Elementary+Workshop

Recommended Websites (Ones that allow students to actively collaborate/create/interact/engage)
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K-6
TypeWith.me - collaborative writing - no registration required - create your own room

Wordle - a graphical way to look at words and their relationship in text - Wordle resources (no registration necessary)

VoiceThread - Online digital storytelling tool that includes images, video, audio, text, and drawing. Free or Small Fee educator/classroom accounts available, Using VoiceThread for Portfolios Presentation

Animoto - Create easy, professional looking videos from images and text - Free educator account

Wall Wisher - Students can add ideas through text, images, hyperlinks and sort them on the page. No student login required - teacher will need to register

Skype - Free, easy, video-conference solution. Can connect globally with other students, experts, etc. Skype an Author, Skype for Educators resources, Skype in the Classroom Network

Google Earth - a free download - Uses a lot of bandwidth - so not everyone can use at the same time - but so rich - Students can create their own tours.Google Earth resources

[|LAUSD MyMail Account] - [|Google Apps for Education Suite] - includes online word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form builder, calendar, website/portfolio creator, email, and calendar. All tools include the ability to collaborate.Google in the Classroom || flat

Primary Portfolios by Cathy Cassidy

**K-2 (and beyond)**
Kerpoof - Free Classroom Accounts available (Drawing, movie making, storytelling)

2-4
[|Glogster] - Create posters for all types of learning projects - Free Classroom accounts (Glogster Tutorial)

Wikispaces - Collaborative project building - Free Teacher/classroom accounts
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=Search= Google Search with lessons and presentations Explore Google Search Google Squared - search in a table format Wolfram Alpha - //Enter your question or calculation and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute the answe//r Kid Friendly Search Engines YoLink - a downloadable application to help student gather and store information More Search resources
 * KidRex
 * Askids
 * Quintura for Kids

=Digital Storytelling=
 * Digital StoryTelling Resources
 * Storyboard Resources
 * Image Resources
 * KItzu
 * Pics4Learning
 * Edupics
 * OpenPhoto.net
 * Evaluation - Rubistar - online rubric creator

=Storage= Box.net - up to 1 gb free storage Dropbox - up to 2 gb free storage - desktop app installs on computer Skydrive Live - 25gb free online storage

Student Google Sites accounts - 2 GB online storage - Comes with LAUSD Student Email Account Other Storage Resources

=Professional Development= K-12 Online Conference Classroom 2.0 -a social network of educators from around the world- Classroom 2.0 Live Workshops and Events LA County Office of Education Workshops (Includes week long Technology Academies)

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