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Web 2.0 Tool Review 1. National Geographic: [] This website is awesome. Your students could use it as a research site for current events, from global warming to the recent BP oil spill. It also provides over a hundred lesson plans and activities for grades K-12. Here is a small sampling of topics; map making, ocean life, archeological digs, travel west with Lewis and Clark, tracking twisters, weather, dinosaurs, and Pearl Harbor. If you are teaching social studies, science, or language arts, there are available resources.

2. 42 Explore: [] This website provides a starting point for students' research. The list of topics come from all content areas from math, health, social studies.... Under each research topic, a student will find basic information, then links to websites that provide in-depth information. When teaching internet safety, this is a reliable site for students to find resources and is suitable for elementary through high school.

3. Adventures of Josie True: [] This website is designed for girls and could be used from grades 4-8. Its intended goal is to strengthen math, science and technology skills. The site takes students on a interactive adventure with Josie True, a Chinese American who travels through space and time searching for her teacher, a former inventor, Ms. Trombone. During her travels, Josie meets with many historically famous woman in history. There are also many activities and problems to solve along the way.

4. Medal Maker: [] In this website, students are able to create their own medal. They first choose a hero and then design the medal themselves. This could be included in a language arts or social studies lesson plan for elementary through high school. Students could write about a hero of today or choose one from a period in history.

5. Illuminations: [] This website is designed for math educators from PreK though 12th grade. It includes lesson plans to engage students and many interactive games for students to improve their math skills. A few of the games include Apprehend the Alien Attackers which uses calculations to capture alien spaceships and Boat to the Island which investigates vectors.

6. Spelling City: [] This is your online spelling resource. This website provides teacher training, printables, games and interactive activities for students to practice their spelling, improve writing using sentence and paragraph structure help, and even provides word lists from common literary works used in K-11th grade.

7. Storybird: [] This website allows you to read others' works or create your own stories. A classroom could each begin writing their own, and then help edit and comment on a classmate's story. You can even start your story with artwork submitted by others.

8. Read Write Think: [] Use this website for online literacy and reading development. It provides professional development, curriculum planning, and fun interactive games for students grades K-12. Students can learn about pervasive writing, create a scavenger hunt, or evaluate text for a personal, cultural connection. Summer reading lists, lesson plans and activities are all broken out by grade level.

9.Teacher's Network: []

This is a website created by teachers, for teachers. It provides professional development in the way of lesson plans, videos, help for new teachers, a blog to share information, connection to a leadership institute, grant information and more. 10. Eduscapes, Lifelong Learning For All Ages: [] Like the title says, this website is designed for learning. There are online courses, current technology news, and links to other sites for online games, escrap-booking, and literature explorations, to mention a few. The authors are veteran educators and multimedia experts that focus their site on ways to integrate technology into the classroom to improve learning. Uses for all grade levels and professional development.

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