Sunday, February 14, 2010

10 web 2.0 tools that work

Dance Mat Typing - A wonderful website to practice typing skills (no advertisements)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/


National Library of Virtual Manipulives - The best online collection of math activities categorized by grade level and subject I have come across!
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/NAV/vlibrary.html


Interactive Multiplication Table - Use this multiplication table to help build multiplication fluency.
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Homework_Helper/mtable


Harcourt Reading Links - This site contains vocabulary, test prep lessons, spelling lists and many other reading resources. Many of the links are downloadable Powerpoint presentations.
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/pfes/third%20grade/reading%20home/reading%201.htm


Alaska Kids! - I haven't met a kid who didn't find this site to be totally awesome. An enjoyable website that teaches kids about life and history of Alaska.
http://www.litsite.org/akkids/

Live Homework Help - Online instant homework help and tutoring.
www.tutor.com/alaska


Silicon Spies - A fun and informative website that takes students on a mission to stop an evil villian from stealing power from the city. Students learn many important facts regarding electricity while solving the mystery.
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/siliconspies/siliconspieslink.htm


Arcademic Skill Builders - These research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students. I use "multiplication grand Prix" in my classroom to strengthen students' multiplication math facts.
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

www.storyjumper.com - Use Story Jumper to build your own book! Start with a template and rearrange props or create your story from scratch. Many different props and scenes to choose from and you can add your own photos and drawings.

http://cacoo.com - Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as thinking maps, story maps available to share over the internet. Students and teachers can make online diagrams for writing assignments and for just about any other subject.

1 comment:

  1. Great resources here Chris. I am glad you included the live homework help tool. Been around forever and in my opinion, it's vastly underutilized.

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