2009+Other+Cool+Things


 * Other Cool Things **
 * BrainPop** - creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, support teachers and bolsters achievement. Sign up for a FREE 30-day trial version by November 11, 2009. [|www.brainpop.com/go/denver2009]


 * Wordle** - Wordle is a toy for generating “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. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. [|www.wordle.net]


 * 50 sites in 60 minutes -** cool sites gathered and annotated by Mark Garrison from Minnetonka. Especially cool was the __ [|aviary.com] __ site...but they're all worth a look! [|GarrisonSites.blogspot.com]


 * Rube Goldberg** - website about simple machines [|www.rubegoldberg.com]


 * Scholastic** -
 * Computer Lab Favorites - free 50 one stop learning activities 15-30 minutes each. Subjects include: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, and Spanish. [|www.scholastic.com/CFL]
 * Underground Railroad - [|www.scholastic.com/undergroundrailroad]
 * Scholastic Teacher resources - search for lessons by grade and subject area []