Useful Websites

http://www.blabberize.com – upload a picture and add sound

 

http://www.animoto.com – slide shows (go to www.animoto.com/education to request free student accounts for unlimited length videos)

 

http://www.tutpup.com – “Play Compete Learn”

 

http://bighugelabs.com –cool creations with digital photos

 

 

http://www.picnik.com/ – photo editing made FUN

 

http://resizeimage.org/ – easily resize photo or image

 

http://en.speechable.com/ – add a speech bubble to a photo/image

 

http://edu.glogster.com – interactive posters (teacher/student accounts)

 

http://flockdraw.com/ – create online drawings with your friends

 

http://reading.ecb.org/student/entry.html?login=tricia00052 – into the book – using skills to help understand what you read

 

http://storybird.com/ – read or create your own stories

 

http://goanimate.com/ – create your own cartoon or animation

 

http://www.toondoo.com/ – fastest way to create a cartoon

 

http://www.edmodo.com/ – social networking site for kids (no email necessary to sign up)

 

http://kidblog.org/home.php – designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog.

 

http://edublogs.org/ – another blogging website for teachers and students

 

 

http://www.zamzar.com – file converter

http://www.prezi.com – a different twist on PowerPoint

 

http://www.polleverywhere.com – create free polls – your audience can text, online, or Twitter answers

 

http://todaysmeet.com/ – connect with your audience in realtime

 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ – free audio/sound editing

 

http://www.wordle.net/ – create word clouds

 

http://www.tagxedo.com/ – tag clouds with style

 

http://tagul.com/ – word clouds with options

 

http://www.flickr.com/ – photo sharing

 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/ – tape from your computer and download as a mp4

 

http://www.ustream.tv/ – streaming video and/or audio live

 

 

http://video.kidzui.com/ – videos approved by parents and teachers

 

 

http://www.sumopaint.com/app/ – cool painting site

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ – a primary resource featuring games, activities, and tests

 

http://www.starfall.com/ – learn to read with phonics

 

http://www.gamequarium.com/ – A portal to more than 2000 interactive learning activities and games for preschool through grade 6.

 

http://www.factmonster.com/ – a handful of tools, like a searchable dictionary, word games, an encyclopedia with more than 57,000 articles, and scores of world maps

 

http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html – hop aboard the research rocket for a tutorial that is out of this world!

 

http://www.sciencewithme.com/ – Help Your Children Learn Science the Easy, Hands-On Way with Science With Me! – Science For Kids Educational Website

 

http://www.abcya.com/ – free educational computer games for kids created by certified teachers

 

http://www.slideshare.net/ – share your powerpoints, PDFs, videos, etc.