http://www.weber.k12.ut.us/index.php?page=link-of-the-day The latest Links of the Day from the Weber School District Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:59:45 MST en-us http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM), started in 1999, serves as a virtual library of interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives for mathematics instruction. NLVM offers manipulatives in Number and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability. It is organized by strand and grade level for quick and easy searches. The library is comprehensive including hundreds of resources for every subject, concept, and skill. Teachers can use NLVM in their classrooms on interactive whiteboards, projectors, or in computer labs to enhance their mathematics classroom and actively engage students. The manipulatives help students visualize mathematics relationships and concepts. To view the manipulatives you only need a computer with an internet connection and a java-enabled browser. http://www.preceden.com/ http://www.preceden.com/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Create a timeline for almost anything . Add multiple layers to keep events organized, and keep your timelines private or share them with others. Preceden is completely web-based and 100% free. http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/ http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Learn German online and for free: 10 German lessons for total beginners and 24 German grammar lessons for advanced learners are complemented by numerous interactive German language exercises, an introduction to new German language orthography and 2 online German language tests to improve and to evaluate your German language proficiency. http://www.kidsknowit.com/ http://www.kidsknowit.com/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST This site contains great educational activities on topics like Astronomy, Biology, Geography, Geology, Math, Memory and Spelling. There are featured historical quotes, facts and lessons all on the home page. Free interactive games are a popular item on the site, too. St. Pat's Math Adventure Game, just in time for St. Patrick's Day, is a popular math game. In this fun adventure, both math skills and video game play skills are presented. In the world of St. Patricus, you are a villager that must help recover the stolen flags. To remove the evil spell you must solve the math riddles that are presented. http://www.supersmartgames.com/ http://www.supersmartgames.com/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST This is a collection of educational games appropriate for children, covering a wide variety of subjects. http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST This is a live webcam feed of a wild Eagle's nest. The nest is located in the Norfolk Botanical Garden. http://www.coffee-soft.org/product/overview.aspx http://www.coffee-soft.org/product/overview.aspx Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST CoFFEE is a suite of applications to support collaborative problem-solving discussions in the classroom. Its main components are a series of tools for collaboration, shared work, individual work and communication. Around these core tools, several other components make it possible to plan, run or participate in a CoFFEE lesson (or session). http://gabcast.com/ http://gabcast.com/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Gabcast is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. You can use a touch-tone telephone to make your recordings, or access the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert subscribers to your channel. http://futureofed.org/ http://futureofed.org/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST 2020 Forecast is a tool for thinking about, preparing for, and shaping the future. It outlines key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade. The forecast does not predict what will happen, but rather serves as a guide to the as-yet-unwritten future. It is designed to help you see connections among things that once seemed unrelated and to help you consider the changes and challenges that you are facing today within the context of wider patterns of change. http://www.sweetsearch.com/ http://www.sweetsearch.com/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Sweet Search is a search engine that searches only "credible web sites approved by Internet research experts." Extra categorized links for teachers and students are also included, as well as biographies of notable persons. http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photo-of-the-day http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photo-of-the-day Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST View some of the earth's great wonders of nature, as National Geographic features the most dazzling, eye-catching daily photos in this collection. There is also an RSS feed available, so you can have all the photos delivered to your reader each day. http://www.soundsresource.com/ http://www.soundsresource.com/ Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST A great archive of thousands of free audio and music samples. http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/ http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/ Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST PictureSET is a collection of downloadable visual supports that can be used by students for both receptive and expressive communication in the classroom, at home, and in the community. This searchable database allows you to find a wide range of useful visual supports for different curriculum areas, activities, and events. PictureSET resources are created and updated by dedicated professionals working with students in British Columbia. http://cacoo.com/ http://cacoo.com/ Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Cacoo is a user-friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts. Multiple users can edit the same diagram in a simultaneous collaboration. http://lingt.com/ http://lingt.com/ Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST A great site for learning languages, including games, progress tracking, and assessments. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/innovators/ http://www.pbs.org/teachers/innovators/ Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Are you an innovative teacher? From math and science to music and the arts, your inventive thinking continuously fuels, inspires and engages young minds. Whether you teach your students physics with rocket launchers, social studies by re-enacting historical events, or literature by inviting kids to create digital stories, you are innovating and making a difference. PBS Teachers is holding awards for the top teachers. Winners will receive great prizes (though it's not advertised on the site, the top 10 winners will even receive SMART Boards). Join the site, write about why you're an innovative educator, and submit a video or photograph showing how you inspire your students. Deadline is March 12th. http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. http://www.mygrademate.com/ http://www.mygrademate.com/ Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST GradeMate is a powerful online organizer for teachers and students to keep track of their courses, from managing grades, assignments, and events to sharing files, course notes, and class discussions. http://www.timetoast.com/ http://www.timetoast.com/ Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST Timetoast is a great way to share the past, or even the future. Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be. Use this as a history project to identify important dates and events. http://www.wildmusic.org/ http://www.wildmusic.org/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MST A site that explores sound and music, and allows you to create your own soundscapes. http://maker.geocommons.com/ http://maker.geocommons.com/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST GeoCommons Maker was designed by cartographers with an eye for detail. Style your map with shaded thematics, proportional symbols, and more. Maker makes the tough statistical and cartographic decisions for you. Anyone can build complex, data-rich maps. http://www.grouptweet.com/ http://www.grouptweet.com/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST If you are using Twitter, you may want to try GroupTweet. It lets you create your Twitter account into a group communication tool where everyone in the group uses direct messages. When a member gets a DM, GroupTweet turns it into a new tweet that all followers in the group can see. http://penzu.com/ http://penzu.com/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. You can keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself and share only if you want to. http://flixtime.com/ http://flixtime.com/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Flixtime turns your photos and videos into stunning and unique videos in just minutes! Sign up for a free account, and upload your images, videos and music, or choose from Flixtime's repository of photos and music. Then, sit back and watch your masterpiece come together! http://www.treasuremytext.com/ http://www.treasuremytext.com/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Save and backup your favorite SMS text messages from your cell phone. http://www.futureofthebook.org/commentpress/ http://www.futureofthebook.org/commentpress/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Commentpress is an open source theme and plugin for the WordPress blogging engine that allows readers to comment paragraph by paragraph in the margins of a text. Annotate, gloss, workshop, debate: with Commentpress you can do all of these things on a finer-grained level, turning a document into a conversation. It can be applied to a fixed document (paper/essay/book etc.) or to a running blog. http://www.pageflakes.com/ http://www.pageflakes.com/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST PageFlakes is a social personalized homepage that you can customize Internet using flakes which are small, movable of all your web favourites. You can add Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, photos, music, videos, calendar, to-do list, message board, RSS feed. http://www.prosepoint.org/ http://www.prosepoint.org/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST ProsePoint is a software package that lets you quickly and easily publish your own newspaper or magazine online. You can upload stories, edit stories online, and organise stories into editions, all through the user-friendly and convenient web interface. http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for capturing images from selected parts of the screen. Capture the whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of the screen. MWSnap contains several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter. http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature is a searchable database of more than 7,000 award-winning books for children. DAWCL was developed and is maintained by reference librarian Lisa Bartle. There are many ways to search the database to locate books which will appeal to your students and will meet your instructional needs. In addition to the typical search options of keyword, author, and title you will find search options like the age of the reader, historical period, genre, setting, and gender of protagonist. http://typingsoft.com/ http://typingsoft.com/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST This is a great free little program that includes lessons and phrases to practice your typing. It records your speed in a graph and gives you the choice of using a QWERTY or DVORAK keyboard. You can also choose your own music to play whilst you are practicing typing. http://www.storyjumper.com/ http://www.storyjumper.com/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST StoryJumper is a site that gives parents, kids, and authors a fun set of intuitive tools for writing and illustrating kids stories. The goal is to inspire anyone that's ever wanted to write a kids story to get started. http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Doodle 4 Google is a competition where Google invites K-12 students to work their artistic will upon Google's homepage logo. This year, students are invited to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would ..." This year, a group of "Expert Jurors," well-known illustrators, cartoonists and animators from organizations like The Sesame Street Workshop, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and Peanuts and Pixar Animation Studios, will be helping select the 40 finalist doodles as well as attending an awards ceremony to personally meet the winners. Registration closes on March 17, 2010, and entries are due by March 31, 2010. The winning doodle will be featured on Google.com on May 27, 2010. http://www.formatoz.com/ http://www.formatoz.com/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST A very useful free application for converting many different file formats (music, video and image) to other file formats, including a batch converting feature to convert a number of files at once. http://worditout.com/ http://worditout.com/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Enter any text, and WordItOut will automatically transform it into a word cloud. This is useful for summarizing documents, displaying word art, or identifying overused words in writing. http://www.langalot.com/ http://www.langalot.com/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST A fast and easy language dictionary for German, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. Just start typing and Langalot will determine what language you're typing in, and provide translations. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#LabelControl http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#LabelControl Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST This is a useful little application created using AutoHotKeys, inspired by Mouseless Browser in Firefox. It allows you to hold the CTRL key down and puts numbered tags next to icons and toolbar options within windows so that you can navigate around your computer without needing a mouse. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST A superb, freely downloadable program for fast and efficient text entry with word prediction. Dasher has a very unusual, but logical interface that takes some getting used to, but is well worth a try. Originally designed for eye gaze and head pointing systems, but can just as easily be used with a mouse, mouse alternative or switch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST This is a great Flash-based web site with some free, fun typing lessons for children of all ages. http://www.wpbeginner.com/ http://www.wpbeginner.com/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST A beginner's site for WordPress. Many articles and tutorials are available for getting you going on your blog. http://doingtext.com/ http://doingtext.com/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST DoingText is a web based text editor for collaborative writing. You tell others the URL and they write comments, make changes without signing up. It lets you track changes and comments by RSS feed, export text by embedding in other pages. You can go back to the previous version of every line or you can see an overview of the discussion history. http://www.wikidot.com/ http://www.wikidot.com/ Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST WikiDot is a wiki builder to share content, documents and collaborate with your students, colleagues, friends. You can create pages, forums,separate wikis for groups or students, discuss topics, upload files, documents, notes, images and share them with others. http://www.authorstream.com/ http://www.authorstream.com/ Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST AuthorSTREAM is a tool for doing more with your PowerPoints. Upload them to authorSTREAM, narrate them, share your presentations live over the Internet, and download your presentations as videos. http://www.useapollo.com/ http://www.useapollo.com/ Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Using Apollo can help you get accurate feedback from others. You can use it to give feedback easily to your colleagues/friends, etc. https://wetransfer.com/ https://wetransfer.com/ Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST WeTransfer is a free service to send big or small files from A to B. This will help you send your videos, music, photo albums or documents to friends and colleagues. http://www.palbee.com/index.aspx http://www.palbee.com/index.aspx Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST PalBee is a free online service that allows you to set up online video meetings with your friends or colleagues. You also have a whiteboard and it lets you draw, write text, highlight or erase using different tools. http://www.blogdesk.org/ http://www.blogdesk.org/ Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST BlogDesk is a free blog editor and publisher. Download the software, and manage your blog(s) from a single client. This can be used with your Weber School District blog, as well as other external blogging services. http://www.stixy.com/ http://www.stixy.com/ Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Stixy lets you create online bulletin board to collaborate with family, friends, colleagues. You can share pictures, files, reminders, notes using different widgets that you can change size and colors. It's fun, free, easy and colorful. http://www.ayenotes.com/ http://www.ayenotes.com/ Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST AyeNotes revolutionizes notetaking, using templates to automatically convert shorthand entries into full, readable notes. With AyeNotes, you can quickly take notes online and access them everywhere. http://www.wallwisher.com/ http://www.wallwisher.com/ Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. You can use this tool to make announcements, keep notes. You can use links, pictures, music, video and pages. You don't have to register. You can have a look at Nik Peachey's Wallwisher as a great example: http://wetoku.com/ http://wetoku.com/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST WeToku is an interview tool that automatically records interviews to play it back. You can embed it and share it with others. http://cosketch.com/ http://cosketch.com/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard that you can collaborate to visualize your ideas and share them as images. The good thing is that, you don't have to register or install anything. It works in all browsers, it's real time and you can get an embed code for your drawing after you finish. http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Webnote is a tool for taking notes on your computer and you can share your notes with others giving the workspace name or the URL. http://www.youblisher.com/ http://www.youblisher.com/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST With Youblisher you can make your pdf documents flippable and attractive looking book style presentation. http://www.memiary.com/ http://www.memiary.com/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST You can record up to five memories of your day and make them memorable forever. Memiary is the weightless pocket diary. http://www.tineye.com/ http://www.tineye.com/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Exploratree is a free mindmapping tool where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too. http://mitto.com/ http://mitto.com/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Mitto is a safe and secure online password manager. This free Internet password storage service lets you add the passwords to all of your favorite sites in one place then logs you in to each one of them by simply clicking a button. Now you don't need to remember or retype your passwords anymore. You can access your passwords securely from any computer, organize them with tags, securely share them with trusted friends and more. http://www.spendingdiary.com/ http://www.spendingdiary.com/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Spending Diary offers a simple way to track and analyze your spending and budgeting. http://www.squareleaf.net/ http://www.squareleaf.net/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Squareleaf is a simple and intuitive virtual whiteboard, complete with all the sticky notes you'll ever need. Unlike the real thing, Their notes don't fall off all the time. http://freemypdf.com/ http://freemypdf.com/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST You can use this site to remove passwords and restrictions (such as printing, copying text, etc.) from PDFs. Note that this only works for PDFs that you can open and read without any 3rd party plugins. PDFs that require a password to be viewed cannot be unlocked by this service. http://flockdraw.com/ http://flockdraw.com/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST FlockDraw is the most seamless realtime collaborative drawing tool ever. You can draw whatever you want. Do it together. Just grab a tool and pick a color and start drawing something. http://getsharepod.com/ http://getsharepod.com/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST An iPod app that can effectively replace most iTunes functionality. Add and remove music, videos, playlists and artwork on your iPod. Backup all those tracks you just can't lose on to your computer. Import them automatically into your iTunes library. SharePod can run straight from the iPod itself, so you can use it at work, school, home -- wherever you and your iPod are. http://facebookforparents.org/ http://facebookforparents.org/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST If you're a parent, it's important to know what sort of interactions your child is having online and to teach them proper Internet safety. 77% of students age 16-18 have a profile on a social network, and Facebook is the fastest growing social networking site on the Internet today. Check out this site for parents for some basic tips on how you can connect with your children online, and receive a free newsletter with more information about Facebook and how your children can actually use it to improve skills that will benefit them in the future. http://www.photovisi.com/ http://www.photovisi.com/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Create a wallpaper collage and more from your photos! http://www.hipero.com/ http://www.hipero.com/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST An easy-to-use web site builder. http://musescore.org/ http://musescore.org/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST MuseScore is a free cross-platform music notation program. It contains all the basic features you'd want to help you write music, such as MIDI import/export and a simple WYSIWYG notation editor. http://creately.com/ http://creately.com/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Creately is an easy-to-use online diagramming application that's built for collaboration. Create fast, professional looking diagrams with Creately's large library of objects and easy start templates. http://www.loonapix.com/ http://www.loonapix.com/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST LoonaPix is a free photo editing online service. You can easy decorate your photo with a frame, trim it or just make it funny using LoonaPic effects. http://www.sauropol.com/ http://www.sauropol.com/ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Create a free web site and add your content to it! Choose from a large selection of designs or upload your own. Create sites with a hierarchical structure and multiple layouts. The interface is incredibly simple and easy to navigate. You can even transfer or buy a domain to use with Sauropol. http://www.notefish.com/ http://www.notefish.com/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Notefish makes Internet research simple. Save information from the web into a single online Notefish page, color the notes, create outlines, then organize and share! http://www.googletutor.com/ http://www.googletutor.com/ Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST This site contains some useful tips, tutorials, and advice for Google users. http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ Sat, 9 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills. http://www.mes-english.com/games/bigtown.php http://www.mes-english.com/games/bigtown.php Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Big Town is a printable game for children. This is a fun conversation game for role plays, speech acts, dialogues and other communicative activities. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eleslieob/pizzaz.html http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eleslieob/pizzaz.html Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Pizzaz! is an online resource for ESL teachers that provides "simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with copyable handouts for use with students of all ages." Developed by Leslie Opp-Beckman, Technology Coordinator and ESOL Instructor at the University of Oregon, the resources in Pizzaz! are available for in-class, non-profit use only. Follow the links to explore an abundance of valuable resource sections, such as "Poetry," "Fiction," and "Bag of Tricks." Click on one of the poetry links and you will find information on the ESL student level (for example, high beginner), the poem description, sample poems, and some great warm-up activities, lesson plans, a template to make your own poems, and follow-up activities. Or explore the "Bag of Tricks" to find more resources such as online writing prompt ideas, instructions on how to create your own tongue twisters, and the writing mailbox where students learn effective communication through letter writing. http://www.teacherlinx.com/ http://www.teacherlinx.com/ Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Teacherlinx is a free platform for teachers to manage and engage in the most vital aspects of their profession. Its goal is to allow teachers to manage their practice and reach their potential as an educator. Meet other teachers and share lesson plans. http://buymytronics.com/ http://buymytronics.com/ Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Ever have a hard time getting rid of your used iPods, cameras, computers, and other electronic gadgets, and want to save the environment at the same time? Unload them on BuyMyTronics for cash They will send you prepaid label or box, and you send in your broken or old electronics. BuyMyTronics will reuse, refurbish, or recycle your stuff, and send you a check in the mail. https://spideroak.com/ https://spideroak.com/ Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated free online backup, sync, sharing, access & storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. http://www.mindmeister.com/ http://www.mindmeister.com/ Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other's changes as they happen. http://www.mygreatworld.com/ http://www.mygreatworld.com/ Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST MyGreatWorld is a free photo community and a visual database of locations, starring the cities and landscapes of our planet Earth. MyGreatWorld addresses anyone willing to photographically depict a spot and share information about it with the global neighbourhood. Uploading and sharing your pictures and thoughts is easy. Instead of just hoarding millions of pictures without any additional criteria, the aim of MyGreatWorld is it to categorize information in order to present typical impressions of a spot, of its nature, technique and industry, history, architecture and the people who are living there, allowing at the same time for a simple and intuitive access to the true gems of our surrounding world. http://www.strutta.com/ http://www.strutta.com/ Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 MST Strutta is a site that lets you very easily create contests (for free) where people can enter videos, images, or text. Multiple winners can be judged by popular vote or by the contest creators. It has a ton of other "bells & whistles," too. Teachers can set up these contests or, even better, students can create their own. http://www.flowgram.com/ http://www.flowgram.com/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST A flowgram is an interactive guided presentation that combines web pages, photos, PowerPoints, and more with your voice, notes, and highlights. Viewers can control the pages, scroll, click on links, view videos, and more. Send your finished flowgrams to your friends, or embed them on your blog. This is a great way to make instructional materials and tutorials. http://almostmeet.com/ http://almostmeet.com/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST With all the web conferencing features you expect, and our many innovative ones, remote group meetings can now be truly collaborative. Almost as good as meeting in person, but without the unnecessary travel. http://www.colorincolorado.org/ http://www.colorincolorado.org/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST Colorin Colorado! is a bilingual site that "provides information, activities and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs)." It is filled with valuable ideas, resources and strategies that ELL teachers can use to help their students learn to read. "Major funding comes from the American Federation of Teachers, with additional support from the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs." http://www.eslprintables.com/ http://www.eslprintables.com/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST ESLprintables is a site where ESL teachers can go to exchange resources. It was developed by Victor Gayol, an English teacher in Spain, to provide ESL teachers with a large database of printables, including worksheets, lesson plans and activities. There is one provision, however: Once you register, you must contribute your own free resource before you can download one. Then you receive a point each time someone downloads one of your resources. For example, if ten people download your resources, you then get to choose ten resources to download. Once you reach 30 points, you become a "premium user," which means you can download 30 resources per day. ESLprintables also provides a forum called "The Teachers' Café" where ESL teachers around the world connect to share ideas and ask questions. http://www.everythingesl.net/ http://www.everythingesl.net/ Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST EverythingESL.net was developed by Judie Haynes, an ESL teacher from New Jersey with 29 years of teaching experience. This attractively designed, user-friendly site is full of valuable information for ESL teachers including: (1) Content-based, detailed "Lesson Plans" with inspirational ideas for lessons on such topics as "How to Organize Your Newcomer's Day," "Content- Based Science Instruction for ELLs," and "Teaching About America" (2) "Teaching Tips" that feature helpful ideas and strategies for both ESL and mainstream teachers on such topics as "Bloom's Taxonony and English language learners" and "How Culture Shock Affects Newcomers" (3) high-quality "Resource picks" for the ESL classroom, including books, websites and CDs (4) the "Ask Judie" forum where students and teachers from around the world pose questions and ask for advice http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 MST The Digital Dialects site features free to use interactive games for learning languages. 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