Sites to See

On this page I will include links to websites I've featured on my blog - all in one handy place.  The first link will be to the website itself, the second link will be to where I blogged about it.


Technology:  
Free Technology for Teachers - A technology blog FULL of resources to use in the classroom.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-technology-ideas.html

Zimmer Twins - A fun website where your students can make their own movies.  What a fantastic way to motivate your unmotivated writers.
http://www.zimmertwins.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/making-movies-to-motivate-writers.html

Tagxedo - Wordles kicked up a notch.  You can choose the shape of the word cloud you make.  You can even upload your own pictures!
http://www.tagxedo.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/wordles-kicked-up-notch.html

Visual Thesaurus - A great site for banishing those boring words and practicing parts of speech.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/filling-bucket.html

Transl8it - Transl8it is a trendy, FREE site that translates English messages into text lingo, or vice versa.
http://transl8it.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/writing-prompts-with-text-lingo-so-kewl.html


Teaching Resources:
Mrs. Cervone's Class - a well-put together website featuring language resources and more.
http://teacherweb.com/FL/McDonaldElementary/MrsCervone/index.html
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/reading-comprehension-sundaes.html

Studentreasures Publishing - A company to publish your students' writing.  You can do a whole class book, or each student can create their own book.  They also have a school-wide program.  I've used it in my class and was very impressed with the results.
http://www.studentreasures.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-we-became-published-authors.html

Mrs. Brown's Art Class - A fabulous site full of art ideas organized by grade.  Includes examples and directions for each art project.
http://www.mrsbrownart.com/
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/need-some-new-art-ideas.html

Spy Guys Math - A collection of interactive math lessons (great if you have a SMARTboard) geared to the grade 6 level - however I have used this site with grade 5 and grade 7 students with great success.  Note - this link only works with Internet Explorer - I can't get it to work with Chrome.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/filling-bucket.html

Study Ladder - An online lesson resource center.  10 different subject areas covering grades pre-K to grade 7.  FREE teacher membership.  Students can access site from home to reinforce lessons taught at school.
http://www.studyladder.ca
http://rundesroom.blogspot.com/2011/07/study-ladder.html