Cool, Amazing, and Fun Websites (presented at HPS Summer Conference 2009)

Cool, Amazing, and Fun Websites!

(presented at HPS Summer Conference 2009)

 

The amount of information on the web is mind boggling, and finding time to explore is tough in our busy lives.  Let’s spend some time relaxing, laughing, and being amazed by some of the COOL stuff on the web.  We’ll explore everything from 3D virtual worlds to interactive fiction – and everything in between!  Leave with a list of links you’ll be anxious to share with friends, family, and your students! 

 

Instructional Tie:  Websites with a wide variety of instructional uses for all content areas and grade levels will be shared.

 

 

Productivity

 

Write or Die

http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html

 

Moo

http://www.moo.com/en/

 

Delicious

http://delicious.com/ 

 

Spreeder

http://www.spreeder.com/ 

 

 

For the Classroom

 

Muxicall

http://www.muxicall.com/

 

SFMOMA

http://www.sfmoma.org/projects/artscope/

 

Universcale

http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/universcale/index.htm

 

Virtual Keyboard

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm

 

Web Sudoku

http://www.websudoku.com/

 

Wolfram Alpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com/ 

 

Motivator

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php

 

Interactive Fiction

http://hpsnavigate.pbworks.com/Interactive-Fiction 

 

Newseum

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp

 

 

Learn

 

MIT Open CourseWare

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

 

Daily Lit

http://www.dailylit.com/

 

TED

http://www.ted.com/index.php/

 

Personal

 

Parent Hacks

http://www.parenthacks.com/

 

Lifehacker

http://lifehacker.com/

 

My Mobile Witness

http://www.mymobilewitness.com/

 

RecipeMatcher

http://www.recipematcher.com/

 

Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/

 

Rasterbator

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

 

CafePress 

http://www.cafepress.com/  

 

Geocaching

http://www.geocaching.com/

 

Second Life

http://secondlife.com/

 

 

Fun

 

Simply Noise

http://simplynoise.com/

 

Photo 505

http://photo505.com/en/

 

Hulu

http://www.hulu.com/

 

Zoomii

http://zoomii.com/#

 

DoodleBuzz

http://www.doodlebuzz.com/

 

The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos/

 

M&M's - Become An M&M

http://www.mms.com/us/becomeanmm/index.jsp

 

Lost Labels for Your Dharma Initiative Needs

http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2007/04/10/lost-labels-for-your-dharma-initiative-needs/

 

Drawminos

http://drawminos.com/

 

Karoke Party

http://www.karaokeparty.com/

 

Listen to a Movie

http://power.listentoamovie.com/

 

HEMA

http://producten.hema.nl/

 

The Dialectizer

http://rinkworks.com/dialect/

 

The Movie Sounds Database

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6219/

 

Interactive BubbleWrap

http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/files/bubblewrap.swf

 

Let Them Sing it For You

http://www.sr.se/p1/src/sing/

 

Pandora

http://pandora.com/

 

The Generator Blog

http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/

 

Postcards From Yo Momma

http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/

 

We Feel Fine

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

 

 

Fun for Kids

 

Lego Digital Designer

http://ldd.lego.com/

 

Canon CREATIVE PARK

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/

 

 

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