Barbara De Santis

Free Web Tools

Today’s plan

• Demonstrate• Walk through• To the site• Time for hands on• Show and Tell

THIS PRESENTATION IS ON MY BLOG AT

WWW.TINYURL.COM/BSDBLOG

intro

glogster

www.animoto.com

To get your free 6 month account

Making an animoto

Select a style

You have options

animoto

animoto

• Music videos• Registration required• Go to

www.animoto.com/education • Accepts “student” email accounts

Teacher Resources

makebeliefscomix

• www.makebeliefscomix.com• Backgrounds/characters• Improved resources• No student accounts

MakeBeliefsComix

www.tinyurl.com/speakupcartoon

• www.tinyurl.com/speakupcartoon

• Character focused• Easy to create• Print or copy

Speak Up!

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/bsdbsd/2011/01/31/have-you-seen-the-plague/

Pick a theme (no accounts needed)

www.tripwow.com

• www.tripwow.com• Images + text• Link to map, music• Easy to email/embed

TripWOW

www.littlebirdtales.com

• www.littlebirdtales.com• Images + text + sound• Easy to edit• Easy to email/embed

LittleBirdTales

http://www.classtools.net/fb/41/EfeHh8

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Tools

Help sheet

www.classtools.net

• www.classtools.net• Static page• Linked to url/embed• Help sheet

Fakebook

Paste text here

www.tagxedo.com

• www.tagxedo.com• Add text• Shape/color/font• Save

Tagxedo

http://photopeach.com/album/hn4qn5

www.photofunia.com

• www.photofunia.com• Create images with your face• Use in digital projects

PhotoFunia

http://storybird.com/books/animals-and-what-a-first-grader-knows/

http://storybird.com/

Storybird• www.storybird.com• Online books• Illustrations• Collaborative

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In edmodo, a student can

In edmodo, a teacher can

However,

There is no private chat!

Edmodo

Teachers StudentsNotesLinksFilesAssignments

PollsQuizzes

Backpacks

No student to student chat

How to get started:

1.Log on at www.edmodo.com2. Click Schools & Districts to set up school accounts.

3. You will get a school code.

Thinkfinity.org

Thinkfinity Content Partners

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Ten Frame(Illuminations)

• Preschool-2• Math counting

skills with interactive

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Life in a Sod House(Smithsonian History Explorer)• K-12• American History• Interactive

Communication

• Can you convince me?

(ReadWriteThink)

• 3-5• Developing persuasive

writing skills• Persuasive Map

(interactive)

Verizon Thinkfinity Community

Add Thinkfinity site to favorites1 2

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Why join the community?• Personal Learning Network

Access in schoolEducation based

Why join the community?

• Social Bookmarking

Store your favorites in the community

Go to the website

Select the Add Site from your favorites

Adding a favorite

Add Notes

Add Tags

Where to find it

THIS PRESENTATION IS ON MY BLOG AT

WWW.TINYURL.COM/BSDBLOG

www.tinyurl.com/bsdblog

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QUESTIONS

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