diigo - engage & respond to text

http://www.diigo.com/

Highlight, Clip and Sticky-Note for any webpage - Just as you would on paper ⇒ Write on any webpage! - Make them private or public ⇒ Interact on any webpage!
One of the 12 strands of the Primary Literacy Framework is to 'Engage with and respond to text'. Diigo is a tool that can enable this.
Suggestion taken from Tom Barretts blog......
All you need is a story, add a table with children's names & photographs - if focussing on looking at opening hooks just a few paragraphs are needed. Above the table of children’s names add some simple instructions such as:
Take your time to read the opening to the story below. Your job is to respond in two ways.
1 - Add a sticky note, using the Diigo toolbar, under your picture or name and explain how you feel about this opening.
2 - Highlight some text and comment on part of the opening you enjoyed or want to talk about. Add you initials to your comments.
The idea is that children click on Sticky Notes in the Diigo toolbar and add a typed comment, then go a step further and (after clicking refresh in IE to see their friends comments - a good tip!) add further comments to their friends Diigo stickies. They can roll over the sticky bubble icon and then roll over the Actions menu at the top right. Then its just a case of going to “Add Comment” and the children are engaging with not only the text but each others’ responses.

FlickrCC

FlickrCC , a search engine drawing solely from Flickr’s Creative Commons licensed images. Really easy to use - search on a theme - results are presented as a wall of thumbnail images, download a range of sizes for use.
Creative Commons Licence definition:
a non-profit organization dedicated to reforming copyright laws to permit the free use, alteration and distribution by others of copyrighted creative works, such as music, film or software.

Top 5 Times Tables Resources

Thanks to Tom Barrett for these links.....they look great as a maths resource for ks1 and 2.
Multiflyer by Dan Perkins - A wonderful resource that can be used throughout a child’s practise of times tables.

Times Attack - from the site multiplication.com The demo is free and just allows you to play, quite adequately, on a single level.

BBC Skillswise Times Tables - ideal for the IWB.

Maths Trainer - a great game for one person. Also take a look at Speed Maths and

Reaction Maths
Multiplication Puzzle - you can alter how much time the children have to work. You can change the length of time for the whole activity or based on how many questions they need to answer.