Subscription Resources: (see your email for logins and passwords)
SIRS Researcherhttp://www.proquestk12.com/ Great source for debate information, outline maps, current news, etc. All subject areas are included.
United Streaming http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm This service from Discovery Education allows you to search for videos that match your curriculum. You create your own log in and can use it at home and at school. It is available all summer as well.
BrainPopwww.brainpop.com BrainPop offers a variety of animated filmclips for all types of subjects.
Soundz Abound http://www.soundzabound.com/ For one year we have the use of this royalty free music on the website. All five albums are available. Use it all you want and save it to cd or harddrive to use whenever you want. The passwords for us are login=flwms and password=flwms.
Del.icio.usdel.icio.us Collect and organize your bookmarks online. What a great resource!
Diigowww.diigo.com Another way to bookmark your sites but this one also make highlighting important passages possible. Educators may apply to use diigo with students.
Multimedia Sites Voki www.voki.com Register and create your own avatars to post to your blogs or webpages. Voicethread www.voicethread.com Post a picture or a movie so that friends may comment on it. Sites with examples of student work using voicethread: http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/6-8 Animotowww.animoto.com Create a slide show of your pictures with fun music provided by the site.
Googlewww.google.com Google has collected so many great tools together under their umbrella. Look at igoogle for creating a personal webpage. Look at calendar for a way to track your appointments and events. Look at google docs in order to collaborate on the same documents. Look at Blogger to create your own blog or to search for blogs by others with your interests.
Twitter www.twitter.com A communications tool.
Photo Editing Fotoflexer http://fotoflexer.com Picnik http://www.picnik.com Photo editing site. Flickr www.flickr.com A collection of beautiful photographs uploaded by photographers around the world. Some are tagged Creative Commons which means you are allowed to use them in your media productions as long as you acknowlege the photographer.
