Resources

Resources and Links


 * Vocab Ideas from [|www.readinglady.com] **


 * Choosing Which Words to Teach Presentation from the authors of Bringing Words to Life **


 * Additional Resources from Bringing Words to Life **


 * [|Infographic: 10 Principles for Effective Vocabulary Instruction] **

[|xtraNORMAL] - Create dramatic interpretations of vocabulary words using text. If you can type, then you can use this tool!
**__BIG HUGE LABS resources:__**

[|MOTIVATOR] : Create your own "Motivational" Style posters using your vocab words!

[|TRADING CARDS] : Create your own "Baseball" Style cards using words and images!

[|CUBE] : Create a 3-dimensional cube of pictures or words to enhance vocabulary understanding! (Or for comparative analysis?)

[|LOTS OF OTHER TOOLS] : From BigHugeLabs - many of which could be used for Vocab Instruction and Support!

**Rev Up Your Lessons** Created by Angela Cunningham and published originally on her [|BLOG].

||< Create videos, complete with music & text, using your images. Videos can be embedded on websites & blogs. ||< **Examples:** [|New York Video] ||
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 * < [|Glogster][[image:http://docs.google.com/File?id=d9vcd73_71cck6dhcb_b height="35" align="center"]]

||< Create interactive posters using text, photos, music, & videos. Glogs can be embedded on websites & blogs. ||= **Examples: **[|Huckleberry Finn Glog], Traci Blazosky’s Glogs  For more information on using Glogster, watch the [|Getting Started with Glogster] and[|Glogster Tutorial] videos. || ||< Make multimedia interactive quizzes. Quizzes can be embedded on websites & blogs. ||< **Examples: **[|US Citizenship Test] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|Quia], [|QuizEgg] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">C<span style="background-color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">reate online surveys & polls. Polls can be embedded on websites & blogs. ||< **<span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Examples: **<span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Amendments Poll] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|Obsurvey] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Record screencasts, tutorials, lectures, etc., then embed them on websites & blogs. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Also Try:** [|Jing] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Study & play with data as online flashcards, hangman games, crossword puzzles, matching, word searches, etc.<span style="background-color: #ffe599; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Flashcards can be studied online, printed, exporte<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">d to cell phones on iPods, or embedded on websites & blogs <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|Geography Vocabulary] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|BrainFlips]**,** [|Cobocards], [|Ediscio],[|Knowtes] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create multimedia timelines.<span style="background-color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Timelines can be embedded on websites & blogs. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|US History Timeline] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|Capzles], [|Dipity], [|TimeGlider] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create a secure, temporary chat room. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|Classroom Backchanneling Discussion] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|CoverItLive], [|Today’s Meet] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Build an online notice board using virtual Post-Its. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|World War II Wall] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> **Also Try:** [|Stixy] || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create a word cloud from the text you provide, giving greater prominence to words that appear most frequently. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wordles can be printed or embedded on websites and blogs. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|Inaugural Addresses Wordles] <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> For more information on using Wordle, refer to [|38 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom]. || ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create movies from the text you provide. ||< <span style="font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Examples:** [|Classroom Examples] ||
 * < [|MyStudiyo]
 * < [|Polldaddy]
 * = [|ScreenToaster]
 * < [|StudyStack]
 * < __[|TimeRime]__
 * < [|TinyChat]
 * < [|Wallwisher]
 * < [|Wordle]
 * < [|Xtranormal]

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Created by Angela Cunningham, Bullitt Central High School, Shepherdsville, KY 40165

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