Internet Resources and Web 2.0 Tools for Language Arts K-12 Educators - Web Resources

• del.icio.us
  • http://del.icio.us/
    • del.icio.us tutorials
      • http://etc.usf.edu/te_mac/movies/delicious.html del.icio.us Tutorial by Tech Ease
      • http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectlearning Episode 87 David Warlick teaches del.icio.us
      • http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7598df815abe79dda4b9
• NetTrekker
  • http://middle.nettrekker.com/userinfo/pa.epl Link to create an account
  • http://www.nettrekker.com Homepage
• VoiceThread
  • http://voicethread.com A place to create a photo-story with narration
• IU1wiki
  • http://iu1learning.pbwiki.com
• 212 The Extra Degree Motivational Movie
  • http://www.212movie.com/212
• Tutorials
  • http://www.internettutorials.net Basic Internet Tutorial site
• Information Literacy
  • http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=27&Itemid=93
• Websites to validate
  • http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=93
• Website evaluation
  • http://www.2learn.ca/nkh/nkhSRevaluate.html
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf
  • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm_General_Barker.pdf Checklist
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html Printable student surveys by grade level and type
• iPods to learn
  • http://www.epnweb.org Educational Podcasting Network
  • http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Science Some are free
• Password protected student email and collaboration site
  • http://www.think.com/en/ Sponsored by Oracle
• General Language Arts Tools and Resources
  • http://www.ncte.org/collections National Council of Teachers of English reaources
  • http://www.thegateway.org General resource site
  • http://www.primarysourcelearning.org Discover, learn and teach with primary documents
  • http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp Site has teacher created web based lessons and links, you can create your own Tracks too
  • http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html Teacher guides and student activities
  • http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
  • http://www.awesomelibrary.com
  • http://www.mrnussbaum.com Great all around resource
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
  • http://www.studystack.com Online flashcards
  • http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm Free Federal resources
  • http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm
  • http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/succeed/ Tips to help students succeed
  • http://www.hippocampus.org Homework help site
  • http://www.internet4classrooms.com
  • http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Internet Public Library for Kids
  • http://www.kidsclick.org Web search for kids by librarians
  • http://www.factmonster.com Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia
  • http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
  • http://www.primaryschool.com.au
  • http://www.refdesk.com Online reference desk
  • http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Rubric creation site
  • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
  • http://www.si.edu Smithsonian
  • http://www.learner.org Annenberg teacher site
  • http://www.teachersdomain.org/tdhome.html Multimedia resources for teachers
  • http://teachers.teach-nology.com/index.html Web Portal for Teachers
  • http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ New York Times site for Teachers and Students
  • http://www.thinkport.org/default.tp
  • http://thinkquest.org/library/
  • http://www.teach-nology.com
  • http://nichcy.org/kids/
  • http://www2.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm Teachers First
  • http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/ Summer activities and tip sheets
  • http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/ Tools and templates for just about anything
  • http://www.mrsbogucki.com/aemes/resource/interactive/quiz/default.htm Interactive Quizzes Grades 2-5
  • http://hippocampus.org Educational resources
  • http://tinyurl.com Condense very long URLs
• Reading/Visual Literacy/Information Literacy
  • http://www.literacymatters.org/teachers/ Resource for Middle and High School educators
  • http://users.skynet.be/providence/vocabulaire/ Belgian site, illustrated vocabulary - practice in English, French, Danish and Dutch
  • http://www.rif.org Reading is Fundamental
  • http://www.langwitches.org Learning languages through the use of technology
  • http://www.toonuniversity.com/free/elementary-education-4th-6th_a.asp Games and Activities too
  • http://www.poissonrouge.com Interactive alphabet in French, English and Spanish
  • http://www.freerice.com Vocabulary site
  • http://www.starfall.com Great lower primary learn to read site
  • http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat Read Write Think
  • http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress
  • http://www.readingrockets.org/article/82 103 Things to do before, during and after reading
  • http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html Phonics practice for beginning readers
  • http://www.bookadventure.com Grades K-8 Motivating students to read site
  • http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/resources/rcompindex.htm Reading workshop
  • http://knowledgeloom.org Elementary and adolescent literacy
  • http://www.middleweb.com/Reading.html Middle school reading website
  • http://www.big6.com Information problem solving site
  • http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/ Resource site for all types of 21st Century literacy
  • http://www.unmuseum.org/crr/ Read aloud - Children's Reading Room
  • http://www.publicdomainreprints.org Public Domain reprints book service
• Writing and Grammar
  • http://www.thisibelieve.org Essays
  • http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/magnets.htm Poetry on the "fridge"
  • http://www.letterfu.com Letter writing without envelops, cutting or glue
  • http://www.lightningbug.com.au Write a story from beginning to end
  • http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html Writers' Window
  • http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/soundhelp.html How to Write Poetry for Kids
  • http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ Acrostic poem builder
  • http://www.readwritethink.org Read Write Think main page
  • http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/ Read Write Think student page
  • http://mrnussbaum.com/paralaughsindex.htm Grades 3-8 Interactive paragraph writer
  • http://www.aaaspell.com Spelling practice
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/ Reading and writing
  • http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/grammar_games_index_page01.html Grammar games from the UK (Grades 6-10)
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/writing/ Chance to write and interact with students from around the world - May need to monitor students because there is so much on this site
  • http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/stepfirst.htm Research and writing step by step for teens
  • http://www.writingfix.com Organized around the 6 traits of writing, help to encourage writing every day
  • http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz New Zealand English site worth a look
  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Writing site
  • http://www.janbrett.com Author Jan Brett's homepage
  • http://citationmachine.net Citation sites
  • http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html Steps to take to complete a research project
• Speaking and Listening
  • http://www.americanrhetoric.com Online speech bank
  • http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html Free audio books for kids
  • http://www.kizclub.com Audio books and learning resources for elementary students
  • http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/scoop/index.html News reporting interactive
• Journalism
  • http://www.myalbummaker.com Create an online photo album complete with captions, can be printed
  • http://www.writesite.org/default.htm An interactive journalism project for middle schools
  • http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/GSH/project/newsday/ Create and publish your own newspaper for elementary, middle and high school
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flight/reporter/ Online news writing exercise
  • http://cagle.msnbc.com/teacher/ Teaching with editorial cartoons
  • http://www.bodocus.com Best free online documentaries
  • http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial037.shtml Blogging tutorial
• Literature
  • http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm Myth, Legend and Fable site
  • http://librivox.org/ Free audio books
  • http://www.meettheauthor.com/home.html Meet the authors
  • http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu The PA Center for the Book
  • http://www.storylineonline.net Actors reading books
  • http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/browserbooks/index.htm Interactive books
  • http://www.childrenslibrary.org International Children's library
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Free electronic books
  • http://www.janbrett.com Grades K-3 Children's book author Jan Brett's site - Lots of activities
  • http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive Grades 6-12 - Author's site
  • http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/General reading site
  • http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html Booklist site
  • http://www.dawcl.com Database of award winning children's literature
  • http://www.icdlbooks.org International Children's Digital Library
  • http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/litresponse.html Literature responses and alternatives to book reports

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