Researching Resources for English
* www.google.com - Students can find information for research papers, presentations, etc.
* www.itunes.com - View tutorials, listen to lectures, podcasts, etc. about almost any topic.
* www.bing.com - Search Microsoft's newest search engine to find valuable information.
* www.googlescholar.com - Search for scholarly literature: journals, peer-reviewed papers, articles, and abstracts.
* www.dogpile.com - Search engine that combines major search engines for more comprehensive results.
Communicating Resources for English
The communication page of this wiki lists numerous links to sites that allow for creative use of wikis, blogs, etc. These tools could be used in ELA classrooms for homework help, peer
tutoring, suggestions from teachers for additional instructional materials, or collaborative listings of websites that provide math games and materials.
Collaborating Resources for English
* Google Docs - Create an account before using this program. Many people can edit documents from different locations.
*Kid Proj - View various projects that connect students around the world.
* www.edublogs.org - Blogging for students and teachers made easy.
Exploring Resources for English
Literature Learning Ladders Encouraging reading through technology files
WebQuests
WebQuest template (Word document to get you started)
Tips for designing a WebQuest
Resources for creating and designing WebQuests
5 steps for creating WebQuests article
Magnetic Poetry - Click and drag to make a poem.
Kids’ Space - Started in 1995 to promote international communication for students, this is a must see for teachers in k-6 classrooms. Students are able to write stories that are displayed on this site (teacher will join, get a password and send the completed stories). For the younger grades students will love the “Create Your Own Scenario”. (Not all pages at this site are interactive.)
Creating Resources for English
* Make Beliefs Comix Create your own comics.
* bookr Create and share your own photobook using Flickr images.
* www.photoshop.com - Free and easy way to edit photos.
* www.audacity.com - Create podcast
* www,garageband.com - Create original music and/or podcasts.
* www.windowsphotostory.com - Make your own movies!
* Authentic Assessments - a list of standards and technology-rich projects students can complete
Sharing Resources for English
* Youtube. Youtube is a free video uploading and viewing site. It is enormously popular and has a wide variety of content. Some of that content is useful for education. Youtube is also a great way to share videos created by students. Many schools block Youtube from the classroom, but there are sites that allow users to download and convert Youtube and other files so they can be stored on a USB thumb drive or other storage device. Zamzar is one of these sites. Users enter the Youtube URL into Zamzar, choose a file format, compile it and then after a few minutes (usually), get an email with a link to download the video to their computer or storage device.
*Dipity is a timelining tool available for free on the web. Students and teachers can create timelines of events past or present, upload photos or other picture files and write annotations or notes to go with entries.
* Qollage is a digital collage tool that allows users to create information collages with text, images, and Youtube and other video images.
* Friend feed is a social networking site, not unlike Facebook, that allows users to post information and form groups.
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