Technology Resources:

Royalty Free Music:
http://incompetech.com/music/

Record Screen as Video:
Screencast-o-matic:
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Voice recording:
http://vocaroo.com/



Presentation resources:
http://www.prezi.com


Quick response:
http://www.wallwisher.com
http://en.linoit.com

Word Cloud:
http://www.wordle.net
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

Voice Thread:
http://ed.voicethread.com

Glogster: creates a digital poster which allows for text, images and video to be inserted into an online "poster".
***limitation: they do not look as nice when printed as they do online.
http://edu.glogster.com

Animoto: create a slide show using pictures, text & movies
      • limitation is a 30 second video
http://www.animoto.com

Zoo Burst: creates 3d digital storytelling:

http://zooburst.com/index.php

Text to Video:
Go Animate: http://goanimate.com/
~limited on charter and backgroud choices in the free version
Xtranormal.com: http://www.xtranormal.com/


SAFE, contained Social Networking for school:
http://www.edmodo.com
http://www.schoolology.com

Create a cartoon:
http://www.toondoo.com

Convertvideo files:
http://www.zamzar.com/

SCRATCH programing: http://scratch.mit.edu/
ALICE Storytelling program: http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/



CES Training Links: http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/TeamBuilding
CES Tech Playground:
http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/techtoolscenarios

Challenges:
History Day: http://www.nhd.org/

Creating student portfolios:
  • Google sites
  • flubaroo.com

Store your links:
http://www.diigo.com
http://www.delicious.com/

21st Century Skills and Social Studies:
Download the Geography ICT Literacy Map:
Download the Social Science ICT Literacy Map:

Principles for Learning
Principles for Learning is a joint statement developed by National Council for the Social Studies in cooperation with six other organizations representing 250,000 content-area teachers, administrators, educational technology specialists and other educators. We will use these principles as the foundation of advocacy on behalf of practices and policies that ensure the best education for all learners.
Download “Principles forLearning (260.52 KB pdf)

National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: Chapter 2—The Themes of Social Studies
external image smarrow.gif Standards Main Page external image smarrow.gif Executive Summary external image smarrow.gif Preface external image smarrow.gif Introduction external image smarrow.gif Thematic Strands

Social Studies Connecticut Standards:
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/curriculum/socialstudies/ssfrmwk_10-6-09.pdf

EDsitement: http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Glencoe:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078241332/student_view0/web_links.html


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