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Technology Tools for Differentiation

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Technology Tools for Differentiation:

Low Tech Tools: Sources and Resources

Handout: targeted resources and the BIG THREE

Searching/Research:

http://42explore.com/ --definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for a thematic topic – scaled “easier” and “harder”, expanded search opportunities, and teacher links

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/ -- eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. Choose content by grade level.

http://www.tekmom.com/search/ --Search Tools for Students

http://www.interesting.com/ - search by interest area

http://navify.com/black - search site that finds audio, video, and other file types on thousands of subjects.

http://www.google.com/Top/ -- Google Directories, a “directory” search engine, edited by real people, organized into topic areas

http://www.google.com/ - advanced search

www.diigo.com - web highlighting

http://delicious.com/ - collaborative bookmarking

Comprehension/Reading Levels:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ --guide to US government by grade level

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html --StarChild space and astronomy

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ --Space and beyond

http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php --Just input URL and readability will be calculated

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php --Cut and past text into this site for stats

http://www.wikipedia.org/ - simple english in Wikipedia

Editing/Dictionary/Thesaurus:

http://www.wordsmyth.net – look up words on any webpage, create vocabulary quizzes, make a glossery, create a crossword puzzle, etc.

http://www.m-w.com/downloads/index.htm -- dictionary, word games, word of the day, google gadgets

http://www.visuwords.com/ - a very visual thesaurus tool

http://www.visualthesaurus.com – a very visual thesaurus tool ($3 per month)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/esl/ - picture-based dictionary

http://www.google.com – type define:word in the search window to get a definition

http://www.ghotit.com/home.shtml - online spell check for poor spellers

Alternate Reading Access/Digital Text:

www.readingmadeeasy.com or

www.premierathome.com -- Kent area schools and families have free access to this text reading software

http://www.naturalreaders.com – free text to speech tool

www.wordtalk.org.uk/index.html - free text to speech plug in with built in dict. and thesaurus

http://www.satogo.com/ -- website/screen reader

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -- free audio conversion software

clickspeak.clcworld.net - talking toolbar for firefox

Graphic/Visual Organizers:

http://www.bubbl.us/index -- free online mapping tool

http://www.mindomo.com/ -- free online mapping tool

http://www.gliffy.com/ -- free online mapping tool

http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ --very good free download

Powerpoint/Slide Show/Video/Comic:

http://voicethread.com/#home - Voicethread

http://www.slideshare.net/ - Slideshare

http://www.gcast.com/ - Gcast podcasting site

http://www.ning.com/ - Ning social/educational network

http://animoto.com/ - animation and video creation

http://www.comicstripcreator.org/ - comic creator

http://icant.co.uk/easy-youtube/ - This is a simpler window for viewing YouTube videos, a more accessible version with simple play and stop buttons.

http://www.pppst.com/ - Powerpoints for younger students - on everything

Re-learning/Independent Learning:

http://classtools.net/ - games to reinforce learning

http://quizlet.com/ - flashcards and quizzes

http://www.spellingcity.com/ - customized online spelling

http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/tdl_tip/19 - tips for advanced Microsoft Word features

Note Taking/Organization:

http://www.thelabnotebook.com/ - online notetaking

http://www.evernote.com/ - remember everything!

Collaboration:

http://www.skype.com/ - online video conferencing

http://www.ning.com/ - social or educational network

http://pbworks.com/ - wiki

http://edublogs.org/ - blog

http://www.photovisi.com/ - digital collage

Content-Specific Links:

http://www.chalkbored.com/lessons/chemistry-11.htm - resources for high school chemistry, in a variety of formats, created by a high school chemistry teacher.

www.graphcalc.com/index.shtml - free download for graphing calculator

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - online virtual manipulatives

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html - math dictionary

http://www.hippocampus.org/ - high quality multimedia content for high school

http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm - online periodic table

http://tarheelreader.org/ - digital books for beginning readers of all ages