Links from Fall Kick-off Tutoring Event : Great Websites

Great Websites for Learning and Life

http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
Allows you to download Jing which lets you do screen captures of graphics and videos. It is FREE and extremely easy to use.

http://www.scribblar.com/
This website allows for simple, free online collaboration.
http://www.freerice.com/
Playing this vocabulary game not only increases your knowledge but also donates 10 grains of rice for each correct answer. Get smarter and feed the world at the same time.

http://visual.merriamwebster.com/
A great visual dictionary with lots of diagrams and views. Very helpful !

http://www.visuwords.com/
Enter a word and it becomes a universe. The colors correspond to related words and definitions. Click on an orbiting sphere and it expands as well.

http://inpics.net/
easy-to-follow pictorial lessons on using various versions of Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Open Office and more

Mac Users find help here: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

http://www.literacyactionnetwork.org/2011_Presentation_Handouts.html
Check out over 50 handouts from the Statewide ABE Conference

http://10minutemail.com/
Create a temporary email account for those times you need to click something to confirm your email but don’t want the baggage that comes with it.

http://maps.google.com/ and http://earth.google.com/
Use the satellite images to learn about the world around you.

http://lifehacker.com/ Cool, interesting and helpful tips on how to make your life better.

Minnesota Literacy Council Website Resources
http://www.themlc.org/techgrants
http://www.themlc.org/library.html
http://www.themlc.org/edweb.html
http://www.themlc.org/techtrainings


http://www.mnpanda.org/ Minnesota ABE Disability Specialsits

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/  Award Winning Daily Posts of websites specifically for Teaching ESL/EFL& ELL

Literacy and Technology in Minnesota http://literacytechmn.blogspot.com/


Volunteer Match http://www.volunteermatch.org/ With this site, organizations can find a great volunteer, or volunteers can find a great organization. Search results can be narrowed to as close as five miles from home or expanded to encompass the volunteer’s state. Opportunities to volunteer include arts and culture, education, homelessness, immigration and many others.