Kristin Carroll presented websites for various classroom uses including creating student websites, reading and writing resources, spelling practice, math lessons, social studies research, science experiments, and search engines for students. Some of the highlighted websites were Voki for creating avatars, Weebly for building student websites, Symballo to organize approved sites, Storybird and One True Media for digital storytelling, AAA Math and AplusMath for interactive lessons, National Geographic Kids and NASA Climate Kids for subject area research, and Kids Click and Sweet Search as safe search options for students.

1. Presented by: Kristin Carroll
Site Coordinator
Lakeland Elementary
Lewisville, Texas

2. Getting Started
 Voki
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=8387386&heig
ht=267&width=200
 Weebly Website
 www.weebly.com

3. Student Websites
 Using www.symballo.com
you can create a balloon
that shows all the websites
students are allowed to
visit.
 You can also access the
websites that students can
use for projects in the
classroom.

4. Reading/ Writing
Website Address Uses
Story Starters http://www.scholastic.com/teac
hers/story-starters/
Gives ideas for writers
workshop
Reading Brain http://www.funbrain.com/brain/
ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.htm
l
Allowing students to read
books online
One true media http://www.onetruemedia.com/ Make a PDF book study
or make a movie
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ Prek-1 books
Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/ News for students
BookFlix http://auth.grolier.com/login/bo
okflix/login.php
Books for grades k-5
StoryBird http://storybird.com/ Create and read visual
stories

5. Student Ideas
Story Starter Story Bird

6. Spelling
Website Address Uses
Wordle www.wordle.net/ Using words to create
pictures
Tagxedo www.tagxedo.com For older students using
words to create pictures
Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.c
om/
Students are able to study
their spelling words

7. Student Projects
Wordle Tagxedo

8. Math
Website Address Uses
AplusMath http://www.aplusmath.com/ To help improve a
students math skills
Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/crea
teAgraph/default.aspx
Students will be able to
create different types of
graphs
AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com
/
Interactive math lessons
divided by grade level

9. Create a Graph

10. Social Studies
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeogr
aphic.com/kids/
Allows students to study
different countries
U.S Government Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov
/k-2/index.html
Describes our
government by grade
level
Prezi http://prezi.com/ Web connecting concepts

11. Science
Website Address Uses
Solar System Exploration http://solarsystem.nasa.g
ov/kids/index.cfm
Visuals and information
about the solar system
NASA’s Climate Kids http://climatekids.nasa.g
ov/
To explain Earth’s Climate
Science Kids http://www.sciencekids.c
o.nz/experiments.html
Easy experiments for
students

12. Student Search Engines
Website Address Uses
Kids Click http://www.kidsclick.org/ Elementary
Sweet Search http://4me.sweetsearch.c
om/
Website designed for
researching ideas
Kidrex http://4me.sweetsearch.c
om/
Elementary

13. Kristin Carroll
carrollkd@lisd.net