Wordle: is a word cloud. The cloud you see above this entry is from Wordle. It is easy to use. Type words multiple times to increase their font size.
Tagxedo: turns words, famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, into a word cloud. You can choose from a variety shapes, colors, and fonts for your word cloud.
Lexipedia: a multi-lingual visual dictionary that creates a word web and defines words based on their part of speech.
SnappyWords: This site will interactively help you find meanings for words and connections to associated words within its interactivity and thesaurus. It will look like a “word web” that can easily be manipulated. Click on the beta link to see an example. Then you will want to register for your free account.
Visuwords: is another word web dictionary. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a circle to expand the tree. Click and drag to move the background around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over circles to see the definition and click and drag individual circles to move them around and to help clarify connections.
TheVisual Dictionary: uses photographs of words in the real world to visually explore them.
Shahi: This is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images and more.
WordStash:Create your own account at this link. It is built on top of a dictionary, so you can look up words and save them. With one click, students can access dictionary information and create flash cards or play the interactive games with YOUR words for review.
Taggalaxy.de will create a 3D galaxy of words and their associations. You can even click on a word and move it to the center of the galaxy and watch the globe populate it with new Flickr images and facts. You have to check this one out! Your students will love it.
Vocabulary.co has vocabulary games to expand your students verbiage.
Bookworm: Magazine publishes the stories, poems, essays and artwork of kids ages six through fifteen.
StoryKit: This application puts student work online privately in a format that can viewed by iPhone.
Storybird: Use the art on the site to illustrate or inspire student storytelling. This is a sample Rubric for cooperative learning and a video tutorial on how to use the software.
Stapleless Book: At this interactive site, students follow the prompts to produce their own books. Students can work with bulleted lists, headlines, and text; they can leave space to add pictures after printing. Everything prints out on one piece of paper. Follow the instructions to fold and cut.
Yudu: This resource lets you upload all sorts of content including Word documents and PDFs. It will quickly convert the documents into an impressive virtual magazine with flipping pages. Account creation is optional but an email address is required. You can also set privacy settings to public or private.
Issuu: Pronounced "issue", is another option to upload almost any document format and transform it into a virtual flipping book. Of course, you can share and or embed the resulting creation. For example, you can embed the book on your classroom homepage or wiki.
Lulu: Online publishing for books. You could publish a book written by all your students on poetry or perhaps a class recipe book. There are countless ideas on their site
Read Write Think This site has complete lesson plans with "interactives". Teachers, students and parents love the polished products your students will create BUT be warned they products do not save once access the interactives.
