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Photo Effects and Editing Sites
 
www.dumpr.net -- upload your photos and add effects -- resave as the new photo
 
www.picnik.com -- upload your photo and add stamps, text, and lots of cool effects
 
http://www.picartia.com/ -- make collages with your photos (seems to have loading issues)
 
http://picreflect.com/ -- upload your photos and make them have reflections
 
 http://www.pixlr.com -- more effects and filters
 
 
 Search Engines
 
www.yahooligans.com -- kid friendly search engine
 
http://buzz.yahoo.com/ -- what's on the front page?
 
http://kidoz.net/beta/ -- includes a kid friendly filter
 
 
Blogs, Wikis and Sharing Places
  
 First, what are they?
 
Blog - web log: a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies.
Wiki - A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup.
Podcast - A form of audio broadcasting using the Internet, podcasting takes its name from a combination of "iPod" and broadcasting.
Vodcast - The method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile device.  VOD = Video On Demand
 
http://www.penzu.com/features -- free private journal on the web
 
http://www.grapheety.com/grapheety/index.jsp -- tag pictures and stories onto a map
 
 
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/storytools  -- web-based story telling
 
http://www.kid-cast.com/ -- website for kids to publish their own Podcasts
 
http://www.tikatok.com/ -- kids write, illustrate and publish their own books
 
   
Educational Finds
 
 http://jeopardylabs.com/ - create Jeopardy boards
 
http://readthewords.com/ -- just what it says
 
http://kindersay.com/  - great for the little ones -- pictures that illustrate words and says them
 
 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ -- science of all types
 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/  -- download file to create voice recordings and Podcasts
 
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/ -- newspapers from around the world
 
 
http://www.jingproject.com - do screencasts of your keystrokes and record your actions
  
http://www.abcya.com/  -- great for elementary schools
 
 http://www.starfall.com  -- great early reading site
  
http://www.kerpoof.com/# -- just take a look
 
http://www.hippocampus.org -- textbooks and lesson plans online
  
 
Add-ons to PowerPoints, .gif's, fonts, graphics, backgrounds
 
 
http://www.gifmania.co.uk/ -- animated graphics (.gif's)
 
http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html -- more animations
 
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/ -- really nice additions to your PowerPoints
 
http://www.pppst.com/ -- PowerPoints already made for you to use
 
 http://www.animasher.com/ -- make your own animations
 
 http://www.soundsnap.com/ -- free downloadable sounds
 
 
http://www.backgroundcity.com/ -- add interesting backgrounds to your PowerPoints
 
 
 
Just for Fun
 
 http://www.friv.com/ -- favorite frivolous games that will keep you occupied for hours and hours
 
 http://www.logoinstant.com/ -- create logos to use 
 
 
Use at Home
 
 
http://purpletrail.com/  -- online invitations
 
 http://www.retailmenot.com/  -- coupon codes for online purchases
 
 
 
 
Teacher & Kid Tools
 
 http://www.online-stopwatch.com/  -- online stopwatch -- others available below in "Ward Collection"
 
http://www.printablepaper.net/  -- create all kinds of papers you may need (graph, lined paper, music, etc.)
 
 
For ELL Teachers
 
http://forvo.com/ --- word translation
 
 
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com -- login as wcpsell and you will see a list of ELL specific sites that I have found
 
  
Bookmarking Sites
 
 http://delicious.com/  - social bookmarking site -- don't be surprised if it is blocked in your school
 
 http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com -- use shessites as username/login and shes as the password or create your own bookmark favorites
 
 
  
 And More!!!!!!!!!!!
 
  
    
http://web2magazine.blogspot.com/2007/01/thanks-for-web-2.html  - a great page if it isn't blocked for you
  
http://pandora.com/ -- listen free to the radio
 
http://sites.google.com/site/wardcollection/web-2-0-presentation -- more stuff from Selena Ward (PGCPS) who inspired this webpage