Technology+Sites

[|All2MP3] - This site changes file formats to MP3. This is for MAC only. [|Handbrake] - This site changes video formats for you. [|SCRIBD] - On this site you can upload any document or PowerPoint, upload it to SCRIBD, and it will give you a link or embed code to add to your wiki. [|SlideShare] - Similar to SCRIBD above. [|Tooble] - This site helps you download Youtube videos onto your computer. [|Zamzar] - This is a free online file conversion. If your student brings in a file you can't read on your computer, this site will change the file so you can read it!
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 * Computer Activities: **

[|Art Pad] - This site allows students to paint.
[|Audacity] - You and your students can create podcasts.

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[|Blabberize] - It allows you to upload a picture of a person or animal and easily record a message that the picture speaks. The lips on the image move in an exaggerated way as your message is being played. ** Click here for instructions on how to use Blabberize. **===== [|Celestia] - The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. This program can be loaded on any computer by Michael or our new IT guy. [|Creately] - Create graphic organizers and flow charts for your class. [|Doink] - Students can create animations on this site.
 * Comic Life ** - Students can create comics. This is on all the lab computers. ** Click here for instructions on how to use Comic Life. **

[|Inkscape] - Draw cool stuff.
[|Karaoke Online] - This site allows you to karaoke online!

[|LiveBinders] - This is a way for you to organize all your online sites.
[|MuseScore] - Students can write their own musical scores.

[|PhotoFiltre] - This is free photo editing software.
** Photo Story ** - This is a program that is only for Windows, so it will work in every lab except for mine. It creates "visually compelling and fun stories using pictures and music." ** [|Click this] link to learn more. ** [|Prezi] - Prezi is similar to PowerPoint, but more entertaining. ** Click here to learn more. ** [|SideVibe] - This site allows you to create a digital assignment that students can work on in a window while they research online. [|Sketchcast] - This site allows students to draw and record their voice at the same time. You can link their work they created onto your wikispace. [|Stellarium] - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. [|Stich.It] - This is a site that allows you to "stich" together different web links so that you can give out one link to a class and move through during a presentation. [|Story Birds]- This is a website that students can create storybooks with professional illustrations. Teacher can create up to 3 free classes and regulate their assignments.

[|Travel Blog] - You can create a travel blog with your students.
[|Visual.ly] - This is a site that students and teachers can use to create infographics. [|VoiceThread] - Students can create oral reports and slide shows online. ** Click here for instructions on how to use VoiceThread. ** [|Webquest] - This is a site that will help you build webquests for your students.

[|Wordle] - You and/or your students can create cool "word clouds". ** Click here for instructions on how to use Wordle. **
[|World Wind] - This is site is similar to Google Earth, but it's created by NASA.

[|ClassTools] - This site allows you to make a game/quiz and embed them into your wikispaces, or blog.
 * Games You Make for Your Entire Class: **

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[|Game Templates] - This site has Jeopardy and other game show templates that you can use as review games for your class.===== [|PuzzleMaker] - This is a site that allows you and/or your students to make crossword puzzles, word searches, and other games. [|QuizBreak] - This site allows teachers to create fun, Jeopardy©-like games for the language classroom. [|Super Teacher Tools] - This site will help you create games, quizzes, and other cool teacher stuff.

[|Dart Throw] - This site is a creative way to choose which students to call on - you get to throw darts at them. [|Fruit Machine] - This site helps you choose which students to call on. [|Survey Monkey] - This site is a way for you to create surveys for your classroom.
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 * Other: **

[|gimp] - This site will allow you to edit pictures, similar to photoshop.
[|jing] - This is a site that will take screen and video shots of your desktop. You could use this to explain assignments and post it on the web.[|Learn Boost] - Organize you classroom. [|Teachnology] - Create rubics, lesson plans and webquests.

[|ESLVideo] - This site lets allows you to get a video off the Internet and make a quiz from it. Click here for instructions on ESL Video. [|Kubbu] - This site allows helps you make quizzes, crosswords, and other standardized formative assessments. [|sporcle.com]- This site has timed, online quizzes.
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[|Breaking News] - This site has current news events complete with multiple lesson plans. [|CBBC Newsround] - This site has current events on a ton of topics. [|Everyday Life] - This site teaches kids everyday life skills.
 * Resources: **

[|FindSounds] - This site has hundreds of sounds you can download for movies, projects, PowerPoints etc.
[|Footnote] - This site allows students to access thousands of primary source documents and photos, and easily create online history reports. [|Monthly News Digest Online] - This site keeps students updated on current events. Students can listen and read the current event and then fill in the blanks. [|Play the News] - This site makes a game out of reading current event articles. [|Science Sites] - This site has 10 free science resources. [|UEN's Recommend Websites for Photos, Sound, and Mulitmedia] [|UEN Best Websites] [|UEN Multi-Media Sites] [|US Citizenship Podcast] - This site has is our government podcast site.

[|Create a Tale] - This site lets your students create a story, complete with pictures. [|iwrite] - This site has writing tools for students. It could also be used as a research site. English teachers, this site is cool! [|Revisions] - This site allows students and teachers to compose, submit, mark up, and return documents all from inside a web browser.
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