Kristin Carroll- Communities In Schools North Texas Texas ACE conference 2013 Austin, Texas

1. Presented by: Kristin Carroll
Site Coordinator
Lakeland Elementary
Lewisville, Texas

2. Getting Started
 Voki
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=8387386&heig
ht=267&width=200
 Weebly Website
 www.weebly.com

3. Student Websites
 Using www.symballo.com
you can create a balloon
that shows all the websites
students are allowed to
visit.
 You can also access the
websites that students can
use for projects in the
classroom.

4. Reading/ Writing
Website Address Uses
Story Starters http://www.scholastic.com/teac
hers/story-starters/
Gives ideas for writers
workshop
Reading Brain http://www.funbrain.com/brain/
ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.htm
l
Allowing students to read
books online
One true media http://www.onetruemedia.com/ Make a PDF book study
or make a movie
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ Prek-1 books
Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/ News for students
BookFlix http://auth.grolier.com/login/bo
okflix/login.php
Books for grades k-5
StoryBird http://storybird.com/ Create and read visual
stories

5. Student Ideas
Story Starter Story Bird

6. Spelling
Website Address Uses
Wordle www.wordle.net/ Using words to create
pictures
Tagxedo www.tagxedo.com For older students using
words to create pictures
Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.c
om/
Students are able to study
their spelling words

7. Student Projects
Wordle Tagxedo

8. Math
Website Address Uses
AplusMath http://www.aplusmath.com/ To help improve a
students math skills
Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/crea
teAgraph/default.aspx
Students will be able to
create different types of
graphs
AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com
/
Interactive math lessons
divided by grade level

9. Create a Graph

10. Social Studies
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeogr
aphic.com/kids/
Allows students to study
different countries
U.S Government Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov
/k-2/index.html
Describes our
government by grade
level
Prezi http://prezi.com/ Web connecting concepts

11. Science
Website Address Uses
Solar System Exploration http://solarsystem.nasa.g
ov/kids/index.cfm
Visuals and information
about the solar system
NASA’s Climate Kids http://climatekids.nasa.g
ov/
To explain Earth’s Climate
Science Kids http://www.sciencekids.c
o.nz/experiments.html
Easy experiments for
students

12. Student Search Engines
Website Address Uses
Kids Click http://www.kidsclick.org/ Elementary
Sweet Search http://4me.sweetsearch.c
om/
Website designed for
researching ideas
Kidrex http://4me.sweetsearch.c
om/
Elementary

13. Kristin Carroll
carrollkd@lisd.net