Web 2.0 Resources

Applications and Web Sites for Students and Teachers

AGRICULTURE:

Ag in the Classroom -

Amer. Farm Bureau -

Journal of Ag Ed -

National FFA -

Schrock – Ag Ed. Resources - (All)

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY:

Artchive - (All)

Arts Education - (All)

Arts Edge - (All)

Befuddlr -

(Create puzzles from photos.)

Face in the Hole -

Flaming Text - (All)

Louvre Museum - (All)

Movie Misquotes -

Online Etch-a-Sketch (All)

Photo editing (25 sites)- (All)

(Thanks Sheryl!)

Posters

ToonDoo -

AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS:

Author Names – Pronunciation - (All)

Authors -(All)

BOOKS:

ALA Top Ten Books for YA - (HS)

Best Books for YA - (YA)

Books for the College Bound - (YA)

Books to Movies - (All)

Caldecott Medal - (All)

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Lit. -

Great Books for Boys - (All)

Good Reads - (All)

Juvenile Series/Sequels - (GS)

Kids Reads - (GS)

Newbery Medal - (All)

Scholastic Books in the Classroom - (All)

Sequoyah Book Awards -

Teens Top Ten - (YA)

BUSINESS:

Business Education -

Federal Reserve Ed.-

Money Central - (GS)

CAREER:

ASVAB Career -

Career Builder - (HS)

Career Onestop -

Job Star -

Monster Jobs -

My Future -

Occupational Information Network -

Okla. Career Services - (HS)

Vocational Biographies -

Vocational Information -

COLLEGE/SCHOLARSHIPS:

ACT -

FastWeb-

Financial Aid -

Okla. State Univ. -

Sallie Mae -

Univ. of Okla. -

COPYRIGHT:

Creative Commons

(Locate works that are copyright free.)

Movie/Video Rules - (FAC)

EDUCATION:

Click and Learn - (Fac)

Curriki -

(Curriculum Wiki – sharing between educators)

Discovery Educ.-

Education World -

Educator’s Reference Desk - (K-12)

FORAtv (current issues) -

4Teachers -

MailboxEd.Center - (Fac)

National Board Certification -

OK State Dept. of Ed. -

Academic Vocab. -

Open Educ. Resources -

PBS Teachers -

PASS Objectives - (Fac)

Quizlet (flash cards, etc)-

Scholastic Instructor - (Fac)

SchoolNotes -

TeachNet -

(Lesson plans)

U.S. Dept.of Educ.-

INTERNET:

Acronyms (Chat Slang):(All)

Chat Slang -

Net Lingo -

Text Messaging -

Best Info. On the Net -

bNetS@vvy - (All)

Glossary of Internet Terms- (HS)

Great Web Sites for Kids - (GS)

Internet Public Library -

Internet Tools -

Ning -

(Create your own social network)

TeacherLibrarianNing -

Sites for Parents/Teachers - (Fac)

Search Engines:(All)

About -

Academic Info -

Alta Vista -

Ask -

Ask Kids -

Bing -

Dogpile -

Google -

Kids Click -

Librarian’s Index -

TekMom -

Yahoo -

Yahoo! Kids -

Webopedia -

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Bartlett’s Online -

Bulfinch’s Mythology -

BuzzWhack -

A “buzzword” dictionary)

Dialectizer -

Idiom Site -

Language Translator -

PAL: Perspectives in Amer. Lit. - (HS)

QuoteLand -

Thesaurus -

Thesis Builder -

LIBRARY:

ALA -

BeaverCounty Pioneer Library -

Book Spot -

Library of Congress -

Okla. Dept. Libraries -

Okla. Library Assoc. -

MATH:

Cool Math 4 Kids -

Cyberchase -

Math for Careers-

Math Forum -

Math Playground -

Math Resources -

MISCELLANEOUS:

Animoto -

(Create short videos easily!)Ex.

Blogger -

(Online web logs)

BeaverSchool Library Blog -

Diigo -

(A social bookmarking site that allows users to save websites, as well as tag them, add sticky notes and annotations, and share them with other users in various groups.)

EtherPad -

(Online word processor that allows multiple users to collaborate in real time.)

Facebook –

Flickr -

(Store photos online.)

Google Earth -

Instructify -

(Instructify means to find new ways to present the same old content.)

Ex.

MyStickies -

(gives you the ability to put a sticky note on any web page your browser can visit. When you come back to the page, your sticky note is still there, where you left it. This enables us to remember what was important about the page to us.)

Poll Everywhere -

SchoolTube -

Survey Monkey -

TeacherTube -

Twidla -

(web-based meeting playground - user-friendly online collaboration tool)

Twitter -

United Streaming-

WikiSpaces -

Library Media Wiki -

Wordle -

(Create easy vocab. word walls.)

YouTube -

Xtranormal - Text to Movie -

(Create script to instant movies.)

ZoHo Writer -

(Online word processor – collaborate with friends in real time.)

MUSIC:

Don’s Music Downloads -

(Observe copyright laws)

Lyrics.com

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -

READING:

Picturing Books -

Teaching Books - (All)

RESEARCH/REFERENCE:

Citations:

BibMe -

(MLA, APA, or Chicago – easiest to use!)

Citation Builder - (All)

EasyBib

(only citing MLA format for free)

KnightCite

(MLA, APA, or Chicago)

Microsoft Word 2007 -Word builds citations for you.(All)

OttoBib -

(books only using ISBN number)

Son of Citation Machine

(MLA, APA, and Chicago)

How Stuff Works -

InfoPlease Almanac/Ency/Dict/Thesaurus -

Merriam Webster Online-

Newspapers:

Daily Oklahoman -

School code:04I022105 – Elem, 04I022705 – H.S.

Herald Democrat -

New York Times -

Tulsa World -

Postal Codes -

Reference Desk -

Research It – iTools -

Smithsonian -

Time & Date (US) -

World Clock -

SCIENCE:

Biomes of the World

Farmer’s Almanac -

How Stuff Works-

NASA -

Science Daily -

Science Fair Central - (All)

(Many other science fair sites are available – ask your LMS)

We Choose the Moon (Apollo 11) -

Weather -

Weather Channel -

WebMD -

SOCIAL STUDIES:

American Presidents -

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government - (GS)

Electoral College - (All)

Gallup Polls -

Google Earth -

Government Printing Office -

History..It’s Happening - (All)

Map Collection -

MapQuest -

Oklahoma Government -

OklahomaHistoryCenter -

Perseus Library -

Surf Oklahoma -

USA Government -

U.S. House of Rep. -

U.S. Senate -

White House -

White House 101 -

TECHNOLOGY:

4Teachers -

(Helps you integrate technology into your classroom)