Resources

Useful Links

 * 1) Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
 * 2) Cool Tools for Schools Wiki
 * 3) Digital Citizenship - Teaching students about safely using the Internet
 * 4) Support Educational Blogging Wiki (includes examples of teacher blogs)
 * 5) [|ALA Top Teaching and Learning Sites]
 * 6) Education Podcast Network - over 1000 different educational podcasts
 * 7) 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Educators
 * 8) Miss Training (Office 2K7) from Foxborough Public Schools
 * 9) Teach with Web 2.0 Tools - Web 2.0 tools and ideas for their use in the classroom

**Useful Web 2.0 Tools:**

 * 1) Tiny URL - Tools to share web links using shorter web addreses
 * 2) Zamzar- free file conversion
 * 3) Google Reader - RSS Reader
 * 4) VoiceThread - Tool for conversations around media
 * 5) VoiceThread for Education -- Voicethread, but special Education site!
 * 6) Blabberize - Creating a talking picture (quite literally)
 * 7) Voki - Create a talking cartoon of yourself
 * 8) Prezi - Free 3-D presentation tool
 * 9) Photo Peach - Free slide shows to go!
 * 10) Glogster - Free online posters
 * 11) Wordle - generates word clouds from text provided
 * 12) Slideshare - Upload and share PowerPoint presentations and documents
 * 13) Delicious - Social bookmarking website
 * 14) Audio Boo - Mobile & web platform for podcasting and uploading audio to share
 * 15) ipadio - broadcast from any phone to the Internet live **(phone blogging = phlogging)**
 * 16) [|10 Other Word Cloud Generators] -this is a blog giving URL's for word cloud generators (Wordle and others)
 * 17) Dipity -- free digital timeline
 * 18) Xtranormal -- text to video website
 * 19) ScreenR-- free screen recording of your computer
 * 20) Screen Cast-o-matic - free screen recording for your computer
 * 21) Onetruemedia -- create free videos using pictures and other multimedia
 * 22) Animoto -- creates videos from boring slideshows
 * 23) Animoto for Education -- Animoto but allows you to create classroom accounts!
 * 24) GoogleLitTrips -- Literature brought to life using Google Earth & other Google resources
 * 25) Chart Tools -- Free chart making online
 * 26) Toondoo -- Create free cartoons
 * 27) Pixton -- Free cartoon strips
 * 28) View Pure-- Strips YouTube videos of advertisement
 * 29) FlockDraw -- Draw in real time with others
 * 30) Scriblink -- your online whiteboard
 * 31) Miss Grant's Technology Wiki - technology wiki filled with Web 2.0 tool examples
 * 32) [|Shape Collage] - automatic photo collage maker
 * 33) [|Slide.com]- create cute slideshows free
 * 34) [|smilebox.com]--create free slideshow
 * 35) zooburst -create 3-D books free
 * 36) Storybird - online digital storytelling

**Other Useful Resources:**

 * 1) Technorati - Search engine for Blogs
 * 2) ISTE NETS Standards (see left side menu for link to NETS for students vs. teachers)
 * 3) [[file:NETS_for_Teachers_2008_EN.sflb.pdf]]
 * 4) RIDE Website including lesson plan template
 * 5) Al's Wiki Parent Permission Form [[file:Wiki Permission Form.doc]]

Useful Software:

 * 1) Jing Project - Free screen recording software
 * 2) Tech Smith - paid screen capturing and video editing software
 * 3) Camtasia Studio - screen capturing & video editing
 * 4) Snag It- screen capturing & picture editing
 * 5) Audacity - Free audio recording software
 * 6) [|ALA Top 25 Teaching]and [|Learning Sites]
 * 7) Socrative - free classroom response system (includes apps for Android, iPod, iPhone, and iPad!)