Google
(Note: You can sign in so you can customize your page.)
Click on Advance search
Specific format – choose PowerPoint – it will look and find you all the PowerPoint presentations that people have posted on the web.
Tips: look at the URL to get an idea who wrote the file (ie., k-12 is a school); also the file size will help you know if there are a lot of graphics – the higher the file size, the more likely there are graphics.
DonÕt reinvent the wheel; modify the presentation that you download.
Teachers
First
www.teachersfirst.com (you can go to the site directly or by Summercore.com – curriculum links – Teachers First website)
It is a website designed by teachers. It has annotated, well selected websites for all teachers at all grade levels.
Classroom – resources – subject & Grade
There is a grid that shows subject area divided by elementary, middle, high school.
Exploratorium
Cool Sites
http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php
Every month they update the site with ten cool and interesting sites.
Archived links are on the side. Click on the subject area and it will show all of the cool sites on that given topic since the sites inception.
You
Tube
Show foreign language commercials.
Show videos that relate to your curriculum (i.e. Anne Frank)
Create an account and add play lists.
(Mom said itÕs ok!)
Poets reading their own poems.
Historical figures (MLK I Have a Dream Speech)
Zamzar
There are 4 steps:
Select a file or a URL of a YouTube video. (Copy URL from YouTube, click on URL link, paste URL and click Òadd URLÓ button, convert to mp4, enter e-mail address, click ÒconvertÓ button. You will receive an e-mail message that the file has been converted. Click on the link to go to the video. Now you can download the video!)
Click to ÒConvert files toÓ and select what file type you would like to convert to. (WAV files work with PowerPoint, convert Adobe .pdf to .doc)
JumpCut
You can upload video or photographs and turn them into a move.
You can add titles and transitions to your videos.
Now on the web, there is the ability to edit and change things without having the software.
You have the ability to make your file public or private.
Picnik
This site allows you to do online photo editing.
You have the ability to make your files public or private.
Life
Hacker Blog
Top Ten Web 2.0 sites
www.teach42.com (search site for top 10 web 2.0)