Big Huge Labs

Big Huge Labs -
A great tool for digital photography and more

www.BigHugeLabs.com 

    This website was created in association with Flicker to use your own images or images found online to create fun projects that can be used for a wide variety of things. There are options for making your own motivational posters, movie posters, magazine covers, caption creator, billboard maker and so much more. Use these tools to extend student projects or even for your own enjoyment to make classroom content even more fun. Enjoy!

Awesome Highlighter

AwesomeHighlighter.com

This fabulous tool has so many great uses for all content areas. If you have ever been reading something online and wished you could highlight or even write notes on the screen, then this tool is for you. Simply enter the URL (website) into the search bar and the site you would like to highlight will appear. Select different color highlighters and even add post-it like notes on the page. When you're finished, click "done" and the highlighted page will turn into its own URL. You can email this or even copy it to a Google Doc to be saved like a bibliography or collection of articles for a project.

Teachers can use this tool to encourage active reading of online content. Asking students to question and respond as they read is an excellent reading strategy. On top of that, no printing!

Also, there is a login option, but it is not required to use the website. Just use the tool, click "done" and you're finished!

Search Google by Reading Level

Frustrated by websites that are too difficult for students to understand? Google has tried to simplify the search process by allowing you to search by reading level. Watch the tutorial below to learn how to use this simple search feature.

There are lots of other great tools under the "advanced search" button. Using reading levels will allow students to filter through the content that may be intended for upper grades or adults while still giving them reliable and more appropriate results.

Web Tools for Your Classroom

There are so many things online that it can be difficult to sort through it all to find what you need. I have put together a website that organizes helpful online tools and information by concept and subject area. There are helpful tools for research, literacy, collaboration and more. Enjoy!

https://sites.google.com/site/webtoolsforyourclassroom/