JT’s Top Ten List—

Morning

1. Read-Write-Think http://www.readwritethink.org/
Great set of online activities for a wide range of learners as well as
excellent lesson plans

2. PPT Game Templates http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/Power Point

Games/power_point_games.htm
Wonderful time saver with already made PPT templates for a wide
range of games and curriculum areas

3. The Brain Connection http://brainconnecton.positscience.com/

Treasure trove of information on the brain, the mysteries of learning,
and good ideas for learning strategies

4. Kathy Schrock’s Sites of the http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

Day schrockguide/sos.html
The place to visit to stay current on great Internet site—focus this
year on Web 2.0 options

5. Monterey Bay Aquarium http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

Six web cams for virtual travel as well as a great reference site

6. Lanternfish http://bogglesworldesl.com/esl_games.htm
A number of well crafted games for helping ESL students—game
boards are in MS Word format

7. MegaPenny Project http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/

A wonderful visual look at pennies counting from one to one
quintillion

http://www.education-
8. Morning Math world.com/a_admin/archives/
morning_math.shtml
Great set of math activities done by grade level

9. Annenberg Media Learner http://www.learner.org/

Professional development online—check out reading & math options

10. TuxPaint http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Free, open source drawing program for Mac, Windows, and Linux—
easy to use

Best of the Best Web Sites—2011 ©2011 Joanne J. Troutner

JT’s Top Ten List—
Afternoon

1. Vocaroo http://www.vocaroo.com/
Create audio files with ease—save, e-mail, or embed—wide range of
uses

2. Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
Superb digital picture sharing site—check out Notes & Description
options

3. Flickr Toys http://bighugelabs.com/

Wonderful set of tools to use with images stored in Flickr—check out
the Cube and Trading Card selections

4. Wordle http://www.wordle.net
Easy-to-use Web 2.0 tool for making word clouds…so many uses!

5. Awesome Highlighter http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

Help students find the important information on a web site by
creating a highlighted version with ease

6. Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Classic hands-on science museum with superb virtual exhibits

7. Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/

Superb online drill and skill option for practicing spelling

8. Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/index.php

Access to movies, e-texts, music, and a variety of other copyright
friendly materials—check out the Way Back Machine

9. Millennium Stage http://www.kennedy-

center.org/programs/millennium/
Archived webcasts of a wide range of free performances at Kennedy
Center

10. Zoho Polls http://zohopolls.com/

Quick way to create and do an online poll—easy export to Excel
spreadsheet

11. Today’s Meet for Today http://todaysmeet.com/JTBERK-6

This transcript of the back channel for the session today is available
until 12/15/2012

Best of the Best Web Sites—2011 ©2011 Joanne J. Troutner