Content

Content

The content is the curriculum - "what" we teach. You can meet your students needs by varying the intensity and type of content resources you present to them.

Many of the following resources were shared during our session. This is by no means an ehaustive list. As technology tools evolve and teachers continue to use their imagination, the possibilities are endless.

__Internet Resources:__ __Social Bookmarking__ __Display Differentiation__ __ Instructional Strategies Ideas: __
 * [|http://school.NetTrekker.com] – Search tabs according to maturity level and returns by readability level; turn on the //Read Aloud// feature for struggling readers
 * [|http://delicious.com] – Create your own bookmarks for students to view; add 'tags' for certain groups as needed. Students will search for that tag and see the sites you have bookmarked for them
 * [|www.diigo.com] – Create your own bookmarks for students to view. Add 'tags' for certain groups as needed. Students will search for that tag and see the sites you have bookmarked for them. You can also highlight the bookmark and add sticky notes to call students' attention to something on the site. ++ If you create a diigo account in additional to a delicious account, you can set diigo to sent any bookmarks you add to diigo over to your delicious account so you can maintain both at the same time. Very handy! If you started with delicous, import those bookmarks to get started!
 * [|www.KidsClick.org] – Search results list readability level
 * [|http://Clusty.com] – Results grouped by main subject areas
 * [|www.Kartoo.com] – Visual grouping of return results
 * [|http://Puzzlemaker.com] – Create individualized puzzles (or student create own!)
 * [|www.edhelper.com/vocabulary.htm] – Individualized vocabulary words
 * [] – Online math manipulatives
 * [|www.kindernet.com] - A safe searching site geared for elemetnary students
 * [|www.schoolr.com] - Created by Google for K-12+ research...a little cleaner than google
 * [] - A visual return for your search
 * __ Word – Link to Additional Materials __ : Create a hyperlink to additional support materials. You must first create the support file (additional directions, support, etc.). It’s best to save any support files in the same folder location as the main document. Click on either the word or object (picture) to which you want to attach other materials. Click on //Insert / Hyperlink// (or globe with chain icon). Locate the support file and click //OK//. You can also link to web resources (enter URL in address window at the bottom of the hyperlink window.
 * __ Digital Video ([|Discovery Streaming™] __ ): Download whole movie or segments for students who need material presented in pieces. You can also have student create individual reports for a whole theme (e.g. Sea PowerPoint).
 * __Blogs:__ set up a blog (such as with [|Edublogs]) with different pages for different needs
 * __ Inspiration/[|Webspiration] __ : Vary material by closing drop-down features of webbed materials – Link to additional resources as needed; See [|Alma's Delicious site for free concept mapping]tools.
 * __ iPod Audio Books __ : purchase audio books and upload onto iPod (Shuffles are great for this too – and portable!)
 * __ eBooks __ : Available for upload to handhelds, audio downloads (mp3 files) and plain text (change font, find & replace, highlight, etc.) à great source: [|www.gutenberg.org]