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Free Teacher Resources. Technology Moment December 13, 2010. Spelling City – www.spellingcity.com. Create spelling lists, learn spelling words, play spelling games, give spelling tests Teachers can register for FREE and store lists on the site for students and parents to use
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Free Teacher Resources Technology Moment December 13, 2010
Spelling City – www.spellingcity.com • Create spelling lists, learn spelling words, play spelling games, give spelling tests • Teachers can register for FREE and store lists on the site for students and parents to use • Includes teacher resources and video FAQs
Teach Me, Play a Game, and Test Me options to optimize student learning • Check Me – view correct/incorrect answers, retake test, print reports • Teachers create username and password and start using the site. Spelling City – www.spellingcity.com
Planet eBook – www.planetebook.com • Classic literature for download as free eBooks. • All books are in the public domain and FREE • Download, print, distribute on CDs, etc
Silly Books – www.sillybooks.net • Animated world of free reading, writing, & learning for kids • Books, music, games, & puzzles • Students can enter contests and submit their own stories for publication
Starfall – www.starfall.com • A learning to read site • Four Steps: • ABCs • Learn to Read • It’s Fun to Read • I’m Reading
Fur.ly - http://fur.ly • List your web pages into one web page with a drop-down list to display a page from the list • How to use… • List each url • Click go • Displays one short url • Share the list with others • Why use… • Allows you to control or direct students to a select group of web sites for a project or research • Sample: http://fur.ly/3r17
Aviary - http://aviary.com • Apps for editing images, music, etc…. • Phoenix - similar to Photoshop only FREE • How to use… • Sign up for a free account • Log-in • Only requirements: Flash and web browser • Create! • Can use filters, layers, etc. • Sample Project • Go to LOC and find an image • Copy image location • Go back to Aviary and paste url of image • Phoenix grabs image puts it in Aviary; can label parts; do whatever you want to the image • When finished, save/export to laptop to be used in other apps
Voicethread – http://voicethread.com • Register/Sign-in to Voicethread • Create a voicethread • Upload a document, image, video • Share with others • Comment via • Telephone • Computer microphone • Recorded with web camera • Text • Upload an audio comment • Demo: https://voicethread.com/#u161223.b409.i848804
Prezi - http://prezi.com • Alternative to PowerPoint only on-line • Strengths – • On-line • Allows for collaboration • See whole presentation at once • Click on show to advance through the slides • Easy to create; insert shapes, pictures, can make a path, change colors • Easy to add to presentation; (use prezi wheel to rotate, enlarge, shrink, etc.) • Can download prezi or Embed on a web page • Can have 10 presentations max • Need to set up a free account
Questions… • Laura – lvalenti@esu9.org • Lois – lhafer@esu9.org • Recording of this tech moment may be found at http://prodev.site.esu9.org/tech-topics