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Websites Used In the Presentation
Practical Strategies for Using Technology to Strengthen Classroom Instruction and Student Learning (Grades K-2)
Presented by Judi Wolf     April, 2008
       

Email - techteach@roadrunner.com
Website -
http://www.techteachconcepts.com
Blog -
www.judiwolf.blogspot.com

ISTE Profiles For Students - http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html
Teacher Resources For Using The Internet
Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org
The Scholastic Network -  http://www.scholasticnetwork.com/
PBS TeacherSource - http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Annette Lamb’s 4 To Explore - http://42explore.com/
Finding Broken Links
The Way Back Machine - http://www.archive.org/
Example Websites Used to Illustrate the “Anatomy of a Website”
http://www.activescience-gsk.com/module2/home.html
Taming The Tedious Teacher Tasks
Personal Education Press - http://www.educationalpress.org/
Preschool Printables - http://www.preschoolprintables.com/
Activities from Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com/
Discovery School Custom Classroom - http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
ABC Teach - http://www.abcteach.com/
Education World Teacher Tools and Templates - http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml
KeyBoarding
Keyboard Image: http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/images/keyboard4.png
Dance Mat Typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Software
Kidspiration Software - http://www.inspiration.com/
Timeliner - http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=TIMV50
Kerpoof – www.kerpoof.com
Pixie 2 - http://www.tech4learning.com/pixie/index.html
Keeping Students Safe On The Internet
The Safety Test from PBS - http://pbskids.org/license/
Netty’s World - http://www.nettysworld.com.au/
Privacy Playground - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/
NetSmartz For Kids - http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexfl.htm
Kid-Friendly  Search Engine:
KidsClick - http://www.kidsclick.org/
The Internet Public  Library for Kids - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Ask For Kids - http://www.askforkids.com/
Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/?link=tmplnav
Education World Hunts For Fact Monster - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml
Little Explorer’s Dictionary - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Managing Websites
Delicious - http://del.icio.us/
Making a Simple Class Blog - http://www.blogger.com/
Using  Images In The Classroom
Google Images (Click on Images) - http://www.blogger.com/
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
Jigzone  - Making Pictures Into Puzzles - http://www.jigzone.com/
Stained Glass Collage - http://www.stainedglasscollage.com/
Photo Story – Where to Download http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Photo Story Book Reviews - http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604857
Voice Thread - http://classic.voicethread.com/
Education-World article on Voice Thread - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck023.shtml
Video On Demand!
United Streaming - http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Brain Pop Junior - http://www.brainpopjr.com/
You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/
Teacher Tube - http://www.teachertube.com/
Interactive Language Arts Websites for the Emerging Reader
StarFall - http://www.starfall.com/
Literactive - http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
Into The Book - http://reading.ecb.org/

Game Goo - http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Spin and Spell -
http://www.spinandspell.com/
Frequently Used Words From Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/
Online Stories
Book Pals Storyline -
http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/
Story Place - http://www.storyplace.org/

Web 2.0 In The Primary Classroom
Blogs –https://www.blogger.com
Example of a Classroom Blog - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
21 Classes - http://www.21classes.com/
Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog_id=370334
Podcasts Example: - http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/podcasts.html
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
My Podcast- http://www.mypodcast.com/
PB Wiki - http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com
Walking through Wikis - http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

Extending The Reading Experience
Book Adventure - http://bookadventure.org/
Kids Books - http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_booklists.html
PBS Stop and Go Story Writing - http://pbskids.org/stopandgo/
Manipulating Math
Base Ten Blocks - http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html
Virtual Manipulatives from Utah State University   -
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
Illumination Tools -
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/shapebalance/index.html
Interactive Math Websites For The Primary Student
A Math Dictionary For Kids p- http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Rainforest Maths -
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
That Quiz - http://www.thatquiz.com/
Number Time from BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/
The Little Animals Activity Centre – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/
Websites To Show Them The World
Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/
National Geographic For Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Where To Find WebQuests
The WebQuest Page -
http://webquest.org/
Where To Find Online Projects
CIESE Collaborative Projects - http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html
Global School House - http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/index.html
JenuineTech - http://www.jenuinetech.com/
 (formerly Technospud)
Keeping Informed
4-8 Grade Listserv – http://www.edu-web.net
KinderKorner Listserv - mailto:kinderkorner-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Kathy Schrock’s Site of the School Day - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sos.html
Education World Newsletters -
http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml
Teacher’s First Newsletter -
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
Subscribing to and Reading Blogs - http://www.bloglines.com/
Listening to Podcasts - http://www.edtechtalk.com/
Classroom 2.0 - http://www.classroom20.com/