Web Resources
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award: Participate, Promote, and Perserve.The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is a student choice program. The KBA promotes and encourages Kentucky students in kindergarten through grade 12 to read a variety of quality literature. All Kentucky public and private schools, as well as public libraries, are welcome to participate in the program. http://kba.nku.edu
- Owl @ Purdue: This site is a fabulous resource that will answer all of your questions about MLA formatting. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
- Kentucky Virtual Library: Online catalogs and databases, online tutorial and help with
internet-based research, a virtual reference desk, and access
to Kentuckiana digitized collections. www.kyvl.org
- Spiderscribe: Are you a visual learner? Take a look at this online tool. Collect a series of files incuding documents, pictures, maps and more, and create a concept map based on the collection. Lay them out for optimal visualization. Share them. Even collaborate to build them. Be it text, images, files, or events. http://www.spiderscribe.net/
- Stixy: A great way to share information - Collaborate, create, organize, and share content on Stixyboards, a flexible Web-based bulletin board. Customize and design an unlimited number of digital bulletin boards by uploading files, drag ‘n’ dropping photos, notes, images, documents, or to-do lists. http://www.stixy.com/
- Pic*Lits: Plagued by writer's block? Let Pic*Lits photography inspire you. This tool is great for the aspiring poet or for the student that just likes to write. http://piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx
- Popplet: Need a way to brainstorm with colleagues and peers? Popplet offers you that opportunity. Free access allows you to create interactive mind maps and organize information to share with others. http://popplet.com/
- ComicMaster: Comic lovers, check this out - Comicmaster is a free, easy to use tool for creating short graphic novels. While the backgrounds and characters are somewhat limited, it's possible to make and print comics at this site without creating an account. The site also has an educational resources page with lesson plans and ideas for using comics in the classroom. http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/
- Prezi: Tired of Power Point presentations? Try Prezi - an online presentation tool that can help jazz up your school assigments or professional presentations. http://prezi.com/
- Tagxedo: Tagxedo, like Wordle, is another word cloud tool. The difference is that Tagxedo will put your words into specific shapes. You can use the shapes and images provided on their site or you can upload your own image. http://www.tagxedo.com/
- Wordle: Wordle is a fun way to present words and make them look interesting. This site is completely free to use. Uses for Wordles? Think about - student introductions, class descriptions, introducing a unit, vocabulary, t-shirt designs... oh, the possibilities. http://www.wordle.net/
- Voki: Teachers - grab your students interest immediately with an avatar created to look just like you! A great way to present short pieces of information and peak interests. Students - afraid of standing up in front of a classroom full of people? Let your avatar speak for you. Voki offers users the opportunity to create avatars and give them voices - another fun way to present information. http://voki.com/
- Storybird: Writers - you are going to enjoy this site. Storybird matches artwork to your original writing. At this site, writers can match artwork to their already created stories or they can write as they go, letting the art inspire. http://storybird.com/
- Go Animate: Students - you are going to love this site. Go Animate allows you to create animated scenes using a large variety of characters, settings, props, and voices (including your own) to make a video. If you enjoy animation, this tool is a fun and creative way to present information and tailor it to your style! http://goanimate.com/
- Animoto: Animoto is a great Web 2.0 tool to use for short presentations of information. These videos are fun and simple to create. A basic account is free! The only requirement for an account is an email address. Teachers, you qualify for a free educator account which allows you and your students to have a few more privileges than the basic account. Check it out - http://animoto.com/
- Apples 4 the Teacher: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/