Internet+Resources

A collection of free, web-based educationally relevant tools:
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 * Educational Internet Resources: **

1. Readable ([]) - a search engine to find materials by reading level 2. Twurdy ([|www.twurdy.com]) - another search enging to find materials and resources by reading level 4. Book Adventure ([]) - a website to help students select books according to interest areas 5. Story Line On Line ([]) - video and audio of stories read aloud by famous actors and actresses
 * Literacy Tools: **

A collection of streaming and downloadable video and audio materials and resources. 1. Discovery Streaming Video ([]) 2. Neok12 (educational videos) ([]) 3. Watch Know (educational videos) ([]) 4. Khan Academy (math and science videos) ([]) 5. How Stuff Works ([]) 6. PBS Streaming Video ([]) 7. Math TV (math videos some in Spanish!) ([]) 8. Teacher Tube ([]) 9. School Tube ([]) 10. Meet Me at the Corner (student produced videos) ([]) 11. American Rhetoric (database of famous speeches) ([]) 1. Google Literary Trips ([]) 2. Google Touring ([])
 * Multimedia Tools: **
 * Virtual Field Trips: **

1. Animated Clip Art ([]) 2. Awesome Clip Art ([]) 3. Pics 4 Learning ([]) 4. School Clip Art ([]) 5. Creative Commons ([]) 6. Public Domain Pictures ([])
 * Free Clip Art: **

1. Screencast-o-matic – ([]) online screen recording tool 2. Voki – (@http://www.voki.com) - create talking avatars 3. Blabberize – ([]) - create talking images 4. Mixbook ([]) 5. Bookbuilder ([]) 6. Voicethread ([]) 7. Audacity ([])
 * Web 2.0 Tools: **

A collection of lesson plans, multi-media and classroom integration resources 1. Thinkfinity – ([]) 2. iSeek – ([]) 3. I Love That Teaching Idea – (elementary level) ([]) 4. Monthly Teacher Newsletter – (elementary level) (http://www.monthlyteacher.com)
 * Miscellaneous Tools: **

1. Safe Share –removes ads from YouTube videos ([]) 2. Zamzar – used to convert and download videos from the web ([]) 3. Markup – used to “mark up” websites for sharing ([]) 4. WinHTTrack - the website copier ([]) 5. Skype Contacts: a. Skype an Author ([]) b. Skype with other Classrooms ([]) 6. List of Authors Who Skype ([])
 * Other Web Tools: **

1. SAS ([])
 * PDE Sites: **

1. Use this free web site to create flashcards for teacher or individual student use. ( @http://www.brainflips.com) 2. Free, comprehensive rubric development online – (@http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm) 3. JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. ([]) 4. Free and accessible quizzing resource with a variety of pre-made practice quizzes for math, foreign language, geography, and science. ( @http://www.thatquiz.org) 5. Make worksheets, games, word searches, crossword puzzles, and a variety of other materials with this FREE online tool. You can plug your own vocabulary, information, etc. to create custom tools for class use. ([|http://www.toolsforeducators.com]) 6. Here you will find a variety of tools to boost your students’ math and science skills, enliven the classroom with engineering projects, expand your own professional horizons and stay informed. ( @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/) 7. A free and open learning community for sharing newer and emerging tools to teach science. This site is full of interactive simulations for all levels and all science subject areas. ( @http://www.learningscience.org) 8. Fun, interactive, [|research-based] simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado. (@http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php)
 * More Web Tools: **

1. Sample form to request permission to use copyrighted material: [] 2. Sample form to request permission to use copyrighted material: [|http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/files/2010/12/model-letter-reprinting-into-a-new- work-121010.pdf] 3. Sample Permission Letter for elementary/middle school students: [] 4. Sample Permission Letter for secondary school students: []
 * Copyright Resources/Obtaining Permission to Use Copyrighted Material: **