The document summarizes a workshop for teachers on integrating digital resources and Web 2.0 tools into elementary curriculum. The workshop covered tools for math, reading, science, social studies, and more. Topics included VoiceThread for sharing media, blogs for student writing, wikis for collaboration, and websites with virtual manipulatives and interactive games for various subjects. The goal was to provide educators with strategies and resources for enhancing learning with technology.

1. Workshop – Wednesday - August 17, 2011 Litchfield School District
Digital resources that relate to elementary Math, Reading, Science, and Social Studies/ Web 2.0 tools
9:30 – 10:00
o Start PowerPoint (Log onto SlideShare Presentation and Sync.in Agenda)
o Introductions – What are you hoping to take away from today? VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
https://web20.ed.voicethread.com/?#u501675.b2171896.i11585284
o Poetry http://voicethraead.com/?#q.b119840.i725907
o Math http://voicethread.com/?#q+math.b321846.i1786529
• Technology Integration Matrix http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/matrix.php Podcasting - LA
• BlogLines, Google Reader – Watch RSS Video
o RSS Aggregators - Richard Byrne, Edutopia, Tech Learning
10:00-10:30
• Cool Tools –
o Sync.in http://sync.in Online real time document sharing
o Print What You Like http://printwhatyoulike.com Print only the parts of websites
o JogLab http://www.joglab.com/
o Poll Junkie http://polljunkie.com
o Download Helper http://downloadhelper.net
o Format Factory http://www.formatoz.com/index.html
o Online Convertor http://www.online-convert.com/
o Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ Share and get slideshows
o Boolify http://www.boolify.org/index.php showing students how search operator words affect
search results
o Twurdy http://www.twurdy.com/index.php Search by readability level
10:30-11:15
• Blogs (Blogger) EduBlogs, 21Classrooms

2. o 64 Interesting Class Blog Posts https://docs.google.com/present/view?
id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNzQ5ZnpiczlxYzM&hl=en_GB
o Duck Diaries http://duckdiaries.edublogs.org/
o Mighty Writers http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233
o Blogs by discipline http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Education+Blogs+by+Discipline
11:15-12:00
• Wikis, PB Wiki, Wikispaces, Wet Paint
o PBWiki http://hamptonacademy.pbworks.com/w/page/35144872/Hampton%20Academy%20Book
%20Reports%20-%202 Oral Book Reports
o About Costa Rica http://aboutcostarica.pbworks.com/w/page/1250495/FrontPage Student created site
about Costa Rica
12:45 -3:00
• All Areas
o Projects by Jen http://www.projectsbyjen.com/index.htm (O.R.E.O. 2011) Encouraging teachers
since 1999 to use online projects in their PreK-6 classrooms.
• Math
o National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
o Math Maps http://edte.ch/blog/maths-maps/ placemarks which when clicked reveal
mathematics questions for students to answer based on the maps.
o Illuminatins http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Provide Standards-based resources that improve
the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
• Language Arts
o Wordle http://wordle.com Create and Print word posters
o Guess the Wordle http://projectsbyjen.com/GTW/
o Using Wordle in a class https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5
o Storybird http://storybird.com/ Collaborative Storytelling
• Social Studies
o Google Earth The possibilities for using Google Earth in a social studies classroom are almost
limitless. In Google Earth students can tour ancient Rome, explore WWI and WWII battle sites,

3. learn about contemporary news stories such as events in Afghanistan, or use Google Earth as an
almanac of facts.
o Kids Past http://www.kidspast.com/index.php has an easy to read online World History
"textbook" for kids. Kids Past also offers five history games to which students can apply the
knowledge the find in the textbook. The textbook and games correspond to each other.
• Science
o Ace Beetle Detectives http://www.beetledetectives.com/index.php Search for these beetles and
signs of infestation in your area. Then report your findings to help your organization become top-
ranked beetle detectives!
o Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal
Change
o Tulip Garden http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tulip/ you and your students plant a specific type of
tulip bulb in the fall, then make observations and report when the first plants and flowers
appear.
o Project Feeder Watch Count feeder birds and submit findings to Cornell Lab of Orthinology. $15
participation cost gets you a bird ID poster, a bird feeding kit, and instructional materials.