USM+ELA

USM -Susan Sedenka 2014

http://www.brainpop.com/ http://www.flocabulary.com/ http://www.spellingcity.com/ http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
 * School Subscriptions **

GOOGLE- Advanced search http://www.google.com/advanced_search [|Boolify.org] []
 * Search Strategies **

http://socrative.com Student http://m.socrative.com/student/#joinRoom Teacher http://m.socrative.com/lecturer/#lecturerLogin
 * Assessment **

Beach or Mountains McDonald's or Burger King Baseball or Football Coke or Pepsi Beatles or Stones Paper or plastic
 * Ice breaker ideas: **

http://edte.ch/blog/2014/03/20/80-interesting-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-the-classroom/ https://sites.google.com/site/thegmsdec/
 * Google Everything **
 * Ways to use Google Forms **
 * GMS Google Training Site**

http://www.speakaboos.com/ http://www.mrsp.com/
 * Read Alongs **

[|http://www.tagxedo.com] [|http://www.wordle.net]
 * Tools **

Lessons to use wordle for:

http://www.lesson-ology.com/blog/the-top-ten-ways-to-use-wordle-at-school/

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 * Billy Joel Video - current events, ELA, **

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad-create/id442378070?mt=8

http://ipadapps4school.com/ **iTunesU** in iTunes tool bar https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain-everything/id431493086?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitsboard-education-games/id516842210?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic/id404693282?mt=8 **Zooburst**-computer as well https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zooburst/id531117081?mt=8 Zooburst Trip to Egypt Target
 * IPAD Apps **
 * Explain Everything **
 * Bitsboard **
 * Toontastic **

**Voicethread**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voicethread/id465159110?mt=8

**String** https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/string-augmented-reality-showcase/id417606536?mt=8 String Targets
 * Flat Stanley **

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flat-stanley/id382161936?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tellagami/id572737805?mt=8 https://tellagami.com/gami/GNQ21P/ media type="file" key="TomsMessenger.mp4" width="205" height="205"
 * Tellagami- **
 * Talking Tom **

[|Voki.com] media type="custom" key="24522662" width="140" height="140"

http://evernote.com/skitch/
 * Evernote /Skitch- **


 * App Evaluation form **

[|delicio.us]: ELA, Literacy etc… [|Diigo.com]
 * Bookmarking sites **

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 * Websites **

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 * People to know **

Infographics to demonstrate descriptive writing. http://www.pinterest.com/lindaslinks/infographics-books-literature/
 * Project ideas **

5 word story- from a picture- 6 sentence stories from pictures http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1078259-5-word-story-game

Monster Match Project http://tdawson.wikispaces.com/Monster+Match+2013

Smash Apps for curation of content- Thinglink http://www.thinglink.com/scene/454695002618986497

Watch Video, Take the quiz, Write your own song lyrics to a popular song (Poetry) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8lrRvuwczk - Billy Joel http://www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm

**TWITTER for PLN & Collaboration** The digital divide is no longer who has access to technology, it’s who can collaborate with technology. hashtags/tweetdeck

Storify- http://t.co/1PUghjisSK

**@tofer8**

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1463 Great to use anytime, but you can create groups of students and challenge them to reach a certain rice level. It's engaging and competitive and kids love that combination! []
 * Freerice **
 * Creative commons license student work **

http://tdawson.wikispaces.com/Dec+PD+2012
 * QR Codes in a classroom **

http://CommonSenseMedia.org
 * Important Site **


 * iBooks & IBooks Author **

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad-create/id442378070?mt=8