Friday, January 4, 2013

One of my favorite sites Classtools.net

http://www.classtools.net/

I personally like the random name picker.  Type your students name.  Click the name and it selects a student at random.

Allows you to save it and gives you an URL to bookmark, so you can use it over and over.  I would create shortcuts to each class on my desktop.


Letterpop

I know I have mentioned this before, but I think its worth posting.  http://letterpop.com

Allows you to create newletters quickly and easily and then share them with your parents via email or Twitter.  Yes Twitter is unblocked.

Of you can link them to your homework site.

ifaketest.com

http://ifaketext.com/

 I believe “iFake Text” is a great example of  a simple tool that can allow your students to show what they know in a unique or novel way by emulating a text message conversation on an iPhone.


iFake Text

How to use it:
  1. 1.Go to : http://ifaketext.com/


  2. 2.Enter your name.
  3. 3.Choose a carrier.
  4. 4.Enter the conversation.
    Be sure to use the format as shown below:
    1: Hello
    2: Hello
    1: How are you?
    2: I’m fine. How are you?
  5. 5.Click the “Create Your Screenshot” button.



    Note - If you don’t like the way it looks, you can use the browser’s back button to go back and edit it.
  6. 6.Use the provided options at the left to share the screen shot with others.


  7. 7.To print:
    a. Copy the “Direct Link” url.
    b. Paste the url into a new tab or window.
    c. Print.
  8. 8.To embed the screenshot into a blog, wiki, or website, use the “HTML Image” option.

Ways to use it in a classroom:


Students could write dialog between:
  1. Two book characters from a scene in a story
  2. Two animals (including some facts about them)
  3. Two historic figures
  4. Two friends discussing a book, movie, or event.

Easy Online Test Maker

https://testmoz.com/  Unfortunatly it can not be printed.

Create Cool Animated Text

Cooltext.com
Image by Cool Text: Logo and Button Generator - Create Your Own Logo

Create your own!!  Download the image and insert it into Powerpoints or Activinspire or on your Google Sites Webpage.

Wallwisher


Wallwisher, located at http://www.wallwisher.com. No login required.  Wallwisher gets the user creating a web-based bulletin board or wishing wall and posting notes, photos and videos in minutes. Then, by sharing the Wallwisher board URL or embedding the board on a blog or other web site, a teacher in can get students interacting in cyberspace on virtually any topic.
Benefits: Allows multiple users to interact on a topic with brief notes, pictures and videos -- all by simply clicking on the web-based wishing wall board. With the click of a mouse, a student can add a 160-character comment along with a link to an outside site. These post-its, as Wallwisher calls them, can also contain links to pictures and videos.


Symbaloo bookmarks of some really cool Stuff from VSTE 2012

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/web2028


Enjoy!