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Classroom Management Systems

 * [|Edmodo]
 * [|Moodle]
 * [|SchoolRack]

Copyright Friendly Images

 * ===Safe Art and Image Websites===
 * **[|New York Public Library Digital Images via VoiceThread] **

Copyright Friendly Music and Sound

 * Note: always check individual licensing notices before publishing on the Web or broadcasting!**
 * [|SoundBible] - Free Sound Clips
 * SoundDogs

Ed Tech Assessment Tools

 * [|Atomic Learning] (subscription required)
 * [|InfoSourceLearning] (25 free assessments)

Miscellaneous

 * [|10 Web 2.9 tasks for professional development] (Nik Peachey's blog)
 * 21st Century Ed Tech (tons of professional develoment and teaching resources here)
 * [|4Teachers.org] (Teach with Technology)
 * 77 Web Resources for Teachers (from Richard Byrne)
 * [|100 Best You Tube Videos for Teachers] - You Tube video alternatives when school filter blocks content
 * [|280 Slides] (Web-based presentation application similar to PowerPoint that can be exported)
 * [|alternative.To] (helps you located Web 2.0 apps that are similar to others you may know/use)
 * [|Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book] by Terry Freedman
 * [|Apple Learning Interchange (ALP)]
 * [|Block Poster] (create your own poster; save as a pdf, then print your custom poster)
 * [|Bookr] (Create online books with Flickr photos)
 * [|Buddy(2)] Project (Indiana professional development resource for teaching with technology)
 * [|Center for Learning and Performance] (Jane Hart blog resources)
 * [|ClassChatter](Free safe blogging and web tools for the classroom)
 * **Classroom Response System Alternatives** **//New//**
 * [|QuickieQ] **- Web based (small fee; PC and Mac compatible)**
 * [|Mouse Mischief](free download from Microsoft; not Mac compatible)
 * [|Free templates]
 * [|More free templates]
 * **[|Clif Mims Digital Toolbox for Teachers] (yet another compilation of all things Web 2.0) **
 * CogDogRoo (yet another compilation of Web 2.0 tools)
 * [|Curriculum 21 Mapping the Global Classroom of the Future Clearinghouse]
 * [|Cybrary Man's Technology Pages] (links to TONS of ed tech resources)
 * [|Drop-io](online collaboration tool)
 * [|Richard Byrne Drop.io, Easy Media Sharing Tutorial]
 * **Educational Origami** - This is an EXCEPTIONALLY rich site. **//New Wonderful Site!//**
 * [|Eduscapes: a Site for Life Long Learners]
 * [|ePals] (free student email; global learning connections)
 * eToolbox - Web 2.0 tools and tutorials from Wissahickon School District
 * [|Integrate Technology into Problem Based Learning] (from Teacher Science and Math blog)
 * [|iTalc] - Free screen monitoring and sharing tool for schools
 * [|Google App's]
 * [|Google for Educators] (tips, tutorials, lessons, and more)
 * [|Google Search Engines] (techLEARNING article by Joyce Kasman Valenza)
 * [|Kwout] (select, edit, post web page notes to a webpage, blog, or wiki)
 * [|Landmarks for Schools]
 * [|LearnItIn5] (professional development tools and resources)
 * [|Learning Tools Directory] (Blog, Web, and Wiki Tools; TONS of them)
 * [|Life Magazine Photos]
 * **[|MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative, FREE PD webinars and resources)] //New Wonderful Site!// **
 * [|Microsoft Office Games] (Excel, PowerPoint, Word Games and Timers)
 * [|My Award Maker] (Free certificate maker)
 * [|Online College List of 100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize]
 * [|Online Jargon] (defined and explained)
 * [|National Education Technology Standards] - NETS (ISTE)
 * Online Timers
 * [|Open Thinking] - 80+ videos on media and technology literacy (most are YouTube, so will have to view from home)
 * [|Posterous] - Post notes from anywhere
 * [|Present.io] - Free webinar (web presentation) tool
 * [|Prezi] (Zooming presentation editor)
 * [|Primary Source Learning from the Library of Congress]
 * [|ScratchED](an easy to use programming language)
 * [|Lessons and resources]
 * Screencasting Tools
 * [|Aviary]
 * [|Jing]
 * [|ScreenCastle]
 * [|Screencast-o-matic]
 * [|Screenr]
 * [|Scanned PDF to Word]
 * [|Scribblar]- online collaboration tool
 * [|Scribd] - Online file sharing
 * [|Shape Collage] - Free photo collage maker
 * [|ShareTabs] - easy way to share a list of links
 * [|Sliderocket] (presentation software with great transitions; has a free trial offer)
 * [|Slidestory] - audio slideshows and podcasting
 * [|Skype]- Free calls, video calls, screen sharing, and chat over the internet
 * Skype User Guide (from Sue Waters at Edublogs - WONDERFUL)
 * [|Ideas for Skype in the Classroom] (several links presented using ShareTabs)
 * [|Short info video on uses for Skype] (YouTube blocked by filter, so you will need to view from home)
 * [|Story Top Story Maker] (drag and drop pix, add text, create multipage stories to share)
 * [|Synthasite] - Create a free website with your class
 * [|Teacher Training Videos] - Great technology training site for professional and personal development
 * [|Teaching with New Media] - from Edutopia (downloadable .pdf)
 * [|Technology Integration Matrix] from University of South Florida
 * [|TechTeachers.com (Meg Orniston)]
 * [|Thinkfinity: Literacy, Education, Technology] (formerly Marco Polo now Verizon's Thinkfinity)
 * [|Thinkfold] (online collaboration tool for work groups)
 * [|Threadbox] (collaborative workspace; interesting; maybe simplier version of Google Wave; still in beta)
 * **[|Thumann Resources]**(Lisa Thumann, Ed Tech Expert, teaching with tech resources - WOW!)
 * [|Tim Davies "One Page" Guides] for getting started with Web 2.0 Tools
 * [|Titan Pad] - online collaboration tool (salvaged Ether Pad)
 * [|Tom Barrett's Interesting Ways to Use...](Great teaching ideas for some Web 2.0 app's)
 * 21 Interesting Ways To Use Google Docs in the Classroom
 * 42 Interesting Ways To Use Your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom
 * 24 Interesting Ways To Use Google Earth in the Classroom
 * 40 Interesting Ways To Use Your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom
 * [|44 Interesting Ways To Use Wordle in the Classroom]
 * 27 Interesting Ways To Use Twitter in the Classroom
 * 10 Interesting Ways To Use a Wiki in the Classroom
 * 13 Interesting Ways To Use a Visualizer in the Classroom
 * 23 Interesting Ways To Use a Nintendo DS in the Classroom
 * [|34 Interesting Ways To Use Search Engines in the Classroom]
 * 17 Interesting Ways to Use Voicethread in the Classroom
 * 5 Interesting Ways to Use Prezi in the Classroom
 * [|Twitter - video tutorials]
 * [|How to use Twitter for social learning by Jane Hart]
 * [|Twitter Help for Educators]
 * [|UberNote] - Web based personal organization tools
 * [|Vocab] (online jargon) of Web 2.0 (defined and explained)
 * [|Weblist] - create a single URL to share a list of websites on a common theme
 * [|Wordle]
 * [|Wridea] - collaborative brainstorming tool
 * [|Writeboard] (online note taking tool)
 * [|Zoho App's]

File Conversion

 * [|Convert PDF to PowerPoint]
 * [|Online Converter]
 * [|Zamzar]

Text to Speech

 * [|Cepstral]
 * [|Expressivo]
 * [|Ivona]
 * [|SpokenText]
 * [|Talkr]
 * [|VozMe]

Web 2.0 Tools

 * ===Introduction to Web 2.0===
 * Cool Tools for School (Web 2.0 app's; uber-list!)
 * [|EdTech Vision Blog Resource List]
 * [|Web 2.0 Tools]
 * [|Office 2.0 Database]
 * [|Retool Yourself] (Tech&Learning article by Joyce Kasman Valenza with PD tips for Web 2.0)
 * [|Shambles]
 * [|Super Book of Web Tools for Educators]
 * Teach Web 2.0
 * Ten Top Reasons for 2.0 in Learning
 * Web 2.0.Guru (Great resource of all that's Web 2.0)
 * Web 2.0 21st Century Tools (David Kapuler creation with links to his blog / blog companion eBooks - all free!)
 * Kathy Schrock [|Web 2.0 Tools] Diigo List
 * WebTools4u2Use (Be sure to scroll to the bottom of pages to check out "5 to Test Drive")
 * ===Blogging===
 * [|Setting Up a Blog and Getting Started]
 * [|Richard Byrne Setting up a Blog Tutorial]
 * [|Blogging Unit]
 * ===Free Blogspace===
 * [|Edublogs.org]
 * [|Getting Started with Edublogs]
 * David Warlick's [|Blogmeister]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|ClassChatter]
 * [|Kid Blog]
 * [|LiveJournal]
 * [|Thingamablog][|about our floating toolbar trial]
 * ===Wikis===
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial]
 * [|Wikis in Plain English]
 * [|Creating Student Accounts in Wikispaces]
 * Getting Tricky with Wikis (add some "bling" to your wiki)
 * [|Richard Byrne "Getting Started with Wikis" tutorial]
 * ===Free Wiki Space===
 * [|Wiki Toolbox] (30+ Wiki Tools and Resources)
 * [|PB Wiki]
 * Wikispaces
 * [|MediaWiki]
 * [|Wikia]
 * [|Tiddlywiki]
 * [|Wet Paint]
 * [|Ning] (social networking space)
 * ===Podcasting===
 * [|Podcasting in Plain English]
 * [|Podcasting from David Warlik]
 * [|Education Podcast Network]
 * [|Podcast about Podcasting]
 * [|Podcasting] (from the blog Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age)
 * [|Podcasting Workshop]
 * [|Slidestory]
 * ===Free Podcasting===
 * [|Audacity]
 * [|Downloading Lame MP3 Encoder]
 * [|Podcasting with Audacity]
 * [|AudioPal]
 * [|Blubrry]
 * [|Drop.io]
 * [|Fotobabble]
 * [|PodBean]
 * [|My Podcast]
 * [|Vocaroo]
 * [|Tutorial] from Kevin Jarrett's blog
 * [|Yackpack]


 * ===**Digital Storytelling**===
 * [|Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators]
 * Voice Thread for Education Wiki
 * [|Voice Thread Tutorial(s)]
 * [|ed.VoiceThread Instructions]
 * 100 Ways to Use VoiceThread in Education


 * ===Timeline Maker Tools===
 * [|Dipity]
 * [|TimeGlider]
 * [|TimeRime]
 * [|TimeToast]
 * [|XTimeline]
 * [|Summary of features] of each of the above provided by Richard Byrnes. ([|Richard's blog] is spectacular!)


 * ===Free Digital Storytelling**===
 * 50 Ways to Tell a Story
 * [|Animoto] (create music videos)
 * [|Animoto for Education]
 * [|Blabberize]
 * [|Capzles] (timeline maker; supports video uploads)
 * [|Dipity] (timeline maker)
 * [|DoInk] (animation maker)
 * [|Flixtime] (video slideshows with music or voiceover)
 * [|Fuzzwich] (free animiated movie maker)
 * [|Glogster] (online poster creator)
 * [|GoAnimate] (cartoon generator)
 * [|Makebeliefscomix.com]
 * [|Mixbook] (create photo books with captions)
 * [|Mnemograph] (timeline maker)
 * [|Moonk] (converts your slides to Flash)
 * [|OurStory]
 * [|Pixton] (comic creator)
 * [|PhotoShow]
 * [|Preceden] (timeline maker)
 * [|ScrapBlog] (online scrapbook production)
 * [|ShowBeyond] (audio slideshows)
 * [|Slide.com]
 * [|SlideSix] (audio slideshows)
 * [|SlideShare]
 * [|Thinkport My Timeline] (timeline maker)
 * [|TimeRime] (timeline maker)
 * [|Timetoast] (timeline maker)
 * [|ToonDoo] (cartoon generator)
 * [|Video for the Classroom]
 * [|Another Video for the Classroom] - NeedleWorks Pictures Digital Storytelling for Elementary
 * Digital [|Video in for the Classroom]- Hotlist of resources
 * [|VoiceThread]
 * [|xtranormal] (comic/animation creator)
 * [|xtimeline] (timeline maker)
 * ===Google Docs - Getting started===
 * [|Spreadsheets]
 * [|Presentations]
 * [|Documents]
 * Forms
 * ===Google Earth===
 * Creating Tours using US History as content
 * [|Google Earth Education Community]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial]
 * ===Currents Events using RSS Feeds===
 * [|Feed Chronicle] (online aggregator)
 * [|Feed Journal] (creates .pdf printables)
 * [|Pageflakes] (online aggregator)
 * [|Tabbloid] (creates .pdf printables)
 * ===Teaching with Photosharing===
 * [|Flickr]
 * ===Social Networking===
 * [|Saywire] - fee-based
 * [|ePals] - free
 * [|eChalk] -fee-based
 * [|ConnectYard] (fee-based)
 * [|Edistorm] - online concept mapping; backchannel tool; brainstorming; content analysis; planning
 * [|Edmodo] - free private microblogging for teachers and students
 * [|Google Moderator]
 * Grou.PS - create your own social network (suitable for those needing to migrate from Ning)
 * [|Moodle] - free course management system
 * [|Chatzy] - set up private chat rooms for use with students
 * [|Tiny Chat]- set up private chat rooms for use with students
 * [|Today's Meet] - set up private chat rooms for use with students
 * [|WallWisher]- online concept mapping and private backchannel tool for use with students
 * [|Stixy] - online bulletin board; can share for collaboration or allow guests to view
 * ===Web Page Hosting===
 * [|Google Sites]
 * [|Weebly]
 * [|Yola]
 * ===Social Bookmarking===
 * [|delicious]
 * [|Diigo]
 * ===Web 2.0 [|Rubrics] (provided by Kathy Schrock)===
 * [|Animoto Rubric 1]
 * [|Blog: Student Blog Rubric 1]
 * [|Glogster Rubric 1]
 * [|Glogster Rubric 2]
 * [|Glogster Rubric 3]
 * [|Skype Rubric 1]
 * [|Twitter Rubric 1]
 * [|Voicethread Rubric 1]
 * [|Wiki Rubric 1]
 * [|Wiki Rubric 2]
 * [|Wiki Rubric 3]
 * ===Virtual World Learning===
 * [|River City]
 * [|Quest Atlantis]
 * [|Generation Cures: Caduceus]



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