Chapter 15

• Wuicktionary Reading Pen, CAST eReader (CAST), L&H Kurzweil 3000 -- to speech devices.
  
• Reading software

1. Bailey's Book House
2. JumpStart Kindergarten Reading
3. Reader Rabbit

• Writing software

1. Don Johnston's Write: OutLoud
2. WYNN
3. Project Poster poster hprtec.org
4. Tom Snyder's Hollywood High

• Alternative Keyboards are available (Intellikeys Keyboard)

• For gifted students
  

1. Electronic Communities
2. Research
3. Interactive and multimedia presentations

Chapter 9

Etext websites:

• Infomotions http://www.infomotions.com
• Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com
• Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu
• Project Gutenberg http://promo.net/pg/
• The Plays of William Shakespeare http://www.theplays.org

Free Book Notes:

• SparkNotes www.sparknotes.com
• NovelGuide www.novelguide.com
• Free Book Notes www.freebooknotes.com
• Pink Monkey www.pinkmonkey.com

Digital dictations can be used for students who have difficulty with handwriting. ($50-$150)

www.ebn.weblogger.com Great for locating blogs that may be of interest to students.

Blogs are a possible alternative to journals. (maybe a choice)

Chapter 8

Electronic Pen pals website

• www.epals.com
• www.iecc.org (international e-mail classroom connections)

Electronic Field trips

• www.tramline.com
• www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.html

Idea for Technology integration

• create a future newspaper based on what might happen in 2010. Or use time capsule predictions about what might happen in the future.

Writing with writers: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit - students work with authors, editors, and illustrators.

Unsung Heroes: An ePals project: http://www.epals.com/projects/unsung_heroes - exchange information about those in their community who have made a positive impact.

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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• There are no significant overall differences in achievement between distance and FTF courses.
• Dropout rate usually higher in distance courses.

Filtering Software: can be used to limit inappropriate sites.

• http://www.cybercontrol.com/
• http://www.cybersitter.com/
• http://www.pearlsw.com/
• http://www.netnanny.com/

To avoid online predators and inappropriate sites:

• Teach and enforce Internet rules.
• Manage cookies : www.spychecker.com/software/cookiemanager.html

Sites to check for and prevent plagiarism:

• http://www.turnitin.com/
• http://www.mydropbox.com/

chapters 5-6

Chapters 5 & 6

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Test generators and Rubric generators:

• www.examview.com
• www.testshop.com
• landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php
• rubistar.4teachers.org

Puzzlemakers:

• puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
• school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/

IEP Generators:

• www.schoolmax.net/specialed.asp
• www.xperts.com/productsiep.htm

Electronic gradebook:

• www.classactiongradebook.com
• easygradepro.com

Lesson Planners:

• www.sites4teachers.com
• www.centronsoftware.com
• www.codework.com

Instructional software:

• www.tutorialfind.com
• www.educate-me.net

WEB 2.0

WEB 2.0

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• Almots 40% of the time most people spend on the internet is confined to 20 sites. Within those sites, a few dominate there as well.

1. Myspace
2. Yahoo
3. MSN
4. Ebay

• These alone make up 27.8%
• Digital Natives vs. Digital Imigrants
• 43 % of Internet users who are members of online communities
  “feel as strongly” about their virtual community as they do
  about their real-world communities
• Social networking is a real and large part of many of our student's lives.
• MySpace is similar and is currently the world's 5th most
  popular English-language website and the 5th most popular
  website in any language, attracting nearly 80% of visits to
  online social networking websites