Resources

=**__Web 2.0__**=

**__Books(online)__**
__[|HippoCampus]__ - Great site for online books from a number of different publishers. This source is free! The site gives you two versions of the book, one is a flash presentation with audio and pictures for your learners who may have difficulty reading to hear the content and see it visually. The other is the written text which is availabe to print if you so desire or just read off of the site. A broad range of courses and disciplines, check it out to see if your book is there!

**__Notes__**
[|CiteBite] - Ever been to a cite and wanted students to see just the important text from that site? This site does just that! Go to your website, copy the text or quote into the top box, then copy the URL from where the text comes from and click Make Bite. The site will work a little while and when done it will have a link to your text that is highlighted where students and teachers will be able to read and reference quickly! Great for any reading subject.

**__Presentation__**
[|SlideShare] - great site for uploading PowerPoints shown in class. Service allows user to upload PowerPoint Presentation to the service and publish it for the world to see. Note all presentations published on site will be seen by anyone using the site. Additionally can create a SlideCast which is a slideshow with a podcast. For this you must have the URL to the podcast you wish to have play in your SlideCast. From there you can sync your audio with your slideshow for a whole new slide experience. Can be used for many different types of presentations, as a intro to new content, a new assignment, or as a means of student review and catch up. = =

**__Video__**
[|Animoto] - awesome site to create short or long video segments. For this service simply upload pictures place them in the order you want them to display and render. This service gives you the option to download or copy the code for posting in a blog, web, etc.. Additionally, service has free audio clips that can be used for creating the music for the presentation for creative commons and indie artists.

[|Splashcast] - site has many options for creating videos. Here the user can user a variety of resources to create a video such as video(of Course), .pdf, audio, RSS, PPT slides, and pictures. In addition, it will link with Facebook images, Flickr, URL's, podcasts, and videos from YouTube. The video created can be made public or private and the code is copied as a Flash file into your webpage!

=**__English Resources__**= WebQuest Examples- Grades 9-12: alot of good sample webquests []

Read.Write.Think- website for sharing language arts lessons []

American Heritage Book of English Usage: grammar reference guide [|http://www.bartleby.com/64/]

OWL- Purdue University: citation page []

Biography Maker: presents steps to write an effective biography []

Project Gutenberg: free ebooks []

Sayings and Phrases- meaning and origin of common phrases []

Library of Congress []

Dictionary.com: online dictionary and thesaurus []

Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism []

=**__Science Resources__**= Interactive Physlets- Physlets sorted by topic []

Index of Physlets- also sorted by topic []

Physics Applets- These are interactive application. They are great for use with an interactive whiteboard []

Interactive Periodic Table []

Chemistry Comes Alive! []

Biology in Motion []

Virtual Hip Replacement []

Virtual Frog Dissection []

=**__Math Resources__**= National Library of Visual Manipulatives: great for interactive white board []

Illuminations from NCTM: great resource for activities and interactive material [|http://illuminations.nctm.org]

Java Math Applets []

Calculus Applets []

Algebasics: website devoted completely to Algebra []

=**__Social Studies Resources__**= Digital History []

The Gold Rush: Strike it Rich []

Civilisations- from BBC []

The Renaissance Connection []

Ancient India []

Timelord- game from the History Channel []

The Charters of Freedom: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights []

Historic Maps- interactive mapping lesson that tie to the study of history []