21st+Century+links+we+have+used+for+ARRA

Links to sites we use

 * **Poll Everywhere**...Live Audience Polling []


 * Survey Monkey**...Very easy to create, online surveys; 20 different types of questions (see attachment below), templates, variety of ways to gather data (pop-ups, email); Results collected and sorted/graphed []


 * Prezi**...Great new way to show presentations [|http://prezi.com/]

Smart Board Revolution...Using Prezi with Smart Board [|http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/video/using-prezi-with-a-smartboard]


 * Wallwasher** for Elyria School District [|http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/banjoff]


 * Photobucket** [|http://photobucket.com/]

Compare Wordles of presidential speeches and compare the words they chose to use. [] Why Wordle by Steven W. Anderson []
 * Wordle** is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. A **word cloud** is a computerized interpretation of a text file that illustrates the frequency of a word appearance in the file. The more often the word appears in the original file, the bigger the word appears in the word cloud. [|http://www.wordle.net/]

some examples to use in classroom **SafeShare.TV**...Not only does SafeShare.TV remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube videos, but it also allows you to crop videos before sharing them. When the site opens, you enter the link for the video. [|http://www.safeshare.tv/] (see an example here [|http://www.safeshare.tv/v/cqj5Qrxd5M0] )


 * Soundzabound** Royalty Free Music for Schools [|http://www.soundzabound.com/]


 * Voki**...create your own avatar that speaks [|http://www.voki.com/]


 * animoto** [] We make killer video from your images automatically.


 * xtranormal’s** mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century. Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill—typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop. []


 * imagination cubed** []


 * clayanimator** [] The clay animator website has been created to provide in depth information on the clay animation process. The website is designed with interactive tutorials on how to design, animate and edit clay animation projects.


 * audacity** [] Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.


 * Portaportal...**Media sites for educators [|http://guest.portaportal.com/top5]


 * TED Ideas Worth Spreading**...Great site to get info on the latest technology [|http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes]


 * Atomic Learning** [|http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/home?from_legacy=1]


 * Tequipment** Great site for lessons for smartboard and use of other technology in the classroom [|http://www.tequipment.com/resources/]


 * Free Teaching Materials** [|http://www.pppst.com/teachingmaterials.html] ||