Magazinify

Believe it or not, one thing I still don't own is either an e-reader or some kind of "smart" technology that enables you to down load text. I was on firefox browser comparing items when I came across Magazinify. The site state that Magazinify organizes articles you wish to read, converts them to pdf format and mails them to you at the end of the day. I found this to be interesting and wondered how can an educator use this? Simple.....Magazinify will create ready to read copies of articles you wish to have in your class, eliminating annoying ads and popups. If you don't have firefox, just drag the bookmark toolbar to your browser. http://magazinify.com/
Here is a link from CNET describing how to set this all up.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20092117-285/get-web-articles-delivered-to-your-inbox-in-pdf-form/

Go Social Studies go

A Social Studies teacher created multimedia books on Social Studies topics. This site is divided into 4 sections: Ancient Histories, World Geography, World Religions and Colonial America. Within each book there are videos, images, text and links to additional sites. Canadians will find site useful. http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/

Boom Writer

I'm always searching for new literacy ideas to motivate my students to read and write. On several sites I read about BoomWriter so I decided to investigate what it is all about. A guest author writes the starter chapter. Students write the following chapter within an allotted time anonymously. Their peers vote on the best chapter. The winning chapter gets added into the book which is then published. A great way to motivate students to write. http://www.boomwriter.com/

Create a Website using FrontPage

Frontpage is a software tool used to design, create and publish your own website. The following site offers a teacher's guide and a tutorial on how to create a website. It also offers a free print tutorial if you prefer a printed copy. http://www.actden.com/fp/

Lexile Reading Level

I attended a workshop on Integrating technology in Literacy. Through discussions with colleagues I acquired the following link: http://www.lexile.com/findabook This site will give you the lexile reading level for a book by entering the book title.

Spongelab-- Science Lab

Spongelab Interactive offers educational science games. There are 3-D games. This is a free Beta site. You can create a class and link to your favourite lessons.
http://www.spongelab.com/slxdev

Animoto Video Creation

An online tool for creating videos and presentations. Educators can apply for a FREE account to use in the classroom. You can create presentations using images, video clips, music and text.

Animoto for Educators.

Incredible Art

Another site that shares free Art lesson plans.

http://incredibleart.org/

Thank you El for sharing this site with me.

Weebly and Webs

Create a free class website.
https://education.weebly.com/
http://www.weebly.com/ ; can use with students of all ages.
http://www.webs.com/ ; create professional looking sites

You must create a free account for both.
Both are free but will charge if you use own domain name. Without paying, your domain will be http://www.me.weebly.com/ or http://www.me.webs.com/

Teach Kids News.......newspaper

Teaching Kids News is a site that makes teaching current events accessible to students in an interesting format and friendly. This site is for grades 2 - 8. The site offers curriculum connections that teachers can use. www.teachkidsnews.com