Technology

 

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Odds & Ends

Annotate Online document review.
any-video converter Convert videos for free.

authorGen E-learning presentation software for multimedia Flash video output in PowerPoint, and authoring tools for e-tutoring and education.
 

authorstream Share slides and presentations.

 

AwayFind If you are in class but don’t want to miss any truly important emails, then use this tool to have only the emails you select sent directly to you via SMS, Twitter DM, IM, or a phone call.
 

Bighugelabs (cool tools for digital photos)

bubbl.us (Free and simple web application that lets you brainstorm online)

 

Campusbug Students will find resources for their homework and projects as well as connections with other students.

Classblogmeister (Safe, moderated blogging tool for teachers) (For teachers encouraging writing and feedback about writing)

classtools.net  (Free, customizable flash templates to embed into blogs, wikis and websites.)

 

Collanos Communication, notes, and discussions will benefit from this tool that allows all of that and more to be kept in one place.
 

Cooltext.com (Free "Graphics Generator" to make logos and website buttons; fun fonts you can download.)

del.icio.us (Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web using Delicious, the world's leading social bookmarking service.)
 

Dvolver Make your own movies with their tools and share them.
 

Diigo and Delicious (Social bookmarking and Web2.0 features)
 

Discover Education Clipart Clipart from Discovery Education.

Edheads Educational games including virtual surgery.
 

ePals (For teachers who want to encourage reading and writing while connecting their kids to kids around the world)

Flickr Photo sharing.

 

FruitNotes This online notebook offers a great way to keep and organize notes, store photos, and share with others. You can even send notes via your phone.
 

Gaggle Free filtered email for students and teachers.

gliffy (You can create professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more.)
 

Glogsterforeducation
 

Go2Web20 (Web application index, you can watch for new tools here)
 

goanimate (You can create your own animated content for free. You need is an account!

 

Google Calendar Google Calendar is a great sharable calendar that a whole class can use to stay on task with assignments, tests, and more.
 

Google Earth (Any teacher who is teaching geography, measurement, math, history and more) (download)
 

Google Science Fair Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.

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GradeMate Both teachers and students will enjoy the benefits of this tool that is made for managing grades and organizing and sharing assignments, notes, files, discussions, and more.
 

HotShot Business Business game.
 

Hulu (Movies and video resources, should be previewed by teachers as there are mainstream titles and themes here)
 

iGoogle iGoogle is your personalized Google page. Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page.
 

Impro-Visor   Free music accompaniment software to improve improvising skills
 

Intel Teach to the Future tools (Ranking items and provide reasoning to why, investigate relationships by comparing/contrasting, develop well reasoned arguments.)
 

itunes (download) Podcasts: (Any teacher who could use additional aligned curriculum resources in audio or video for their kids.)

 

Kablink File sharing and real-time meetings are two of the biggest highlights of this tool.

Kick Youtube (Teachers can convert Youtube videos into videos you can use)

 

Loomagoo Students can share notes and study guides and even buy and sell text books on this site.
 

mediacoder Convert media to other formats.
 

mediaconverter Audio/Video Converter.

 

MeetWithApproval Students working together can plan a meeting, study group, or other event with this tool.

 

MemberHub Up to 30 members can communicate in one place for free with this tool.
 

Minyanland Game to help kids learn about money.

Musescore   Free music notation software

 

Mystudiyo Create quizzes.

 

Nicenet This tool is made just for education and includes document sharing, communication, link sharing, and scheduling.
 

ning (Build your own social learning network in a few clicks. Build a site and experiment for a while before using with kids)
 

noodletools  The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.

 

NoteCentric This tool was created by a student and allows college students to easily share and store notes.

 

NoteMesh Just for college students, this free tool allows you to share notes with others in your class.
 

Notaland (like Glogster)

 

Notefish This tool can aid students by saving web content, which can be organized and shared with others.
 

NVU Web design software. Free.
 

Open Options (Open Source and web base resources for teachers)
 

Pandora Pandora radio is the personalized internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites.

 

Paper Rater Grammar & Spelling Check / Free Online Proofreading

 

PBL Lessons These are lessons I have created in cooperation with my educator friends.

 

PBWorks Create wikis for the classroom.
 

Photobucket Free photo sharing.
 

Photostory 3 Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows: make show-n-tell cool again.
 

piclits.com Drag and drop words to create a piclit.
 

Pics4Learning Free clipart and photographs for education.

PollDaddy Create polls for your class.
 

PollEverywhere Create polls for your class.
 

posterous.com Microblogging made super simple
 

Prezi Zooming presentations.

 

ProBoards Create an online discussion board easily and quickly with this tool that works like online forums and can be made private.
 

protopage.com  free news reader and start page- really easy!

 

seedwiki Create a wiki.

 

Scratch Create and share your own interactive stories, games, music and art
 

Sharetabs Share links as tabs.

Skype (Any educator who wants to collaborate or let their students collaborate with authors, experts or other teachers and students in remote locations.)
slideshare Share Powerpoints.

 

Squeak Squeak is the vehicle for a wide range of projects from multimedia applications, educational platforms to commercial web application development.

Stop Disasters Disaster simulation game.

Story Chasers (A multi-state (and potentially multi-national) educational collaborative empowering students and teachers to responsibly record and share stories of local, regional and global interest as citizen journalists.
 

Student.com High school and college students can find help with school work, prepare for college admission, and socialize with other students.

StudyStack Create study tools including flash cards and games.

StumbleUpon Suggests sites based on your interests.

 

sumopaint Online image editor.

Tagxedo (like Wordle)

Ustream (free video broadcasting with embeddable player)

Viddler  Video sharing.
 

Visuwords (online graphical dictionary)

 

Vocaroo Records voice for posting on a blog or website.

vozMe (Convert text to speech in a snap)

Web2.0 Key Ring In Excel (To help unlock educational resources and to keep key-learning in the palm of your hand)

wikispaces Create wikis for the classroom.

 

WiZiQ Teachers and learners can all take part in this web-based learning opportunity that is free for anyone to participate in.

 

Wordstash Make online flashcards and share them with your students.

yackpack YackPack connects group members with live talk and voice messages.
 

You Are the Historian Investigate the first Thanksgiving.
 

Youtube Video sharing.

zamzar (Free online file conversion, turn that Youtube video into a video you can add to a powerpoint)