Website+Wednesday!

="WEBSITE WEDNESDAY!!!" = =This page is dedicated to the Website of the Week! Each week, a new and exciting website is displayed that is helpful to students, teachers, and parents. Enjoy "Website Wednesday" and learn about interesting and new sites to share with everyone! =

= Wednesday, February 17, 2010 = = = = =

= Mr. Nussbaum =

==This site is like 100 websites built in one, our Intermediate/Upper grade Lead Technology Teacher(Mrs. Johnson) uses Mr. Nussbaum with a group of 5th grade students to enhance their math problem solving skills. Mr. Nussbaum.com offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years, and dozens of research themes designed to make the process of gathering information interactive and enjoyable. The students love the site and really get into the challenge of solving the problems in Math.== = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, February 10, 2010 = = = = = = [|Peep and the big Wide World] = ====** "Oh my goodness, I LOVE this site. Not heavy-educational, but good for those that need practice with operating a computer. That peep is about the cutest thing ever." ** Renee Miller - PreSchool For All Teacher==== =Our "Pre-School for All" teacher recommended this site, this is an actual quote from her, need we say more.= = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, February 3, 2010 = = = = = =ABCya! = =This website is a favorite of the Media Specialist (Mrs. Dribin) at our school. I would see it listed all over her room so I decided to check it out. It's a free site created by classroom teachers, with educational games geared towards primary grade levels and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. ABCya! games and activities incorporate content area such as math and reading while introducing the basic skills. To pronounce it, is like saying your alphabets A,B,C "ya". Have fun!= = = = = = = = Wednesday, January 27, 2010 = = [|Make Beliefs Comix] = =Make your own comics online with MakeBeliefsComix**.com**! Students get an opportunity to share dialouge and make creative story lines come to life with funny, unique characters that will gain any students interest. The characters have several different emotions that can be displayed to demonstrate mood, motions and feelings. You can choose from 5 different color backgrounds, 8 talk balloons or thought balloons, there are 5 new characters and 25 objects that students can add to their story. The students in my technology club used this program last year and had lots of fun. I found that it was beneficial to explain the concept of having a conversation with someone, so that students can make characters look at each other when talking. This online educational comix generator is for kids of all ages.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, January 20, 2010 = =[|Blabberize] = =**Blabberize** is a service that allows you to create your own talking picture, basically a moving mouth on a still image. Using **Blabberize** is simple. Users upload a photo of someone to **Blabberize**, select a mouth and then record a message.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, January 13, 2010 = = [|Xtra Normal] = =Xtranormal is extraordinary and extra special. This program is sooo much fun, it allows you to make movies with cartoon characters as the stars. There are several different type of cartoon characters to choose from such as Pawz, Superzeroz, Beige People, ChuChuz, Robotz, Peepz, and many more. You select the language, movement, hand gestures, and location. All you need to do is type your script, add music to the background and get started. This site is extra loads of fun and excitement. You will get lost in all the characters that you can select from. Please try this site, I'm so excited about it!=

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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!! = = = =[|Funschool] = = = = = =Funschool ia a website that is geared towards PreSchool - 6th grade. The site divides the games and activities by age and also by category: Arcade Games, Puzzles, and Board Games. For the parents- there are actually some games on the site that you will lovetoo, the logic game "Othello" is a great brainteaser. There is a good search engine on this site that allows you to find a certain category of educational games such as thinkin g skills to gepgraphy. Visit FunSchool and allow students to experience how much fun they can have at school.= = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, December 30, 2009 = = [|Funbrain] = =**This site is useful for kids in grades K- 8, so it is a bit more universal and both teachers and students can use it.Some of my personal favorite features of this educational site include: __Math Games__ – This part of the site will take you to a game board where you chose your gender and grade level. The challenge is to get through all 25 games. If you lose a game in the middle of the game board, it will give you a password to use when you return. __Reading__ – Click on the reading section and then on “mad libs", the game will prompt you to choose verbs, nouns or adjectives to create a hilarious mad lib, this promotes reading skills and helps kids recognize the difference between nouns, verbs and adjective. Allow your brain to have a little fun, visit funbrain.**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, December 23, 2009 = ** [|Funology] ** =Can having fun be a Science? Funology is a website full of great ideas, activities, games, jokes, recipes, and tricks for kids. This site has everything. If students get bored they can go to "Boredom Busters" which provides tons of ideas such as arts & crafts to designing their own t-shirt. The "Wacky Facts" section provides strange and amazing facts about everything a kid would want to know. Kids will never run out of things to do on this FUN site. FUNOLOGY is the Science of HAving FUN!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Wednesday, December 16, 2009 = = = [|JumpStart]

=JumpStart is an award-winning adventure-based 3D virtual world that is super-personalized, wildly imaginative and really fun, but don't let that fool you - it also teaches math, reading, and critical thinking skills so kids get a real jump start in life.Students can create, name and customize their very own avatar to navigate through the program. If you don't have a membership some of the activities are not available, however the programs that are available without a membership are loads of fun. So jump into it, explore, seek, and learn!= 

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

= [|4kids]  =

==//4Kids//.//org// The Latest TechKNOWLEDGEy on the Web! //4Kids//.//org// is a team of educators, writers, technology specialists and students that produces weekly articles and links demonstrating how online learning can be **fun and educational. There are 7 main links that will lead to Games which has activities from Language Arts, Math,State Finder, Word Wizard and so much more. Videos- children can watch videos from "How to Deal with Peer Pressure" to explaining how the internet works. Cool Spots, Kids Quest, Ask Amy** - when you have questions about the World Wide Web,she's the girl to ask**. Speak Out and Back Issues of pass online news articles. Log in now, don't wait, the fun is waiting for you!!**== = =

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= = = Wednesday, December 2, 2009 = = [|Flashcard Exchange] = = = == Do you remember making flashcards as a study tool? Think back to a small 3×5 index card with a question on one side and an answer on the other side. This website is an internet application where you can create, study, print and download flashcards. What really cool is that once you create your flashcards the program creates an online Memory Game. You can choose between a free account or a full membership which includes Premium services such as adding images and audio. ==

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= = = = = = = = = Wednesday, November 25, 2009 = = [|ReadWriteThink] = = Read Write Think is a neat educational site that provides educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. =

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= = ** This is a fun website where students can create a digital human and add animal characteristics. The creativity factor is limiting, but students studying animal biomes could use this as a prewriting tool. ** = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Wednesday, November 11, 2009 = = [|4Teachers] = = **4Teachers.org** works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate online resources such as ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. This is a great site for helping //teachers// integrate technology into the classroom. Please go to the 4 Teachers Family of Tools, there are several tabs such as "Academic Skill Builder" which has games from addition and subtraction to Language Arts, Casa Notes which allows teachers to make certificates and personalize notes to students and parents. You are guaranteed to love this site, have fun.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Wednesday, November 4, 2009 = = [|Pete's PowerPoint Presentation] = ==//Pete's Power Point// Station has hundreds of //Power Point presentations// that can be downloaded by teachers to use in the classroom.The bulk of the presentations are best suited for use in elementary school and middle school settings. There are presentations for almost every subject area and school theme. The topics range from geography to dealing with school bullying. == = = **//

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 // **

= [|Gamequarium]  = =Gamequarium, "the site that swims with learning." This fun learning site for teachers and students featuring thousands of free educational games and activities that are organized by subject, topic, theme, **and grade level.** Take a learning dive and swim in the world of gamequarium and explore learning from the deep blue sea.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =W//ednesday, October 21, 200////9// = = = = [|Tikatok] = =Tikatok is a free creative community for kids under 13 where they can write, illustrate, and share their original stories, and have them printed out into real hardcover and paperback books. It was developed by two mothers to encourage the imagination and creativity of their children and children everywhere.=

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