Great+Links+for+Teachers+&+Students

** [|Matching Books to Readers] ** '**For Students:** ** For Teachers: ** (from ReadWriteThink.org) Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. ||<  || Wordpress is a place where you can create pages to blog and share informamation. ||<  || Kidblog is a kid-friendly blogging website. ||<  || Site has good lessons teachers can use for ESL students ||<   || Site uses short picture books to teach writing to elem. students ||<  || reading, ereaders (such as Kindle), and the use of technology in the library or classroom. Various divisions offered withblogs for those levels. ||<  || ====‍Quick and Easy to make a blog!==== ||<   || Great site for Math and Science. It has slideshows, step by step instructions, and video clips ||<  || Great website that has all subject areas with powerpoints to use in the classroom. Great resource ||<  || This web site is a guide to digital learning. ||<  || This is a fabulous website that has plenty of educational games that make learning math a blast;upper elementary kids LOVE it, not to mention teachers and parents! ||<  || (DennisK) FreeRice is an educational site for math and reading. (DennisK) www.thinkfinity.org features blogs and lesson plans. ||<  || [|**http://docentes.leer.es/**] Also for Spanish Teachers! A reading site with spaces for students, families, and teachers. A lot of resources, including stories, a government-sponsored site (Spain) ||<  || [|**http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html**] ||<  ||
 * [|BrainPOP Jr. -- Choosing a Book]
 *  [|Goldilocks Rule] (Book Nuts)
 * [|Shopping for Books is like Shopping for Clothes!]
 *  [|What Readers Ask] : Purpose
 * [|RWT: Five Finger Rule]
 *  [|Strategies for Readers] : Choosing a Book
 * [|Purpose for Reading]
 * =  [|] [|Was this the Right Book for Me?] =
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 * <  ||< (AmyO) Wordle.com
 * <  ||< (CharisseS) [|www.Wordpress.com]
 * <  ||< (CharisseS) [|www.Kidblog.org]
 * <  ||< (EChadwick) Lessonstream.org
 * <  ||< (EChadwick) Writinglesson.ning.com
 * <  ||< (RJackson) [] ucators may go here to learn great ideas from other educators especially regarding
 * <  ||< (RJackson) [] For those of us who connect, teach, share, and lead in new information landscapes. Even has a section on how to use 2.0 tools in the library! ||<   ||
 * <  ||< ====‍(Reggie) [|www.icohere.com/CollaborativeLearning.htm] ‍Good resources for an online community==== ||<   ||
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 * <  ||< (Julia McCombs) http://bernadetterego.wikispaces.com ||<   ||
 * <  ||< Early childhood; uses many weblinks ||<   ||
 * <  ||< (Julia) [|www.herdingcatsgeorgre.blogspot.com] ||<   ||
 * <  ||< Orff and Kodaly music resources, but great ideas for adding musical extensions to children's lit. ||<   ||
 * <  ||< (RPalmer) []Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often. ||<   ||
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 * <  ||< (TanikaJ) **[|www.plurk.com]****Plurk** is a free [|social networking] and [|micro-blogging] service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as **plurks**) through short messages or links, which can be up to 140 text characters in length. ||<   ||
 * <  ||< (TanikaJ) [] ** BrainyKids ** is a free o nline science resources for students, teachers, and parents. ||<   ||
 * <  ||< (Evelyn Berrey) [|www.coolmathforkids.com]
 * <  ||< (Evelyn Berrey) [|www.mathfactcafe.com] is another exellent website to allow students to gain automaticity in theri math facts! My math coteacher(s) would be SO proud....since I have more of an affinity for reading..... ||<   ||
 * <  ||< (DennisK) www.apt.orgaccesses virtual trips and interactive scavenger hunts.
 * <  ||< (Rebecca Brooking)[|**http://www.cibercuentos.org/**] For Spanish teachers! A new story in Spanish every day! ||<   ||
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 * <  ||< (Rebecca Brooking)[|**http://www.ted.com/talks**]Videos of some really compelling speakers from annual TED conferences! Searchable database of brilliant thinkers! Example :
 * <  ||< Susan Grimes==== [|www.enchantedlearning.com] is where you can get ideas and copy worksheets for different subjects ||<   ||
 * <  ||< Susan Grimes ==== [|www.waltkesweb.com] a website where you can get all kinds of reading things for students and you can copy and print from it ||

