For Projects
Photovisi - A great online tool for creating collages of photos. Easy to use and provides a great visual
Glogster - Need to make a poster? Tired of old posters and cutting and pasting? Try Glogster where you create an online poster - you can even include video clips.
Prezi - Try this online tool as an alternative to PowerPoint - and it stays online so that you can easily access it anywhere with internet
Wordle - Check out this website - great for making word visuals that highlights key words from a chapter, message, or theme
Pixton - Have a great story you want to tell? Want to rewrite a part of a novel - check out Pixton which allows you to easily make a comic, where your only limitation is your imagination
Glogster - Need to make a poster? Tired of old posters and cutting and pasting? Try Glogster where you create an online poster - you can even include video clips.
Prezi - Try this online tool as an alternative to PowerPoint - and it stays online so that you can easily access it anywhere with internet
Wordle - Check out this website - great for making word visuals that highlights key words from a chapter, message, or theme
Pixton - Have a great story you want to tell? Want to rewrite a part of a novel - check out Pixton which allows you to easily make a comic, where your only limitation is your imagination
For Reading
LibriVox - Too busy to read? Better at listening? Check out this site where volunteers have read hundreds of books and posted the recordings online
Project Gutenburg - Librivox didn't have your book? Project Gutenburg is a similar program you can also use to listen to books
SparkNotes - Yes, I am listing SparkNotes; HOWEVER, please use it as a way to improve your comprehension, not as an alternative for reading.
Project Gutenburg - Librivox didn't have your book? Project Gutenburg is a similar program you can also use to listen to books
SparkNotes - Yes, I am listing SparkNotes; HOWEVER, please use it as a way to improve your comprehension, not as an alternative for reading.
For Comprehension
Visuwords - Need help with vocab? Check out this site which create a visual map of word connections
For Discussions
TodaysMeet - Try this website as a way to create a backchannel for discussions. I used it in class as a "silent" discussion in 2 ways (visit my blog for details) and the students really seemed to enjoy it.
TweetDeck - For the more advanced Twitter discussions, use TweetDeck to track all of the hashtags you want to follow.
TweetDeck - For the more advanced Twitter discussions, use TweetDeck to track all of the hashtags you want to follow.
For Research
Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This is THE go to site if you have any questions about citations, sources, or even how to begin researching
EasyBib - Need a quick citation? Check out this website where you can plug in the information and it spits a properly formatted citation back out
Essay Map - Struggle to connect your topic? Check out this essay map that will help you organize your ideas
EasyBib - Need a quick citation? Check out this website where you can plug in the information and it spits a properly formatted citation back out
Essay Map - Struggle to connect your topic? Check out this essay map that will help you organize your ideas
For Studying
Quizlet - Need to make flashcards? Want to share with a friend? Quizlet lets you create an share notecards to study for any subject
Literary Terms - Want an example of Quizlet? AND need to study Lit Terms? Check out this group of flashcards
Literary Terms - Want an example of Quizlet? AND need to study Lit Terms? Check out this group of flashcards