Transcript Wow, Cool, and Oh So FREE!5

Wow, Cool, and Oh So FREE!
Sharon Bolan,
Library Media Specialist/ITRT
Central High School
Telling Time Game &
Toothpick Puzzle
• Telling Time Game http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html - Telling
time game that can be adjusted for different levels.
• Toothpick Puzzle http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/exner/java.f/toothpick/defa
ult.html - Examine geometry first hand by using this
web activity to solve the problem of creating five
squares by arranging twelve toothpicks.
WigFlip
Auto Motivator –
Start with a picture from their gallery or
one of your own. Create a motivational
poster, card or bookmark. Save the
jpeg image to your computer or have
them create a full poster for you.
http://wigflip.com/automotivator/#
PowerPoint Activities
Hardin County teachers in
Kentucky created a wide range
of PowerPoint games and
activities. All links are well
organized and easy to
download.
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygam
es.htm
Other PP sites:
http://www.pppst.com/ Pete’s PP
Station
Hero Machine &
Science Buddies
• Hero Machine http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMac
hine2/heromachine2.asp Have fun with this
site making your own animated hero!
• Science Buddies http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Read Write Think
• Verizon Thinkfinity offers
thousands of free K-12
educational resources across
seven disciplines for use in and
out of school.
• http://www.readwritethink.org/
Encyclo – Media
• A free video encyclopedia that covers a
wide range of topics. Embed the video
clips into web pages or stream videos live.
• http://www.encyclomedia.com
Yucky Science & EdHeads &
I Was Wondering
• Gross science explanations http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
• Activate your mind with Interactive activities http://edheads.org/
• I Was Wondering - http://iwaswondering.org/
Learn to Type
• Practice typing skills with this interactive
practice activity.
• http://learn2type.com/index.cfm?action=G
uestBook&showall=9999
PortaPortal
• Bookmark your sites and allow guest
access to students and teachers
• http://portaportal.com
Optical Illusions
• A collection of cool Optical Illusions
• http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/crazy/c
razy_illusions.htm
Animoto
http://animoto.com/
Create short 30 second videos using your own
photographs and embed them into most
websites!
NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacie
s/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Choose the best search for your information
needs!
The Ruler Game
http://www.rickyspears.com/rulergame/
Test your skills at reading a
ruler. See the ruler
preferences to the right. The
faster you are the higher your
score!
Chick Coup & Find it VA
• Practice beginning sounds for very young
students
• http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemic
s/chickenCoop.html
• Find it VA - http://www.finditva.com/cgibin/main.cgi
Shodor Interactive Math &
Big Huge Labs
• http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
• Big Huge Labs helps you do a lot of fun
creative stuff with your digital photographs.
http://bighugelabs.com/
4teachers
http://4teachers.org/
4Teachers helps educators integrate technology
into your classroom by offering a variety of
FREE online tools and resources.
Rubistar
TrackStar
Advanced Survey & Pics4learning
• Create surveys to share with
students/parents
• http://www.advancedsurvey.com
• Pics4Learning – Copyright friendly
pictures http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php
Imagination Cubed & Incompetech
• Collaborate artistically with students/teachers
• http://imaginationcubed.com/
• Copyright friendly music to add to PowerPoints
and movies - http://incompetech.com/
You Try it!
• Interactive Activities from PBS. My favorite
is Technology at Home
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/
Voki
http://www.voki.com/
Create a FREE personalized speaking
avatar to add to your blogs and websites.
Scratch
• Create and share your own interactive
stories, games, music, and art
• http://scratch.mit.edu/
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/
Completely FREE, OpenOffice is a productivity
program that is extremely similar to the
Microsoft Office Suite! This alternative to the
Office suite is suitable for students who are in
need of word processing programs at home.
Program is available on your CD!
Jamestown Online Adventure
• Take the Jamestown survivor challenge.
• http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Authentic History
• Authentic History Center http://www.authentichistory.com/ - The
Authentic History Center is comprised of
artifacts and sounds from American
popular culture. It was created to teach
that the everyday objects in society have
authentic historical value and reflect the
social consciousness of the era that
produced them.
Be Funky
http://www.befunky.com/welcome
Upload your pictures and BE FUNKY with
them for FREE!
SlideBoom
• Upload and store 100
PowerPoint presentations
for FREE!
• http://www.slideboom.com/
Prongo Math Games
• Cool Math games for younger grades
• http://www.prongo.com/games/index.html
Bubbl.us
• Bubble.us is a simple and free web
application that lets you brainstorm online.
• http://bubbl.us
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity is a FREE open source program for
recording and editing sounds!
Program is available on the CD!
Sixty.com
Create a personal
workspace for you and
your students. Share
documents, photos, notes
and more with select
groups of participants.
http://www.stixy.com/
Spelling City
http://www.spellingcity.com/
Enter your own spelling words and have students
practice with printable or online games.
Students can even take a spelling test online!
Very Easy, Very FREE, Very Cool!
Free Rice
http://freerice.com/
Practice Math, Art, Geography,
Vocabulary, Languages,
Chemistry, and English while
helping to eliminate world
hunger!
Amazing Maps
http://www.yourchildlear
ns.com/megamaps.htm
Create large wall maps or
individual one-page maps
FREE from Your Child
Learns!
Jottit
http://jottit.com/
Create your own FREE site in minutes!
Great for posting homework, advertising
an upcoming event, or discussion post site
for a particular topic!
See an example!
TypeIt
• Type accent marks, diacritics and other
characters online
• http://typeit.org/
VisuWords
http://www.visuwords.com/
FREE online graphical dictionary
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds”
from text that you provide. The clouds give
greater prominence to words that appear
more frequently in the source text. You
can tweak your clouds with different fonts,
layouts, and color schemes. (from http://www.wordle.net/)
Blabberize
• Create a fun interactive image to add to
websites
• http://blabberize.com/
Etherpad
http://etherpad.com/
Collaborate in real time on a word
processing document. Just start a pad
and invite your friends!
Contact me!
Sharon Bolan – [email protected]