For foreign language newspapers – you can choose to translate the news website, via google tranlate.

If you’re studying other countries, this would be a great site to find out what’s making news in their part of the world

http://newspapermap.com

Enter the web address for each of the websites on the SitePouch webpage – SitePouch will then generate a unique URL that you can share with students, that contains the websites that you have chosen in a stack. Clicking on one of the listed website URL opens it up while the other sites remain on the stack. Clicking on a new site in the list opens it up and hides the previous site.

http://sitepouch.com/

http://www.superteachertools.com/

Voice Search for Chrome

Voice Search allows you to simply search Google by speaking the search words into your microphone, instead of typing the words. This would be useful for students who find spelling difficult or have trouble using the keyboard.

View the demo video at the link below.

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/voicesearch.html

Search by Image

Search by Image allows you to search Google by using images instead of words. You can upload images or use images already on the web, simply by dragging the image into the search field.  Google uses computer vision techniques to match your image to other images in the Google Images index and additional image collections. From those matches, Google will try to generate an accurate “best guess” text description of your image, as well as find other images that have the same content as your search image

A useful tool to look for similar images or try to identify where the image was taken or related content.

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html

PBS Learning Media has over 12,000 digital learning objects, which include video clips, documents, games, images, and activities. Approximately 60 percent of the collection is made up of  purpose-built short pieces of video that have been produced or adapted for use in the classroom.

The free service allows educators to search for any keyword, standard, topic, or grade level and use the content they find in the classroom. The premium service, which adds a fee, allows for greater customization and enhanced features.

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

“Knoword is a game of quick thinking, smart decisions and great words. It focuses on teaching and advocating proper spelling habits, as well as good observational, analytical and typing skills. What makes Knoword different from all the other fun word games out there is that it’s actually fun! With its fast-paced, addictive gameplay and a competitive and comprehensive player ranking system , Knoword pushes the limits on contemporary puzzle games and provides its players with a truly rewarding experience.”

http://knoword.org/index.php

“The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative. The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.”

Each cell has a short video clip where the teacher explains the activity and how it was used in class with students.

http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html

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ZUULA is a meta search engine which allows users to search multiple search engines with one click.

Enter a search term and then click on  the tabs to view results from various search engines, like Bing, Google, Yahoo, Gigablast, Alexa…..

You can search the  “Web”, “Images”, “News”, Tags” & “Blogs” with each having multiple sources to view results from.

Ideal for students when researching topics.

Knowledge Adventure has a wide range of interactive educational games for Kids aged 3 -12yrs, for Math, Spelling, Phonics, Reading, Science.

http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/

Sweet Search is a series of search engines specially for the education sector and aimed at teachers and students. Each website in SweetSearch has been evaluated vetted by research experts, as suitable for students.

SweetSearch4Me is our search engine for emerging learners.

SweetSearch2Day is where students Learn Something New Every Day.

SweetSearch for School Librarians for content that helps students use the Web effectively.

SweetSites for teachers and students, organized by subject and academic level.

SweetSearch Biographies for profiles of 1,000+ significant people.

http://www.sweetsearch.com/