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Websites:
[|www.astronomyforbeginners.com/astronomy/] background building [] for moon phases [] for info on creatingscale models of solar system

These websites have links to other valuable sites, too.

Technologies and Justifications:
[|Google Docs]A collaborative tool to create and share documents online. Students can type up notes, scripts, and reports and have their peers edit and add to the content as they work through a project.

[|Wordle] Create a word cloud from content vocabulary, important words, and text. It's a fun way for students to see a visual representation of words.

[|Voicethread] Have a conversation about images, documents and video. Students will love that Voicethread allows others to comment with text, audio, or video about the media students post, including classmates, other educators, and even grandparents from across the country. Feedback becomes mutifaceted. [|Sample Voicethread]

Digital Storytelling: Students share what they learn by using a program like [|Photostory]to create a series of images, video,music, and audio. The media plays out like a movie.

[|Glogster]Design an interactive digital poster that integrates multimedia in one place. Students will have fun assembling a glogster to present information learned to their class as well as with people around the world. [|Sample Glogster]