Cool Tools 4 Schools

http://comiqs.com/
Comiqs is a website that allows students to get their minds going and be creative. You can create cartoon pages using your own design and photos. I think for first graders this would be a fun way for them to use their imaginations and make fun writings.

http://www.mapskip.com/index.php

Here you can see shared stories and pictures about all places in our lives. You can upload and share different videos, images and sounds. It is an easy way for others to view about our lives in the U.S. I do believe this website would be a fun way for kids to learn more about our world.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
This website allows you to make charts, plots and diagrams and put them online . This would be an easier way for the teacher to grade. Instead of having to grade worksheets it would be easier and much more fun for both student and teacher to do everything online.

http://kubbu.com/
This is my favorite. This is something I could even use for the kids to get online and look at. Here I can make quiz games for them to study on and also be fun for them to learn. I would definitely use this in my classroom for studying and even group work.

 http://drawing.gamemaker.nl/
This is a drawing program for young children. They can draw with different pens, put stamps and drawings on the page and make text effects. This would be a fun website to reward your kids for doing something good in class. It gets them using technology and creative thinking.

http://www.vcasmo.com/

Vcasmo is a website that allows students to make multimedia presentations using photos and videos. This website looks to be easy for any age group to work with and use easily. I would use this for in class presentations to make it more interesting to look at than a child using a poster board.

http://www.findhow.com/

I chose this website because it is a trusted website and for the grades I am wanting to teach they do not know better between right and wrong statements on the internet. So a safe and reliable research base is really helpful for any teacher. I would definitely have my kids use this for their research papers much rather than Google or Wikipedia to find answers.

http://creately.com/

Here you can diagram your own charts and put them online. This is another easy website to grade children on their use of graphs and diagrams. I could grade easily online because maybe I could not read some of the children's graphs on paper.

 

http://www.docspal.com/

 

Here students can find a more useful way to convert all kinds of documents, including audio, video, photos and even books. It allows  an online viewer that allows you to view documents straight from your browser. I do think this would be a reliable and easy way to convert anything that we do in the classroom that they might want to save for later or even view.

 

 

http://www.chirbit.com/

This website allows you to share your audio easily. Here kids can make their own audio and turn it in here. I could use this for grading different things. They could answers many questions using this website and all I would have to do is listen.