a truly incredible collection of over 200 learning resource collections. Study Jams are videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math that will have your students discovering everything from invertebrates to the water cycle and the rule of divisibility.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Pikikids


Pikikids allows users to create their own comics, they can select their own layout, upload their own photos, add speech bubbles and fun graphics and then save and share their work.
Very easy to use, with step by step instructions. To save you must create a free account with an email address.