Internet+Tools

__​​​__ ** __My Exploration with Internet Tools:__
 * I am not currently a school teacher, so I did not have a lesson plan to work with. Therefore, I used random criteria throughout my exploration.**

> http://casanotes.4teachers.org > You can view what I created here: > Casa Notes was a very quick and easy-to-follow way to create custom notes and awards to handout. I created a Field Trip permission slip, Parent Teacher conference reminder and an Outstanding Performance award. I got to choose my own color schemes and graphics. Most of the text is already present and then I simply had to fill in the blanks with my information to make them applicable to my needs. Personally, I don't think I will use this program once I do begin teach unless I'm in a time crunch. I feel that with the computer skills that I possess, I could make nicer handouts and awards on my own in Microsoft Word or Adobe PhotoShop. > @http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/ > You can view what I created here: > This website is awesome! You can make a variety of different types of worksheets for class. I chose to make a crossword puzzle about the Capitals of the 50 States. All I had to do was open a Microsoft Word document and type in the answer (what actually goes on the crossword puzzle) followed by the question (the hint given to answer the puzzle). Then, I copy and pasted it into the website box, hit submit and VIOLA! a crossword puzzle was made! I went ahead and worked the crossword puzzle to make sure it was accurate and it was! I will definitely utilize this in my classroom! > http://wordle.net > You can view what I created here: [] > I think Wordle is pretty cool. You can publish the finished project on the internet and/or print it out as a handout or a poster for the classroom. I simply entered the words to the Pledge of Allegiance into the text box and it scattered the words. I then edited the font and the color pallete to my liking. You have the option to make certain words larger and bolder to place emphasis on them. > http://glogster.com > You can view what I created here: http://heatherto.wikispaces.com/Multimedia+Production+Project > I created this Glogster for a previous module and re-posted it since it was one of the Internet Tools we were encouraged to explore. This website is awesome. You can make a poster for absolutely anything and it is actually fun to do! I made this particular poster about a couple of my favorite Caldecott books. **There are a lot of awesome websites that I will most defintiely utilize once I begin teaching! I still haven't tried them //all// out but I plan to contine my exploration beyond my EDTC course.**
 * **Casa Notes**
 * **Worksheet Generator**
 * **Wordle**
 * **Glogster**

__** Links provided by Dr. Stansberry for EDTC 5103 that I encourage educators to explore: ** **Produce & Print** __ > http://letterpop.com > Excellent template-driven printable newsletters, etc. > http://casanotes.4teachers.org > Quickly create and customize notes to send home to parents or give to students. Teachers choose from templates and customize some of the content, choose a color scheme and add a graphic. > @http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph > A tool with a tutorial to input data and create just the right kind of graph to communicate information visually. > @http://www.edhelper.com/ > Choose from a wide variety of ready-made and customizable worksheets covering a variety of subject areas. > http://flashcardexchange.com > Create your own or use those in the "world's largest flashcard library" > http://www.puzzlemaker.com > Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your own word lists. Build your own maze or print specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics. Also try Equation Search, Word Merge Puzzle, Fallen Phrases, Letter Tiles, Cryptograms, Double Puzzle, Math Square, Number Blocks, Criss-Cross Puzzle, Hidden Message, Word Search, Mazes, and Mazed Things. > http://rubistar.4teachers.org > Create your own rubrics (scoring tools) for Oral Projects, Multimedia, Research & Writing, or Work Skills quickly and easily. This online tool, developed by the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium, makes developing rubrics a snap. Built-in features let you go back and edit or customize your rubrics, and gives you a URL so parents and students can view or print the rubrics anywhere. > http://teachers.teach-nology.com > Generate your own award certificate, bingo cards, bus pass, bookmarks, behavior assessment, hall pass, lesson plans, parent-teacher conference plan, personal education plan, progress report, student learning contract, teacher’s weekly schedule, testing modification chart, time line, weekly progress report, crossword puzzles, graphic organizers, rubrics, word games, etc. > @http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/ > Create customized vocabulary or math worksheets or print out ready-made worksheets for a variety of subject areas. > @http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php > Teach students to create posters, cards, puzzles, and more for classroom projects, notes, letters, or programs. Digital photography and the ability to use limited, yet powerful words to grab attention, can be used for various subjects at the 4-12 grade levels. > @http://textorizer.whatfettle.com/ > This is fun. . . put in the URL of an image and your text, and the site combines the two. > http://toondoo.com > A fun cartoon maker. It's amazing how difficult it is to condense a detailed message into a short cartoon. > http://wordle.net > Create a variety of word clouds to use in assessing student comprehension, for vocabulary, or just for conceptual images.
 * **LetterPop**
 * **Casa Notes**
 * **Create a Graph**
 * **EdHelper**
 * **Flashcard Exchange**
 * **Puzzlemaker**
 * **Rubistar**
 * **Teach-nology Tools**
 * **Worksheet Generator**
 * **Big Huge Labs Motivational Posters**
 * **Textorizer**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Toondoo**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wordle**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Produce & Post __**
> @http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil > Create Hotlists, Treasure Hunts, WebQuests, Scrapbooks, and Subject Samplers through an interactive website that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering appropriate Internet resources, and turning Web resources into learning activities. > @http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/lessonplanner/ > Create and store your lesson plans in your Custom Classroom account at Discovery School. Edit, print or download your lesson plan to your computer with a click of the mouse. Link to puzzles, worksheets and quizzes that you have created. > http://4teachers.org > A whole host of tools -- Rubistar, PBL Checklists, Classroom Architect, TrackStar, Web Poster Wizard, KidsVid > http://www.carmun.com > Provides tools that will make researching and writing your paper a lot less painful. > 1. Bookmark URLs and save sources from anywhere online > 2. Create bibliographies in seconds from new or old sources in any format!!! > 3. Insert footnotes easily into your papers as you write > 4. Ask and answer questions posted by other students and much more. It takes longer to read this than to join. > http://polleverywhere.com > Create a poll and ask your classes or friends to respond with a text. > I'd like to show how students can create images with editing software, and then insert these into Google Earth as image overlays. These can be exported as KMZ files, and shared with each other or compiled into a single Google Earth database. Many instructional uses can be drawn from this functionality. [|Google Earth KML Gallery] > Google for Educators: @http://www.google.com/educators/all_grades.html > [] > This is a great tool for creating your own secure social network for your students. > [|http://jogtheweb.com] > Create "guided tours" of websites you would like users to visit (similar to Trackstar). > [|http://www.loggel.com] > Create a "lifelog" for a variety of activities (literature study, timeline, digital story, etc.) > [|http://polleverywhere.com] > http://www.readthewords.com > Submit your text document and choose a digitized voice to read and save your text. > <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://smilebox.com > Want to make your next booktalk a bit more jazzy? Looking for a way to introduce the Sequoyah books to your students? See how Smilebox can help you create a fast and fun way to showcase your new books. > [|http://stixy.com] > Users can create tasks, appointments, files, photos, notes, and bookmarks on their Stixyboards, organized in whatever way makes sense to them. Then they can share Stixyboards with friends, family, and colleagues. > @http://www.surveymonkey.com/ > Use this tool to collection information quickly within the class or around your school. Find out the results within seconds! Forget counting paper ballots for your next Sequoyah Book Award voting...use Survey Monkey instead. > [|http://www.wiziq.com] > WiZiQ is a web-based platform for anyone and everyone who wants to teach and learn live, online. Teachers and students use WiZiQ for its state-of-the-art virtual classroom, to create and share online educational content and tests, and to connect with persons having similar subject interests. > [|http://www.xtimeline.com] > Online timeline tool for multimedia > [|http://www.xtranormal.com] > This site allows you to make a 3D movie with the text you type in as the audio and use their 3D characters. This would be great to use as a storyboarding activity! > @http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html > Create, administer, and grade quizzes online. > http://glogster.com > Create online posters with images, video, and music. This might be alternative to any "poster-type" assignment you might use -- book report, persuasive argument, etc. > http://keeboo.com > Create and publish an e-book that you can actually read by "flipping through." > http://rubistar.4teachers.org > Create your own rubrics (scoring tools) for Oral Projects, Multimedia, Research & Writing, or Work Skills quickly and easily. This online tool, developed by the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium, makes developing rubrics a snap. Built-in features let you go back and edit or customize your rubrics, and gives you a URL so parents and students can view or print the rubrics anywhere. > http://trackstar.4teachers.org > TrackStar is an online interface that helps teachers organize and annotate websites into lessons. The list of resources can serve as a guided tour through a lesson using web resources and offers students an interactive quiz at the end of the lesson.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Filamentality**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Lesson Planner**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**4Teachers Family of Tools**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Carmun**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Poll Everywhere**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Google Earth: Image Overlays**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Imbee**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Jog the Web**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Loggel**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">Poll Everywhere This is a great site to use with cell phones in a classroom -- works much like clickers.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Read the Words**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Smilebox **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Stixy**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Survey Monkey**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**Wiziq**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**xTmeline**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">**XtraNormal**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Quiz Center**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Glogster**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**KeeBoo**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Rubistar**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Trackstar**