Some websites for you to try:

 

Wordle

Beautiful Word Clouds

 

 

Voz Me

 

Newspaper Generator

 

Spelling City

 

Discovery Education Homework Help

Mathway: Step by Step

 

Online Timer

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Hands On

 

PowerPoint Tips - Manipulating Graphics

Google to find PowerPoint Files

Google Tricks and Tips

Cool Text -

Action Buttons

Hyperlinks

 

Book Review/Author Bookmark

Students will create and print 4 bookmarks with information about a favorite book.

 

Choose Your Own Ending

Students will write a story with 3 optional endings. They will put their story into an interactive slide show. Readers will be able to click a button to choose an ending for the story.

 

Venn Diagram - Computer vs. Brain, Character Comparison

Students create a Venn diagram and then will use it to compare and contrast the human brain and a computer

 

Two Minute Challenge

Students will be presented a topic and given two minutes to brainstorm as many things as they can that are associated with that topic. Students will compete against others to see who can brainstorm the most items and the most unique items.

 48BrainstormTopics.pdf

 

Myth Busters - Life Expectancy

Students will choose from a list of statements about life expectancy. The students will do some research to determin whether the statement is a myth or a fact.

 29MythOrFact.doc 29MythBusters.ppt

 

Tri-Fold Brochure

Students will learn how to create a brochure using PowerPoint. Once the students learn the basics, they can create brochures for all content areas.

 

Comic Strips

Students will create a series of 6 slides to create a comic strip. The slides will be published in a comic strip format.

 

Circle Challenge

Students will become proficient at using the PowerPoint drawing tools as they "draw" as many things as they can think of that can be created from a circle

 

All About Me Collage

Students will find 6 - 10 pictures on the Internet of things that represent them - favorite things, favorite activities, hobbies etc. They will then use a PowerPoint slide to create an all-about-me collage. The collage could be printed or shown as a slide show.

 31Collage.ppt

 

First Class Websites - Do you have one? Do you want to create one?

How to Embed a video in your website

100 Best You Tube Videos for Teachers

 

Web Resources

Pics 4 Learning

The Amazing Picture Machine

 

Flickr Tools - Motivational Poster, Badge

 

Wikis

Review and examples

 

Google Lit Trips

 

Digital Citizenship

Small Pieces Loosely Joined for Kids

 

101 Free Edugames

 

Blogging

Edublogs, 21 Classes

Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog

Mr. Fisher's Blog

 

Teacher Training Video

 

Math Frog

 

Voice Thread example

Voice Thread Wiki

 classroom.pdf

Voice Thread and LwICT

 

 

 

ABC Biography - Students begin with the nextll create a biogrpahy about a famous person where each line or paragraph or narrative must begin with the next letter.

 

What Number Am I?

Students will create slides with clues about a number. The slides will be printed and assembled so that the viewer can lift a flap to see the answer.

 

Current Event Report

Students will choose a current event story and will create a slide show that present the events by answering the standard questions, who, what, where ,when and why

 

Mouse-Over Maps

Students will learn how to use the mouse-over technique to create "hotspots" on a map or diagram

 

Hats Off to Famous Scientists

Students will create a pyramid report about famous scientist, explorer, mathematician, Canadian. Students will print and fold the report into a paper hat.

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Virtual Museum of Canada

 

Mrs. Minarik's Grade 4 Classroom Website

 

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html 

 

Locating Canadian Primary Sources

 

Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos

 

Alien Adventures

 

John Evans ICT Wiki - Great resource!