PD+resources

=__Websites to Check Out__= [|Schoology] like facebook, but secure with school admin control, can upload files, create online tests. Teachers and students can control the notification settings for their own accounts (receive emails or texts when there is an update). [|Edmodo] like schoology [|Yacapaca] create website for class, quizzes, surveys, eportfolios, etc. [|Moodle] course management system, used like a school or class website [|Quia] a bunch of activities such as games, flashcards, cloze, and quizzes for a variety of subject areas, available to use for free [|VoiceThread] upload pics or video, can make slide show, text or spoken comments (make free educator account) (Que comimos? voicethread) [|Toondoo] create comic strips and comic books online [|Glogster] make interactive posters online [|Picnik] fun photo editing site [|SurveyMonkey] create online surveys [|Slideshare] find slide shows/videos, upload your own [|StudyStack] create flashcards for class or use ones already on the site [|Quizlet] another flashcard site, use ones that are there also [|Wordle] use to make word clouds, could use with vocabulary for a writing assignment [|Eduplace, graphic organizers] all kinds of graphic organizers that are reproducible [|Lingtlanguage]can make simple online assessments (designed for language teachers, oral assessments) [|Sheppard software] activities for all kinds of subjects (maybe younger kids?), practice countries and capitals [|1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters] tongue twisters in several languages [|Newseum] front pages of newspapers all around the world [|Artcyclopedia] see works in art museums around the world, find information for the museum [|Word Champ] can use to translate text or websites [|Logos Dictionary] translate words into many languages, conjugator, dictionary, quote library, library and children’s library (some with audio) [|Carrot Sticks] fun math game for younger students, can use as a guest, create a character and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication or division (Jayden loves this.) [|XE] currency converter [|Indo.com]scroll down page, enter a from and to, calculates distances between places (as the crow flies), (uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places. It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.) [|Free MIDI] listen to audio files of many of the national anthems (I think you can download, but not sure.) [|MSU- Center for Language Education and Research] on the left side click on Materials and Products, then click on Online Resources (I haven't had time to spend on this, but looks there are some good resources, especially for language teachers.) [|BigHugeLabs] scroll down to the bottom, a bunch of fun toys to use with photos (maybe for student assignments/products) [|Teacher Planet] free lesson plans, rubrics, etc. (Not everything works. At least, some of the resources I tried did not, but others did.) [|Discovery Education] lesson plans, puzzlemakers, etc. [|keepvid.com] or [|savevid.com] or [|saveyoutube]save youtube videos for later use __[|Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid]__ links to a lot of different resources

I need to say thank you to many of the language teachers in the state of Iowa, who shared many of these resources with me at IWLA conferences. Also, thanks the to AEA mentoring program for sharing the Bloom's taxonomy site. I can, by no means, take credit for the information provided here.