Kiddle Search Engine

Kiddle is a safe and kid-friendly visual search engine powered by Google.  This is a much better alternative to "Googling" for our younger students.

Analogies

Research supports the importance of being able to make comparisons with sound reasoning.  An article on Teachervision articulates this point. Listed below are three free apps for learners to begin practicing with analogies.

The user of this app will begin to build their understanding of relationships between concepts (words, shapes, etc.) 64 total analogies are included with this free app.

A 2nd version of the above mentioned app.

This version of the analogy app focuses on word analogies.

Common Sense Media- Easy Way to Preview Media

I don't know about you, but for me as a parent and a teacher it has gotten harder and harder to decide what may or may not be appropriate for children to view.  One thing I love about this website and app is that it not only gives you the rating, but it also tells you WHY the rating was given. 

The following was taken from www.commonsensemedia.org

	Common Sense Media helps families make smart media choices. We offer the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music.  Our Parent Concerns and Parent Blog help families understand and navigate the problems and possibilities of raising children in the digital age.
	Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life. Our K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum teaches students how to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world.  And our revolutionary educational rating system, Graphite, helps educators discover, use, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning.
	Common Sense Kids Action works with policy makers, business leaders, and other advocates across the nation to ensure that every child has the opportunity to succeed. Kids Action works to drive policies at the state and national levels that ensure all kids 0-5 have access to vital education and health resources; that all children have high-quality digital learning experiences; that their online data and privacy is protected; and that child poverty is reduced in America. With over 65 million Common Sense users, more than 275,000 educators, and potential advocates in every home and school across the nation, Common Sense’s advocacy platform is building a movement dedicated to making kids our nation's top priority.

Livebinders

Livebinders is an online tool that acts as a virtual 3 ring binder.  It allows you to collect all of your websites and resources in one location.  My favorite part...the LiveBinder It button.  It is like the Pinterest button and allows you to add links to your LiveBinders without ever leaving the website you would like to save.  Check out my video for more information.

Citelighter

I just came across this tool and had to share.  Citelighter- www.citelighter.com  is a tool/toolbar that you can use to highlight text off the internet, create citations, and organize your research.  This is great for anybody going back to school or for students who are beginning to do research.  It's worth checking out.