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Hello Teacher Librarians and classroom teachers;
The best place to begin is with the terrific CSLA technology tutorials: School Library Learning 2.0 , Classroom 2.0 Curriculum Connections and Discovering Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities. Educational Origami is a well-developed site with links and tools for teaching and learning with the 21st learner. If you have time, explore the links and participate in Connecting Content and Technology. Access tools from CSLA's Ed Tech Committee Resources. And don't forget about the U.S Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan 2010.
Multiple links for tech tools can be found:
AASL Smackdown Best Web applications for Elementary School
CA EdTech Resources
CSLA Smackdown 2010 (PPT and wiki)
Cool Tools for Schools
Custom Sign Generators: HUGE list of Web tools
Digital Goonies: many pages of links for great (and free!) Web resources
Free Technology for Teachers: many resources
Internet4Classrooms: with reviews by teachers for each tool
ISTE: Favorite Web 2.0 Tools
JudyBrown.com: Web 2.0
Online Image Hosting with HUGE list of Web tools
RL Stevenson MS Student Resources
teAchnology: free resources to improve education
Tech&Learning: Top 100 Sites and Apps of 2012
Tools 2 Create, by Connie Williams
Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
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Tech Tools listed by categories:
Animation
Dvolver: quick but not as good graphics
STAGE’D: 3-D animation
Avatars
Symbaloo list of avatar creators from Brooke Ahrens
Avatar page from The Daring Librarian, Gwenyth Jones
Hero Factory
Lego Mini Creator
MadMen Yourself
Manga Avatar
Voki: free speaking avatar
Yearbook Yourself
Zwinky: cartoon yourself
Symbaloo list of avatar creators from Brooke Ahrens
Avatar page from The Daring Librarian, Gwenyth Jones
Bitstrips Avatar Maker
Build your wild self
ClayYourself
Doppel Me
Dream Avatar: great for K-8 students
FaceYourMangaBuild your wild self
ClayYourself
Doppel Me
Dream Avatar: great for K-8 students
Hero Factory
Lego Mini Creator
MadMen Yourself
Manga Avatar
Voki: free speaking avatar
Zwinky: cartoon yourself
Cell Phone
Poll Everywhere: Free way to create voting activities
Remind101: Message your class
Comics- Cartoons
Bitstrips
Chogger: create comics
ComicStripGenerator
Make Beliefs Comix
MyWebFace: cartoon yourself
Toonlet (Example)
Communication
30 Incredible Blogs Written by Students
Blog, example: The Greatest MS Blog in the World
edublogs
ePals: World's largest k-12 learning network
Elluminate (not free)
fodey.com to create an online newspaper
Gaggle: safe teacher-student texting and communication
geoGreeting: create a great banner
Kidblog: safe and simple blogs for students
Meebo: stay connected or share information
Paper.li: Read Twitter and Facebook daily as a newspaper. Lofton example.
Remind101: Message your class
RevolverMaps: Interactive visitor globes, share your location
Wallwisher: library "Reading Commitments" example
Wordpress: start a blog! View Wordpress tags
Conferencing
Elluminate web conferencing
drop.io (phone and online)
Vokle: interactive broadcasting
Google tools
CA K-12 User Group for Google tools
Create Web site with "Google sites" (great example by Angela Gallacher), view video tutorial, Getting Started Guide
-School library example made with Google sites: James Workman Library
-Web Quest made with Google sites, by Angela Gallacher
Create "PowerPoint" with Google Presentation. View a tutorial
"Let me Google that for you"
Create QR Code
Phone calls through gmail using "Google voice"
"Realtime" search: up-to-the-second social updates, news articles, and blog posts
Research with "Google squared"
Search and create 3D locations with "Google 3D warehouse"
Translate languages with "Google translate"
Use "Google docs" for: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms
Quick and Easy IF Formulas for Grading Google Forms
Image Generators / Picture tools
**HUGE list of image tools from Custom Sign Generators
Animoto, example "Banned Books", example book talk by Joan McCall
Big Huge Labs: do cool stuff with digital photos
Bubblr: Create picture slide shows
Capzles: create picture story or timeline
Dynamic Einstein: he writes your message on the blackboard
Face in the Hole
Fake Magazine Cover
FotoTrix: add speech bubbles to pictures
ImageChef (Example)
Image Generators, many links
MagMyPic: put pictures on magazine covers
MyWebFace
PhotoPeach slideshows
Picnik: photo editing
PictureTrail
PikiPimp: dress up your photos
ShapeCollage: photo collage creator
Shutterfly: photo and video Web sites
SillyWebCam: activates computer camera for personal framed certificates
Slide
Wylio: free creative commons images
Information management
All My Favs: categorize your favorite Web sites
bubbl.us flowcharts & brainstorming tool, library report example (at bottom of site)
delicious from Yahoo: information bookmarking
diigo: cloud-based Web information management system
Dropbox: online file storage
Evernote: digital assistant, stores links and your notes
Lino It: online stickies
Memorize: capture and save online information
spicynodes to sort information
Study Blue: online flash cards and notes
Text2Mind: graphic mindmaps to organize concepts and information
Webspiration for visual collaboration
WikIT information mapping (great for research?)
Kid Stuff
Poll Everywhere: Free way to create voting activities
Remind101: Message your class
Comics- Cartoons
Bitstrips
Chogger: create comics
ComicStripGenerator
Make Beliefs Comix
MyWebFace: cartoon yourself
Toonlet (Example)
Communication
30 Incredible Blogs Written by Students
Blog, example: The Greatest MS Blog in the World
edublogs
ePals: World's largest k-12 learning network
Elluminate (not free)
fodey.com to create an online newspaper
Gaggle: safe teacher-student texting and communication
geoGreeting: create a great banner
Kidblog: safe and simple blogs for students
Meebo: stay connected or share information
Paper.li: Read Twitter and Facebook daily as a newspaper. Lofton example.
Remind101: Message your class
RevolverMaps: Interactive visitor globes, share your location
Wallwisher: library "Reading Commitments" example
Wordpress: start a blog! View Wordpress tags
Conferencing
Elluminate web conferencing
drop.io (phone and online)
Vokle: interactive broadcasting
Google tools
CA K-12 User Group for Google tools
Create Web site with "Google sites" (great example by Angela Gallacher), view video tutorial, Getting Started Guide
-School library example made with Google sites: James Workman Library
-Web Quest made with Google sites, by Angela Gallacher
Create "PowerPoint" with Google Presentation. View a tutorial
"Let me Google that for you"
Create QR Code
Phone calls through gmail using "Google voice"
"Realtime" search: up-to-the-second social updates, news articles, and blog posts
Research with "Google squared"
Search and create 3D locations with "Google 3D warehouse"
Translate languages with "Google translate"
Use "Google docs" for: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms
Quick and Easy IF Formulas for Grading Google Forms
Image Generators / Picture tools
**HUGE list of image tools from Custom Sign Generators
Animoto, example "Banned Books", example book talk by Joan McCall
Big Huge Labs: do cool stuff with digital photos
Bubblr: Create picture slide shows
Capzles: create picture story or timeline
Dynamic Einstein: he writes your message on the blackboard
Face in the Hole
Fake Magazine Cover
FotoTrix: add speech bubbles to pictures
ImageChef (Example)
Image Generators, many links
MagMyPic: put pictures on magazine covers
MyWebFace
PhotoPeach slideshows
Picnik: photo editing
PictureTrail
PikiPimp: dress up your photos
ShapeCollage: photo collage creator
Shutterfly: photo and video Web sites
SillyWebCam: activates computer camera for personal framed certificates
Slide
Wylio: free creative commons images
Information management
All My Favs: categorize your favorite Web sites
bubbl.us flowcharts & brainstorming tool, library report example (at bottom of site)
delicious from Yahoo: information bookmarking
diigo: cloud-based Web information management system
Dropbox: online file storage
Evernote: digital assistant, stores links and your notes
Lino It: online stickies
Memorize: capture and save online information
spicynodes to sort information
Study Blue: online flash cards and notes
Text2Mind: graphic mindmaps to organize concepts and information
Webspiration for visual collaboration
WikIT information mapping (great for research?)
Kid Stuff
refdesk.com: Kids' Stuff
Literature - Digital Storytelling
LibraryThing: find, share, and list books
Shelfari: create virtual bookshelf
Squidoo book trailers
Lots 'o links
2CoolTools, by Jackie Siminitus
Add Letters: links to image, video, and sign generators, etc.
AASLsmackdown
Digital storytelling
MAC Users:
Literature - Digital Storytelling
LibraryThing: find, share, and list books
Shelfari: create virtual bookshelf
Squidoo book trailers
Lots 'o links
2CoolTools, by Jackie Siminitus
Add Letters: links to image, video, and sign generators, etc.
AASLsmackdown
Digital storytelling
MAC Users:
Virtual MS Library: Macintosh Computers
Microsoft Office
"Computer tutorials based on pictures, not words"
Microsoft Office
"Computer tutorials based on pictures, not words"
Miscellaneous tools
Add This: add toolbar of icons, including facebook, twitter, etc.
Doodle: create online polls
Swivel: create graphs easily
WallWisher: word wall creative communication
Wigflip: MUST SEE many links to create a variety of online enhancements
Online Storage
4Shared (Free!) Sample MS book trailers
Photo print books
Mixbook
Walgreen's photo
Presentation tools
Cool Tools for Schools
Copyright-friendly tools for presentations
Edublogs: example with tech tutorials
Glogster EDU: engage students in educational activities. Glogpedia examples.
Jog the Web, example by Marie Slim on Teen Learning 2.0
Livebinders: present in binder form with tabs. Example of Digital Citizenship.
PowerPoint tips: "PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts," "PowerPoint Reform"
PowToon: Create animated presentations! CSLA 2012 example, by Jane Lofton
Presentation rubric
Prezi: create astonishing Web presentations such as Classroom Learning 2.0 ,
view "Playing to Learn" or see this Solar System lesson
SlideRocket (not free)
Stanley: Sample Unit on Flowers
sqworl: create presentations
Yodio: add voice to images using your phone. Cover books example.
Professional needs
7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers
Assignment Calculator
Brown Bear Free Internet Calendar
Card•ly (create business cards)
Classdojo: Keep student alert and on task
ClustrMaps: locate all site visitors
Evernote Peek: create online flashcards. See video
Graphic Organizers:
teAchnology Graphic Organizers
WorkSheet Library Graphic Organizer Worksheets
ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE: national technology standards
Memorize: quickly learn and remember things that matter
Online Stopwatch: you'll love it!
Our Story (create timelines and resumes)
Pathable: Conference organizer
Polls: Poll Everywhere, instant audience feedback
Polls: PollDaddy
Poll/survey: Google forms
QR Code generator. QR Code reader. QR Codes tutorial by Gwyneth Jones.
Marie's YouTube on "Creating a QR Code Using bit.ly".
Quick Certificate Printer
Quizlet: Create flash cards and lesson activities. View tutorial.
Rubric makers:
teAchnology Rubrics
Study Blue digital note cards
TagCrowd: create tags from text
Timers: many kinds!
WebQuest and Writing Adventure Quest, both by Angela Gallacher
Zoho is for online collaboration
Publishing/ online book projects
Flipsnack: Make beautiful flip books
Storybird: create art-based picture book stories
Youblisher: Turn PDFs into publications with flipping pages!
Zooburst: easily create 3-D pop-up books. Smackdown example.
Search tools
Gooru: Free Search Engine for Learning
Add This: add toolbar of icons, including facebook, twitter, etc.
Doodle: create online polls
Swivel: create graphs easily
WallWisher: word wall creative communication
Wigflip: MUST SEE many links to create a variety of online enhancements
Online Storage
4Shared (Free!) Sample MS book trailers
Photo print books
Mixbook
Walgreen's photo
Presentation tools
Cool Tools for Schools
Copyright-friendly tools for presentations
Edublogs: example with tech tutorials
Glogster EDU: engage students in educational activities. Glogpedia examples.
Jog the Web, example by Marie Slim on Teen Learning 2.0
Livebinders: present in binder form with tabs. Example of Digital Citizenship.
PowerPoint tips: "PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts," "PowerPoint Reform"
PowToon: Create animated presentations! CSLA 2012 example, by Jane Lofton
Presentation rubric
Prezi: create astonishing Web presentations such as Classroom Learning 2.0 ,
view "Playing to Learn" or see this Solar System lesson
SlideRocket (not free)
Stanley: Sample Unit on Flowers
sqworl: create presentations
Yodio: add voice to images using your phone. Cover books example.
Professional needs
7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers
Assignment Calculator
Brown Bear Free Internet Calendar
Card•ly (create business cards)
Classdojo: Keep student alert and on task
ClustrMaps: locate all site visitors
Evernote Peek: create online flashcards. See video
Graphic Organizers:
teAchnology Graphic Organizers
WorkSheet Library Graphic Organizer Worksheets
ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE: national technology standards
Memorize: quickly learn and remember things that matter
Online Stopwatch: you'll love it!
Our Story (create timelines and resumes)
Pathable: Conference organizer
Polls: Poll Everywhere, instant audience feedback
Polls: PollDaddy
Poll/survey: Google forms
QR Code generator. QR Code reader. QR Codes tutorial by Gwyneth Jones.
Marie's YouTube on "Creating a QR Code Using bit.ly".
Quick Certificate Printer
Quizlet: Create flash cards and lesson activities. View tutorial.
Rubric makers:
teAchnology Rubrics
Study Blue digital note cards
TagCrowd: create tags from text
Timers: many kinds!
WebQuest and Writing Adventure Quest, both by Angela Gallacher
Zoho is for online collaboration
Publishing/ online book projects
Flipsnack: Make beautiful flip books
Storybird: create art-based picture book stories
Youblisher: Turn PDFs into publications with flipping pages!
Zooburst: easily create 3-D pop-up books. Smackdown example.
Search tools
Gooru: Free Search Engine for Learning
refdesk.com: Search Engine Resources
Social Networking
Facebook Nation: Are You a Citizen?
Glogster for educators
Twitter and how to use hashtags
Social Bookmarking
De•lic•ious
Diigo (highlight bookmarks)
edmodo is social sharing for students and teachers
Pinterest: Online pinboard to collect and organize things that inspire you
Timeline creators
BeforeNow is an app downloaded for free with many features, not a web service
myHistro incorporates both timeline and map features
TimeToast create timeline online and share, with many category templates
Tutorials
Powerpoint DOs and DON'Ts, Marie Slim
Video / Audio
4Shared: free video storage and hosting
15 Essential Back to School Podcasts
Audacity: record and edit sounds
AudioBoo: record and upload audio
Blabberize: add speaking to digital photo
digg
Dvolver
EmbedCode: great information on sharing videos
Firefox Video DownloadHelper: capture videos
Freeplay Music
Gaggle: use this for students to access YouTube
Jamendo: free music, excellent for student projects!
Jing: create short videos and tutorials
Learn 360 video streaming resource (district license?)
neoK-12: Educational videos, Lessons, and Games for K-12 School Kids
podOmatic: create a podcast
Screencast-O-Matic: easy to create student video projects
snipsnip.it: capture part of a YouTube video
Stupeflix: Create FREE videos up to 20 minutes long
TubeChop: clip selections from YouTube videos
Userscripts: download YouTube videos as MP4
Voicethread: Jane Lofton's excellent tutorial , Voicethread instructions,
Amazing Voicethread example, M/5 Commenting demo
WatchKnowLearn: Free educational videos
WeVideo: create videos anywhere. Very compatible with Google Drive.
Yodio: add voice to images using your phone. Periodic Table example.
Zamzar: free online file conversion
Web authoring
blogger (Google tool), excellent example: Larry Ferlazzo's Web Sites of the Day
Edublogs and winning examples
Free Hit Counters: add a counter to your Web or blogsite
Google sites: build a Web site
Kidblog: safe and simple blogs for students
Logo Maker: Design An Instant Free Logo Online!
Ning: create your own social website
pbworks
Post-It Note generator: add a Post-It note to your Web or blogsite
Webs
weebly: Kelly Benning's Chaminade HS Library example
Wikispaces for Educators and 1) elementary class wiki 2) middle school wiki
3) high school example
Web 2.0 curriculae: ready to use!
2 Point 0 Tutorial from PHS Library: Tools2Create4school
Writing / Word clouds
GlogsterEDU -for book reports
Presidential Seal Generator: add your words to the seal
SixWordMemoirs
Spell with Zombies
Tagxedo: create image-based word clouds
Typogenerator
Wordle: article "Critical Thinking with Word Clouds"
Google docs presentation "50 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom"
Web site using Wordle "...to Develop 21st Century Learning Skills"
Social Networking
Facebook Nation: Are You a Citizen?
Glogster for educators
Twitter and how to use hashtags
Social Bookmarking
De•lic•ious
Diigo (highlight bookmarks)
edmodo is social sharing for students and teachers
Pinterest: Online pinboard to collect and organize things that inspire you
Timeline creators
BeforeNow is an app downloaded for free with many features, not a web service
myHistro incorporates both timeline and map features
TimeToast create timeline online and share, with many category templates
Tutorials
Powerpoint DOs and DON'Ts, Marie Slim
Video / Audio
4Shared: free video storage and hosting
15 Essential Back to School Podcasts
Audacity: record and edit sounds
AudioBoo: record and upload audio
Blabberize: add speaking to digital photo
digg
Dvolver
EmbedCode: great information on sharing videos
Firefox Video DownloadHelper: capture videos
Freeplay Music
Gaggle: use this for students to access YouTube
Jamendo: free music, excellent for student projects!
Jing: create short videos and tutorials
Learn 360 video streaming resource (district license?)
neoK-12: Educational videos, Lessons, and Games for K-12 School Kids
podOmatic: create a podcast
Screencast-O-Matic: easy to create student video projects
snipsnip.it: capture part of a YouTube video
Stupeflix: Create FREE videos up to 20 minutes long
TubeChop: clip selections from YouTube videos
Userscripts: download YouTube videos as MP4
Voicethread: Jane Lofton's excellent tutorial , Voicethread instructions,
Amazing Voicethread example, M/5 Commenting demo
WatchKnowLearn: Free educational videos
WeVideo: create videos anywhere. Very compatible with Google Drive.
Yodio: add voice to images using your phone. Periodic Table example.
Zamzar: free online file conversion
Web authoring
blogger (Google tool), excellent example: Larry Ferlazzo's Web Sites of the Day
Edublogs and winning examples
Free Hit Counters: add a counter to your Web or blogsite
Google sites: build a Web site
Kidblog: safe and simple blogs for students
Logo Maker: Design An Instant Free Logo Online!
Ning: create your own social website
pbworks
Post-It Note generator: add a Post-It note to your Web or blogsite
Webs
weebly: Kelly Benning's Chaminade HS Library example
Wikispaces for Educators and 1) elementary class wiki 2) middle school wiki
3) high school example
Web 2.0 curriculae: ready to use!
2 Point 0 Tutorial from PHS Library: Tools2Create4school
Writing / Word clouds
GlogsterEDU -for book reports
Presidential Seal Generator: add your words to the seal
SixWordMemoirs
Spell with Zombies
Tagxedo: create image-based word clouds
Typogenerator
Wordle: article "Critical Thinking with Word Clouds"
Google docs presentation "50 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom"
Web site using Wordle "...to Develop 21st Century Learning Skills"
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