The ISTE Standards for Students are a good organizing tool and a good way to see if your inclusion and use of technologies is balanced as you work with students.http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/NETS_for_Students.htm |
A Few Example Sites:
Creativity and Innovation
Bonomo Online Open-ended Art
Communication and Collaboration
Blogs
http://kidblog.org (example: http://kidblog.org/mrslovelysclass/student-blogs/ )
http://classblogmeister.com (example: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 )
Wikis
http://www.wikispaces.com (teacher sites: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers)
Examples: http://civilwarsallie.wikispaces.com/
https://monsterproject.wikispaces.com/Mrs.+Valentine%27s+2nd
http://responsibilities.wikispaces.com/
http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/
http://room2-wiki6.wikispaces.com/
Skype
http://www.skype.com (50 examples of Skype in the Classroom are here)
Skype an Author Network: http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
Research and Information Fluency
Math Manipulatives
http://www.arcytech.org/java
http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.htm
Online Projects
http://www.jenuinetech.com/calendar.htm
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
Voicethread
https://voicethread.com/#home (example: A Voicethread Example )
Digital Citizenship
http://flockdraw.com/5v1muj (also embedded here.)
http://voicethread.com (example here)
Technology Operations and Concepts
Keyboarding - labor and people intensive - my favorite free resource is Dance Mat Typing
Timelines and Video Editing and more
And a few additional Curriculum-rich Sites for good measure:
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/mystorymaker/mystorymaker.swf
http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Estimate/estimate.html
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/
A collection of pattern sites: http://simplybox.com/public/?id=22915