Monday, December 16, 2013

Don't forget about our Portaportals

http://portaportal.com/

English- guest access- cmsenglish
Math- guest access- culpepermiddleschoolmath
Social Studies- guest access- cmssocialstudies
SCIENCE- guest access- CMSSCIENCE



Hippocampus

Interactive multimedia content and lessons for a variety of textbooks on math, sciences and humanities.

http://hippocampus.org/


Lit2Go

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

Listening to Literature

Lit2Go is a free online collection of audio stories and poems in .mp3 format.  An abstract, citation, running time and word count are given for each story or poem, many containing a n identified related reading strategy.  A PDF version of the text is also available to download as a read-along.


Search by Author, Reading Level, Genre or Top

Friday, December 13, 2013

TIME for Kids Homework Helper

http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper

Grammar Wizard
Flash Card Maker
Writing tips
A+ Papers
Writers toolbox

Another word cloud: Tagul

http://tagul.com/


Idea for word cloud.
At the beginning of the a unit or lesson create a word cloud using  all the key terms that the students will be learning in a unit.  See if they can guess what you will be learning about.  Great way to check prior knowledge.


Picture yourself in plastic (Reasonably Clever)

http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini-mizers/classic-kid-safe-mini-mizer/

Make a lego of yourself.  Unfortunately, they do not have an easy way to save your artwork.  But you can use the snip it tool on your computer to save it.  Or you can use the Print Screen option.  Have fun!







Thursday, December 5, 2013

Active Textbook (Turn PDFS into Books)

Turn your vision into reality by creating your own version of an existing PDF or textbook. Give it a dynamic touch, jot down notes, add video/audio clips, and discuss materials with your readers within your interactive content. Use Active Textbook to learn, teach or simply share your documents online – it's easy!
Best of all, Active Textbook is free and works on most devices!

Turn anything into a PDF https://www.wordtopdf.com/
Of PDFS  to Word  https://www.wordtopdf.com/

Active Textbook is supported on both desktops and mobile devices!