Web 2.

0 classroom tools

Piclits
http://piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx
A creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to
inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture
the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.A
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an
event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Viewbix
http://www.viewbix.com/
Website utilizing videos and interactive apps to engage viewers and call for action.
As of January 2012 there is no educational platform but this site definitely can be used as a Web
2.0 teaching tool for teachers and their students.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,
building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/
The best way to share presentations, documents and professional videos and other digital
media.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.A
Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material;
explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to
explore ideas under discussion.

Toondoo
http://www.toondoo.com/
Bunch online and portable tools to create comics that will allow pick up some self-expression,
storytelling, and reading comprehension skills from using the site.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate
facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable
pace.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.5
Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid
reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to
emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Smilebox
http://smilebox.com/
A free software download that lets you upload photographs, music and video clips to create
multimedia projects. Design types include scrapbooks, slideshows, Ecards, photo albums,
postcards, recipes and invitations. Finished projects can be emailed, sent to a blog, burned to
a DVD or printed.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.5
Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid
reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to
emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Docsteach
http://docsteach.org/
DocsTeach allows you to locate and create interactive learning activities using the primary
resources from the National Archives. The website has different activity templates that
promote critical thinking skills encouraging students to become "history detectives."
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details;
summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical
text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Wordle
http://wordle.net/
Website that creates "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater
prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your
clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6
Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic;
describe the differences in focus and the information provided.

Educational iPad Apps

Bitstrips
http://company.bitstrips.com/bitstrips-app.html
Portable App to create comics that will allow pick up some self-expression, storytelling, and
reading comprehension skills from using the site.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine
the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key
details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain
how their actions contribute to the sequence of events

Grammar Dragon
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammar-dragon/id397730260?mt=8
Alphabet Zoo was designed by educators to help teach letter-sound association as a crucial step
for learning how to read under the Common Core Standards. As students enjoy playing with the
brightly colored animals and creative sounds, they will barely realize that they are mastering
phonemic awareness for how letters sound in real words.
K-5
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Scootpad
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scootpad/id557056479?mt=8
The app enables teachers to deliver individualized learning experiences for each student in math,
reading, language arts, spelling, writing, and vocabulary. Even more importantly, the app keeps
track of all projects, assessments, progress reports, assignments, and behavioral tracking.
K-5
Common Core Standards: English Language Arts Standards » Standard 10: Range, Quality,
& Complexity » Staying on Topic Within a Grade & Across Grades

Cited:

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/standard-10-range-quality-complexity/staying-
on-topic-within-a-grade-across-grades/

https://sites.google.com/a/alstudent.org/troy-intermediate-school-library/web-2-0-tools-for-
21st-century-skills-common-core

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-55-best-best-free-education-apps-for-ipad/