TOOLS FOR THE 21st CENTURY CLASSROOM - Web 2.0 Tools
Animation
Create some fun activities to review and create projects for specific concepts and content. Use these sites to engage
your students for creating fun and engaging animations.
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Doink create fun animations with this incredible free animation / drawing tool
Pencil Animation -Download Only
Dfilm easily create fun films
Fluxtime more animation fun
Goanimate animate easily
Flipbook create fun flipbooks with this tools
Xtranormal create movies with real characters
Canvastic - create simple animations on this free canvas
Assessment and Evaluation
Online assessment is optimal for a more paperless classroom environment. Students enjoy the chance for interactive
online assessments. There are sites that allow you to make review flashcards and asses student learning. Sites where
you can make and download rubrics are also available. These can then be linked or embedded.
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Myt4L- Rubric Maker
Mystudio - create interactive online assessments and analyze the data
Teach-nology- For rubrics, but you can create a ton of resources here.
ThatQuiz - online classroom and quiz generator
ProProfs - create and share online exams and flash cards, provides instant feedback
Hot Potatoes – can be uploaded to Moodle
QuizEgg - create free online quizzes
Quiz Maker - create quizzes in a flash
Clarkson's Museum Box - Digital ePortfolios - create an interactive eportfolio with this tool!!
Qedoc- download and install interactive quiz player game and quiz maker software
Discovery - Teacher Tools http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html
4Teachers - http://quizstar.4teachers.org free 60 day trial
Knowtes - create interactive note cards for practice and review
Flashcards - download, create and study with these online flashcards
cueFlash- create interactive embeddable flash cards to help you study and learn.
Quizlet - simple flash cards and quizzes
FlashcardDB- create interactive online flash cards in an instant
Flashcard Friends - create online flashcards within this community of thinkers and learners
A.nnotate- publish files and annotate them online, provide feedback to your students.
Bookgoo- upload files annotate, share and collaborate. Great for group projects.
Engrade FREE ONLINE GRADEBOOK
Texas Student Assessments- online interactive assessments in reading, writing and math
Quizlab - online interactive assessments and quizes to test mastery
Zoho Challenge - create and conduct online tests
Engrade - free online grade book and assignment builder for teachers and students
Rubric Generators - Tech4learning , , Discovery, myteachertools, rubrican, rubistar, rubric4teachers
BrainPop - learn and assess in a fun interactive environment.
Knol - share what you know at Google's Knol site... you are the expert
Lecturefox - listen and download some of the best college lectures
Blogging
Create a classroom blog so that students can share and discuss topics inside and outside of class. Believe it or not,
students will actually visit back often to see who is reading and responding. Reluctant classroom participants usually
love this outlet to share ideas and new concepts.
Sample Blogs - Academic Examples
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Wordpress- Easy to set up and monitor the comments on your blog. One of the best out there.
21Classes - free and education safe
CoveritLive- Live Blogging, embed in a web page
Blogger- Blogger, another easy way to create your classroom blog. Allows for moderation as well.
ePals- A great way to start an entire school with blogs that they can monitor in one location.
Blogcheese- Allows user to add video clips and text. It is s a must see.
Global Teacher / Student- create a safe blog environment for your class and students
Charts and Spreadsheets
Creating charts in many classes can be a chore and if you don't have Excel or know how to design a simple chart these
tools can help.
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Editgrid - free online spreadsheet creator
Google Docs share and collaborate
irows - create and upload excel sheets online, share and collaborate
Swivel - Data sets, graphs, charts, etc. All can be embedded and manipulated.
Zoho - share and collaborate
ChartGizmo- create charts to share and embed on your sites
Tableizer- create free html charts or spreadsheets
LovelyCharts - great online diagramming
Chartle - create interactive charts and tables
Many Eyes - upload data sets and create amazing looking data representations
Create an account for these tools.
No email... No problem.
Use www.emailzorz.com for a free inbox to register.
Collaboration
Collaboration experiences assist with opening up the lines of communication for students, teachers, parents and
communities. Students love to share with each other and others from outside of the class. They thrive on sharing their
expertise and knowledge to people who are interested. Try using these tools when students are expected to work in
groups and communicate to complete group projects. Students will have the constant access to their work.
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Google Docs share and collaborate
Writeboard- create collaborative docs in your browser
Zoho share and collaborate
Scriblink - create instant collaborative workspace areas save, print and more
Dabbleboard - instant collaboration online - create great graphic organizers and flow charts
Etherpad - online text editing no registration
Skrbl - instant notes and collaboration
Doing Text- online collaborative work spaces
Nota create, edit interactive note pages that post docs, video, audio, maps and comments.
Notesake take notes together share and collaborate
Browzmi - browse the internet together. Great for collaboration and research!!! What a great tool!!
Weblin - download and install this simple app to create an avatar and search the web with others
Yoowalk - browse the internet with others, fun and interactive.
Kaltura - collaborate with this video tool. Create a video together.
A.nnotate- publish files and annotate them online.
Lefora- create a public or private discussion forum network
Twiddla- instant canvas for sharing, creating, chatting and more. Get started instantly!
Show Document - instantly collaborate on any document. Original doc is not altered just annotated.
Collanos - keep all of your files in one desktop area
Mixedink - create collaborative arguments or with your opinions and facts
Communication
Allowing students to communicate and or chat during class or outside of class will open up the lines of communication.
Many of these resources allow for monitored chat rooms, quick webcam communications, and more. A nice feature is
that a room can be opened during class and then closed outside of class to keep clean.
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Skype- download and install for quick video conf. purchase a webcam for about $35. Kids love showing
off when doing reports, labs plays, demonstrations.
dimdim - online synchronized meetings
Vawkr - this is the easiest and quckest video chat room on the web. Go to the site, grab a room and
share the link with people. All webcams are recognized and everyone can talk, hear and type whenever
they want. Very interactive. Create a private room as well.
Palbe embeddable virtual conf. room free 3 people
Geesee - embeddable chat gadget
Yaplet embedable chat gadget
ooVoo - download and video chat with anyone around the world.
MeBeam- instant chat rooms
Meeboo- create free chat rooms
VoxOx - free download for all of you online collaborations and communications
ChatMaker - Free instant Chat rooms
Backnoise - back channel chats that you can embed
Tinychat - create a free room, embed into a website, save chats
Babelwithme - create collaborative chats that translate while you type
Conversion Tools
Convert Text to Audio
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iSpeech - convert your blog, docs, rtf, rss and more to audio. Sound quality is pretty good.
Online Conversion - convert anything
Convert Video and Audio Files
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ZamZar - convert it all here!
Farkie - download and convert Youtube vids
Media Converter
AVS Video Converter
Movavi - Convert Videos to any format
Kick Youtube - download any youtube video with this site - change www to kick in the url
Convert Word to PDF and Vise Versa
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Convert PDF to Word simple online free converter
PDF Forge - create pdf files with this free download
PDF to Excel
Cometdocs - Convert files to pdf
PDFMeNot- PDF to Flash - create an online interactive embedable pdf file.
HTML to PDF- absolutely amazing ...no registration create a pdf of a webpage with active links
PDF Hammer- not really a converter but an online PDF editor
Free PDF convert - convert any doc to pdf
Various Converters
Scribd iPaper- view any document online with Scribd's iPaper
PrimoOnline - convert any file to pdf for free
Celebration of Success - Award an Certificate Makers
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My Award Maker - create great templates for student awards
DLTK's Growing Together - create awards, cards and more
Desktop Publishing
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Open Office - alternative to Microsoft
Thinkfree - Office bundle
Letterpop- create free incredible looking newsletters here!
Zinepal - create great looking magazines or newsletters with web site links or rss feeds.
Kerpoof - create pictures, stories, and movies here. Fun and interactive.
Toondoo - create great looking comics here. Even use your own photo.
Bitstrips - create fun comic strips for writing
Make Beliefs Comix- great comic tool for kids to write graphic novels or stories
Mutapic- design artwork in a free online graphics genertor. Great for Art students or designing logos.
Ebooks - create great looking ebooks with mixbook ,myebook , tikatok. Book Builder - Read Write Web
Flipbook Create Free eBooks - anyone can write and publish for free!!
CK-12 Textbooks - create your very own textbook!!
Lulu - publish and sell your writings
Book Builder - Create Free eBooks - anyone can write and publish for free!!
Project Poster - kids can create simple web sites in a snap. Great for quick and easy projects.
Scribbls- Draw and collaborate
Postalz - create engaging digital postcards
Issuu- create your own online magazine issue.
It's Our Tree - create a free online family tree.
Scribus- create great looking desktop documents for free!! Download and install for free.
Openzine - create online collaborative interactive magazines
Awesome Clipart for Educators
Museum Box - Create a 3D interactive learning cube or collection of video, audio, images, text and links
PocketMod - Create note cards and reminders.... Excellent tool!!
Kids on the Net -creative writing and interactive activities
Calameo- create, publish and share your work
Atlantis Word Processor - free word processor download... great application
Ajax13 - create docs and flow charts instantly in the browser based ajax app
Plasq aps - download and create fun comics
Dictionaries/Glossaries/Data
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MetaGlossary- get real meanings, links and more for vocab
Visuwords- visual mapping for vocabulary, expands and builds meaning and relationships
Wordnik - find and create new vocabulary meanings and pronunciations great dictionary alternative
The Photographic Dictionary
Google Dictionary - great and easy!
Visual Dictionary - Merriam Webster
Visual Thesaurus - Thinkmap's visual thesaurus and concept make builder
Visual Dictionary - real photos for any word
Sign Language Dictionary - learn how to sign and communicate with the deaf with this great dictionary
3D Dictionary - get a 3D representation of many words
InfoVisual Dictionary
Wordia - create and watch video definitions for new vocabulary
WordlyWise 3000 - learn with this new dictionary type ap comes with audio
eyePlorer - a visual vocabulary building tool... create vocabulary connections
Data.Gov - a complete database search for any data set possible.... well just about
Digital Storytelling
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Animoto - create free 30 second videos with your photos tell a story with pictures text and audio
Nota - AWESOME Educational tool. Create a web page by adding just about anything!! Embeddable
Ourstory - a time line based photo story option.
OneTrueMedia and Tel.A.Vision - create great looking videos with this simple online tool.
PhotoPeach - easy photo sharing and captions. Allow for comments, keep private or public. Embeddable
Photoshow - simple easy to add photos, captions and templates
Slide - create fun and embeddable stories with this fun free tool
Voicethread - upload images and presentations to share and get feedback in the form of test or audio
Vuvox - great for creating eye catching photo stories
Disposable Email Accounts for Site Registration
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http://www.emailzorz.com/ receive only
http://spamfree24.org/default.asp - incoming mail is only stored for a few hours
http://www.mailexpire.com/ - alias accounts
http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/ - 10 minute storage and use
http://www.dodgeit.com/ - receive only
http://www.tempemail.net/ - receive only create a temporary inbox
http://www.temporaryinbox.com/temporaryinbox.php - creates a random email account
Otherinbox - beat spam create alias accounts
Ebooks or Audio Books
Great resources for listening to royalty free and public domain publications
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Epub Books for Book Glutton
Project Gutenberg - 100,000 downloadable books
Feedbooks - also contains tons of public domain books
LibriVox - audio books online, listen and record your own.
LearnOutLoud- everything is audio or video format. Too many collections to mention here. A must see!
Lit2Go- Florida State Univ. online audio book repository
Ebook-X- free ebook downloads... AWESOME
Big Universe- a huge collection of online books
Games for Education
Try some of these sites for reinforcing the specific skills and content.
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Game-O-Matic - create fun review games for new concepts
ELearning- games for the younger students
Smarty Card - a great fun way to learn and earn real rewards. Join for free parents and kids
The Last Brain Game- Great brain games in single or multiplayer game studios. FUN!!
IMMEX free online science environment, interactive scientific experiments and problem solving modules
Math Playground fun interactive games
Hot Math fun interactive games .
Java Math- interactive java base math simulations and examples
Tutpup- play simple math and spelling games; reinforce or
Games That Change the World - online games that help the world!
Simulations for Learning - a great list of online simulations for student learning.
Bitesize Games by BBC - Interactive learning and fun Science, Math Etc.
Power Point Game Templates- an incredible site for playing interactive PPT Games
Mr Nussbaums -Games for Math, Language Arts, Spelling, Science and more
Chiltopia- online learning games for young kids.
Secret Builders - awesome virtual game for learning and building!!
PlayCrafter - create your own games
Stop Watch - time yourself
Sploder - create and your own virtual games for others to play
Virtual Games in Education
Nobel Prize Games A++++
Edheads
KidsCom.com
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Americas Army - virutual Army experiences
Anagramarama find as many words as possible in the time available. Get the longest word and you'll
advance to the next level.
Ayiti - Unicef, voices of youth explore, learn the cost of life
Binary Game - play a Cisco binary game
ChemCollective
Climate Challenge
Conflict Map
Discover Babylon
Energyville
Electrocity
Fat World
Food Force
Food Detectives
FreeCol
FreeCiv - create a virtual civilization
Future Park
Global Warming Interactive
Immune Attack
Immune System Defender
I Know That
Peace Doves
Prisoners of War
Pod Game
Power Up The Game
Quest Atlantis
Re-Mission
River City
Road to Revolution
Stop Disasters
Third World Famer
Tropical America
Virtual U - designed to foster better understanding of management practices in American colleges and
universities.
Virtual Surgery
Wasteland Adventure
World Without Oil
Global Connections in the Classroom
Create connections with other classrooms from around the world. By joining these networks, you can search for global
partners to connect and share lessons and experiences with. Create valuable international learning experiences for your
students.
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ePals
Taking It Global create global learning ops for teens
PBS Teachers a great place to start connecting and collaborating on class projects
Classroom 2.0
TWICE
IECC- Intercultural email
Global School Net
UNICEF
iEARN - global learning network
More Sites Here
ThinkQuest- create and work on projects with others from all over the world
Rockourworld - create free global connections for classroom connected learning
My Wonderful World - create global campaigns
Keyboarding
Learn how to type online with these free online interactives.
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Keybr - free online typing
Learn2Type- free online test and practice
Typing Pal Online
Typeonline
Dance Mat Typing - fun for younger children
Free Typing Game- games for typing
Type Faster Typing Tutor - free download
Keyboard Playground- Tons of free games
TypingWeb - free online typing courses
Mobile Tools
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Dial2do- create a free account and post directly to your blog and twitter right from your cell phone.
Abbyme- create a free account and send voice messages to phone #'s and groups of people.
Sendible- send text messages from the internet to cell phones
Cellphedia- an online encyclopedia that's created by cell phone uses
Moblr and Qik- stream live media from your cell phone to the internet
Poll Everywhere - vote on issues and take polls with cell phones as well as Polldaddy and MobcastGabcast
GcastGabcast - call and record audio for podcasts
Quipit- take a snapshot of your notes and create a pdf to print out.
Pollanywhere- create polls for kids to vote via cell phone.
Multimedia
Downloadable Video/Audio Resources
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Discovery Education
Merlot Multimedia resources
PBS Videos
NeoK12 - a wealth of k-12 online educational videos
Audacity - download and install a free audio mixing tool
Animoto - create photo stories with audio
Evoca- a free audio podcast channel
Vocaroo- record audio for free and send as email or embed on the net
Vuvox- create an online audio channel
Jaycut - create videos easily with your photos and video
Jamstudio- create your own music and download it.
Pinnacleshare- upload, edit and share your video
Snag Films - documentaries and a full collection of incredible life stories
Free Audio Clips
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Free Audio Clips- free clips to download
Soundsnap - free sounds to download and share
Brainy Betty - Free Clips
More Free Sound Effects
55 Great Websites for free Audio Clips
Justhearit - Search for any song
SpokenWord - Podcast Resources - listen and learn to some of the best podcasts on the net
Video Production and Editing / Screen Recorders
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Jing - create video training as you record your desktop!
Screen Toaster - instant screen recording tool
GoView - excellent and easy ap for screenrecorders
Eyespot / Jumpcut / Cuts - Online video editors
Viddler- upload, edit and share your videos.
Jumpcut - create your own videos
One True Media - share your photos in a video montage
Voicethread - upload ppt. images and video and respond with comments
Ustream.tv - broadcast live and record to your own free online channel
Fliggo - create your own video site
Seesmic - create online videos and share
Mogulus - create a free online video channel and share
Youcastr - create a free online sports channel
Splashcast- create an online multimedia channel
My Studio - Free educational videos for download or streaming
VistaZoo- create free virtual tours on your own map portal!
Screencast-O-Matic - record your desktop screen to create a demonstration
Freescreencast- capture your desktop and share online
Nimbb - create 30 second videos with your webcam download and embed
WingClips- movie clips and trailers for inspiration and discussions
Animation Resources for creating movies and more!
DoInk create free fun animations
Xtranormal - create animated movies with this fun tool.
Image Editors
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Blender- free open source 3D content creation suite.
Aviary - online image and vector graphics editting suite A+++
Picjuice- easily edit images
Pixer - quickly fix and enhance images online
Sumopaint- easily edit and create original images no installation or download
Splashup - edit your photos, create new images - just like adobe photoshop!
Picnik - edit your photos
Offtype - create online hand drawn pictures, save and share. Embed the widget to use on your site.
Pixn8- online photo editor
Flashpaint - instant drawing board... great for creating and downloading
Pixlr- edit pictures easily
Flash Face - create sketch like images with this java based site
PiZap upload and create new images with call outs, graphics, text and more really fun!!
Vector Magic - Convert Bitmap images to Vector Graphics
Imaginationcubed - create drawings with friends, share and replay for instant playback
Lightbox Image Editor- free download for great image editing
Tag Galaxy - millions of photos categorized by tag, an interactive 3D world of photos.
Spell With Flickr - spell words to flickr images
Odosketch - create fun looking sketches and share them
Tuxpi - Cool image effects
Networking and Online Communities
Teachers and students can use these to communicate and network around the world.
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Ning social network for your classroom. Excellent
Bloust - an exciting new networking tool for teaches who want an online classroom environment
RCampus - an online learning management system for teachers and students
Dweeber - totally cool site for students to join to connect, learn and become gurus A++++
Twitter (use Tweet Cube to upload files to twitter)
Neeetz - another social network that allows so much more!
Twitter for Librarians - great ideas for librarians who are interested in networking and collaborating
Imbee- free social network for kids
Koinup - network with others and upload your work. Allow others to comment.
Mixxt- create a private classroom network. Great for online classroom environments.
Grou.PS - create free private social learning networks
iCue - NBC's online networking site where kids can learn, share, watch videos and collaborate
PBS Teachers - a great opportunity to connect with educators from all over the world
Twibes - join or create your own twitter twibes or groups. Follow everyone who joins.
Edmodo - create class microblogging networks for your students.
Note Taking, Concept Mapping and Flow Chart Tools
Have students take notes, create concept maps, and time lines online; simple tools and a great way to engage your
learners and share the information together.
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Writeboard - create a board to write and collaborate. So simple and no strings. Check with RSS feeds.
Webnote - create an instant web page for class notes. An RSS feed is provided for keeping track of
updates. Share the url to allow others to add information and notes.
Dabbleboard - instant collaboration in real time!! No registration required, simply share the link.
Scriblink – an instant interactive whiteboard, invite and use.
Skrbl_ - a web whiteboard instant collaboration
Notesake_ – create individual and group notes to share, revise independently of your own notes.
Notecentric - take notes for any class
Notemesh - create group class notes
Penzu - free instant note taking resource.
Zoho Notebook - great for creating notes and embedding video and audio
Helipad_ – share notes with a url link access from phone and even your psp
MindMeister / Gliffy Drawanywhere, Mind42 , Exploretree- Thinkature Mindomo Creately Create and
collaborate in real time or asynchronously on mind maps and graphic organizers.
Graphsy - create animated graphs and concept maps
DropMind - great mind mapping tool with sharing and chatting
Scriblink - wow, collaborate and share, work with anyone, anytime for free!!
Viygo , xtimeline , dipity timetoast Timeglider - create free online time line generators.
A.nnotate- publish files and annotate them online.
Wizlite - annotate the web together, highlight and share
Jotcloud- take notes on sticky online notes
Yourdraft- create an instant document without any account registration.
ShortText- instant notes and url for notes
Dia Gnome - create diagrams just like Visio
ArgoUML- create great looking flow charts with the this stable Java application
Open Office Draw - create great looking diagrams and flow charts
Websketch - instant web sketch pad. draw, save and print drawings.
Bubbl.us - great tools for collaborative flow charts and concept maps
Dia - just like Visio, complete diagrams for projects
Webspiration - beta online version of inspiration
Wisdomap - simple mind mapping tool
Visual Thesaurus - build visual thesaurus for vocabulary
WebNotes- annotate any website and share it via email or links
JHotDraw7 - Create an instant concept map
UberNote - create online notes and share them
aMap - argue your point - create an online argument...take a stand and get the juices and replies flowing
Shutterborg - create instant documents no sign up at all
Xmind - create and collaborate on projects and concept maps
VUE - Visual Understanding Environment - created by Tufts Univ. open source
Online Interactive Classroom Environments
Online classroom environments allow you to extend your classes beyond its walls. These environments are free and
interactive. The websites provide extended content, communications and collaboration opportunities for teachers and
students.
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Moodle free classroom authoring tool. Global Classroom - free Moodle course
Bloust - an exciting new networking tool for teaches who want an online classroom environment
NineHub - FREE Moodle Hosting
Curriki - free learning management system
Yacapaca
Visionlearning - create online classroom environment with modules and interactive classroom resources.
Udutu - online course authoring tool Excellent!!
eLearningCommunity
Elgg- download and install the free open source classroom management system
Studeous- free online classroom management system
edu 2.0
ECTO
Learnhub - create an online virtual classroom and community groups.
Wordcircle
Tutorom
Imbee - free social network just for kids
LectureShare
KEEP Toolkit
Podcasting
Podcasting can really assist students with more audio and verbal outlets for learning. Students can record learned
content to a podcast site or store readings of text passages for a later time. Oral reports can also be recorded, stored
and shared at later times outside of the class. Students who are often reluctant to participate in front of peers will
create podcasts and audio recordings more readily than participating live in class discussions. Give these sites a try.
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Gabcast- create a free classroom channel where students can phone in to record audio. They will not
need a computer to use this site.
Gcast- this site is similar to gabcast, but the computer is necessary to create audio recordings.
Evoca- create a classroom channel and record or upload media files. Embed into sites or play directly
from the channel.
MyPodcast - create a free online podcast channel.
Podbean- create a free podcast channel
Odeo - create free online podcasts
Talkshoe - create a live podcast channel for free call in from a phone or use a mic on your computer
Clickcaster - create free blog like podcast channels
SpokenWord - Podcast Resources - listen and learn to some of the best podcasts on the net
Polls/Surveys
Create classroom polls and surveys for students to respond. Assess student learning and concept attainment.
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SurveyMonkey - create online forms, surveys, assessments, free up to 10 surveys and 100 respondents
Zoomerang - create online forms, surveys for students
Google Sheets/Forms - create forms and build a spreadsheet database.
PollDaddy - free online polls for your class
Free Website Polls - create free polls for your website or blog
99Polls - free online embeddable polls
Wufoo - create free surveys and forms
Questionform - create free online forms
Presentations
When creating presentations it is not necessary to purchase Microsoft Power Point. Create great looking presentations
and gain 24/7 access to edit and share them. No need to use a flash drive to bring your presentation to and from school.
These are great tools for creating, sharing and collaborating on presentations.
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Google Docs Upload or create and share new presentations
Zoho Show Upload, create, save share pres.
280Slides- a really cool presentation tool, publish directly to slideshare .
Prezentit - simple pres. tool
Spresent
Empressor simple pres. tool
Sliderocket- create great looking presentations
Slideshare mylick- Authorstream- upload store and share and embed your presentations
Presentation Templates - Brainy Betty ,Presentation Helper, Indezine Freetemplates Templateswise
Professional Networks
These networks are ones worth joining to learn, share and build collegial relationships. Connect your classrooms and
students for global connections and real world learning.
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Classroom 2.0
ePals
Taking It Global
Global Teacher
NCTE
ISTE Community
PBS Teachers Connect
TWICE
Research
Check some of the online resources to assist with factual information.
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OED - Open Education Database - the most comprehensive list of online research resources
Top 10 Online Research ToolsOpen Library
Brainify- online web resources for College kids
ERIC
Twidox - online quality documents for free
NetTrekkr - find only educational resources for research $$$
Merck Manual of Medicine- online medical reference
Library of Congress
Awesome Library - tons of online research tools for all
Hakia - online reliable search results librarian recommended
Snopes - check out urban legends
Selfmade Scholar - Lists of free online resources for learning
NoodleTools - MLA and APA tools
NoteStar- online research tool
Zotero- download a Firefox plugin for collecting your research tools
Civil War Research Resources
Bartleby- Great books online
Public Knowledge Project
Redorbit - science resrouces and news
vLex-worldwide law documents from around the world
Virsona- create a real live persona, teach it with research and build a personality online
Ottobib- generate online bibliographies
World Digital Library - books, maps, motion pictures, journals manuscripts, recordings and more
Factbook - collect and create a map with all of the facts
Footnote - an unbelievable site for original historical documents and resources A+++
Fact Monster tons of online resources
RSS Aggregators
Collect your favorite Headline RSS feeds and store and share them online.
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Google Reader - RSS News Feed Reader
Bloglines
FeedDemon - RSS News Feed Reader
NewzCrawler - RSS News Feed Reader
Netvibes
Search Engines
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WolframAlpha - a computational information engine
Ujiko - an organizational visual search engine
Kigose- educational search engine, build citations as your search
KidZui - turns Firefox into fun, kid-safe browser with over a million kids games, YouTube videos, and
websites.A++++
Quintura and Quintura for Kids a visual web search engine
KartOO - a more visual search engine
KidsClick- a librarians web search for kids
netTrekker- educational search engine
Pixolu - search for images with ease
iseek- safe surfing for kids
Browsmi- surf the net together
Kido'z - a free kidsafe browser!!
Twoogle - search it all here... twitter, google, wolfram, flickr
Weblin - create an avatar and walk and talk the internet together. For the older kids
Social Bookmarking
Save and share your favorite web sites.
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Diigo my personal favorite!
Edutagger - for K-12
Del.icio.us/
Digg.com/
Stumblupon
Furl.net
Backflip
Blinklist
Storage - online storage and for files
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adrive- 50 gigs free
flickr- store and share photos
ScanR - take photos of white boards and more and send them to your email.
Box.net - gig of online storage
Hordit - add and share files... find similar files
Mozy: Up to 2GB free storage. Requires a free download of the Mozy software; this helps you figure out
which files to back up.
Omemo: Still in beta at the time of this writing. Works as a peer to peer network to create an immense
virtual hard drive.
Box: Up to 1 GB free storage; pricing plans available.
DropBoks: Incredibly easy and simple to use - can upload up to 1 GB of your files here.
MediaFire: Probably one of the best free online storage sites out there. Not only can you upload files
here, but they give you lots of extra options (MySpace help, folders, galleries, etc.).
in.solit.us: Requires free registration; lots of online storage plus neat features such as public file sharing.
divShare: Upload all kinds of files here, including multimedia. Includes integration with Facebook and
WordPress.
Omnidrive: Up to 1 GB free online storage; integrates with Zoho and Snipshot.
Yuntaa: Free up to 1 GB; also offers blogging.
YouSendIt: Need to send a really big file? Use YouSendIt to send files up to 2 GB.
MediaMax: Up to 25 GBs completely free; this includes video hosting as well.
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Senduit: Need to share a large file with someone? Try Senduit - just upload your file, share a secure URL,
and you're all set.
FileHo: Upload, host, and share files for free - with unlimited storage available.
Megashares: Up to 10GB available for upload storage; you get a URL where your files can either be
privately or publicly accessed.
Badongo: Free file hosting that allows you unlimited files, photos, etc. to share.
Up-File: Unlimited file size; you can upload pretty much anything here to share with others.
Drop.io - drop and share any file privately online
File Shaker - 10 gigs of free file storage
Studying and Help
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Study Beat - get help with just about any topic under the sun... video tutorials for any topic
Text <>Speech
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TTS Dialog Wizard - Text to speech dialogue wizard, create dialogues with more than one speaker with
this fun tool
Natural Reader - T2S freeware!!
The "Tubes"
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Youtube- upload and share videos made for class.
Teachertube- upload, share and watch education based videos only. Students could build demonstrations
and more.
Truetube- watch and discuss real world contriversial news. Discuss and share thoughts!! Teen content
not suitable for young ones.
Schooltube- upload and watch school related video and tutorials.
Studio 4 Learning - Learn and share about almost anything Amazing site!!!!
Grab-Tube - grab any youtube video and convert it.
Virtual Field Trips
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Google Earth - allow students to explore the world and create interactive GE field trips and vacations.
This is one of the best strategies and works well. I personally used this in the classroom and students
didn't want to miss class.
Gigapan - create or explore panorama images from around the world. Similar to a virtual field trip.
Virtual Field Trips - View and create virtual field trips
NPS - National Park Service virtual tours
Opentopia- live webcams from all over the world
Wrapr- create and visit some amazing places, virtually!! Use your flickr photos to create your own virtual
tours.
Mapwing-r create and share your own virtual tours
CommunityWalk - create maps, save and share specific locations A+++
Virtual Worlds in Education
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Whyville - create safe educational virtual worlds SAFE
Roblox- Kid safe build and play
Club Penguin - Kid Friendly
Webkinz - Kid Friendly
Active Worlds - Kid friendly
WeeWorld- kid friendly
Smallworlds - kid friendly
Vodcasting - Video Broadcasting
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SplashCast - Create your own media channels and shows by incorporating video,images, podcasts, blogs,
and other web resources.
Ustream.tv- create a live public or private video broadcast channel. They can be recorded, embedded, for
later viewing.
Mogulus- very similar to ustream ... create a free online video channel protect it with a password
Youcastr- create a live sports channel. Allow you students to cover, write about and broadcast their
favorite sports online.
WizIQ- train and share in an open envrionment.
Bubbleguru- add a video bubble to your website to let viewers know about changes.
Thinkature- free online interactive workspaces for teaching and sharing
MindBites- create online training tutorials and make a profit. Share and earn.
qik- online live streaming with mapping
Web Design
These tools are so simple and easy for students to understand. They can build excellent looking web sites without
knowing a thing about stand alone applications and code.
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Google Sites- Easy and great for site collaboration and building.
Webnode- great design, easy to use and deveolop nice looking web sites.
Nota- free website builder, only a single page
Easysite- free and easy website creator
Edicy- fun and free website builder
Comfypage- free easy and great looking websites
Weebly- very easy, nice templates and format.
Freewebs- totally free, simple to use.
Glogster - very nice for a graffiti looking page.
Doodlekit- one of the easiest to use.
Roxer- simple tool for nice looking web sites.
Bravenet- very nice free tool, can add game widgets for fun.
Wix- drag and drop great simple tool for interactive free sites.
Project Poster - kids can create simple web sites in a snap. Great for quick and easy projects.
Gogofrog- 3D website creation tool. Very interactive
TweeGee Zone - free online resources for web page develpment and more
Jimdo- create free online websites no cost!
Synthasite- create a free great looking website in seconds
Wirenode- Build a mobile website in 5 minutes
Bloust - create a free online teacher web site
Webinars
Create online virtual classrooms for before, during and after classroom hours. Kids will love this opportunity for the time!
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Vyew- use for online webinar share files and your desktop.
WizIQ - live meeting, schedule dates and times, can only share files no desktop sharing included.
Zoho Meeting - create live online learning environments
Liveperson - online training
DimDim - online video conf. and communication
Yugma - free video conferencing
Thinkature- free online interactive workspaces for teaching and sharing
Scribblar - instant free online webinar tools
Yuuguu- online meetings and collaboration
WebQuests
Create engaging project or inquiry based activities with webquests.
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WebQuests- the biggest collection of webquests on the internet Search here.
Best WebQuests - a collection of great webquests
TechTrekers- a collection of webquests
Daftdoggy - visit the sites you need, record them and save
Wikis
Build and collaborate with these wiki tools. Allow students to create and share content. A great resource for building
online information together. Create it together!
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Wikispaces - the best wiki tools aound!!
Wetpaint- free wiki tool great for educators provieds the navigtion and page set up.
Pbwiki- free wiki for anyone
Bluwiki- another great wiki resource
Wikimatrix - compare all the wikis
How to use wikis...
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Getting Started with Wikispaces
How To Create a Wiki Using PBWiki A slideshow that will walk you through the steps.
How to Make a Wiki A wiki with downloadable Powerpoint presentations
25 Tools: PBWiki Activities designed to acqaint you with Peanutbutter Wiki (PBWiki)
PBWiki Helping Educators A video about wikis, PBWiki and how it can be used in education. Wiki WalkThrough A step-by-step guide to wikis for educators.
Word Processing
Create share and collaborate at these sites. Build documents on the go and have 24/7 access.
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Google Docs share and collaborate
Zoho share and collaborate
Writewith
Adobe Buzzword
ThinkFree
Open Office
Writeboard
Other Collections of Free Open Source Software
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Thinkfinity - online resources from k-12 all content areas A+++
Curriculumbits - cool interactives for all subject areas
Education Oasis - Resources by subject or content
Tons of Online Tutorials
Teacher Network
Librarian Chick a ton of Web 2.0 resources
Web 2.0 Directory My personal favorite
Open Office- completely free download of an open source office solution!!
Open CourseWare - online free open source courses and content
Professional Development for Teachers - MIT Open Courseware
Career For Learning Performance Technology
BigHuge Labs
OER - Open Educational Resources this site offers new ways to engage with free-to-use learning content.
MyT4L - Create educational resources in a snap. Rubrics, Graphic Organizers and more.
PC World Freebies
File Hippo - Download some great open source software.
4Teachers.org - some of the simplest and best tools.
Center For Learning and Performing
College 2.0- college courses at home
Alison - free online learning resource for people interested in learning computer skills.
Whois find out who makes the sites you visit.
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Class Blogs - Wordpress or Blogger
Class Wiki or Website - Wikispaces, Wetpaint, Webnode, Wix, Glogster WikiMatrix - compare and contrast
Virtual or a Cloud Office - Docs, Google Docs, Zoho, Thinkfree
Online Classroom Environments/Networks/Forums - Ning, Neetz, Lefora Backchannels - tinychat,
backnoise, coveritlive
Audio Channel - Podcasts or recordings - evoca,podbean, gabcast, gcast, odeo
Teacher Tube create a free account for uploading demonstrations
Private Videocast or TV Channel - Ustream Mogulus., Youcastr
Online Assessment tools - Thatquiz. , rubrics - Tech4Learning
Online Grade book -Engrade
Online storage - file storage - Box.net Adrive , 4shared, Flickr for pics