Content-Area Resources

Let's Grow together!
     ...with Web tools that will engage students. Visit the "Tech Tools" page of the Central (Cub) Library Web site for great Web tools for student projects. Visit Deb's extensive list of "Tech Tools" for teachers, organized by type. 
        Below are Web 2.0 tools selected for their ability to include text as well as images for content-area student projects, with the exception of Slide.

I. Web 2.0 resources
The Big Deal Book of Technology newsletter archive    
Cool Tools for Schools     
Facebook NATION: Are You a Citizen? Using Facebook for educational purposes   
Go2Web20: amazing source of online applications    
Kathy Schrock's/Discovery Education: Educational Tools    
WebTools4U2Use: Finding the right tools by task, learning level, etc.   

Click here to view this video

II. Content-Areas with Web 2.0 examples

Math:    
          “Laws of Logarithims” using GlogsterEDU
          “Playing to Learn Math” using Prezi 
          “Algebra” using Livebinders  
           Create a sequence of Math Web sites using Jog-the-Web
LA:          
          Write a book report using Zooburst
          Book report using Glogster EDU
          “Poetry” using Prezi
          “Figurative Language” using Livebinders
          "Writing Adventure Quest" Web Quest by Angela Gallacher  
          “Wrinkle in Time” using Zooburst
Science: 
          “Skeletal System” and “Cell Division” using GlogsterEDU
          “The Solar System” using Prezi
          “Solar Energy” using xtranormal
          “Egg-cellent Experiment” using Voicethread 
          “The Element Oxygen” using Zooburst 
          “Plate Tectonics” using Livebinders  
          Visual Elements Periodic Table    
STEM
          Geospatial technology  
          STEM: Ideas, Lessons, and Resources   
          STEM Lesson Plans from Career Zone
History: 
          “16th Century” using Glogster EDU 
          “Medieval Times Weaponry” using Prezi 
          “The Great Depression” using Voicethread 
          “Civil War Biographies” using Livebinders 
          “Islam” –write a report using Zooburst 
Spanish: 
          “Machu Pichu” using Glogster
          “Mi Familia” using Prezi
           Organize “Spanish 1” materials using Livebinders
          “Los tres chanchitos y el lobo” using Zooburst 
SpEd:     
          “All About Owls” using Glogster EDU 
PE:         
          “Let’s Figure a Batting Averge” using Livebinders 


III. Web 2.0 tools with content-area examples:

Animation tools
GoAnimate.com: Create animated videos for any content-area project.
Informational books by Library Teacher

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

          Science: "Solar Energy"   

Xtranormal: Create animated videos for any project  
Click here for great xtranormal tutorial
      Examples of school projects created with xtranormal
            Science: Sir Isaac Newton
            LA: Main and Helping Verbs
            Spanish: conversation   
            Music: Did You Practice This Week?  
 
Audio tools
Voicethread: create voice-recorded projects        
Click here to hear students from Mrs. LaHood's 8th grade LA
      Examples of school projects created with Voicethread:
            LA: book reviews from Central MS,  "The Writing Workshop"     
            Math: "Math Strategies"   
            Science: "An Egg-cellent Experiment:" using Voicethread for lab reports
            History and literature: "The Great Depression"

Picture tools
Slide: Create a sequence of images for any project and insert into a document.


 


Presentation tools
Glogster EDU: create interactive posters
          Science glogs, for example Cell Division     
          History: Mayan Civilization and Hernando de Soto   
          Special Ed: All About Owls  
          Math: Laws of Logarithms       
          LA: Book Talks     
Prezi: Create non-linear presentations 
          Science: "Solar System Prezi-tation"      
          History: "Chapter 8-Section 1-Classical Greece"    
          Math: "Playing to Learn Math" (also about the brain and learning)    
          Spanish: "Nuevo sistema electoral de Santa Fe"    
          LA: "Poetry"   


Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool on Prezi
Web sharing
Livebinders: a 3-ring binder for the Web. View some examples:    
                   Algebra 
                   Arctic WebQuest 
                   12 Ways to eLearning     
                   Digital Bloom's Taxonomy    
                   Staying Safe Online     
                   Research & Citations, by Tiffany Whitehead  
Jog the Web: create, read, and share online materials                   
                   Mostly Math: Middle School Technology Integration            
                   Math: Web 2.0 for Math Educators    
                   Science: Plate Tectonics    
                   PE: Let's Figure a Batting Average   

Web Quests
Background
      What is a WebQuest? See: WebQuest.org      
      All About WebQuests   
      Some Thoughts About WebQuests, Bernie Dodge (creator)    
                The 1960s Museum   

Web Writing
Storybird: write simple picture books by adding text to art work
           Deb's "Big Fat Cat"  
Click here to read "The Stars of the Sky"

Zooburst: Create 3D informational projects and narrative stories   
           History: "Islam"    
           LA book report: "A Wrinkle in Time"   
           Science: "The Element Oxygen"   and   "Water in a Cycle"
           Spanish: "Los tres chanchitos y el lobo"   
           Sample project below created by Deb:






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