Archive for the 'General' Category
Drawzit is an online drawing website that allows the user to create a drawing using a variety of tools, and either share it with others through a URL or download and save it as a .jpg file. It is fairly easy to use and does not require a login, so it can be used by […]
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Simple English Wikipedia is an online wiki-style encyclopedia geared for students, children, and anyone trying to learn the English language. The articles are shorter than those you would find on the regular Wikipedia, and the articles are written in more basic English. Like Wikipedia, the articles available through Simple English Wikipedia are written and edited […]
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A to Z Kids Stuff offers a variety of resources for students of all ages. The site contains links to information related to science and social studies, written at a level that is understandable by elementary students. It also contains lesson plans and activities. It is not the neatest site and it does contain ads, […]
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VocabGrabber is part of the Visual Thesaurus website. VocabGrabber creates a word cloud of vocabulary words from any text you copy and paste into their text box. Each of the words becomes a link that, when clicked on, displays the definition of the word in both written and web format.
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Wordsmyth is an online dictionary designed for use by students of all levels. Wordsmyth offers three levels of dictionary: Beginner’s, Children’s and Advanced. Wordsmyth provides definitions, audio pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, similar words and image.
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The Free Online Dictionary is an online dictionary and thesaurus. In addition, you can search for and look up the meanings of popular idioms. You can also search for the meaning of frequently-used acronyms.
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Great Ways to Teach Any Day’s Times is a post on the New York Times’ Learning Network blog. I’ve mentioned The Learning Network blog before in this blog. It’s one of my favorite educational blogs. I just discovered that they have a number of interactive graphic organizers (e.g. Venn Diagram, KWL Chart, Cause and Effect […]
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Diagramly is an online diagram creator. It’s very easy to use — just click and drag the elements into the drawing area. Diagramly can also be used for creating mind maps and flow charts. What I like best about Diagramly is that it doesn’t require a signup or login. Also, you can save your file […]
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CreativityGames.net is a site designed to promote creative thinking. The site provides weekly Creativity Games and Challenges, along with other resources that will hopefully open students’ minds to creative thinking. In a world in which there is such high emphasis placed on test scores, activities like the ones available on this website are more important […]
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Kubbu is a site that allows a teacher to create interactive quizzes, games and other activities. What’s nice about Kubbu is that you can enter up to 30 students into your free teacher Kubbu account without having to enter their personal information. Students can then login and use the activities you created. There are some […]
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