Clear Creek Middle School

Instructional Technology - Teacher Information

- Author Pronounciation Guide - http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi audio of many authors pronouncing their own names
- Bookseer - http://bookseer.com/ generates book recommendations based on your last book read if you enter the title and author
- Your Next Read - http://www.yournextread.com/us/ generates book recommendation, shows book covers
- Book Browse - http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm assists with searching for book ideas
- Thought Audio - http://www.thoughtaudio.com/ classic titles of audio books bu chapter
- Books Should Be Free - http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ audio books of public domain titles
- Story Jumper - https://www.storyjumper.com/ publish your own story (login requires bday, name, password, email)
- BookCrossing - http://www.bookcrossing.com/ database with books readers have set free (left in different locations) with a label and identifying information. Readers can log on and track where a book is (if other readers have logged on with label information).
- Padlet - http://padlet.com/ online "post-its", site used to be called wallwisher
- Wise Mapping - http://www.wisemapping.com/index.html online mind mapping
- Slate box - http://slatebox.com/Education visual mind mapping (beta)
- Witty Comics - http://www.wittycomics.com/
- Strip Generator - http://stripgenerator.com/ no registration required but you can create an account in order to save
- Write Comics - http://writecomics.com/
- Make Beliefs Comix - http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ available in many languages,
- Game Templates - files attached at bottom of this page
- Jeopardy type - http://www.jeopardy.rocks/
- Photos for Class - http://photosforclass.com/ safe, Creative Commons, automatically cited photo database
- Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/ - free images
- Be Funky - http://www.befunky.com/create/ photo editor
- NY Public Library public domain collection - http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
- Newsela - https://newsela.com/ - updated daily, articles given on 5 reading levels, content areas include Science, Money, Law, Art, & Health
- Scholastic News for your Classroom - http://magazines.scholastic.com/
- Teaching Kids News - http://teachingkidsnews.com/
- Youngzine - http://www.youngzine.org/
- CNN Student News -
- BBC Day in Pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15791213
- Zoho Survey - https://www.zoho.com/survey/ - has 21 response formats
- Quizdini - http://www.quizdini.com/ you can create explanations to missed questions with text or links
- Image Quiz (beta) http://www.imagequiz.co.uk/ questions are associated with any image such as a map
- Socrative - http://socrative.com/ acts like classroom "clickers", compatible with i-products, android and most computers
- Immediate feedback without "clickers" - https://www.plickers.com/ app that allows teacher to get immediate feedback from students, give students a QR code on a piece of paper, they hold up response that has a different answer depending on direction of QR code and the teachers phone/app reads responses.
- GoSoapBox - http://www.gosoapbox.com/ instant feedback with phones, tablets, laptops, etc. Has a "confusion meter" with responses "I get it or no, I don't get it. Students can submit questions.
- Rewordify - http://rewordify.com/index.php - website simplifies English texts, copy & paste reading passages, difficult or confusing words are highlighted and replaced to aid with reading comprehension.
- Booktrack - http://info.booktrackclassroom.com/ add background music to your writing/reading
- ABCYa.com - http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm creates a word cloud
- Tagul - http://tagul.com/ word cloud generator that allows hyperlinking words to sites
- Tagxedo - http://www.tagxedo.com/ word cloud generator with ability to shape the cloud
- Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/ word cloud generator with custom color, shape and fonts
- WordTalk - http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ test-to-speech plugin for Microsoft Word
- Mapwing - http://www.mapwing.com/ create a virtual tour using your pictures and allows pinpoints for information (map locations, parts of a paper, parts in a book, etc.) requires email
- Text Messages - http://www.classtools.net/SMS/ - create text messages between historical figures, etc. No sign in required, allows you to save the screen shot of messages.
- Trading Card Generator - http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php
- Prezi - http://prezi.com/ saves in cloud, ipad compatible, zooms in/out, can import images/videos
- QuikSlides - http://www.classtools.net/qwikslides/ easy, slide presentation that will adjust size according to amount of text placed on slide. Limited editing ability with background
- Haiku Deck - http://www.haikudeck.com/ ipad or web, simplified presentations, philosophy of telling story with fewer words and more pictures
- Infographics - http://www.easel.ly/ templates or blank canvas to create infographics, can save as a pdf or jpg, requires login
- Clarisketch - http://clarisketch.com/ - take a picture, record your narration, and draw on picture to explain
- Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome
- Civil Rights Digital Library - http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome
- Georgia Historical Society - http://georgiahistory.com/
- Georgia Historical Image Catalog - http://georgiahistory.pastperfect-online.com/37659cgi/mweb.exe?request=ks
- Georgia's Virtual Vault -
- University of Georgia Libraries/Primary Sources Search Guide - http://libs.uga.edu/researchguide/choosing/primary/index.html
- Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript - http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/index.shtml
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives - http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/
- Emory University Archives & Rare Book Library - https://marbl.library.emory.edu/
- Atlanta History Center - http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com (requires teacher login)
- Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/
- Teacher's Page - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
- American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
- Maps - http://www.loc.gov/maps
- Prints & Photographs - http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
- Veteran's History - http://www.loc.gov/vets/
- Historic Newspaper Archive - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
- National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/
- Teacher's Page - http://www.archives.gov/education/
- DocsTeach - http://docsteach.org/
- Digital Vaults - http://digitalvaults.org/
- ARC - http://www.archives.gov/research/search/
- Smithsonian - http://collections.si.edu/search/
- National Parks - http://nps.gov/index.htm
- World Digital Library - http://www.wdl.org/en/
- Poetry - Archive of Recorded Poetry - http://www.loc.gov/collections/archive-of-recorded-poetry-and-literature/about-this-collection/
- NY Public Library digital collection - http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
- Diigo - https://www.diigo.com/ highlights, sticky notes, collaborate and share
- Scrible (beta) - http://www.scrible.com/ multi-color highlighting, annotating and bookmark websites
- Sweet Search - http://www.sweetsearch.com/ school safe search engine, all sites reviewed by librarians, educators, etc.
- DK Find Out! - http://www.dkfindout.com/us/ free online encyclopedia in beta
- Choosito! - https://www.choosito.com/ search engine with reading levels (early, emerging, fluent, & advanced). Additional features for a fee.
- Time Toast - http://www.timetoast.com/ does require sign up with email & password, free account will have ads
- Timeglider - https://timeglider.com/ signup students are limited to 3 timelines in the free option
- myHistro - http://www.myhistro.com/personal-business-education/#education also allows you to geolocate with Google maps, there is an app available, does require a sign in
- Hemingway App - http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ color codes (highlights) writing to help with common errors
- BoomWriter - http://www.boomwriter.com/ allows you to assign group/individual writing assignments & give feedback