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Search Delicious bookmarks to find interactive websites/activities. @http://www.delicious.com/kditzler
 * Delicious **

Into the Book: @http://reading.ecb.org/student/ This is a highly interactive website that focuses on reading strategies (visualizing, prior knowledge, summarizing, etc). There is information about the strategy, a short video tutorial and multiple practice activities. This site could be used for a whole class lesson, within a reading group or given as a center assignment. If students write down the "key" given to them when they start, it will keep track of what they have done, but you do not have to do this in order to use the site effectively.
 * Interactive Sites **

Virtual Books: @http://classtools.net/education-games-php/turningPage/ Copy and paste or type in text. You can then view the text as a book. This allows you to be able to interact with the text (underline, cicle, edit marks, highlight, etc). It can be saved also. Interactive Activities:@http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/index.htm Graphic Organizers: @http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2983

__Smart Exchange: __ @http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html You can search for lesson plans and resources to use with your Smartboard. You can also connect with other teachers who are using Smart products. __Smart Board Revolution Ning: __ @http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/ You can create a free account and join this Ning. You will be able to post questions, get involved in discussions and connect with other teachers using Smart boards. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Smart Tech Site: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://smarttech.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">This site has support information and many resources.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://jeopardylabs.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Create jeopardy games to review information from content areas, books, units, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Choose to build a game. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">When they ask for a password, it is not something associated with an account. The password you choose will allow you to edit it in the future. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You will see the template. You can click on each spot to add your information. You can decide how many categories you have by only filling in information in the ones you wish to use.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Then you save it. It will be saved in the gallery and you will be given a link to save. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">If you click to play it, you can then download or edit it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You can also search for it by name in the gallery. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">There are other jeopardy games made by teachers that you can find by searching the gallery. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Once you find one, you can either play it, download it or edit it to make it meet your needs better. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">When you play, you can choose the number of teams and there is a score keeping area withing the jeopardy game.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Use Safari (browser on MAC) for greater ease with downloading. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Searching: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Use quick or advanced search to find what you need. You can search by keyword, subject area, grade level, curriculum standards, etc. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Viewing videos: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You can click on the video you wish to view and it will open using Quicktime. You can play it and pause it using the space bar. You can also go to view and choose "enter full screen." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">When you pause the video you can then draw on the image. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Saving Videos to My Content: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You can choose full length videos or video segments by clicking in the small box on the right of the download icon. Then you can click on add to my content at the bottom. When you do this, you can also add a new folder so that you can organize the videos for later use. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Downloading videos: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Find the video you wish to download. Right click (MAC-hold down the ctrl key and click) on the filmstrip icon. Choose to "download linked files as" so you can name it appropriately. It will save as a Quicktime file. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">DE Images: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Any images found on DE can be used for class projects. You will just need to cite Discovery Education. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Curriculum Standards/Teacher Guides/Worksheets: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">When you mouse over a video on you main search results page, you will be able to preview the video. You may also find teacher's guides and worksheets that you can download. Many of the videos also have PA curriculum standards listed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Atlas: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">This is an interactive world atlas. It allows you to choose any country. Then is supplies informational video clips about the culture, history, government and natural world.
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__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Random Name/Word Picker __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">This tool allows you to put your students' names in and create either a slot machine or typewriter. It is a way to randomly pick students names to do a job, answer a question, etc. You can put the names in once and then save it to your computer to open anytime.
 * <span style="color: #b32525; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Classroom Tools **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">This is an example of how it would be saved to your computer: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Countdown Timer __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://classtools.net/education-games-php/timer/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Put in your time and choose a sound for the end. Then start. The time counts down and the green background goes away as the time goes down. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Team Maker __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://chir.ag/projects/team-maker/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Put your students' names in and create random groups for projects, activities, discussions, etc.