Web (Blog #21)

Madison: Mindmeister is a website like inspiration. It is a graphic organizer creater that allows you to do a slide show and zoom into each bubble point. It isn't a free site but would be worth the money if you use it regurally in the classroom. SpiderScribe.net: also a concept map organizer. You can move around the organizer, insert pictures, word documents, and even locations. It is for an older audience and often is used in the business world. Buying a package would allow for more designing. Erika: bubbl.us is a free concept map organizer website. You have to make an account to use it. You type in your main topic and it creates a bubble. You can import pictures just like inspiration. linoit.com: You dont have to sign up. You can post notes, post pictures, word documents, calendars, etc. You can make lots of boards and different designs. Useful in the classroom. Callie: duckduckgo is a kid-friendly search engine that directs their information to where it should be. There is a filter bubble that brings it to reliable resources. It doesnt have pages, it keeps loading as you scroll down. gogooligans.com: is a search engine for educational searches but it doesn't work or load Rebecca: padlet.com is a site where you can post a question and have your students all answer it. It shows up on the screen so you can tell who has answered it and who hasn't. text2mindmap.com is another organizational tool. It didn't work for Rebecca. Brittney:stormboard.com is a question asking/answering site where you can ask questions and have the students answer them. They can also like the questions to show you which questions they understand. Ally: kidtopia.com is an informational website that has a wide variety of subjects and lesson plan topics that we could use effectively. The problem is that there are a lot of ads that dont apply to education that pop up while you are trying to research. Victoria: slimekids.com is a website that allows you to view lots of different search engines. You click on one and it takes you to another search engine. It is like a directory. Tommi: Pearltrees is a website that combines pinterest and a concept map. It would be useful in the classroom if you explained how to use the website first netvibes.com is a website search engine that allows you to get all of your ideas on one place. MK: Glogster.com is a website where you can create poster boards. MK created a history timeline. It has dates and you can create and add pictures and videos. Then you can print it! audacity.com is a website where you can records music, speeches, and even your notes in class. It is one of the best free music recording website out there. Lauren: vimeo.com is a video watching/creating website somewhat like youtube. wordpress.com is a blog site where you can connect with friends and follow other people with similar interest. It has a lot of flexibility compared to blogger but it is more complicated. Deanna: evernote.com is a website where you can save ideas, tasks, projects, etc. You can take notes from class. You can search within your notes. Easy way to keep up with all of your notes. Nicole: Compfight is a website that is for locating images for blogs and reasearch. It is free to download and allows you to download different sizes of the picture. It gives you a good variety of pictures. diigo.com is a multi-tool to manage notes. You can share ideas through groups. Emily: blabberize.com is a website where you can insert images, cut out the mouth and make it say something else. You can use it to tell notes in an interesting way or to add something funny to a school project. www.easel.ly is a website to take your brainstrom information and to share it in an unique way. You can use it in the classroom and can pick differrent visual themes to keep it new each time. Brittneii: animoto.com is a website where you can make your own videos, add backgrounds, and make collages. bookbuilder.cast.org is a website that you can use in your classroom for your students to learn how to create their own books. You can change the language which would be helpful in a French or Spanish Jordan: weebly is a website that helps people make their own websites and blogs storyboard: is a website that allows you to search videos and personal stories. It is an australian made site. Tiffany: tagul is a website very similar to wordle but it isnt as limited. Easy to use!You can choose different fonts, colors, and shapes like a bus, a heart, ect. edmodo: is a website that is basically facebook for teachers. They have it broken down into subjects so math teachers can connect with math teachers. jacqueline:socrative student is a questions/answer site for kids to pick teams and answer questions. Jonathan: podbean is an itunes like website. As a teacher you could put your lessons up on it. Its audio and video pixton: is a website that alolows you to make comic strips where the characters can interact. Jennifer: icloud is a way to backup all of your information infogram is a website to create graphs