Tech+Tools+for+U+to+Use

Here are free tools for you to use..... Web 2.0 Tools to Use by Task

WIkispaces.com - collaborative work online. Writer’s notebook, class assignments......

[|Google Docs] - a great place to upload documents, power point presentations and spreadsheets so they you can access them no matter where you are. Great place to have your "stuff" backed up in case you lose your computer.

[|Glogster.com] - digital posters - can embed pictures as well as audio.

[|Jing.com] - records screen, stills and video. Install and register with Jingproject.com and quickly records. Can either save or publish.

[|Toondoo.com] - cartoon maker - design a cartoon showing global warming, any kind of subject area and can tell right away what the level of understanding of a concept is.

[|Flickr]- photo sharing site - [|Tutorial]

Copyright Free Photos

[|BigHugeLabs.com] - uses Flickr photos and allows you to use in many ways.

[|Exploratree] - ready made thinking guides

[|Text2mindmap] - ready made thinking guides.

[|Gcast.com] - free podcasting

[|BigUniverse.com] - create books online to read online or purchase.

[|Animoto]- make movies without moviemaker or Imovie

[|Smilebox.com] - use your photos, videos, words, and music to create slideshows, ecards, scrapbooks, postcards, and photoalbums

[|SurveyMonkey]- Intelligent survey software for primates of all species. SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable **anyone** to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.

[|Schooltube.com] - a safe free media sharing website.

[|Tikatok] - write stories on line and publish.

[|Wordle.net] - a tool for generating word clouds fro text you provide. You can then tweak with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

[|Zamzar.com] - free online file conversion tool.

[|GoogleEarth] -wonderful things can be done with this site. Takes a lot of memory.

[|Voicethread] - Post a picture, cartoon, etc. and then have students comment either by typing in response or recording a response.

[|Qik] - Qik enables you to share your moments live with your friends, family and the world - right from your mobile phone! Can pose questions and have students phone their answers in (on their own time of course.)

[|Sketchup] - Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it. Good for math classes.

[|Del.icio.us] - Bookmarks that you can access no matter where you are. Networkable.

[|Cooliris] - Transform your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for online photos and videos.

[|Blabberize] - Choose a picture and make it talk. Picture of atom splitting - explain what is happening. [|VuVox] - VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant sharing service that allows you to mix, create and blend your personal media – video, photos and music into rich personal expressions. VUVOX reflects your life.

[|GoAnimate] - a platform that allows people to express themselves through animation without having to learn to draw or install any software.

[|Gizmoz]- Gizmoz offers consumers a new generation of character-based visual expression for use across their digital lives. Makes it easy and fun to create, customize, animate and share lifelike, 3D talking characters that enable individuals to put a unique face and voice to their digital communications.

[|Scrapblog] - **Create** personalized scrapbooks with your photos, video and thousands of creative elements and **Share** them online with our community, send them by email, or post them to your favorite websites.

Copyright Friendly pathfinder wiki -Copyright Friendly pathfinder --wiki for all types of copyright friendly files, graphics, images...

[|PDF Downloader] Download webpages in PDF format.

[|Dumpr] Create marvelous pictures to share with your friends using the templates on Dumpr

[|MakeBeliefsComix.com] Free educational web site where students can create their own comic strips online. [|Poll Everywhere] - allows you to post questions and students may answer or text with cell phones.

[|Doodle -] A polling tool. Could be used for anything students might vote for in the classroom:
 * Literature circle texts
 * Collaborative research topics
 * Name for a class pet
 * Class rules
 * Expectations for an assignment (class-generated rubrics)
 * Field trip destination
 * Next read-aloud text
 * Favorite characters, texts, or authors
 * Movie to watch at a class party

[|Read the Words] Tell us what you want read, select a reader and sit back and listen.

[|Game Playing] A wiki with all kinds of educational games sites Video references - a wiki with all kinds of video links. [|Visual Thesaurus] [|Brainypix.com] - Fun way to work with ACT and SAT Words [|Word Central] - Games using words Library of Congress for Educators[|Library of Congress for Educators]

New York Times [|Map Timeline]

[|We Seed] - a fun and easy way to learn about the stockmarket Manipulative Analog Clock and Ruler - [|ILearntechnology.com]

[|24 Ways to Use Audio in Classroom]

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Copyright Alliance Education Foundation: Lesson Plans @http://www.copyrightfoundation.org/library_of_classroom_curricula - a series of lesson plans, arranged by grade level and subject area, to support the teaching of copyright in the classroom

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