Improving Reading Comprehension

• Content Area Reading Strategies
• Exploratree - online thinking guides (graphic organizers)

EAL Website Resources

• Manitoba Curriculum Framework (Draft) for EAL and LAL
• Linguistic Funland
• ESL Lesson Plans and Resources - ESL plans, lessons, and activities
• English Vocabulary Games
• English Zone - grammar worksheets, reading passages etc.
• Breaking News - great for current events with EAL students
• Second Language Books - YouAreSpecial
• ESL Lounge, Activities for ESL Students, Online Reading Passages and Exercises - ESLhome,
• Free Flashcards
• WatchKnow - a great site with tons of videos that are free  

Bogus Websites-

• Dihydrogen Monoxide
• Male Pregnancy
• Explorers - Jean Cabot
• Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
• Bogus Websites - maybe? or Bogus Websites or DOMZ List of Hoax Sites
• Save the Mountain Walrus 
• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Critical Thinking 

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism.org
• Talking about plagiarism
• Detecting plagiarism

Classroom Tools

• Making online quizzes and practice test with ProProfs website
• Video Resources and free audio files
• Book Crossings - leave a book in a public place and then track the books travels with Book Crossings
• Pete's Power Points
• Interactives website - math, science, history, arts, etc.
• The Khan Academy - video lessons on different math/science subjects with a teacher teaching the lesson 
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French Resources

• Quia - games and resources for Basic French
• Visual Dictionary - Le Dictionnaire Visuel

Technology

• Geocaching
• MInd Mapping with Webspiration 
• Media Awareness Resources
• Voicethreads - link audio to your pictures, see a sample of Voicethreads made into a story
• Create a photo book online with Mixbook
• Create a animated slideshow with music, effects, and movie clips with Vuvox
• GreatSummary
• Can't open a file? Try converting it with Zamzar
• Create animation with photos with Animasher
• Wikis with Teacher Tube
• Yacapaca - create quizzes, tests, surveys, eportfolios and more
• Copyright - Creative Commons videos, Copyright Friendly home page
• Evaluating websites: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Lesley University Evaluating Websites, 5 Criteria for Evaluating Webpages - Cornell University, Evaluation Criteria from New Mexico State
• Information Literacy: The Integration Station from River East,
• Digital Citizens Lessons with You Tube 

The Arts

• Posting students work on the Internet through The Winnipeg Public Library The Mash Up
• Art Studio Chalkboard - lessons in drawing and painting
• What can you create with a few stripes and digital tools? Check out viscosity
• Online Art Resources, Arts Search Engine, The Art Browser 
• Sketch a line and Retrievr will try and match images from Flickr to your drawing
• National Gallery of Art for Kids
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Higher Level Thinking

• Bloom's Taxonomy with ICT, a printable Bloom's Taxonomy with ICT 

Free "Stuff"

• Teachersdomain -Free Interactive web pages, lessons, videos etc.
• Book Plates, Bookmarks, Microsoft Freebies, Iron On Transfers to T-shirts, Free Printable Calendars
• Flashcards - Make your own or use some read-made on any topic imaginable
• Online free video resources: TeacherTube, Learner.org - (free sign up is necessary)

Teacher-Librarian Resources

• LIbrarian Chick - free e-books, resources, etc.
• Graphic novels ratings - noflyingnotights
• Library and Archives Canada
• Bulletin board Ideas
• Research Protocal