Share Tabs - A neat way to share your favorite websites.

http://www.sharetabs.com/

This website allows you to share multiple websites with your colleagues and students with ease.  Essentially, you copy and paste the urls of all of the websites you want to share and you will get a single link to all of the sites in a convenient format.  Once you share the link, which would be in the form of a customized url, your links will  display as thumbnails and as tabs on an internet browser.

Here's an example sharetab site with social studies resources:
http://www.sharetabs.com/?ss_grades5-8

You Convert It! Free Online Media File Conversion Website

Has Zamzar let you down?  Don't worry about it.  You Convert It! is a website that will quickly take your files and convert them into any format you can imagine. 

Here's how I used it recently: A colleague is trying to convert all of her flip mp4 files into a video format she can use to edit with Windows MovieMaker. We uploaded the files and converted into them into .wmv files with ease. Immediately these converted files were available on my email account for immediate download. You can use this site to convert files on youtube for class use.

Go to http://www.youconvertit.com/ to convert your media files as needed.  It even makes flash video files!

Scholastic Activities for SmartBoards

Go to this website to get wonderful interactive activity downloads created for your smartboard use by Scholastic.

http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/

Black History Month Projects and Resources

Thinkfinity is featuring some pretty awesome lesson plans, activities and resources for Black History Month.

"Searching for Black History Month lesson plans, activities and resources? Listen to black scientists. Use social and behavioral science to study the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Trace the blues. Ride The Underground Railroad. And through it all, discover the contributions of African Americans to our nation's history."  - Thinkfinity.org

Go to this link to view and use worthwhile resources from National Geographic, ArtsEdge, Science Net Links, and many more valued contributors:

http://www.thinkfinity.org/BlackHistoryMonth.aspx

Read Write Think Gets a Facelift!

http://www.readwritethink.org/

The International Reading Association has given the Read Write Think website a new look.  Since 2002, this site continues to be the premier website for Language Arts Literacy educators. Hundreds of lesson plans, interactive activities, printouts and calendar activities are available on this site.  This is a classic site that is definitely worth its weight in gold- and this site is resource heavy! 

Send an email to your future self!

Future Me is a web tool that will allow you to email yourself reminders or other items at a later date.  You can make this message public or private.  I personally would advise keeping emails private. As a registered member of future me, you can even email others into the future.Thanks Lorenzo Cruz for sharing this resource with us!

Vocabahead- Enhance your Vocabulary Through Animated Video

http://www.vocabahead.com/

"[WordAhead] makes learning hard words both fun and interactive for everyone. Especially useful for those preparing for SAT/ACT verbal tests."

This website is an awesome virtual warehouse of animated, engaging videos students can use to learn vocabulary. Students can create their own videos and share them on this website also. Thanks Janet Clark and Alex Gruskin for sharing this resource with us!