Reading+Meets+Web+2.0+Vocabulary


 * Vocabulary 2.0 **

Many thanks to E. Sessions of Technology in Motion, State of Alabama Department of Education for many of these fabulous ideas.

 ** Kim's Tech Tips can use your help. Let me know which sites still work and which ones have expired. As you know, change is fast and furious on the I'net. **

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 * LetterPopAwesome Idea for vocabulary and comprehension- go to LetterPop and students and teachers can create free newsletters online. Simply click create at the top of the page and away you go. If you want to upload your own pictures you need to join (It's FREE!) http://letterpop.com/

 http://www.picnik.com/
 * Edit Photos and add Words at PicnikCheck.

 Watch 5th grade class' presentation on ecosystems.  http://healthyecosystems.wikispaces.com/

 http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
 * Make newspaper clippings and more at Fodey

 http://www.wordle.net/
 * Drop your vocabulary words into Wordle and create a piece of art.

 http://issuu.com/#whatIsIssuu
 * Create whatever you want and upload to the web to create online magazines with Issuu

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> http://classtools.net/
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;">ClassToolsGo to ClassTools and create a flash vocabulary game to post online.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;">You can find real-life applications of Class Tools here http://sizzlingscience.wikispaces.com/

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> http://www.flashcardmachine.com/
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">More <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">flashcards!!

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> Create online interactive crossword puzzles at EclipseCrossword or Crossword Puzzle Maker.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> Create a comic strip using vocabulary word and Make Beliefs Comix and email or print them out.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 12. Write your vocabulary definitions online and publish to the web at The Kids Open Dictionary Builder <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://dictionary.k12opened.com/index.php

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 13. Create the coolest vocabulary words for your website or office applications at Cool Text <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://cooltext.com/

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 15. Work on vocabulary and feed the world at Rice <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://freerice.com/

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">16. This one was shared with me by a colleague in the middle school. **Bubbl.us** is a free vocabulary application that works somewhat like the graphic organizers one can generate in Inspiration. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Have students create a vocabulary cluster of synonyms or antonyms for words they are learning. Have students use the bubbl organizers to brainstorm for a writing assignment. The graphics can be saved as jpegs and stored or used later in other applications. Examples of bubbl.us graphics