Websites, Blogs and Software to remember and/or explore

my Pinterest boards - a great resource for saving links and sharing ideas!

my LibraryThing catalog - I've only entered about half (maybe) of my classroom library!

http://www.behavioradvisor.com/oldindex.html

http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2013-horizon-report-k12.pdf - 2013 Horizon Report for k-12 schools

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/06/8-overlooked-useful-youtube-tools.html#.Uo0cNcSsiM5 - using Youtube tools

http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html - Assessments and rubrics of many kinds

http://mrspal.org/2010/06/08/who-am-i-identity-portfolio/

http://diversitydownload.blogspot.com/

http://teacherlingo.com/content/GenresGaloreHowtoIntroduceGenrestoYourStudentsandHowtheWholeFamilyCanGetInvolved.aspx? - Genre activities

www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder2117/apps for kids.docx‎ - opens a word doc

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxkaWdpdGFsc3RvcnlzaXRlfGd4OjYzMzQ3ZGUxMWJiMjUxYzg - handout for kids - all about digital storytelling

more on digital storytelling! - https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorysite/training/workshop-handouts


IWB-friendly web tools for words
Tool name
What it does
TeachersFirst review and more ideas for using it
Big Huge Thesaurus
interactive thesaurus to use for vocabulary activities, including word connotations, etc.
Big Huge Labs review
Diagrammr
create fast, simple concept maps from sentences -- no membership required
Diagrammr review
The Literature Project
texts of many classic literary works to use on the IWB or copy/paste into IWB software
The Literature Project review
Readability
a downloadable plug-in for your web browser to generate plain text versions of web pages. Removes ads, images, and extraneous items. Great for learning support students who have trouble tracking text amid distractions.
Readability review
Science News for Kids
a great place to find text passages for reading comprehension, science, or current events
Science News for Kids review
Triptico Word Magnets and more
make and SAVE your own interactive word magnets and other tools to work with on IWB (read TF's review on how to install. Requires a DOWNLOAD and install to use this free tool, so you need to prepare in advance!)
Triptico review
Visuwords
see a graphical display of related words based on the term you enter. *NOTE: Displays adult vocabulary, if entered!
Visuwords review
Vocab grabber
plucks vocabulary from a passage you paste in, providing an on-screen view of context clues. Students could pre-analyze a passage from other web pages to help with learning terminology
Vocab grabber review