Sun, May 26, 2013

Cross Curricular Links

All Content Areas
The Virtual LRC -A dedicated index of over 10,000 web pages maintained by a real human being, as well as a meta-search engine that includes in its results information gleaned from many of the best research portals and university and public library Internet subject guides recommended by teachers and librarians.
http://www.virtuallrc.com/  

Awesome Library - Organizes the Web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources , including the top 5 percent in education.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/  

Dewey Browse - Web Sites Classified by the Dewey decimal system for grades K-   http://www.deweybrowse.org/  

Blue Web'N -An online library of 2194 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format(tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
 

ThInkfinity -Free lesson plans and educational resources
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

Fact Monster -Kids reference source
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/  

EdSITEment -    Provides web access to some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities. Lesson plans are also available for educators.
http://edsitement.neh.gov

250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives - This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts.
http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives    

eThemes - Extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/

FEMA for Kids -This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories
http://www.fema.gov/kids/


Copyright Friendly Photo/clipart 

Creative Commons-

provides free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.

Copyright Friendly Images

Stock Exchange - Containing over 350.000 quality stock photos by more than 30.000 photographers!
http://www.sxc.hu/
 

Flickrstorm - Select appropriate Creati ve Common license from pull-down menu. http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/


Sound Effect and  Music Sites
 
Copyright Friendly Images and Sounds -Lots of links
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

Jamendo -On jamendo, artists allow their music to be downloaded. It's free, legal and unlimited!
http://www.jamendo.com/en/  
 

Free music   Searchable music clips, but they can not be posted back to the internet.
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
 

Sound Jay's Free Sound Effects -Free high quality sound effects in wav and mp3 formats.
http://www.soundjay.com/
   

CCmixter-a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
http://ccmixter.org/

The Freesound Project -is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs.
http://www.freesound.org/

Pandora Radio - Type in the name of your favorite artist, song or composer and they will create a radio station featuring that music and more like it
http://pandora.com/#/

The Radio - Type in the name of your favorite artist, song or composer and they will create a radio station featuring that music and more like it. http://www.theradio.com/


Spanish Resources for English Language Learners
An English Spanish Pictionary - The Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/spanish/   

Little Explorers  - Very good picture dictionary; search alphabetically http://www.littleexplorers.com/Spanish/  

Spanish-English dictionary : Type in a word and it will tranlate http://www.spanishdict.com/

 

Assessment Tools
QuizStar - Create online quizzes and organize results
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/

  

Rubistar -  A  free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

 

and Sounds -Lots of links
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

Pics 4 Learning -
Royalty free photos for student use.
http://pics.tech4learning.com/

Edupics.com -  Free educational photos, color pictures and crafts.
http://www.edupics.com/

Teaching With Technology
Incredible Internet
- Designed to To help people of all ages cut through the Internet's clutter to improve their everyday lives, while keeping families safe online.
http://www.incredibleinternet.com/

4Teachers: Teach With Technology - Works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources.
http://www.4teachers.org/

Webquest.org - Most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model.Find Webquests, create Webquests, share Webquests
http://www.webquest.org/

Adobe Digital Collection Teacher Resource
Lesson Plans to help teach essential digital communication skills that will help students become lifelong learners in the digital age.
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/  

Hippocampus -Provides high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects
http://www.hippocampus.org/

CommonCraft -Three-minute videos help educators and influencers introduce complex subjects.
http://www.commoncraft.com/

100 Best You Tube Videos for Teachers -Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there.
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-best-youtube-videos-for-teachers/
aching With Technology

Incredible Internet - Designed to To help people of all ages cut through the Internet's clutter to improve their everyday lives, while keeping families safe online.
http://www.incredibleinternet.com/

4Teachers: Teach With Technology - Works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources.
http://www.4teachers.org/

Webquest.org - Most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model.Find Webquests, create Webquests, share Webquests
http://www.webquest.org/

Adobe Digital Collection Teacher Resource
Lesson Plans to help teach essential digital communication skills that will help students become lifelong learners in the digital age.
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/

Hippocampus -Provides high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects
http://www.hippocampus.org/

CommonCraft -Three-minute videos help educators and influencers introduce complex subjects.
http://www.commoncraft.com/

100 Best You Tube Videos for Teachers -Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there.
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-best-youtube-videos-for-teachers/


Web 2.0
Go2Web2.0 - Huge list of links to web 2.0 tools and applications
http://www.go2web20.net/

Animoto - Easy to use, upload phots and it automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design.
http://animoto.com/

Voicethread -A collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments.
http://voicethread.com/

Podcasting - Information on how to begin podcasting in education
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/   

Wix - Use to create am azing customized websites with templates and many other
options to make ordinary sites into amazing ones.  You can share your log-in with others to create a website together, as well as embed other web 2.0 items like blogs into it as well. 
http://www.wix.com/

Edublogs - Free blogging for teachers and student
http://edublogs.org/

Glogster - Poster yourself. Choose a background, throw in some shapes and characters from their galleries, add text, your own videos or photos, music and in just a few minutes, you can make a digital poster.
http://www.glogster.com/

Wikki  Walkthrough - Definition and walkthrough on how to set up a wiki
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/  

Delicious - Search the biggest collection of bookmarks in the universe
http://delicious.com/

Sumo pain - Free image editing software
http://sumopaint.com/web/

Seomoz.org - Links to award winning Web 2.0 applications
http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short