Links

= Links =

//** ﻿Post links that you find interesting or useful. Make sure they have to do with Literature Circles and their roles! You may want to also post your name to your link and a brief description of what the tool does and how to use it (if it's not straight forward). **// DO NOT EDIT OTHER PEOPLE'S LINKS!

Create a newspaper clipping - you could use this for summarizer perhaps? @http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

GIMP is the open-source (free) version of Photoshop. You may need some assistance to install it. Let me know if you need help! @http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Wordle - This may be an interesting way of presenting an illustration: @http://www.wordle.net/

Create mind maps and graphic organizers: @http://bubbl.us/

Create comic strips, avatars, etc. Requires sign-up @http://www.toondoo.com/

Create arcade style games for free! @http://classtools.net/ = Instructions for Embedding an Arcade-style Game from Classtools.net: =


 * 1) Click on "Arcade-style Games" on the right-hand side under "Templates"
 * 2) Write in your questions and answers. Make sure you follow the instructions. There is an example button that will show you how your questions and answers should look. They are question and answer on the same line, separated by a * - e.g. What is 2 + 2? * 4
 * 3) Click on "Play" when you're done entering your questions & answers (at least 10 questions)
 * 4) DO NOT click on one of the games to play. Click on the gear button at the bottom (Embed)
 * 5) Choose "Large"
 * 6) Two choices: Link or Embed (Link brings them to the page, Embed puts the game on your wiki page)
 * 7) To link: copy and paste the URL into your wiki (top text box of the yellow embed screen)
 * 8) To embed: copy the bigger box of code under "Embed" under where it has Large / Medium / Small
 * 9) On your wiki page, click on the Widget button
 * 10) On the left hand side, click "Other HTML"
 * 11) Paste the code into the text box and click Save (The widget will show up as just a little white box)
 * 12) Save your page to see your game!

Create flashcards online. Requires sign-up @http://quizlet.com/

Make your own word games!! []

__ @http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/wordsearches/wordsearch-maker.aspx __ Interactive word search