Other+Tech+Goodies

[|www.watchknow.com]
 * (educational videos shared via Michelle Bourgeois, SVVSD instructional technology)

[|www.21things.weebly.com] ** (21 things educators should know and use in the 21st century) (wiki creator) (awesome resource –social networking group—for PYP schools/educators) [|www.animoto.com] ** (free, photo story) (character animation, great for teaching dialogue) (best for 5th/6th grade, $50/year subscription) (great for teaching from a global perspective) (avatar, can post as a website) (if you can end an e-mail, you can create a blog....creates a blog by you sending an e-mail!) ($15/ year, faster, no adds) (works like a wiki in many cases) **Pixie** (30 day free trial) art software $40/per computer (hyper studio slide show for primary; webblender, frames—interactive cartoons) EASY powerpoint (use to teach concept of PP to primary kids... + has video feature or can be easily turned in to a web page (portable whiteboard, you orientate it when you set it up to use it—wherever—can check out w/ a projector on a cart, no installation, etc. $600) *link to this on Dunn, McGraw, Bennett websites Great tech resources
 * [|www.Recipes4success.com] ** (click on tools –on left- then rubric maker; EASY and very user-friendly rubric maker!)
 * [|www.pbworks.com] **
 * www.wikispaces.com ** (wiki creator)
 * [|www.pypthreads.ning.com] **
 * [|www.learn.org] **
 * [|www.xtranormal.com] **
 * [|www.worldbookonline.com] **
 * [|www.countryreports.org] **
 * [|www.culturegrams.com] **
 * [|www.Voki.com] **
 * [|www.Vocaroo.com] ** (voice recording)
 * [|www.Posterous.com] **
 * [|www.ikeepbookmarks.com] **
 * google sites **
 * Blackboard **
 * can be used to teach area, perimeter, etc. Made in to animation
 * Memeo** (sp?)
 * Poudre School District **
 * (digital educator project) **