You Are Your Words: Visually Represent Writing

I love it when students take a piece of writing and use technology to share it in unique ways.  You Are Your Words is a fun way for students to express their ideas by combining their words with a visual representation.  Created by the American Heritage Dictionary, You Are Your Words invites users to upload a self-portrait and add descriptive text.  With the click of a button, students have a beautiful self-portrait with a picture and word overlay.   Not only is this a great tool for self-expression, but imagine they other ways that students could use this to visually represent their writing.

Lesson Plan Search Engine

Are you searching for a new lesson but are lost sifting through the irrelevant and poorly written websites acquired through a Google search?  If so, you will want to bookmark the Teaching Ideas & Lesson Search Engine.  This tool will give you the power to search through 50 verified lesson plan websites for a great and relevant lesson.