Tammy Worcester's Best Sites for Interactive White Boards 2010

Fun Games/Activities
Toy TheaterLearn, create, playhttp://www.toytheater.com
Dotty DotsInteract with wordshttp://dotty-dots.appspot.com/?h=636f77
Little Animation for KidsSongs, stories, and more...http://www.littleanimation4kids.com/
Pauly’s PlayhouseGames galore! (Also check out the laboratory) http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/game_page/game.html


Content-based Games/Activities
AmblewebClick the “Interactive” links at the left side. http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/
Sheppard Softwarehundreds of games, activities, quizzes...http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
Little FingersGreat interactives for young kidshttp://www.littlefingers.com/games/games1.html
Science NetLinksDozens of interactive science activitieshttp://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tool_index.php
Arts AliveMusic games / compose songshttp://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/
Thinkfinity InteractivesTons of activities for all ages http://www.thinkfinity.org/student-interactives


Teacher Utilities
Spinners, Gameboards, Diceat Unpractical Math http://www.unpracticalmath.com/applets.html
TripticoDice, name-pickers, spinners, word magnets, and more http://www.triptico.co.uk/
Calculatorat Pauly’s Playhouse http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/lab_games/franks_calculator.html
Online StopwatchCount-down clock and stopwatch http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Random Name PickerA fruit machine will pick a word from a list http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.php/?fruit_machine

Using PowerPoint with your IWB
UNCWDownload PowerPoint games http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html
Whiteboard RoomDownload PowerPoint resources http://www.whiteboardroom.org.uk/LearningSystem/PortalHome/Portal.asp?Institution=au&parameter1=&parameter2=&Campus=&TimeNow=10%2F29%2F2010+5%3A44%3A21+PM

PowerPoint files Created by Tammy:
Predict a picture/book cover PredictionIWB.ppt
Choose Own Ending Story ChooseEndingIWB.pptSpelling Practice SpellingIWB.pptx
Magic Box MagicBoxIWB.pptx

Tammy Worcester 2010 Best Tech Tips for Teachers

- On Tammy's site- go to "Training and Handouts" tab for handouts for this year's sessions.
Online Tools
Web 2.0 Tools
Control+ E = center

Building Healthy Bodies- Power Point Person
- Use Power Point for Photo Editing/ save as jpeg
- Power Point- Building Healthy Bodies-- Blank Slide for slide 1- add rectangle on left. Put title of project (Select box, Control+ shift - tap greater than symbol to enlarge text.) Slide 2- Control+ d = duplicate. Make 4 rectangles. Print- cut around each shape. Person shape after glued together.
- Printing options in Power Point- Print as a handout- smaller person.


Make your own Personalized Sticky Notes using Power Point
- Power Point- Page Setup
- 7.5 / 7.5 size
- Duplicate slide 4 times- Print as handouts- 4 slides per page
- Print on regular sheet of paper
- Put blank stickies on top of paper- put back in printer and print again


Power Point Slide Show- "Who Am I" activity
Clues- Slides reveal part of picture
Add picture- cover with rectangles
Duplicate slide


Communicate/Collaborate tools:
Faculty Meetings, etc.
Today'sMeet = create a chat room on the fly--  http://todaysmeet.com/ 
Teacher can feed in questions and students can answer them - discussions, pen pals, etc.
Give students the address and they can join instantly


Classroom Management:
Classtools.net-  Random Name Picker-- http://classtools.net/

Communication/Collaborative Tools:

Today’s Meet

Create a chat room on the fly. No logins required!

http://todaysmeet.com/

Blogger

Google’s Blog-Creation Tool

http://www.blogger.com

Google Docs

Free, web-based, word processing, spreadsheets, & presentations

http://docs.google.com

Classroom Management Tools:

ClassTools (Random Name Picker)

http://classtools.net/

Online Stopwatch

Large-screen stopwatch or countdown clock

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Organizational Tools:

BibMe

Organizational tool and citation builder

http://www.bibme.org/

Organizing/Sharing Bookmarks:

Fur.ly

Shorten multiple URLs

http://fur.ly/

Other similar tools:

http://1link.in/

http://krunchd.com/krunch

WebList

Similar to Fur.ly, but requires and account and allows edits

http://weblist.me/

Skloog

Icons of websites organized in folders.

http://www.skloog.com

LiveBinders

Organize weblinks, images, pdfs and more in folders:

http://livebinders.com/

Creativity Tools:

My Avatar Editor

Create a cartoon representation of yourself!

http://myavatareditor.com/

Odosketch

Online paint/draw tool for students w/ great gallery

http://sketch.odopod.com/

Tagxedo

Create word clouds in shapes

http://www.tagxedo.com/

Jam Studio

Music-creation Tool

http://www.jamstudio.com

KIssTunes

Turns your computer keyboard into a piano keyboard

http://www.kisstunes.com/

Virtual Keyboard

Another piano/keyboard option

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/guitar.htm

Songs to play on virtual keyboards:

Song notes

Timesaving Tips & Tools:

Google Search Options

Do a Google search and then use options at the left to filter results.

www.google.com

Google Language Translator

Now will SPEAK the translation!

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Google Alerts

Google will send you an email when it finds new info!

www.google.com/alerts 

Google Custom Search

Create your own search tool!

http://www.google.com/cse/

WolframAlpha

Computational Knowledge Engine

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Skitch / Jing*

Easy screen capture plus lots more!

www.skitch.com  (Mac only)

www.jingproject.com (Mac or PC)

Evernote*

Allows you to save and organize notes, screen shots, images, websites, and then

syncs with most smart phones and mobile devices.

www.evernote.com

Evernote Tips & Stories

http://blog.evernote.com/category/tips_stories/

1. *Requires a download

Shortcuts/ Tricks

Tabs in browser

Control/Command+T = New Tab

Control/Command + Shift + T = Opens last closed Tab

Atomic Web app for iPad provides tabbed browsing!

Firefox - Showcase plugin shows thumbnails of all open tabs.

Just for Fun!

Icon Scrabble

Converts letters of text into icons

http://iconscrabble.com/

Screedbot

Create scrolling text

http://wigflip.com/screedbot/

Cameroid

Take pics and add filters from a webcam and a browser!

http://cameroid.com

I Can’t Find my Phone

http://www.icantfindmyphone.com/

PowerPoint!

Buillding Healthy Bodies

Printing on Sticky Notes

Who am I? /What am I?