Archive for the 'The Arts' Category
OpenEd is a repository of online educational materials that are aligned to the Common Core standards. It contains a searchable database of videos, games, courses and assessments. The resources can be browsed by topic, grade level and standard. In addition to the resources, OpenEd has a practice assessment generator which allows teachers to add multimedia […]
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ABCYa! Animate is a tool for creating short animations. The animations are made using the tools available through the site. Students can create up to 100 frames before downloading their animation. One drawback is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to save an unfinished project to work on at a later time so […]
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Boolify is a visual search engine that I found out about from Kristen Novotny. The site is designed to help students learn Boolean searching through a drag-and-drop, visual interface. To use Boolify, start by dragging the green Word or Phrase rectangle into the workspace and enter a search topic. Then drag the other rectangles as […]
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Rewordify is a free website that helps users read difficult passages. To use Rewordify, the user just copies and pastes the passage into the box on the Rewordify website, then clicks on the Rewordify text button. What appears on the screen is the same passage with simpler words. The easiest way to see how this […]
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Big Huge Labs is a site that I found out about from Mariela Siegert. It provides a number of free tools that can be used with images to create posters, magazine covers, trading cards, jigsaw puzzles and much more. The tools are very easy to use and no registration or login is required to create […]
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Spree Learning Games hosts a collection of learning games from around the web for students in kindergarten through high school. The games are organized either by subject area and by age/grade level. Students do not need to sign up to play most of the games. As with any kind of site like this, some of […]
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Lingro is an amazing tool that helps readers easily look up word definitions when reading a web page. It works like this — you find a page that you want to read, copy the URL, then paste it in the box at the top of the Lingro page. Click on the arrow, and you will […]
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Photo Prompts is a site that can be used to support creative writing. The site offers many different writing starters that include a picture and a writing prompt. These can be used or altered to use with students of all ages, and in different subject areas. If you click on the “i” icon on the […]
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Games for Kids is another interactive art site that I learned about from Deyana Matt. The site is maintained by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. The site contains several kid-friendly, interactive sites designed to help students of all ages learn about artists and their art.
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The Art Zone is an interactive art site that I heard about from Deyana Matt. The site is maintained by the National Gallery of Art. It offers fun, interactive online projects for students of all aged.
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