This document introduces several free online tools and websites that teachers can use with elementary students with only a small investment of time to learn them but a large return in enhanced learning. It provides an overview of resources like Riverdeep, Enchanted Learning, Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, and Teacher Created Materials that contain lesson plans, activities and other teaching resources. The document also demonstrates some free digital tools for creating presentations, collaborative documents and other classroom activities like Titanpad, Twiddla, Stixy and Inklewriter.

1. Small Investments
Large Returns
free webtools and resources
Gail Lovely
Gail@GailLovely.com

2. The internet has an amazing collection of
resources, tools, and websites for us to use with
our elementary students. This session will introduce
you to some powerful, yet-easy-to-learn websites
for you and your students so that with a small
investment in learning a tool you will have a large
return in learning. Strategies, tips and even a few
simple tricks will be shared. A focus on free tools
to use within the curriculum will be maintained
throughout.

3. OVERWHELM?

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GREAT TOOLS.
http://riverdeep.net
Resources for Teachers, Students, and Parents
Subscribe to the Classroom Flyer
Enchanted Learning
Elementary School Teachers...don't miss this website!
How to be a Web Hound
”The webhound will show you how to use different types of web search tools. You will be able to identify key elements of a topic search, decide the most
appropriate approach, and then... do it!”
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best
sites for teaching and learning."
Creative Teaching
”Creative Teaching, teaching style, education, creativity, and teachers...
The Creative Teaching site is a non-profit site financed by the author to help develop creative teaching and professional enthusiasm.
Empowering teachers. Teaching as art. The teacher as artist.”
Teacher Created Materials
This site has lots of links for teachers including a library of teacher resources and Free Stuff with activities, brain teasers and free lesson plans.
Blue Web’n Learning Sites Library
Blue Web’n is a library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the web. These sites are rated. Take a look at this part of the site for a break out of the tutorials,
activities, projects, lesson plans, hotlists, resources and references & tools.
Teacher Tid Bytes
“For Bytes of information that will save you time!
Teacher web resources, Teacher/Student tutorials, Web-Integration Lesson Plans, …”
Teachers Net
Lesson Plans for teachers
”The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank is your opportunity to share your most precious asset - your teaching ideas and lesson plans! Now your genius and creativity
can be used to touch lives around the world, and to help teachers reach students in ways they had never imagined before! ”
KidInfo
Students: Homework help, reference resources, fun sites
Young Children: Online books and reading activities, Educational Games
Teacher Index: Web resources, Tutorials, Lesson Plans
Parent Index: Parenting Tips, college, culinary, health, shopping, travel resources, free stuff, and more.

5. SLOW THE PACE DOWN A
BIT...

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CRITERIA
Easy to learn
Use multiple times
Easy to generalize or adapt
Efficient, effective...

7. Titanpad
http://titanpad.com
 http://glovely.titanpad.com/11 use the password letmein

8. Twiddla
http://www.twiddla.com
 http://www.twiddla.com/474476

9. Stixy
http://www.stixy.com/
 http://www.stixy.com/guest/90216 the password is
letmein

10. Inklewriter
http://writer.inklestudios.com/

11. Sly Reply – Sign up Sheets
http://www.slyreply.com/

12. I fake text
http://ifaketext.com/

13. Textivate
http://www.textivate.com/
 http://www.textivate.com/menu-2ddjn1

14. Croak it!
http://croak.it/
Also apps….

15. PhotoPeach
http://photopeach.com/
http://photopeach.com/album/d9obgk

16. Animoto
http://animoto.com/education

17. Tagxedo
http://www.tagxedo.com/

18. Bubble us
http://bubbl.us
https://bubbl.us/?h=61bf/bf81b/25LqLUQwq5uZA

19. Voicethread
http://voicethread.com
http://voicethread.com/share/267075/
http://voicethread.com/share/336502/

20. Little Bird Tales
http://littlebirdtales.com

21. Ed Canvas
http://www.edcanvas.com
 http://edcvs.co/TdpDwb

22. QR Voice
 http://qrvoice.net/

23. Google Link Shortener
http://goo.gl

24. Visioning What’s Possible
Tech Integration Matrices
 Florida (http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html )
 Arizona (http://azk12.org/tim/ )

26. Thanks for sharing your day
With me!
Gail Lovely
Gail@GailLovely.com