Ms. Walsh's 6th Grade Math

Web 2.0 Directory
Visual directory of all the applications available on the internet to do anything and everything.
go2web20.net

Blogging
Free resources unless noted

http://edublogs.org
Reasonable subscription buys more, but basic free site is amply sufficient

http://www.jingproject.com
Capture what is on the computer screen, include texts, arrows, etc. and embed in your blog.

www.edmodo.com A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments.

http://slideshare.net
Upload your own PowerPoints, KeyPoints, etc. to share with public or private community.
Download the slide presentations of others.
Embed presentations into your site or blog.
Audio available if you desire to add it.

Swivel.com
This site allows you to upload and share graphs, do data analysis, etc.

http://flickr.com
Find photos for free use on their creative commons tab.

http://sketchcast.com
Like writing (and erasing) on a whiteboard and being able to save and publish work. (No fancy anything needed.)
Save and share on site.
Embed into blog.

www.grapher.com

http://voicethread.com
Post a movie, page, or anything and then allow others to add their comments to your own. Audio or just written. Your commenters choice.

http://kwout.com
This site allows you to quote other webpages, email or share webpages to friends or post on social networking sites like LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook. Also allows you to capture a screen and embed in posts with working links. I used kwout.com for my akeewakee post.

www.surveymonkey.com
This site allows you to create a survey online using many different formats.

The new Glog (versus blog)
www.glogster.com
Can create a “poster” about anything using many different graphics, embedded videos, podcasts, etc. Check out the adding and subtracting integers post to see a really neat one.

Microbloggers
http://twitter.com
Write what you are currently doing in 140 characters or less. OK. For those of you who know me—I am way too long-winded for this application; however, maybe it will cure me?!

http://plurk.com
Another sight like twitter, but with a timeline format. I like it better than twitter in many ways. Doesn’t seem to overload as often.

http://identi.ca
Just launched on July 4th, 2008, or thereabouts, another microblogging site. Not as reader friendly, somewhat like twitter interface.

Please forgive any errors in information. If notified, I’ll be happy to correct them.

Teacher blogs I like:

http://mrwilliams.edublogs.org
I learned that a lot of the tools I’m using exists thanks to visiting his site. He teaches math, as I do, and perhaps having this little window into his world will help me improve my own teaching.

Mr. Mansour’s class
Another math teacher who effectively uses a lot of web 2.0 tools on his site for teaching and learning, and a great source for inspiration and keeping current.

Math work stations/bulletin board ideas
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schaeffe/BulletinBoards/bbs.html
Great upper-level math bulletin board ideas each with purposeful, engaging content; interactivity; and assessibility. Could be used for math work stations as well.

Ninetendo DS Brain Age.
A fellow teacher used Brain Age in a math work station this past year to enhance students basic fact knowledge and it worked. 8 Nintendo DS games and 8 Brain Age games were purchased with funds granted from our educational foundation.

Math websites
Go Figure Online http://www.woub.org/gofigure/

Mathematics Tables on the internet
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Mathematics%20–%20Tables%22

scroll down to Elementary Mathematical Tables, Alexander MacFarlane, 1851-1913

Mathematics Tables to purchase online (Easons is the largest book retailer in Ireland-reputable company located on O’Connell Street)

http://www.eason.ie/search/results?q=mathematics+tables&commit=Go