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__[|Visuwords]:__ this link is used to look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. when this linked is used it gives students a great online dictionary and thesarus. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

i feel this site is great learning tool due to the fact that it will help a middle school student understand the meanings of words and other words that can also be asoociated with words so help a student invrease their overall vocabulary. this site also does not require a membership so as long as they have an internet connection this site can alwaus be accessed in and out of school.

[|mindmeister] this site is a collaborative and team based website, i can be used for a team to have team discussions and collaboprations between each other wherever they may be such as if they are trying to word on a team project from there own houses. this is an easy to use website and has 24/7 security so that it it always monitored. this site can also be accessed on smartphones and tablets so even when you are not by a computer you can still access this page.

this site can be very approriate for middle school children simply because they will learn how to network as a team and and collaborate to be able to to get work done in timely manor. also these team dicusions are saved in the history so that students will be able to reffer to past discusions if need be.

[|evernote] evernote is a website that basically has a multitude of uses that can be great for on the move work or just a great way to rememebr things you may like in a website. this allows for great note taking, saving favorite pages on the web, working with friends and colleagues and even being able to plan a trip. this site is also avaliable in app form so that i can be accessed on the computer and internet. at the end of the day on doing these things all of the information that has been built up on a smart phone or tablet can be synchronized with your computer and visa- versa.

this site would be a great way for middle schoolers to be able to make notes and save pages that can be can be of interest to them or thier class. since their is also a word processor on this page students can write of things they have seen and also make public to other people, basically they could share info with their classmates about a trip that they went on and and things they may have seen that they like.

[|animoto] Animoto was founded to help people better share their stories and express themselves through online media by innovating technologies in the field of video production. Using the latest in entertainment post-production technologies, Animoto is designed to bridge the gap between the high production value of film and television, and the more "amateur" feeling of most user-created videos and photo albums.

this site will allow a student to show their creativity in a way that would make them feel like they are able to make high quality work even though the student may be an amateur in the production area. this site is easy to use and also has apps for smart phones which gives accessability to the site when ever thet students want to work on the work that is due or if they just want to show off thier creative side.

__**CONCLUSION: MY FAVORITE SITE.......**__ THE LINK THAT I FELT WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS AND THE ONE I LIKED THE MOST WAS VISUWORDS. VISUWORDS IS A WEBSITE THAT CAN HELP EXPAND THE VOCABULARY OF YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLS STUDENTS. SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT WORDS AND HOW THEY CAN BE USED OR JUST SIMPLY WHAT THEY MEAN WILL DEFINETLY HELP THE STUDENTS. THE SITE OVERALL AS WELL IS A VERY INGAGING PAGE THAT WILL CATCH THE ATTENTION OF YOUNG MINDS WHO WILL VISIT THE SITE. WITH THE MULTITUDE OF THOUGHT BUBBLES AND AND LINKS IT WILL DEFINETLY HELP THE STUDENT ENGAGE THEMSELVES IN LEARNING.