1. Denise King
http://trainking.wikispaces.com
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2. Literacy
Literacy Skills:
Alphabet recognition and sound
Reading sight words
Decoding skills
Understanding Vocabulary
Reading and reading strategies
Comprehension
Fluency
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3. Objectives
1. Learn about Web 2.0 tools that support literacy
development.
2. Investigate ~ As time allows.
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5. Discovery
Education
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http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

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7. StarFall
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http://www.starfall.com
• Skills and
reading
practice

8. Between the Lions
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http://pbskids.org/lions/
• Skills and
reading practice
•PBS

9. Genie Books
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• Printable
PowerPoint
books
• Phonics skills
practice.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/bookindex.html

10. Vocabular
y
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11. I Know That.com
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Language Arts Interactive
Games
Can build your own games
Example:
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WWQuiz

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http://www.wordle.net/
• Create a word cloud
• Copy and paste famous
speeches
• Use for a building background
or brainstorming.
Wordle

13. Spelling City
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http://www.spellingcity.com/
• Free
• Add vocabulary,
spelling, concepts
• Tons of activities

14. Cool Text
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http://cooltext.com/
• Text generator
• Easy to use

15. SparkLee
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http://www.sparklee.com/
• Text generator
• Great for Wikis

16. Reading
and
Reading
Strategies
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17. Scholastic
Activities
Videos by authors
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http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/tguidesitemap.htm

18. Into the Book
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http://reading.ecb.org/
• Allows students to
practice reading
strategies.
• Contains
demonstration
videos
• Teacher support

19. Storyline Online
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http://www.storylineonline.net/
• Books read by
actors.
• Printable
activities that
go along with
stories

20. *Storybird
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http://storybird.com/
http://storybird.com/tour/
• Make stories
• Free accounts for
students
• Easy

21. Comprehensio
n
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http://freereading.net/index.php?title=Passages_to_practice_advanc
•Free reading
materials and
activities

23. Thinkfinity
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http://www.thinkfinity.org/
• Great resource
• TONS of interactives
• Teacher support
• Lessons
• Ideas

24. Xpeditions~
Brochure Press
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http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=388&title=
• Thinkfinity
example
interactive

25. Read Write Think
Bio~ Cube
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube/
• Thinkfinity
example
interactive

26. Read Write Think
Flip Book
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flipbook/
• Thinkfinity
example
interactive

27. Read Write Think
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• Thinkfinity
example
interactive

28. Read Write Think
Comic Creator
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
• Quick and Easy

29. Make Beliefs Comics
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http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
• Comic Creator
• Free
• No sign up
needed
• Easy

30. Glogster EDU
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http://edu.glogster.com/
• Create poster online
• Great for projects.
• Example teacher~
http://dking612.edu.glogster.com/the-bee/

31. Wall Wisher
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Sticky Notes
http://www.wallwisher.com/
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/litandtech

32. Primary Wall
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http://primarywall.com/
• Sticky notes
• Sample~
http://primarywall.com/IXfVIp2ZsU
• http://primarywall.com/u3klZcybsJ

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Fluency
Digital Story Telling and Podcasting

34. Cue Prompter
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http://www.cueprompter.com
•Fun way to
practice fluency.
• Copy and paste
words into
website.

35. Photo Story
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• Create a movie
• Add pictures
• Students can add narration
• Can be used for retelling
• Also great for projects
• Free download
• Should be on your school computer

36. IPadio
Free online podcasting
Call from a phone
http://ipad.io/kXc
http://ipad.io/kdg
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http://www.ipadio.com

37. Read the Words
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http://www.readthewords.com
• Insert text
• Download
reading of text
into a website.
http://www.readthewords.com/player/vplayer/instructional.html

38. Blabberize
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http://blabberize.com/

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Writin
g

40. Story Starters
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http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
• Scholastic
• Get Ideas
• Type story
• Print out

41. Photo Funia
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http://www.photofunia.com/
• Great for creative
writing.
• Insert a picture
into a picture.
• Sample:
http://mrskingsecondgrade.wikispaces.com/Keith

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43. SAS
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http://www.pdesas.org/
• Standards
• Lessons
• Interactives
• Essential
questions

44. SMART Exchange
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http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0

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•Organized by grade and topic
•Grade level websites for teachers
•Lesson plans
•Tons of great sites
http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/great-websites-for-kids/

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47. Kids Blog
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• Easy to use
• Teacher sets
up student
sign in
http://kidblog.org/home.php

48. Teachers Pay
Teachers
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http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
• A lot of free
resources
• You can
upload
activities and
sell

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Video Streaming

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• Find videos,
upload videos
• Many
resources
• Teacher Tube
• School Tube
www.youtube.com

51. KeepVid
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• Save videos
• Copy You
tube url into
site and
download
http://keepvid.com/

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53. Free Play Music
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http://freeplaymusic.com/

54. WEBSITE THAT
SUPPORT
WEB 2.0 TOOLS
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55. Wikispaces
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http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
• Does it all
• Holds projects
• Can have many
pages
• Can give students
accounts

56. Resources
 Cool Tools for Schools Wiki~
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
 Perk Up Your Projects Wiki~
http://perkupprojects.wikispaces.com/
 Teacher Training Videos~ http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
 Discovery Education~ Webinars~
http://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveryEducation
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57. Resources 50 Ways to Tell a Story~
http://50ways.wikispaces.com/
 DST ~ Scoop It~ http://www.scoop.it/t/dst
 Association of School Librarians~
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelin
esandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25.cfm#c
ollaboration
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58. SMART NOTEBOOK
INTERACTIVES
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