Technology+Resources

=Please add useful links or resources here along with your name. Please make sure that when you add a link, you check mark the box that has the link open in a new window = 1. fur.ly: this site is a GREAT time saver. Once at fur.ly, copy and paste in url's of sites that you want to use with your students, then click go. it will give you a shortened url. when students type it in, a "fur.ly bar" will appear in orange at the top of their screen. They can use the arrow keys to go back and forth through the web pages you put there. Works great for younger grades :) example of one of mine:fur.ly/i4z check it out -Julie LaPoint

2. tammyworcester.com : this is a great resource site. Tammy was a presenter at a conference I was at. The best information in her site can be found under "training handouts" scroll down and click on Ohio Free Tech 2010, then click on one of the session names for great resources. Also her "resource" tab is GREAT! -Julie LaPoint

3. boolify.org: this is a great site for beginners to learn search strategies. It works like a puzzle and you can add or take away pieces of the puzzle to add or narrow your search.-Julie LaPoint

4. kerpoof.com : since we no longer have kidpix, this I a drawing, painting, storytelling site that works similarly to kidpix but works on the thin clients. My students (k-8) love this site!-Julie LaPoint

5. []: Great site here with bunches of links that are content area specific. -Andy Birt

6. [] I saw this teacher at MACUL and she has some great sites, you can find her top Free and Fabulous Internet Sites under the MACUL 2010 link. - Amy VanHarten

7. [] I saw this teacher at a BER Conference, she has a lot of great sites. - Amy VanHarten

8. [] Bubbl.us is afree online brainstorming and mind mapping tool that lets you easily create a graphic organizer, concept map, mind map or organizational chart and then share your ideas with colleagues or classmates. There are many uses for concept maps in the classroom. Teachers and students can use them to identify existing knowledge, identify relationships between concepts, record facts and details as a pre-writing strategy, organize essays, organize research, collect and connect ideas, create timelines. Teachers can use this as a formative assessment tool to gather information about what students know. It can also be used as an alternative summative assessment tool. - Brent Hartsell

9. [] This is a creative text generator that turns ordinary typed text into a text design. Type words into the program or copy and paste text from a document or webpage. - Brent Hartsell

10. [] This is a text generator that allows you to create realistic looking news clippings, ninja text (see example below), wizard text, talking cats and flowers, and more. This is a really fun way to get your message across. Explore with site words, spellings words, word walls, etc. - Brent Hartsell

11. [] PicLits is a creative writing site that enables users to match beautiful images with carefully selected keywords. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. Users choose from a gallery of images, then drag and drop words onto the image – or they can write freestyle on the image. They can then save their piclit, e-mail it, or post it on a blog or website. If you visit the site, click on the Learn It link which provides lessons on the basics of creative writing to help students generate quality piclits. - Brent Hartsell