SP-website+reviews

[] Animoto is a website that allows you to make videos for free. The website allows you to upload your own pictures, use their pictures or search the internet for pictures. Animoto also has music that you can put to your video or upload songs from your computer. The videos that it creates with your pictures are amazing and it is so easy and fast to do. I can see using this in class during a particular lesson and having pictures of the key things that were taught. It would also make a great end of the year event to show pictures throughout the year and to show the students everything they have done and learned that year.

[] Morgue file is a website full of free images. This website allows you to use their images without a license for almost anything. This can be very useful when trying to find images in a particular content area. It is also a good website to inform students about so when they are working on presentations they use free images instead of images with copywrites or licenses on them. Morguefile has thousands of images to be utilized in any creative format.

[] Snag films is a website full of free documentaries. This is a great website to find educational videos for a specific content area. It is very difficult and expensive to find educational videos and this website allows a person to cut both corners. Videos are always popular in the classroom and this website allows that to happen more often. It is also beneficial if a student misses class, because the link can always be given out and the student can watch it on their own time or when they are home sick from school.

[] CNN student news is a great website for classrooms to utilize on a daily or weekly basis. It puts the news into terms that are understandable by students and displays relevant news stories. This website would be particularily useful in a social studies classroom, but it could also be used as an extra credit possibility in a science classroom.

[] This website allows students and teachers to make, share, print and study flashcards online. Flashcards are a great way to study and can be used in any class setting. I can see myself using this website to help put together study tips for my students, but also make it a resource for them to use. Flashcardexchange is also a web-based program, so nothings needs to get downloaded, installed or updated if a newer version comes out, it is always the most up to date with its information.

[] Zoho show is an online program for presentations. It is similar to powerpoint, but with a lot more convience of the internet. Zoho show can be accessed from anywhere, it does not need to be saved to a disk, jump-drive or emailed in order to take a presentation with you. Zoho show also allows for online collaberation without having to email different revisions from person to person. This website also allows for presentation to happen in different parts of the world and for them to be made public in a blog or on a website. This is ideal for group work in classrooms, because then students don't have to try to get together outside of class. Each person can do their own part and it will be part of one presentation instead of multiple drafts. I can definitely see myself using this in a classroom. After trying this website, it is NOT user friendly at all. I spent two hours working on a presentation that I already had completed in powerpoint and I still don't know how to fix it.

[] Rubistar is a website that helps with designing rubrics for all content areas. The website allows you to save teh rubrics and access them from anywhere that there is internet access. It has a template for teachers to use to design their rubrics, which only helps with completing them quickly. As a beginning teacher I would think this website would be very useful for me in making rubrics for my classes. Not having too much experience with rubrics, any help this website can offer would be great.

[] Vimeo is a website created by filmmakers and video makers. Their intention was to be able to share their work with the world. Because of this they made this website which allows anyone to upload videos or make videos for anyone to see. This would be very useful in any classroom, but I can definitely see the benefits in a science classroom. The students could make a video of a certain process for an assignment or for extra credit. This allows students into films and technology the ability to learn the topic in the way they are most comfortable learning.

[] Ted.com is a website dedicated to professional lectures that are uploaded to the internent. It is very useful when wanting to hear an expert speak about a certain subject or topic. It is also convienent for students who want to learn more about a topic. It is also nice if a student misses class or wants to see a lecture again for review, because they can access the lectures at their fingertips. Ted.com is a great resource for teachers who would like to learn a topic a little more in depth. [] Zoomerang is a website that is designed to make surveys of any topic. Zoomerang is very convienent, because it can be anonymous and the results can be downloaded and uploaded to an efolio or a wikispace. Any classroom can use this website to figure out how the students are doing or how the students feel the instructor is doing. The surveys can have advanced reporting and powerpoint presentations. This website takes the work out of having to convert hand collected data into electronic charts to be used in presentations.