Teacher+Toolkit

toc Here are sites for tools you can use in your classes:

**General Information**
[|Online Teacher Toolbox] - lots of great teacher tools for everyone Big Deal Book - amazing resources! Grants, lessons, web tools. [|Hot Chalk] - learning management system for K-12 - easy to use! [|Intel Education Tools] - check this site out for neat tools from Intel [|One page guides to Web 2.0 tools] [|freetech4teachers] Larry Ferlazzo's blog ilearntechnology [|Jim's tipline] - lots of great posts about Web 2.0 tools [|thinkfinity] - great place to find lesson plans [|Mr. Duey Raps] - rap music for almost every subject that your students will remember [|teach-nology], [|rcampus] and [|rubistar] - helps you create (and often find) rubrics Web2.0 Guru wiki [|The 2.0 Teacher] Cool Tools for Schools Web 2.0 Smackdown Resources [|Project Tomorrow] findfixshare - great resource blog arcademicskillbuilders need a pronunciation of a word? Why not start a quote wall or use quotes as a warm-up for your classes? Check outquoteland brainyquote quotegarden or quotationspage Want to find out if a website is up or down? Check out Is up? Need to create a list for signing up? Check out signupgenius or timetosignup.com

**Search Engines** [|Clusty] [|Microsoft] [|Live search] [|eyeplorer] kngine.com tineye.com Check out the Google translator and Google tools for educators!

**Writing Tools**
[|Create que cards] -create the cards, quiz yourself, print them out. Save the file for use each year. Create note cards with [|noodlebib] (may cost $), [|notestar], [|evernote], [|my-stickies] [|Trading Cards] -imagine using this in your classroom for historical figures, characters in a novel, etc. [|Electronic postcards] Want to detect plagiarism in a document? Go to [|plagiarismdetect.com] [|plagium.com] [|plagiarismchecker.com] [|aafter.com] [|chimpsky] [|doccop.com] [|plagscan.com] paperrater.com Want to know how to cite internet materials? [|citationmachine] [|etherpad] where you can have students collaborate on writing with each student seeing their changes in color! [|Primary access] - where students can make books and zooburst Check out your sources: [|virtualsalt.com] [|21cif]

**Visual Tools**
Watch documentary films for free on your PC at [|snagfilms.com] Check out free videos at [|Alternatives to youtube] [|Open Culture] Websites for Videos [|Safarimontage] - preloaded with the finest educational video content available, including Schlessinger Media, PBS, The History Channel, National Geographic, Scholastic, Disney Education, BBC, Sesame Street and more. You can easily upload and manage your own video content by using SAFARI Montage CreationStation™. CSD subscribes so you will need to talk to your Tech Associate if you do not know how to log on to it or use CreationStation. [|thefutureschannel.com] -great site for all subjects (lots of great matter for real life science and math) [|learnerstv.com] -comprehensive site providing **FREE** Video lectures, Animations, LiveOnline Tests, Audio lectures etc in the fields of Biology, Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics,Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine etc. Capture screens or video and save as avi files using [|camstudio.org] [|JING] [|screencast-o-matic] [|microsoft encoder] [|screenjelly] [|screentoaster] Showing a movie in class? Check the [|moviesheets database] for handouts to use with your movie. Want to move video from your cellphone to the web? [|qik] Share Powerpoints using [|slideshare.net] [|slidesix.com] [|authorstream] - upload your powerpoints but keep the animation Make your own cool pictures with [|befunky.com] [|queeky.com] aviary lunapic picnik or [|Gimp] [|downloadtoolz] - if you have a video you want to embed in another program or just use [|embedit.in] [|blabberize] - upload your pictures and make them talk! bighugelabs thinglink Magicstudio [|Video editing tips] sumopaint simplebucket Share pictures with others at [|shutterfly.com] [|picasa.google.com] [|twitter.com] imageloop and troovi (anybody you provide URL to can upload in one place!) Make videos from pictures with [|animoto] [|onetruemedia] Create an interactive poster with [|glogster] [|Online Teleprompter] - for use when making movies or podcasts! [|kerpoof] [|makebeliefscomix] [|pixton] [|bitstripforschools] or [|toondo] - create comics for use in class! Or, try [|The Hero Factory] to create your own superhero! Another great site to make comic strips or comic books is [|superherosquad] [|360cities.net] -panoramic views that are embeddable from all over the world. [|create photo collages in shapes] [|stained glass collage] www.bighugelabs.com [|PowerPoint to Flash] Check out these 28 cool tools for [|PHOTO EDITING!] [|mapwing]- create a virtual tour with your photos - how cool is that? [|prezi] and ahead - for presentations Want to download a YouTube? Check out [|YouTube Downloader] and if you want to eliminate those offensive thumbnails, go to [|safeshare.tv] To edit YouTubes, check out [|dirpy.com] [|tubechop.com] DVD Burner needed? Check out [|DVD Flick] Want to eliminate extraneous print on a web page? [][|the printliminator] Need a free tool that is similar to photoshop? Check out www.pixlr.com Creat slideshows easily using photopeach smilebox Overwhelmed and want something to help explain how to use these visual tools? Check this out!

**Audio Tools**
Check out this wikipage for some great information on digital audio [|Audio Dropboxes] -students record an audio file and can send it to you. Site has good instructions. Excellent for ESL or Modern Language learners. Embed an audio player in your webpage with [|mioplanet] [|mediacollege] [|quicktime] Want to have text read to you and be able to embed it in a document or create a podcast without editing the sound? [|readthewords.com] [|voki] - create your own talking avatar for use on your wiki or blog. [|ipadio] - blog from your phone directly to the Internet with your voice. To download audio copies of novels try:
 * [|Lit2Go]- audio book files for download.
 * LoudlLit - get audio files for many classics at this website.
 * [|AudioBooksForFree]

Copyright Free Music & Videos
>> [|musopen.com] >> [|royaltyfreemusic.com] >> Note the following for Freeplay files: >> You can use Freeplay for: >> Educational, Non-Commercial use (**//__limited__// to student use __on school grounds__ for in classroom projects- __non broadcast__)** >> You **are //__not allowed__// to use the clips if you are posting content (or your students’ content) on the web in a podcast, blog, wiki, etc. //UNLESS// it is behind a password-protected site of some sort.**
 * PodSafe Audio [|http://www.podsafeaudio.com]
 * Kaplaa [|http://kaplaa.com]
 * SoundSnap [|http://www.soundsnap.com]
 * Shambles: Sound Effects and Music []
 * Educational CyberPlayGround: Get Music Downloads []
 * Open Source Audio []
 * Incompetech Royalty Free Music []
 * Mutopia (public domain sheet music) []
 * Opsound Copyright friendly sound []
 * Find Sounds []
 * FreePlay Music (check for licensing) []
 * Partners in Rhyme: Free Sound Effects []
 * Partners in Rhyme: Free Music Loops []
 * Partners in Rhyme: Free Midi Files []
 * Partners in Rhyme: Free Weather Sound Effects []
 * Soundzabound Music Library []
 * ccMixter []
 * Classic Cat (classical music) [|http://www.classiccat.net/#black]
 * WavList.com []
 * [|Free Media Resources from PSU]

[|pics4learning] [|wpclipart] [|FreeFoto.com] [|Freedigitalphotos.net] [|historyimages.com] [|Library of Congress] Need to edit video for your flipcam or MovieMaker? Check out creaza and jaycut
 * Video Sites:**

**Wikis & NING**
wikispaces. To find out how to start a wiki at this site, click [|here.] If you want more advanced wiki features, click [|here.] [|pbwiki] Eduwikis project [|NING] (no longer free!) wiggio [|clustrmaps] [|feedjit]- to track your traffic

**Podcasting**
[|Garageband for Windows] [|levelator] [|Audacity] [|Educational Podcast Network] [|Podcastalley.com] [|podcast.net] [|podbean.com] [|magix music maker]

**Blogging/Websites**
[|21classes] [|voicethread] [|forumco.com] [|voicethread.com] [|weblogg-ed] [|blogmeister.com] apply at classblogmeister.com/?blog=rethink NO PUBLIC ACCESS! [|edublogs.org] [|easyjournal.com] [|blogsome.com] [|Instructional uses of blogs] [|shoutem.com] [|eduperience.com] [|shelfari.com] weebly [|webs.com] wix

Cellphones
http://iu13cff.wikispaces.com/Using+Cell+Phones+in+Your+Classroom [] [] QR code generator!

Courseware
E-texts: [|hippocampus.org] [|curriki.org] [|itunesU] [|Moodle] [|mapacourse]

RSS
[|News Aggregator] [|Tabbloid.com]

Temporary E-mail
[] [|http://10minutemail.com] [|http://emailzorz.com] [|http://spamfree24.org] [|http://mailexpire.com] [|http://dodgeit.com] [|http://tempemail.net] [|http://temporaryinbox.com]

Miscellaneous
[|CutePDF writer] [|senduit] [|zamzar.com][|video conversion][|format factory][|video download helper] [|mediaconverter] [|shorturl.com][|tinyurl] [|Yourtake.org] [|Interactives] [|iCUE] [|virtual field trips]Historical field trips[|mapacourse (click on ecourse maps)] [|kidsvid] [|gaggle.net][|TextMarks] Make a [|poster] or [|slice a poster] Educational/teacher cartoon websites [|nieonline] Need a digital dropbox for your students homework? Check out [|dropbox] goodreads.com - for book reviews

**//Avatars//**
http://mskraftnse.wikispaces.com/Avatar+Creation+Tools

//**Collaboration**// Want to conference with students in another location?[|cilc] [|k20.internet2.edu/getstarted/k-12] [|Takingitglobal.org] [|Global COIN][|YackPack] [|100 People Foundation] [|TIG - taking it global] [|epals.com][|Skype with another classroom] //**Concept Mapping Tools**// [|mywebinspiration] [|drawanywhere] [|mindmeister] [|mind42] [|cmap] dabbleboard Mywebspiration gliffy

//**Digital Media Scoring Guide**//
[|Digitales]

**//Digital Books//**
mixbook bookrix panraven bookbuilder PDF Flash mypublisher tabblo smilebooks blurb lulu

[|Quizlet] [|Cramberry] [|Studystack] [|Flashcard DB] [|Flashcard Exchange] [|Flashcard Machine] [|freeworldu] [|ediscio] Anki zen.do
 * //Flashcards//**

**//Games//**
[|readwritethink] - lots of neat tools for games [|Game Templates and more] [|templates] [|jeopardylabs] [|4teachers] [|classtools] [|reviewgamezone] [|purposegames] Jeopardy Archives [] Questions Unlimited [] Knowledge Master []

**//Ordering//**
[|Ordered Lists] can be used in any class as a way to show sequences //**Quizzes**// [|yacapaca] create quizzes, student surveys and lots more! [|Hot Potatoes]create quizzes, crosswords, lots of neat stuff [|that quiz] - to help you make quizzes [|classmarker] [|Quizstar] [|kubbu] testmoz Quizinator Lots more! **//Social Sites//** Social bookmarking, group collaboration and highlighting of web pages, guided web research, and "browser-based" teacher feedback on web-projects via highlighting and floating annotations with [|diigo] Social bookmarking with [|delicious] Check out [|edmodo], edu20, and schoology which are just for education. Share with others at [|twitter] [|SKYPE] and education.skype.com

//**Spelling Review Tools**//
[|spelling city] [|kidsspell] [|bigiqbee]

**//Surveys and Polls//**
[|Create a survey] [|PollAnywhere.com] [|polleverywhere] [|pollauthority] advanced survey

**//Timelines//**
[|xtimeline] [|timetoast] [|dipity] (be careful - not censored) [|timeglider] //**Typing Skills**// Need to refresh student typing skills? Check out: [|typeracer] [|rapidtyping] [|Lots more!] <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">//**Vocabulary**// Here are a few sites for making crossword puzzles: [|varietygames] [|crosswordpuzzlegames] [|awesomeclipartforkids] [|teach-nology] [|edhelper] vocabahead More vocabulary fun for your students: [|lexipedia] [|visuwords.com] [|merriam-webster.com] [|infovisual.info] [|visualthesaurus.com] [|vocabahead.com] [|toondoo.com] [|pixton.com] [|makebeliefscomix.com] [|readwritethink.org] [|word clouds!] - be careful with this site. It is not moderated for obscenities. [|wordia.com] - allow your students to define words using video [|tagxedo] [|wordsmyth]

**//Webquests//**
[|zunal.com][|webquest.org] [|jog the web]

**//Virtual Maps//**
[|Place the State] [|USA Geography Maps] [|More Interactive Maps] [|Online Atlas]

//**E-Portfolios**//
[] http://creatingeportfolios.wikispaces.com/ [] livebinders

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