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Kidspiration has a beta site on the internet that is free to use. To sign up go to: [|http://www.mywebspiration.com] Create a classroom wiki. It is free and password protected. http://www.wikispaces.com Newspaper in education is on line now. To sign up for a sponsor, go to [] When enrolling, choose NIE Literacy E-edition. Check all 7 days so you can access archived papers. NIE //New// Teacher Instructional Resources page [] Blog in the classroom and control what is published. [|http://www.edublogs.org] is free. Great website for teachers - all subjects [|http://www.iknowthat.com] FREE AND CAN BE LOADED IN SCHOOLSITES []
 * __Distance Learning Wiki__**
 * __Integrated Curriculum Websites:__**
 * FREE** website to create photo stories and pictures []

Book Pals Storyline - http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/ Story Place - http://www.storyplace.org/ Voices From The Days Of Slavery - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors - http://www.bl.uk/services/learning/curriculum/projects/voices/main.htm Ellis Island Immigrant Stories - http://www.wwnorton.com/inventing/interface/ch18/ch18_features.htm Battle Lines – Letters From America’s Wars - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/battlelines/index_good.html The American Memory Project - http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ Stories read by celebrities- [|Story Line] Hundreds of Online Stories -http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
 * __ Online Stories and Other Audio: __**

MapQuest - [|http://www.mapquest.com] Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/ Map Puzzles - http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm
 * __ Developing Map Skills __**

Book Adventure - http://bookadventure.org/ Kids Books - http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_booklists.html PBS Stop and Go Story Writing - http://pbskids.org/stopandgo/ [|Readers Theater Scripts]
 * __ Literature and the Extension of Reading : __**

KeyPals - http://www.epals.com/ Ask Earl - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/ Ask Dr. Universe - http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/ Ask The Experts Website - [|http://askanexpert.com]
 * __ Reaching Out To Others: __**

Base Ten Blocks - http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html Virtual Manipulatives from Utah State University - http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html Illumination Tools - http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/shapebalance/index.html
 * __ Manipulating Math: __**

Rainforest Maths - http://www.rainforestmaths.com/ A Math Dictionary For Kids p- http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ Math Facts– Electronic Worksheet with instant feedback - http://home.indy.rr.com/lrobinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html That Quiz - http://www.thatquiz.com/ Math TV - http://www.actionmath.com/ Nasa’s KSSNNewsbreaks - http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html Thinking Blocks - http://www.thinkingblocks.com/TryIt.html Speed Math Deluxe - http://education.jlab.org/smdeluxe/index.html
 * __ Math Interactive Websites: __**

Top 100 educational games - http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/games/top100.htm National Geographic For Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ StarFall - http://www.starfall.com/ Rate Your Plate - http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~cthompso/ Ben’s Guide To US Government - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ The US Mint For Kids - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm Kids Bank - http://www.kidsbank.com/ Look, Cover, Write, and Check - http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html Houghton Mifflin Spelling Match Game - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/ Harcourt Brace Spelling - http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html Funbrain Kid's Center - http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
 * __ Interactive Websites Across The Curriculum: __**

Weather Maker - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter/blizzard/index.htm Forces Lab- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html States of Matter - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/ Virtual Field Trips – http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php Efield Trips – [|http://www.efieldtrips.org] Discovery Web Cameras - http://www.earthcamforkids.com/ [|Edheads science activities] The WebQuest Page - http://webquest.org/ TechTrekers WebQuests - http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/ Science WebQuests - http://www.can-do.com/uci/k12-lessons.html Saskatoon ’s School District ’s WebQuest s - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm
 * __ Simulations: __**
 * __ Where To Find WebQuests __** :

CIESE Collaborative Projects - http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html Global School House - http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/index.html Technospuds - http://www.technospudprojects.com/
 * __ Where To Find Online Projects: __**

ECOL Listserv (Early Childhood Listserv) - http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/ 4-8 Grade Listserv – [|http://www.edu-web.net] KinderKorner Listserv - mailto:kinderkorner-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Middle Web - http://www.middleweb.com/ Kathy Schrock’s Site of the School Day - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sos.html The Teacher List - http://www.theteacherlist.ca/ The Classroom Flyer - http://www.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=338,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Education World Newsletters - http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml Teacher’s First Newsletter - http://www.teachersfirst.com/
 * __ Keeping Informed: __**

Project Poster - http://poster.hprtec.org/ Crunch Magazine - http://nces.ed.gov/NCESKids/CRUNCH/ShowOff.asp Kids Space - http://www.kids-space.org/ Writer’s Window - http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
 * __ Students Posting to The Internet: __**

Blogs –[|https://www.blogger.com] Example of a Classroom Blog - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog_id=370334 21 Classes - http://www.21classes.com/ Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog_id=370334 Podcasts Example: - http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/podcasts.html Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ My Podcast- http://www.mypodcast.com/ PB Wiki - http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com Walking through Wikis - http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ Subscribing to Blogs: RSS Feeds – Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com/ Classroom 2.0 - [|http://www.classroom20.com]
 * __Keeping Current:__**

Personal Education Press - http://www.educationalpress.org/ Preschool Printables - http://www.preschoolprintables.com/ Activities from Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com/ Discovery School Custom Classroom - http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html ABC Teach - http://www.abcteach.com/ Education World Teacher Tools and Templates - http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml
 * __Teacher Tasks:__**

Thinkfinity - [|http://www.thinkfinity.org] Annette Lamb’s Four To Explore - http://42explore.com/ The Scholastic Network - [|http://www.scholasticnetwork.com/
 * __Teacher Resources For Using The Internet:__**

The Way Back Machine - http://www.archive.org/
 * __Finding Broken Links:__**

Quintura For Kids - http://kids.quintura.com/ KidsClick - http://www.kidsclick.org/ The Internet PublicLibrary for Kids - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Ask For Kids - http://www.askforkids.com/ Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/?link=tmplnav Education World Hunts For Fact Monster - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml Little Explorer’s Dictionary - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
 * __Kid-Friendly Search Engine:__**

Delicious - http://del.icio.us/ Web Worksheet Wizard - http://wizard.4teachers.org/ Making a Simple Class Blog - http://www.blogger.com/
 * __Managing Websites:__**

Google Images (Click on Images) - http://www.blogger.com/ Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/ Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/ Jigzone- Making Pictures Into Puzzles - http://www.jigzone.com/ Stained Glass Collage - http://www.stainedglasscollage.com/ Scrapblog - http://www.scrapblog.com/ Photo Story – Where to Download http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx Photo Story Book Reviews - http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604857 Voice Thread - []
 * __UsingImages In The Classroom:__**

[|schooltube] [|unitedstreaming] [|brainpop] [|brainpopjr] [|teachertube] [|Flashcards] - pre-made or make your own
 * __Video On Demand:__**