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====This [|site has] a unique purpose.Go to their page and put in the address of a web page you are reading,It makes any word you click on get a definition, the program remembers it and you can review them later. And here is a [|book database arranged by Lexile.] ====

====Here's a book sharing site for kids called [|BiblioNasium.] Check it out. It is for kids from 6 to 12 and has reading logs and all kinds of nifty things for the students to use. It's social networking for kids books!====

====This [|might be fun to do early] in the school year. After the kids write down their answers, they could be posted around the room for people to guess which person this is. ====



====[|Shidonni] has drawing tools that students can explore on their own. They can use it to illustrate stories they write on paper. It is a social network for kids that is safe and allows for lots of creativity. ====

====Although this is not really a web 2.0 tool, [|this site]would be helpful to writing teachers or students who need ideas or help with writing. This[| site is just a writing site as well but]has a plethora of activities, graphic organizers and other tools for writing both on and off line. And I call this a site for reluctant writers. I learned to use the "hot pen method" but this is a new twist--you go [|to the OneWord site]and see a word about which you can write. ====

Another writing site is [|Boomwriter] [[image:boom.JPG width="800" height="475"]]
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====I just found out about a site called my Little Book Project. A book is written and illustrated on the computer and can be printed out for the student. [|Check it out.] ====

====Here are the interactive tools from [|Read, Write and Think]. This is a great set of tools for all kinds of tasks. They are usually step by step for the students so they are good for center work after an introduction. ====

====This is a [|choose your own adventure story]. The kids do not need email addresses (it's in Beta so they might change that policy when they get too many users.) ==== ====[|This is an online frig]. On the door of the frig are many word magnets. Students rearrange them to make sentences of separate the words into the part of speech. ====

====[|Readability] is a program to download onto your computer that takes distractions off of web pages. It is also a free app for the ipad. Read about it here. It works with the web browser Firefox. ====

====I think all of you have interactive white boards. Here is a great resource for things [|you can do with them.] ====

Here is another [|Google Presentation] that has writing ideas.
====Some research techniques are introduced here in a site called[| KYVL for Kids.] ====

====Here are some resources that have non-YouTube videos and have [|connections to Bill Nye the Science Guy]. They are for all subjects, however. ====

====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Kentucky has a [|Build Your Own Mineral Site]. And a[|n ocean site].(for Heidi) ====