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** Purpose of presentation **
To offer free websites that you can use and/or have your students use to create 21st century projects. Sit back and enjoy, but focus your thoughts on how you might use these tools in your classroom. If something you see sparks an idea for your classroom, do not hesitate to email me if I can be of help in providing just-in-time instruction to you or to your students. You may not know the purpose of each of these sites, and I will give you a brief purpose to each of the categories, then share 1-5 examples for each category.  v // Content // Age and subject-matter web-sites v // Teacher Tools // Wonderful tools (including templates for everything from quizzes to certificates), every teacher’s secret box of resources v // Videos // On-line free, unfiltered video sites for learning v // Web2.0 // From [|Wikipedia], **//Web 2.0//** is a phrase coined by [|O'Reilly Media] in 2003 and popularized by the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004 and refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and free hosted services that facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. They have three characteristics: free, user-friendly, shares information. Some inclusions are: Ø Wikis Essentially a web page with an "edit" button allowing users to add and edit information. This provides a very useful, and sometimes powerful, way for the wiki users to collaborate on projects; Ø Blogs Personal site, an online log (also called weblog) containing publication of content sorted in chronological order, with the most recent entry (newest post) at the top of the page. Individual entries (logs) are usually always dated and time-stamped and generate an archive of all previous post including the recent post at the top of the page; Ø Podcasting A series of digital audio files created, shared, and heard; Ø Aggregators Content aggregators are a tool that gathers Web content from different online sources and notifies you of an update on a website; Ø Social Bookmarking A method to store, organize, search, manage, and share bookmarks of web pages on the Internet; v // Organizers // Ø To Do / Organizers On-line tools that you manage, but they talk to you! Ø Calendars On-line calendars that talk to you and you can share with others (family members, students, parents, etc.) v // Images // Try something other than Google Image Search! v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> // Sound // Royalty-free music and sound effects v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> // Presentation Tools // v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> // Tools for Students // Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Timelines Put the chronology back in events (and now include music, narration, authentic resources and put that product on the Internet Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  Comic Strip Makers  Easy on-line tools to create serious or humorous satire  Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  NoteTaking  Great tools for taking, managing, and keeping notes on-line  Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  Mapping Tools for creating virtual tours, seeing the oddities and wonders of our cities, states, countries and the world! Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Mindmapping Graphics organizers for every project Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Flashcard maker For those rote memorization times, these can be created by teachers, students or collaboratively Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Bibliography The easiest way to create a bibliography Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Research Direct your students to somewhere OTHER than Google! v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> //My top favorites// – when someone asks me what my favorite tool is, I can’t decide between these! Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Thinkfinity] Pulls the nine content area sites. From Thinkfinity, “Thinkfinity Content Partners produce nine discipline-specific, standards-based web sites that include lessons for teachers, activities to use in and out of the classroom, games for young children and teen, adult literacy resources and reference materials for anyone in the education field.” http://www.marcopolo-education.org/partners.aspx Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Just for Elementary Teachers] From that amazing school district of West Milford Township, New Jersey by Mrs. Nancy Gridley and Mrs. Laura Oakes, this site is well done, easy to use and provides lots of great sites. http://www.wmtps.org/eletech/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|4 teachers.org] From the site: “4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars.” http://4teachers.org/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Elementary Tools For The Classroom] From that amazing school district of West Milford Township, New Jersey by Mrs. Nancy Gridley and Mrs. Laura Oakes, this site is well done, easy to use and provides lots of great sites. http://www.wmtps.org/eletech/tools.html Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|TED] TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. In 1984, the conference started by bringing together people from these three worlds. Since then, its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together some of the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, and recordings of their presentations are posted on TED). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available free to the public. Almost 200 talks from the archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted. Don’t miss the “education” speakers as well as the “jawdroppers/” [|http://www.ted.com] Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  [|Edutopia]  The George Lucas Educational Foundation was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, they have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools. Their articles and video segments allow viewers to "see" best practices in action. The Video Library contains more than 150 short documentary segments. You can sort the videos by educational topics: assessment, emotional intelligence, project-based learning, and technology integration, or via a keyword search. [|http://www.edutopia.org/video] Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|TeacherTube] TeacherTube officially launched in March of2007 with the goal of establishing an online community for sharing instructional videos. Seeing the popularity of YouTube, the founders recognized a need for a more educationally focused venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. TeacherTube was developed to provide anytime/anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. Teachers can also post videos designed for students to view to learn a concept or skill. The service is free for everyone. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|http://www.teachertube.com/] <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Wikis Essentially a web page with an "edit" button allowing users to add and edit information. This provides a very useful, and sometimes powerful, way for the wiki users to collaborate on projects Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Wikispaces Definitely my favorite! Easy to use, quick, simple, fabulous customer support, loves teachers! http://www.wikispaces.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Wetpaint] A solid, popular tool. http://www.wetpaint.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Blogs Personal site, an online log (also called weblog) containing publication of content sorted in chronological order, with the most recent entry (newest post) at the top of the page. Individual entries (logs) are usually always dated and time-stamped and generate an archive of all previous post including the recent post at the top of the page. Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Blogger] From the good folks at Google, this is a great tool. Be sure to just sign up for a Google account as there are lots of other jewels. v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Podcasting A series of digital audio files created, shared, and heard. Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Clickcaster] A very nice podcasting tool that also supports vodcasting (with both still pictures and video) http://www.clickcaster.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Audacity] The most used tool in recording and sound editing, it is free, easy to use and cross-platform. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|PodGuide] PodGuides.net gives you free access to spoken tour guides (PodGuides) for your mp3 player. http://www.podguides.net/index.html v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Aggregators Content aggregators are a tool that gathers Web content from different online sources and notifies you of an update on a website. Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Google Reader] Clearly a top contender, this is easy to use, thanks to the good folks at Google. Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|NetVibes] Another strong candidate, NetVibes has recently undergone a significant revamping..very much an improvement on an already good product. http://www.netvibes.com/#General Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|PageFlakes] One of the easiest, quickest aggregators on the web! http://www.pageflakes.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Social Bookmarking A method to store, organize, search, manage, and share bookmarks of web pages on the Internet. [|Delicious] By far the leader in this tool, this is a great tool, but should not be considered the only one! http://delicious.com/ [|Magnolia] Similar to delicious, this tool pulls a screen shot of the saved websites and also keeps track of lost links. http://ma.gnolia.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> To Dos / Calendars Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|mySchoolog] mySchoolog is a free, online web-based application that helps students organize their school life easily. Students can organize everything about their school life with mySchoolog anytime, anywhere they have Internet access. Students can organize and share notes, to-do lists, appointments, store documents and files, and add lessons. http://www.myschoolog.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|Backpack] ** Backpack is an all around great organizer including note taking, file storage, to do lists, a calendar, and more. An example use could be that students can create pages in their organizer for each class and manage notes on class discussions as well as upload related files and class documents. http://www.backpackit.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Ta-da] Ta-da makes it easy to... Keep track of all the little things you need to get done, Make lists for other people (co-workers, friends, family), Share lists with the world ("My favorite movies of 2004"), Subscribe to your lists in RSS so you're always on track. http://www.tadalist.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Remember The Milk] Remember The Milk is the easiest and best way to manage your to-do lists online. Sharing, publishing, notes... we've got it all. Receive reminders via email, instant messenger, and SMS. It's free. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> CALENDARS Juggling your class schedule, extracurricular activities, study time, and social life can be a challenge. The calendar apps below might help. 30 Boxes is an online calendar that I feel works great for students due to its simplicity and sharing options. It also features RSS subscription to automatically populate the calendar with feed items on the day they were published – great for tracking teacher blogs and academic feeds. Furthermore, users can access their calendars on the go with [|30 Boxes Mobile]. http://www.30boxes.com/welcome.php A bit on the advanced side, but once you get used to it, you’ll find it’s quite powerful. Users can create multiple calendars; view by day, week, or month; share their calendars with the web or a select few; subscribe to other shared calendars; and more. More on [|Google Calendar]. [|http://calendar.google.com] There must be something more than Google Images! Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Flickr] //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Flickr // is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. http://www.flickr.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Pics 4 Learning] Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. http://www.pics4learning.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Classroom Clipart] A Source for Free Clipart, Clip Art Pictures and Illustrations http://classroomclipart.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Freeplay Music] Awesome sound resources http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|PodSafe Audio] Free sound files for you to use, be sure to give credit to the artist http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Find Sounds Web Search Engine] Easy search engine for sound effects http://www.findsounds.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  [|One True Media] It’s a very easy way to create slideshows on the Web, and add text, music and images. http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/register ? Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Show Beyond] Want your students to create PowerPoint but not wanting to do all that training? Wonderful simple tool for use with students of all ages.You can also add music and text. [|http://www.showbeyond.com] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); text-decoration: none"> v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Timelines Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|circaVie] Creates timelines with video and audio.... looks very interesting and need to add soon. The main organizing metaphor for these tools is by time/date that can explored in any order. Events are placed on a timeline, and might include text, hyperlinks, images, etc. http://www.circavie.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|OurStory] Write a 'story' which is what happened on a date in time, add pictures, video, and OurStory creates a timeline. Imports Flickr photos. http://www.ourstory.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|xtimeline] Powerful and well designed timeline.v Attach images or embed media to any entry, provide source info (for historical timelines) tags. http://xtimeline.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Comic Strip Makers Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Toondoo] Create your own 1, 2, or 3 panel cartoons using a library of cartoons, text bubbles. Images can be uploaded and manipulated with simple tools. Created "doos" can be combined into ToonBooks", embedded in blogs, etc. A lot of versatility. [|http://www.toondo.com] Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Kerpoof]  A fun to use cartoon tools with stock shapes and character bubbles. No import of media, no audio, no ability to create links or embed code. http://www.kerpoof.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  Notetaking  Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none">  [|NoteSake] NoteSake helps you take notes faster and smarter. They keep your notes organized and easily accessible so you can spend your time elsewhere… http://notesake.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Schoolnotes] Teachers can post information homework and other class information on their own personal page for parents to access. Free service with banner advertising. http://schoolnotes.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Mapping Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|GoogleEarth] Do not miss this powerful tool with hundreds of uses in the classroom, including creating your own tours. http://earth.google.com/intl/en/index.html v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Mindmapping Now you have your notes, you need to put them together. The following mind mapping/flow charting tools will help you get your thoughts in order so you can go from raw notes to polished work. Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Bubbl.us] Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. http://bubbl.us/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Mind42] Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free. http://mind42.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Flashcard Maker Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|Brain Tune] ** Focused more on sharing topic specific flash cards, which they called catalogs, this site enables its community to compile a highly relevant and expansive database of flash cards. They also display stats on individual community members’ overall performance, indicating how many total questions you have answered correctly. http://www.brain-tune.com/ Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Flashcard Machine] Flash Card Machine, a web application that enables users to create interactive web-based study flash cards and share them with others. Students! Create flash cards to help you study for your next exam. Make them publicly available and your classmates can study from the same set. Teachers! Create flash card sets for your students. Assign each set of flash cards their own unique username and password giving your students access without them having to register. http://www.flashcardmachine.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Bibiliography Tools Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|EasyBib] ** An “automatic bibliography composer” that lets users enter sources and fill out a simple forms to be given MLA style bibliographies. I’ve used this multiple times in the past for research papers. http://www.easybib.com/#sourceList v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> Research Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|Answers.com] ** Excellent site for researching anything at all. Make a search and receive results from dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other information sources. http://www.answers.com/
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Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia under a Wiki platform that is written and maintained by volunteers. It has possibly grown to be today’s largest reference site and encyclopedia on the Internet. http://www.wikipedia.org/
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I could have picked any ol’ news site for this post, but Newsvine is, in my opinion, the best news source for students. It’s a clean and friendly social news site containing articles from the Associated Press, ESPN, and New Scientist as well as user contributions. Students can browse the site comfortably, rate news articles, participate in article discussion, and even start their own news column where they can write and publish articles. http://www.newsvine.com/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); text-decoration: none"> v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Blabberize] Rather simple and crude, but can be effective! Upload a picture of a frontal view of a face, mark the key points of the mouth, and record the audio. It creates a simple animation of the mount moving to the sound of the voice. v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Readthewords] ReadTheWords.com is a free, web based service that assists people with written material. http://www.readthewords.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Letterpop] <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51)"> Letter Pop is a web-based newsletter publishing center. Best of all, Letter Pop is free! The newsletters are easy to create, just add text and pictures. [|http://letterpop.com] v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Digication] Digication is a website that allows teachers and students to create and keep e-portfolios. E-Portfolios are online spaces for teachers and students to communicate, share, reflect and collaborate in and outside of the classroom and have created exciting opportunities for teaching and learning world-wide. E-portfolios can be a continuing body of work that follow students throughout their school experience. The communication aspect that Digication provides makes for a richer school experience. The Student/Teacher edition of Digication is free. http://www.digication.com/products/students_teachers v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Shelfari] Shelfari is a virtual bookshelf that you create to show off books that you have read and recommend. It is a Web 2.0 site that allows you to connect with students, other teachers, and parents around books. Shelfari is a great way to discover new titles, discuss books, start an online book club, and show others what you are reading. You can show off your Shelfari bookshelf on your blog, classroom website, or other social networking site of choice. Really cool! http://www.shelfari.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|My Stickies] My Stickies is a browser extension that allows users to create the digital equivalent of a sticky note and link it permanently to a web page. The stickies can be tagged for easy sorting and your stickies can be shared collaboratively. The dashboard is the central page. https://www.mystickies.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Fleck] Fleck let’s you take any webpage and create virtual post-it notes to “paste” on them. They’re great for students to demonstrate their use of reading strategies. http://fleck.com/ v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"> [|Bubbleshare] Create from uploaded images, clip art library, records 30 second audio/video captions for each image. Overlay comic bubbles with text. Code to embed in blogs, web site. Options to have prints made as books, posters. http://www.bubbleshare.com/
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