I’m a big fan of repeating linx. I do that- ESPECIALLY when they’re great. So bear with me, if some of these are repeats. They’re good GREAT.
This is an eclectic list and is NOT in any order. =o) You’ll find an online tool in the middle of what seems to be reading links.
There’s even a little ‘tutorial’ at the end.
In other, words, this is a potluck of linx. Take what you can use, revisit in a few months- I’ll bet you find something new- AGAIN!
I know this set of links will help some of you. Won’t you leave a comment & tell me what you think? (keep it rated PG, please)

By the way- Read this WARNING & take heed:
KEEP YOUR JOB & YOUR KIDS SAFE!
ALWAYS be sure to test ANY links on the Web before showing/linking to them for your class!
Also, be sure to check ALL links on your website!
REMEMBER- the INTERNET is FICKLE, and subject to boot ANY site off- and PEOPLE are NUTS and liable to do ANYTHING to ANY website!

This was on my edu.glogster.com account-

Dear Glogster EDUcator,
FREE registration numbers are changing! After February 28, 2010 all new Basic Free teacher accounts will be limited to 100 student registrations. The new registration limits will not impact existing accounts created prior to the deadline. Register your FREE 200 student accounts NOW! If you know someone who might be interested in Glogster EDU, please tell them to register soon, before the student account number goes lower!
The 200 student accounts will still be available in Glogster EDU Premium!

NOW- ON WITH THE LINX!  Oh Yeah- How about USING 2 edtech resources THIS WEEK? Don’t JUST bookmark them!

A principal that is a regular contributor to the Dr.Oz Show? This man is VERY inspiring! here’s his site. He’s known as Principal EL. His name is Salome Thomas-EL. I am lucky enough to follow his ‘tweets’ on twitter- and received a ‘tweet’ this morning- in which he sent a link to the press release for his newest book, The Immortality of Influence.
His mantra is “Every child need someone to be crazy about them”. That’s a LOADED statement. Does it make you tear up? What pictures are going through your head- after reading that sentence, his mantra? My interest in piqued. It’s a sure bet, that I’ll be finding this book!

iLearnTechnology- awesome blog to find interactives/gr8 sites- this is a blog with great things you WILL use in class. She even gives suggestions on how to integrate the interactives/games into class! Even if you’ve NEVER used tech in the classroom- this lady is fantastic for finding easy to use resources that REALLY help kids learn! By the way- this has been one of my ‘secrets’ to finding gr8 links for about 2 years.

http://educators.supercoolschool.com/- Do you want to learn about tech & using it in the classroom? Here’s a ‘NOW’ place for teachers to collaborate and learn from each other. (the following description is taken from their front page):Educator 2.0 is a free social knowledge network for everyone who uses the web to educate people. Join us to share your knowledge with other innovative educators. Classes  are held in live online classrooms and can be created by everyone in the community. Teach and study about the newest technologies and techniques in online education.

I got this from Shelley, a fellow twitterer. It’s a list of places to learn about twitter & to find people to follow in twitter. http://delicious.com/butwait/directory+twitter+k12

Teachitworld- use their Wordfall game for free until February 28, 2010
- sign-up here for a free subscription- check out their ‘Whizzy Things’
- this site has some great ‘Whizzy Things’ (changeable IWB resources)
- TeachIt has 4 different sites- there’s a TeachIt Primary, TeachIt World (esl resources) TeachIt (online English Learning), Citizenship Teacher (high school, late middle school, pre-college)
This is UK-based,and I’m telling you, the resources CAN’T be BEAT!
Wonder why the US doesn’t have similar resources? (another soapbox, a different time)

Wilson and Ditch Digging America- on pbskids.org- Every week these gopher brothers report from a new location with a new webisode (episode on the web), podcast, blog entry or comic! The talk about the geography, history and culture of America. As well as, learning to appreciate cultural differences, introducing ‘regions’ of our Great Country. They’ll also gain an appreciation for nature/ecology.
So far, the video episodes are about Philadelphia, PA and Nashville, TN (WOOHOO- Y’all know I’m from TN, right- Go VOLS!). (Next stop- Rapid City, South Dakota!)
Of course, since it’s PBS, the site is already feature-packed w/games and downloads. You can even track the gopher brothers.
WARNING- this is GOOFY! Kids 7-11 will laugh- HARD. But they’re learning… so who cares?

ElastoPlastStories- use bandages to make an animated story- WITH audio! Here’s an example of an elastoplast story a little boy did (this video is to be viewed by teachers only- due to the possibility of negative ads&such);I just went to their site & this part of it is offline- I emailed them and am waiting for a response. Hopefully, I’ll be updating this part of the post. If you’re reading my blog- you do- and I do. So let’s find more, goofy/creative content for our kids to love, learn and grow!

http://www.triptico.co.uk/?page_id=8- Lot’s of resources for IWB- some you can save a Word Document and import info to use again (like Link Up)

I LOVE Singapore Math! Even if you don’t like it- I’ll betcha’ a nickel you can still find something that makes you go ‘Ooh- NICE!’
Check out this nice set of links. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
http://www.thesingaporemaths.com/index.html- The Singapore Maths Teacher; great demonstrations of visual problem-solving. This one is FANTASTIC!
http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html- help with solving multi-step word problems; singapore math style; Visual Mathematic Problem Solving- I love this one!
http://www.thinkingblocks.com/Model_It.html- use this to model solving ANY WORD PROBLEM- VISUALLY!
http://gforce.terradeleon.com/- teacher-made. Using math bar diagrams to solve problems. (Singapore Math-style/ visual problem solving)
http://www.homeschooling-paradise.com/math-word-problems-first-grade.html- 1st Grade Singapore Math Word Problems/Free Worksheets & Clipart!
http://www.homeschooling-paradise.com/2nd-grade-math.html-2nd Grade Singapore Math Word Problems/Free Worksheets & Clipart!
http://www.homeschooling-paradise.com/free-printable-math-worksheets-third-grade-math.html- 3rd Grade Singapore Math Word Problems/Free Worksheets & Clipart!
http://www.homeschooling-paradise.com/4th-grade-math-worksheets.html4th Grade Singapore Math Word Problems/Free Worksheets & Clipart!

Aviary- best online picture & audio editor. Used to cost money for Premium- now ALL TOOLS ARE FREE. This IS AWESOME online photo, maker, changer, audio effects IN THE WORLD.
http://www.soundjay.com/- free sound effects web site! You can use the sounds free of charge and royalty free in your projects but CAN NOT post the sounds on other sites! PLEASE read their Terms of Use.
AudioMicro- free sound effects(blasting, ray gun, crowd clapping) AND free sound clips (bits from celebrities, favorite shows, cartoons, etc).
http://shrinktheweb.com/- free website thumbnail provider
Soundboard- free sounds for your projects http://www.soundboard.com/index.aspx
http://wavcentral.com/- community-based sound archive. Movie & tv sound clips; wavs and mp3 format
More sound effects (sfx) links- http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html

Shambles- http://www.shambles.net/this is THE place to search for resources on the ‘Net- I’ve used it for years- find things you won’t normally find w/google- this is GREAT & well- organized
Teachers@Work- Internet Tools for Teachers- find resources you can’t even think of yet. The science interactives- AWESOME! And so is the rest of the site- Social Studies, Performing Arts- this one is TRULY a PLETHORA! DO NOT miss this one!
http://www.design215.com/toolbox/wordfind.php- This utility will find words with any combination of listed parameters. For example, you can find all 6 letter words that start with “d” and end with “n”. Find words that rhyme by searching for words that end with the same letters. If you enter letters into the “Unscramble” box, the other fields will be ignored and the program will find any words that can be formed from those letters. Unscramble now finds combinations of two words if “all possible” checked. Try the Word Pattern Finder if you need wildcards, include, and exclude.
Activity Village- explore- a plethora of resources! http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
Writing Fun- text organizers to help students with writing- (and helps teachers, too) this is an interactive & can be printed http://www.writingfun.com/
List of Online Picture Books (fiction & narrative)- http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/picture.htm
Games I made for science- http://bit.ly/d9VSVf
http://www.storysomething.com/- Sign up for unlimited stories during BETA- has many categories- even choose-your-own-adventure
Story Jumper- create stories online w/kids in as little as 7 steps. Even print the book! Check it out- it’s new, and it’s GREAT! Kid’s will love to write now!
Sight words- http://bit.ly/aFMDDJ
Head of the Class- free online multimedia- infused curriculum- CHECK it OUT! http://bit.ly/dfogJS
Candy Phonics- http://www.candy4wayphonics.com- $10 downloadable synthetic-phonics program
Save the Words- AWESOME interactive- just check it out- take my word 4it. These words speak. COOL!
Into the Book- reading comprehension resources for K-4 students&teachers. Professional Development resources to provide demonstrations strategies at work- IN THE CLASSROOM! Games/interactives, books, printables for students to practice strategies. THIS IS A GR8 SITE!
http://www.signedstories.com/page/index.cfm- lot’s of kid’s stories. Stories can be read, watched, listened to or in addition to being signed with British Sign Language. I already turn on the ‘Words’ (captions) during kid’s shows. This site takes that to a new level.
http://edtechteacher.org/ -professional development, lesson plans, tutorials- much info
http://cybraryman.com/criticalthinking.html – great for critical thinking
http://pdonaghy.blogspot.com/ free resources for education
http://www.techlearning.com/blogs_ektid25888.aspx -making the Implicit Explicit
Forvo- all the words in the world pronounced by all the people in the world. This includes names of people, islands, general nouns, verbs, etc… So, if you want to hear the word ‘Georgia’, you could hear it in a NY accent, TN accent, CA accent, MI accent. You gotta’ see this to believe it! Be sure to scroll down and look at the map to hear the word spoken in it’s ‘suggested language’ OR go to other places ON THE WORLD MAP (this is so cool) and see how they pronounce it. Also, join in and say your favorite words- this is an ongoing project- so ‘c’mon- les try’t out’!
Weboword- gr8 visual vocabulary http://www.weboword.com/
VocabAhead- Vocabulary Videos http://vocabahead.com/
Lexipedia- visual thesaurus/dictionary that pronounces words- and the results can be screened by part(s) of speech http://lexipedia.com/

National Geographic Young Explorer- LISTEN & READ the most recent issue (monthly/sometimes every 2 months) classroom magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/ Click on ‘More Issues‘ for issues dating back to September 2008. The ForTeachers  Here’s a section they have for interactive whiteboards on Promethean Planet

Here’s another GREAT audio resource- http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Adventure (this is only the adventure category). JUST THIS category- Treasure Island, Sherlock Holmes, The Call of The Wild, Doctor Doolittle, just to name a few. EXPLORE this site and ALL it’s categories- thoroughly! ALL these books (in all categories) are public domain- so they’re free. Thanx go out to my new ‘Twitter Pal’ keisawilliams.

Topmarks- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ find the best teaching resources, homework help and educational websites
Doorway Online- collection of learning activities that hails from Scotland! Activity categories are literacy, math and even touch typing! Here, both of the typing exercises is for the visually impaired- one of the interactives says the name of the key when it’s pressed and the other interactive, the user hears the letter they’re supposed to press& receive feedback from it.
Children’s Stories & Fables- printable http://www.fables.co.uk/
Phonics2- at the bottom select set 1 2,3,4 or 5- for IWB’s & teaching cvc,cvcc, ccvc words
Dotty&Boo Cat- watch and answer questions
http://www.links.provo.edu/Pages/1stLanguageArts.htm
http://edujourney.net/- list of links. The reading/spelling links have lot’s of resources for Houghton-Mifflin, Harcourt Brace, Scott-Foresman. This is a really good find. Explore it thoroughly!
Animalia StoryBook Creator- pbskids- so you know there’s resources for teachers & parents AND the kids’ll love it!
http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/animals.html- this is a LOT of links to games that focus on animal vocabulary
http://www.agendaweb.org/- HUNDREDS of games for grammar, vocabulary. There’s songs, reading exercises, videos. GR8 LINK. VERY thorough! Explore extensively! It’s for teaching English Language Learners (ESL, EFL, ELT, etc)- but AWESOME to introduce&practice concepts as well!
http://www.northwood.org.uk/phonics.htm
Early Elementary (Early Years)- explore thoroughly! IWB, interactives, teacher resources, rhymes! (preK-1)
http://www.wasac.com/freetour/writing/Study_Win_F.asp?Wr_step=A&wr_lesson=3&div=1- listen & read the story- then type in the answers. You’ll have to play with this. But, it’d be cool to do as a whole class activity on the IWB.
http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/- INTERACTIVE 6Traits writing process! Explore thoroughly!
http://esl.fis.edu/learners/games/square1.htm-tough word game; use the letters given to make a ‘crossword-type’ answer- read the directions & see if you can do it!
http://sightwordswithsamson.com/sw/sight_words.asp- sight word games & printables; words are grouped- you’ll like it- and so will the kids!
StoryBookAdventures- from the Library of Congress
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Lists of ebook collections, including audio, textbooks, comics http://drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/libraries/ebook_libraries.htm AND http://www.classicreader.com/ AND http://free-online-novels.com AND http://www.archive.org/details/texts
Comic books online- don’t knock it- there’s some old INTERESTING books here http://www.comicbooksarchive.com/ These are usally in a cbr or cbz format- That simply means cbz= zip file cbr=rar file. Download and unrar or unzip using… (I use 7zip)
7Zip- free, open source, tool to use this for zip, rar, 7z, TAR and more- this is a MUST HAVE! (Download, install then goto downloaded file with either zip,rar,7z,TAR,cbr,cbz as the extension- right-click on file Choose 7Zip and Extract to(makes a folder where the file is at & adds the contents from the file) or Extract here(puts all file contents in the folder you are already in).
http://www.free-teaching-resources.co.uk/
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/activities- interactives for math, environment, health, science, social studies & more.
Stop-motion animation software! Kid’s love this- you will, too! They can work in groups, you can actually step out of the room and not worry about them going nuts- they’ll stay on task! Here’s the video ‘how-to’.
http://www.zimmertwins.com/- create a MOVIE for one of the ZimmerTwins story starters. NICE! Here’s a movie ‘Tour of the Zimmer Twins‘.Here’s a ‘How To Make a Movie‘ movie

http://www.greatestplaces.org/- science, natural history, geography; How can you resist?
http://www.wonderville.ca/- science games & activities, printables
http://www.scienceonthesubway.com/- cartoons & games focused on astronomy
http://sciberdiver.edumall.sg/- Dive deep into science. This is simply a science linx site- but creative enough kids will love it! Divided into age groups & categories!
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/fun-games/- Natural History Museum
Math
http://www.spacetimearcade.com/- free math and puzzle games
http://www.spacetimetv.com/- educational videos; from full length documentaries to short clips
http://newtonsapple.tv/- over 300 science video clips & teacher guides + more; NICE RESOURCE!
http://www.yenka.com/- Simulation software with lessons you can edit for science, math, technology, computing. This is higher level school. Free offer- UK, USA and Canada. Free home license for teachers& students.
http://www.making-science-make-sense.co.uk/- lot’s of printables & links- *This site is supposed to close on February 19th!
http://www.whackyscience.co.uk/- lot’s of printables & links here; if you’re a science lover- you really like this! *This site is supposed to close on February 19th!

http://www.smartkiddies.com.au/ you have to sign up 4 this one- but it’d be great for using as a demonstration& such
MathDoodles- free ‘demos’ for math- Great iwb or math practice!
GiveTheDogABone- AmyM from my groups sent this one- find 10 hidden bones in the Hundreds Square
KidsKount- math puzzles&games from The Netherlands
The Mouse Club- for preschoolers
Kneebouncers- another preschooler site; thanX 4 the tweet- http://twitter.com/shannonmmiller
http://e-teachuk.co.uk/- Moodle for Teachers; has tutorials, resources and lot’s more! Thanx for the tweet! http://twitter.com/Moodle_UK and http://twitter.com/Edubeat

Funicode- make tweets fun w/different (and I mean different) fonts
FreeMyPDF- remove passwords from viewable pdfs
PDFjoin- Join pdfs online
PDFmyURL- convert &save pdf from any webpage
http://www.pdftoexcelonline.com/- You can use PDF to Excel to quickly and easily create highly, editable XLS files, making it a cinch to re-use tables and spreadsheets from PDF files in Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice, Google Docs, and WordPerfect Office
http://www.converthub.com/- easily upload and convert your files. Your original file will not be affected, and you can choose your own file name for the converted file which will instantly download to your computer.

Need a file from a site (like a game/interactive), but can’t download it? This is especially handy if you have some favorite material on a site that’s going offline.
Copy the address of the page with the game/interactive (or whatever) on it. Paste the address here- http://file2hd.com/. Check mark the box to agree to the terms. (I usually don’t filter- I just leave it ‘as is’). Click ‘Get Files’.
What’ll happen, is a list of files will appear at the bottom the file2hd page. If it’s a flash(or shockwave) game/video- it’ll either be a fla, swf or flv. Right-click on the file and choose SAVE- Then save to your favorite place.
DO NOT ‘grab’ these files and share them as your own creativity. MOST authors DO NOT mind if you use ONLY in your classroom (I’m speaking to the 12 that I have contacted myself). Of course, you should have some type of reference about WHO made the particular resource.
I suggest that you contact the author and make sure that you can use the file in your classroom. Pay attention to the copyright. Some authors may already have posted permission. Check to see if there’s a CreativeCommons license. Check here for wikipedia’s entry on CreativeCommons licenses.