Previously I have posted about class tools which can turn any quiz into games. Progressing on form last weeks scratch game, Mitchell created this game…
Category: History
Wideo: Make online animated videos
Posted in Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
Hi everyone, I was looking this morning and found this web based animated video creation site. I have been playing with the tool and created…
Online Timeline: Soft Schools
Posted in Classroom, Geography, History, History, Humanities/ Topics, and Literacy
Following on from yesterdays post, Soft Schools also have an online timeline generator which you can access here. This would be more suited to the…
Create online interactive time lines with Tiki-Toki
Posted in Classroom, Geography, History, History, Humanities/ Topics, and Literacy
Tiki Toki is an online timeline tool you can access the site here. This is a great FREE site which have great possibilities for the…
Quiz Busters
Posted in Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Reading, and Teacher Resources
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/ This site allows you to create and then play with your own quiz or it allows you to use one of the quiz’s that…
Online Postcard Maker – Character Analysis/Reading Comprehension/Writing
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, History, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading, Reading apps, Science, Teacher Resources, writing, and Writing Apps
Last week I blogged about a series of tools which could be used for character analysis and reading comprehension (My examples were based on the big bad wolf). Today’s post is…
Create your own trading cards: List of Apps and websites
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
As an extension to great tools I have been blogging about all week. I have found another one. Trading Cards. These are great for reading…
Fake Twitter Posts: Useful for book and historical characters analysis
Posted in About Me, Character Development, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Science, and Teacher Resources
http://www.classtools.net/twister/ – Another fantastic Tool from Classtools. Love this site! This is a fake Twitter feed. I had fun creating one from the Wolfmister as a…
Create FakeBook for book characters, historical figures etc
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, History, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page – Another fantastic Tool from classtools. This is so much fun. You can create a Fake facebook page for characters. Below is a quick one…
Create your own quiz’s and turn them into Arcade Games
Posted in Classroom, Creating, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Science, Teacher Resources, and Writing
http://www.classtools.net/_mobileQuiz/index.php – This is GREAT !!!!!! This site allows you to create your own quiz and then it is published as a game. It is incredibly easy to…
Websites and Apps for Comic Creation
Posted in Classroom, History, Humanities/ Topics, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading, Reading apps, Writing, and Writing Apps
Creating a comic is a great engaging learning activity. It can be used in all subject areas from P-12. Reading ( retell, make a new ending, create…
How Stuff Works and Discovery Kids
Posted in Classroom, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, and Teacher Resources
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How stuff works is exactly that. It is a website which uses a variety of media (text, audio, video) to explain how everything works.…
Online Interactive Brainstorming / Mind Mapping Tools
Posted in Classroom, General Classroom Apps, History, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Reading, Science, and Writing
There are a lot of online, interactive brainstorming tools and graphic organisers which can be used in the classroom. I have featured only two of…
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ I have used the photfill in’s with my class when we were discussing dialogue and speech bubbles, the children thought…