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CIVICS a Website by Ex-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
The best part of this site is that you can ask questions and leave opinions about topics for Sandra Day O'Connor. You can get to know more about the supreme court, history and who the justices are.

Sandra Day O'Connor has developed a website and resource site for teaching Civics in schools. Due to NCLB Civics is practically not taught at over half of the schools in the United States today. There are many students who do not know the three branches of government, yet they know exactly who won the latest American Idol.   Interactive Educational Games, Curriculum and Lesson Plans, Information, Current Events in US Government, There are two interactive gam es for students: In this game, students will advise fictional kids about their rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As they advance, additional rights are unlocked and the scenarios get more complex. This short game will teach students that they have important rights grounded in the specific Amendments to the Constitution.
 * Do I have a Right?**

In this game, students will work for a Justice of the Supreme Court. They will use the First Amendment of the Constitution to help their Justice decide whether a fellow student, Ben, can be suspended from school for wearing his favorite band t-shirt. If they demonstrate good reasoning, students earn the chance to write the majority opinion for the Supreme Court. This game will ask students to explore the parameters of the First Amendments free speech guarantee so that they can assist the Justices in performing their constitutional role.
 * Supreme Decision: Freedom of Speech**

=There is a section to provide support for teachers to create curriculum in order to teach civics. The lesson plans seem very thorough and clear.=


 * [|State Governments]
 * [|Meet the Supreme Court]
 * [|Checks and Balances]
 * [|The Legislative Branch]
 * [|The Executive Branch]
 * [|The Judicial Branch]

 **Wow! I am really excited about the website I found today. It was designed and is mangaed in the UK. It is called "topmarks" meaning "good grades". It is like this warehouse for interactive teaching sites! All the sites are animated and interactive. On the biology website the student can pick up the nucleus and other cell parts with the click of his mouse to drag them to their location in the cell. Then the student can label each part also by drag and click method. Oh, but my favorite from several sites I explored is the interactive site on the human body, specific body part, "The Brain". A surfer teen character comes rolling in on his surf board sharing these comparisons of the brain to a computer or a file cabinet. It goes from generalized comparisons to specific brain parts. He starts with the skull ending with brain fluid. All of it is full of color and animated. You watch as the skull layer fades away to reveal the fleshy brain, then the fleshy brain fades to reveal the brain fluid. Go check it out, it's so cool! Science Rocks!!! ** [|**http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=77**] =**Ka'Shiim Clemon **=

= I enjoyed looking at a website called Artsonia. The link is = =** [|**http://www.artsonia.com**] **. On this webpage students can upload digital image files of their art work. It is great because art work from children all over the world can be shared and enjoyed by everyone. Artsonia is an online art museum with the goal that every child will one day have their own online art gallery, preserving their masterpieces for all time. Since art is a universal language, every child from every nation can check out this site and both learn and enjoy the works of children from all over the world. -Pamela Welte = = = =  A website that I found to be really neat is: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/. They have a lot of creative ideas on how to make lessons exciting for the students. I found a really interesting math activity on the website where the students get into teams for their favorite sport. They figure out which teams are playing each other and then roll the dice and multiply the numbers to find out which team has which score. There are a few rounds and there is a ladder where teams enter their scores. Eventually the winning teams play each other. It's a fun activity and a good way to practice multiplication or addition! -Sonia Saigal = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A great web site to check out when doing science is the NASA website http://www.nasa.gov/. You can find a lot of information, along with images and videos. There is also a NASA website for kids http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html. The kids website has a picture dictionary (for things related to astronomy) and games. -Adam Evans = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I've worked in a few primary grade classrooms that used http://www.zoophonics.com/ to help teach their students reading, spelling and writing. Click on the "teachers" tab and tons of information comes up about how this program works, including their programs for ELD students. You do have to pay for the material, but the interactive CD-rom program (in the parent's section) costs $30 which seems pretty reasonable. There are tons of games that teach children the necessary skills to read, spell and write. There is also an ABC song that's much more exciting than the one most of us know. Every letter represents a different animal character and there are dance moves too...it's adorable watching the little ones do this. ~Alison Harney = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I really like the website www.firstschoolyears.com. It is for younger children and reinforces all kinds of skills in fields from lang. arts and math to social studies, science, p.e., etc. There are resources for parents, teachers, educators, etc. There are games for the students to "play" that are self-correcting which would be great for ELs. The game I played was basically matching squares of a letter with the picture of something beginning with that letter. It is a game of memory (click on 2 squares to see if they match) with things like m and mouse, b and book, s and snake. I liked that it gave you the time it took to match all the letters with their pictures and the number of tries attempted after set of squares was matched correctly. Has lots for the K-2 age group. Nancy Finch= = = =My master teacher is a huge fan of the website [www.santamariabonita+|www.santamariabonita] **The website is FULL of lesson plans, assessments, pacing calenders, ELL, focus wall ideas, spelling charts, etc. It has reading tools and ideas for K-6 grades. You will find writing, vocabulary, monitoring and assessments, helpful hints, grammar usage and mechanics. It is a great site to help guide new teachers like ourselves through reading and phonic lessons.** -Angela KraljCheck ou.t this link [|**//http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Spanish///**]. You have a picture dictionary at your fingertips in 11 different languages that also offers activities and handouts to print with the answers. If you click on a letter, then click on the image or word you are taken to a web page with links of information on that topic. For example, click on the letter p, then click on the word paint, you get a web page full of information and activities for EL's. You do have to sort them out depending on the CELDT level of the students you will be using them with. Loads of information and materials to make word banks. Reina Cabezas.=

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There are also books for older ages that would word for either teenage EL or even adults. These books do not have the animation as the younger versioned books do, but one thing I really liked is that when a sentence is read from the page, it is highlighted in red making it easier for the EL to see which words are being read.
 * <span style="display: block; color: rgb(110, 0, 255); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I found a great website called <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|www.tumblebooks.com] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">. **=====
 * <span style="color: rgb(110, 0, 255); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">I didn't notice any other postings about this site. It is actually a virtual library. There are books you can choose to read online. They are considered animated, talking books. So as the book is being read to you, they are also showing you pictures of what happens, music that goes along with the story, sound effects and the text that is being read. It seems to have good selection of books, from classics to new books. There are also educational puzzles and games that go along with the specific stories.

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When my kids were younger they really enjoyed [|www.PBSkids.org] and it is still a great website for the really young ones. Now PBs has a new website that is called [|www.PBSKidsplay.org] it is really interactive and has developmental lessons based on age and you can monitor your progress, unfortunately you have to subscribe to that website. It cost 9.95 per month or 79.95 per year. I also liked the website scratch at http: //scratch.mit.edu/. You can make your own video game on this site. Loredeen Burton//

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===**<span style="color: rgb(14, 93, 45);">After reviewing several sites, I came across 4teachers.org and decided that it was a great resource for both teachers and students alike. This site is designed to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms by providing online tools that range from content standards to an application that allows a teacher to visualize and lay out his or her classroom. (http://classroom.4teachers.org/) **===

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===**<span style="color: rgb(14, 93, 45);">I checked out the games for students (http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/), and really enjoyed playing the state capital penguin (Capital Penguin) and vowel sound (coconut vowel) games. EL's would benefit from these online tools, as they are fun, interactive and visual. **===

<span style="color: rgb(14, 93, 45);">**<span style="color: rgb(14, 93, 45);">This is a great site with endless resources. It is worth checking out. **
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">TeacherTube.com <span class="wiki_link_new">[|www.teachertube.com] Allison Gordon

This website is designed just like youtube.com where you can search for any topic for any subject. This tool would work really well in a room with a projector attached to the computer in the classroom, or especially with a Smartboard or Smart classroom. There are tools you as a teacher can use to think of new ways to teach things, or you can have your students watch a video to hear someone else teach. When I looked up english learners, the top videos the website gave included teacher training videos on controlling conversation in the classroom with ELs, another video for K-2 grades on simple sentences and learning animal names and the names of baby animals. A third video on the top of the list is an aid for preparing students for the exit exams. You can find any video for any subject from history to science to language arts and math. The only bad part about this website (and this is a recent development too) is that there are little ads that pop up at the beginning of the video. You can minimize the ad but there still might be a small distraction from the video. <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> INTERESTING THINGS FOR ESL STUDENTS <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">http://www.manythings.org/ <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"> I found this web site to be a lot of fun. Students would need to have access to a computer to utilize this web site. I played the Scrambled Sentence game, checked out the Easy Things for Beginners, and listened to songs. I felt the best part of the cite was under the Listen and Read Along heading. They have President Obama's January address available. President Obama speaks a part of the address and then that section is repeated three more times showing the words he is speaking. I also liked the American Stories in this section. The words are highlighted as the voice reads the words of the story. There are just too many things to list! You will just have to check it out!! <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(165, 0, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Tina Treichler

===__STARFALL__ As a kindergarten teacher I am thinking in a much more basic mode than some others. I have 5 EL's in my classroom currently, one of whom has been in our country only since November. One web site that I have found particularly helpful for this student is Starfall (http://www.starfall.com/) This site focuses on early literacy skills, letters, letter sounds, blending, simple stories, many skills that my English learners particularly need. I have found my English learners particularly enjoy the sight, they will listen to stories over and over, & repeat words out loud. Students can look at a calendar and hear the names of the days of the week, listen to rhymes, among other activites. Again, this is a great site for the youngest of students.===

__<span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);">http://earth.google.com/tour.html __
So I decided to check out [|http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/]. It has so many informational tools that you could spend hours at this web site. I really like that they had google earth on their web site. I never knew about google earth before this. I like it for the kids because they can learn about past, present and even future developments and how that new development would interact with the current environment. Kids could record thier own journeys of all the places they "visited". Google Earth is a great way to incorporate history, geography, science, and creative art into a child's life. Cynthia Gutierrez

ESL video quizzes & creating videos with ShowBeyond
First of all, I have no clue how to work this so I apologize if I mess it up! The two links I found most interesting are http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home and http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php. Showbeyond lets you create a slide show with pictures and add your voice to it as well. I think its a good way to get children excited about learning. There are many different ways you can use this site. The second site is really interesting because it has videos that are matched up with quizzes. Children can view a video and then take a quiz on what they just watched. It also has different videos depending on the student's level of english which I think is very useful. April D.

http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/ Globalis is a tool that contains a large database where there are different categories with updated UN and other organization statistics according to themes. For example, there is a map that shows the human impact (i.e., our construction, cities, pollution) on the ecosystems from all over the world. You can compare this map to one that is suppose to resemble how our world will be and look like in 2050. Globalis is interactive, visual (it has colorful maps), user friendly, and informative. The statistics cover a wide range of different issues, which may help when teaching different subjects. Although it is a good educational tool, it is mainly aimed at middle schools, high schools, and colleges. -Albania Alegría
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BrainPOP.....I was disappointed that a lot of their content was only available for a rather pricey yearly subscription, however, I did find this page:[] which offers some free movies with associated quizzes. I went to the one on synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. It was kind of cute, but more than that, it is just the kind of learning gimmick that might get some kids to pay attention to the material being presented. Further, because you can view the video/movie as many times as needed, ELL students can revisit topics over and over again via a classroom computer area or at home (if they have computer access). I took one of the quizzes and found out that you can retake them and review your answers (with the correct answers presented too) and this would allow students to learn from their mistakes. The greatest downfall of this site is that to access most of its content, one must have a subscription, and those aren't cheap. Still, a teacher could access the 21 free movies and their associated quizzes if the subject matter was relevant to the curriculum. -Becky Sherman **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I did some "shopping around" within the http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ website and found this site interesting:

<span style="color: rgb(241, 70, 139); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> (http://voicethread.com/) A free tool that transforms media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. The Voice Thread name is misleading because it includes technology seen in other tools such as file sharing security, support for various type of media, and the ability to add interactive group discussions to a website. What is unique about this technology is the following:

Conversations can occur on a real time basis or recorded in the following five formats: 1. Telephone 2. Webcam 3. Microphone 4. Text 5. File upload

You can draw on top of the media as you record your comment (using mic, webcam, or keyboard). VoiceThread's video Doodling feature allows you to control the playback of a video, while drawing and commenting on specific video segments

Moderator function to allow a teacher to select best student comments and use of avatars (1 or more students) that can be associated to a project to provide unique perspectives.

To see an example of how a teacher uses Voice Thread go to: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6622c13fc3416ff212c2&page=1&viewtype=&category=

Mark Vega

-I just want to add on to Mark's VoiceThread wiki-You can share ideas and conversations with students everywhere! This puts a whole new spin on having a penpal! you can have a whole conversation with someone on the other side of the world. I have this while image in my head of a thematic classroom, for example forests, and be digital friends with someone in a forest ecosystem, of course its free and in real time. Deirdre Polonsky

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> =Switchzoo= [|http://switchzoo.com/make_play.htm] I found a site that was great for learning about habitats for animals. It also has a great story about a zoo that was discovered in some crater that had 5 different habitats where animals could change to fit the habitat they ventured into. It is great. Students get to create their own animals by changing the different body parts. The students name their animals and write about them. There are also other activities to check out like placing different animals in there habitats on a map of the world. Check it out. It was thoroughly entertaining. -Kathie Veillette

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cartoons Anyone?
I checked out a site called www.kerpoof.com/edu. This site allows you to make cartoon-type movies. By clicking and dragging options over to a pre-selected background, the user can make some pretty good animated cartoons. The site allows you to play with the options somewhat and does offer some lesson plans, however, the site is available on a subscription basis for $4.39 per month. Even still, this site could be fun for all to use and would permit hi-tech creativity. -Tania De Rego



Talks on TED
I have really enjoyed and been inspired by a number of talks on the TED site so I thought I would post a few of my favorites. Some are about education, some about creativity, all generally about problem solving. All the talks are about 18 minutes in length and have taken place at the TED conference held every year in Long Beach.

Sir Ken Robinson "Do schools kill creativity". He's very funny and raises issues that we all talk about. [|Ken Robinson] Dave Eggers "Once upon a school". He talks about 826 Valencia in San Francisco "the Pirate Supply Co." and how it has spawned other imaginary storefronts/sites that are after school writing centers, free to kids in difficult neighborhoods. [|Dave Eggers] Majora Carter "Greening the ghetto". How she was able to transform a small piece of her South Bronx neighborhood where she grew up. [|Majora Carter] Evelyn Glennie "How to listen to music with your whole body". She's a wonderful percussionist and deaf, and shares a different perspective on how we listen. [|Evelyn Glennie] Tod Machover & Dan Ellsey "Releasing the music in your head" Tod with others at the Media Lab, developed musical instruments for people with severe disabilities, Hyperscore for kids as well as guitar hero. Dan Ellsey performs a composition. [|Tod Machover] Amy Smith "Simple designs that could save millions of childrens' lives". She is working with simple technologies to aid the poorest in the world. [|Amy Smith] John Maeda "Simplicity patterns". John talks about technology and creativity and art. [|John Maeda]

Adria Peterson

<span style="font-size: 190%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wordle- Word Clouds The basic idea is that students can (for FREE) use words to create a word cloud. What is a word cloud? It's a form of digital art. I created a very simple one about our class check it out: http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/572025/English_Learners here is the home link: http://www.wordle.net/

As you can see from some other exampls or from the gallery you can make specific words larger. I think this would be a great warm-up activity to see how much students know about a certain topic, lets say they have 10 minutes to come up with as many words as they can, then they can print or publish their work for the teacher to assess. Great way to check out prior knowledge.

This would also be a much more fun way to define vocabulary! Perhaps you give each student a group of words and then they can all share their vocab wordles.

Or they can just copy and paste an assignment that they have done, or a wiki that they've read, or any text that they have, and use it to create their word cloud. So, a quick and fun digital art project to use as a cover for an assignment.

-Deirdre Polonsky

<span style="color: rgb(70, 7, 7);"> **__Classroom Blogs and Examples__**

This site below is great for tips on wikis and examples of how teacher have used them in their classrooms: http://www.my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992

When I was searching on this site it gives you tips on how to improve on your classroom wikis and also how other teachers have used wikis in their classrooms. One teacher used it for a social studies lesson. She had picture up on the wiki page and wanted students to post reflections as homework. I thought this was interesting because some student may be shy to share their ideas or as a teacher you may not get around to let everyone share. On a wiki page everyone can share their ideas and all their ideas can be heard which is great! The teacher examples are great to get ideas on how you can use it in your classroom. I would check them out!

- Kristen Lewis

VIDEO PRODUCTION This site explains how to use digital video production in the classroom. http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/IT/TSC/managing/hardware/vidprod/index.html#DVclassroom This site gives the practical steps that are needed to successfully ave students create their own productions. The website gives suggestions for scheduling, script writing, story boards, and shooting the videos. Tjhis site gives management strategies as well as the needed equipment for the physical set up for video production. Amy Jones

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[|**EDUSIM 3D Virtual Worlds**] [|**http://www.edusim3d.com/#**]

Eduism is a 3D virtual world with multi-user capabilities. It is great for use with interactive whiteboards, which could take the entire class in to a completely new world virtually. It is also accessible from desk top or lap top computers. It does require registraion. Imagine taking the entire class on a virtual field trip- through space and time! Check out what it was like when the dinosaurs were around, what happened when Mt St Helens erupted, or what the surface of the sun looks like. This is a great tool to visit unknown places and explore. The class can walk around the virtual space and interact by drawing pictures and adding to their environments. Different types of enviornments are available for exploration.

This would be best with an interactive white board, as shown in the videos, but would be fun to explore on individual computers as well.

-Jenny Inman

Kids Vid and 4 Teachers http://www.4teachers.org/ is not really a site for children but for teachers, as it clearly states in the url; but I did find the Kids Vid site through 4 Teachers. It is a very helpful site for educators such as ourselves and gives helpful hints and tips on integrating technology into our curriculum. There are also a plethora of links to free education sites. -Jack Ha**
 * Like Amy's video website, http://kidsvid.altec.org/index.html is pretty much exactly the same site with tutorials about shooting, making, editing, and posting web videos. A few things that I liked about Kids Vid were the tutorial for children to learn how to post videos and how to improve upon their video assignments. There are also a storyboard tool to help students organize thoughts and ideas and example videos from other children.

National Geographic Website The National Geographic website has lots of resources for teachers including lesson plans, videos, articles, activities, photos and more. There is a whole section of the website geared towards education and teachers, and I was surprised at the volume and variety of the information available. There is also a kids section of the National Geographic website that would be fun for kids to explore at home or school. ---Christina Loomis**
 * http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/

History Channel Website Watching the History Channel is somewhat of a guilty pleasure but it's a great source for information. Its website is no different and is full of articles, video clips, photos and games of various subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the outer reaches of space. There is even a section dedicated to the classroom, which contains a few study guides and discussion questions. Unfortunately, in order to make the most use of these lessons you would probably want to purchase the videos that accompany them. Either way it's a fun way to do research. - Ryan Papa**
 * <span style="color: rgb(48, 54, 253);"> http://www.history.com/classroom/classroom.html

Raz-Kids & Reading A-Z Raz-Kids and Reading A-Z is a great resource for both the teacher and the students. Raz-Kidz has a series of e-books for students to read. The students are able to listen to books that model fluency, read books, record their reading and take quizzes that will check for comprehension. Reading A-Z is Raz-Kidz sister website where lesson plans are provided and you can print out the books. The books in both of the sites are set up to the students reading level.**
 * http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login & http://www.readinga-z.com/

Government Sites for Students and Educators -Matt**
 * I found a neat website http://www.kids.gov/ which has a lot, and I mean a lot of different resources for students of all ages and teachers ranging from all disciplines: Art, Math, Science, Computers, Games, and the list goes on and on. I think it's a great resource. Hope you guys check it out.

Literacy Center Education Network/Story Place
 * [|http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp]AND http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

These are two great websites for younger learners. Literacy center helps students learn uppercase/lowercase letters, written letters, shapes, colors, numbers, and how to spell them. It guides them through the activity with sound and animation that is fun and interactive for the students to keep them engaged. It offers these activities in both English and Spanish.

Story Place is a fun website for EL students that provides several themes such as "bath", "animals", or "colors". It has an animated and narrated story to go along with each theme. There are then interactive activities for the students to complete that help them develop the vocabulary of that theme. The website also provides "take-home" activities, which are instructions and materials for a fun project/activity for the students to complete to reinforce the learning of the theme. Additional resources for parents and teachers are provided for each as well.

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