Technology-Type

__**Technology (by type) **__ __**Audio Tools**__
 * [|Audacity] ( Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds)
 * [|Audacity Wiki] (User-editable wiki for Audacity)
 * [|Audioboo] (Record and upload audio)
 * [|Audiopal] (Add audio to personal websites or blogs; create an instantly interactive website; create a message and embed flash audio player)
 * [|Chirbit] (Record, upload and share audio easily)
 * [|ipadio] (A FREE phone blogging (phlog) site that allows people to call into their site and leave a voice recording. The recordings are saved to the individual person's phlog site (registration required) and can be played online or downloaded in MP3 format)
 * [|OLEFA Sound Recorder] (Make recordings on the internet; integrated in Storyboard, Tiparlo, Webbook, Wiki; very easy to use)
 * [|Screenr] (Instant screencasts - Click the record button, capture your screen and voice, and share the link) media type="custom" key="21030818" align="right"
 * [|Vocaroo] ( Click to record your voice and send it via email or embed. Very easy to use!)
 * [|Wavepad](M usic editing program for Windows PC computers. WavePad allows you to create and edit voice, music and other sound recordings. You can duplicate sections of recordings and add echo, amplification, noise reduction and other effects.)
 * [|Wavosaur] (Free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files)

**__Blogs __**
 * [|Kid's Blog] (Designed for K-12 teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog; students publish posts and participate in academic discussions within a secure classroom blogging community; teachers maintain complete control over student blogs and user accounts)
 * [|Edublogs] (p ost videos and study notes, podcasts and documents, create a class publication, facilitate discussions, comment on classmates' notes, disseminate information; display projects; share opinions)
 * [|Setting Up a Blog] (Step-by-step instructions on how to set up a class blog)[[image:http://www.nplib.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/blog_icon1.jpg width="70" height="58" align="right"]]
 * Blog Wiki (Cherice Montgomery)
 * [|Blogger] (Pre-made templates available; upload media-based content)
 * [|Tammy's Technology Tips] (Tammy Worcester's Tips)
 * [|Tech Tools 4 Schools]

**__Bookmarking Tools __** >>
 * [|Delicious] (Save bookmarks online so they may be accessed at any time; personalize the tags or use it as a search engine)
 * [|Diigo](Social bookmarking site to annotate and share sites; build a community of learners)
 * [|Diigo Educator Account]
 * [|Diigo Help]
 * [|Using Diigo in the Classroom]
 * [|Icyte] (Social bookmarking tool; works with your browser to save, tag, annotate, collaborate, embed, and share links with others)
 * Portaportals (Social bookmarking; very organized) Ex. @http://guest.portaportal.com/mfrazier313 )
 * [|Readibility] (A web and mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view)

**__Clip Art__**
 * [|Dibujos Para Todo]

**__Collaboration Tools__**
 * [|Edmodo] (Free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools; exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices)
 * [|Eyejot] (Video messaging)
 * [|Plurk] (Utilize a time line with editable themes or backgrounds; post or respond to comments, questions, links, images, and videos; receive karma points that you get for posting and responding. As karma rises, new animated icons become available for inclusion into posts)
 * [|Seesmic](Seesmic specializes in social media monitoring; update and engage at the speed of real time )

**__Comic Creators__**
 * [|Chogger] (Create comics with drawing tools or by uploading images)
 * [|Comic Creator] (On-line tool with templates for short black-and-white comics)
 * [|Comic Strip Creator] (Create one-page, three-panel dialog-based comics using one of six character templates)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">[|Make Beliefs Comix] (Make three-panel comics; print or email using characters manipulated with simple click-driven commands)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__**Curriculum Mapping**__
 * [|Cmap] (On-line collaborative concept mapping; curriculum mapping)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__**Drawing**__
 * [|AWW] <span style="color: #1b5f5f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 24px;"> - (Web Whiteboard - online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share or save)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[|Picassohead] (a digital tool that allows users to create their own masterpieces using famous features drawn by Picasso)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__**Flashcards**__
 * [|Flashcard Machine] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Free - registration needed; may be used by teachers or students)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__**Highlighter Tool**__
 * [|Awesome Highlighter] (Highlight text on web pages and then receive a small link to the highlighted page)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Mind Mapping Tools__**
 * [|Bubbl.us] (Visualize ideas in a concept map, make changes, and embed the results or share by URL; change, color code, and "see" connections)
 * [|Gliffy] (Create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more!)
 * [|MapMyself] (Free web-based online mind mapping tool to create organic looking mind maps)
 * [|Mind42] ( C ollaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool; supports keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, zooming)
 * Mindmeister<span class="wiki_link_ext">(O nline mind mapping tool where students can all collaborate on one mind map; export as rich text, pdf's, or images)
 * [|Mindomo] (Collaborate in real time; basic export and import; embed video and audio files; basic package is free)
 * [|RecallPlus] (Create and organize study notes with diagrams/concept maps; test yourself; cut and paste images into notes from any source, draw on the cards in your notes with available graphical drawing tools; record your voice as an MP3 or import sound files so that you have sounds to go with diagrams)
 * [|WiseMapping.com] (Use this web-based program from any computer with a browser; allows for numerous distinctions between topics; browse mind maps)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Photo Tools__**
 * [|Befunky] (Makes it easy to get photos from favorite websites. Turn photos into artwork and save back to accounts on other websites)
 * [|Cooliris] ( Browser plug-in to find, view, and share photos and videos; Cooliris presents media on an infinite "3D wall" that lets you enjoy content without clicking page to page.)
 * [|Dumpr] ( Select an effect, upload a photo and save or share; m ake coloring books and other interesting things from photos, save as JPEGs and use as illustrations for assignments or worksheets)
 * [|Flickr] ( Photo storage site, share photos, download others’ photos)
 * [|Hotprints] (Photo book you can design and create using photos from your computer or from your Facebook account)
 * [|Photo Peach] (Upload photos and make slideshows; embed in blogs and websites; easily share via email, IM or Facebook)\
 * [|Picasa] (Upload photographs and store them on the Picasa site; organize, edit, and upload photos in quick, easy steps; Web Album provides one GB of free storage that makes sharing photos easy; make photos into a movie as well as upload movies and images into a blog)
 * Picnik<span class="wiki_link_new"> ( Photo editing, collages, creative effects, fonts, shapes and frames)

**<span style="color: #1b5f5f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">__Poll/Survey__ **
 * [|Poll Everywhere] (Ask a question, students text in an answer, responses are displayed live in Keynote, PowerPoint or the web; gain instant feedback through multiple choice or open ended response from students via cell phone text message for free)
 * [|Question Form] (Create, publish and analyze online surveys and forms)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Portfolios__**
 * <span style="color: #1b5f5f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 24px;">__[|Electronic Portfolios]__

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Presentation Tools__**
 * [|Ahead] ( S hare and publish content; 300 MB of storage; non-linear presentation; upload high resolution images, videos, files )
 * [|Author Stream] (Upload PowerPoint files and share or embed; download as videos and share on YouTube or iPod)
 * [|Brainshark] (U pload presentations, documents, videos; narrate, share, track; create voice-over presentations; make talking photo albums; podcasts)
 * [|Creaza] (Free online video/audio editor and cartoon maker)
 * [|Doyoubuzz] ( 10+ elegant and professional resume templates; enrich resumes with videos, images, presentations and documents)
 * [|Empressr] (<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately)
 * [|Museum Box] (This site provides the tools to build an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box)
 * [|Myphotoalbum] ( E<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">asily add and store all photos and videos; upload via the web, downloadable software, email, and cell phone; h undreds of personalized designs and layouts)
 * [|Myplick] (Upload slides and presentation documents in a variety of formats; sync with audio; share; embed)
 * [|Photoshow] (Turn photos into presentations with music)
 * [|Prezenit] ( Create presentations alone or collaboratively. Download presentations and show them without an Internet connection )
 * [|Prezi] (Step-by-step instructions for creating a Prezi slideshow; 100 MB online storage; download finished prezis and present offline)
 * [|Power Point Shortcuts]
 * [|Scrapblog] (Drag and drop to create; combine photos, audio, video and text to create multimedia pages; add creative elements; share or post directly to favorite sites)
 * [|VoiceThread] (Collaborative, multimedia slideshow with images, documents and/or videos; navigate comment by voice, text, audio file, or video; embed in other websites)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Puzzle Makers__**
 * <span style="color: #1b5f5f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 24px;">**__[|Puzzlemaker]__**

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Timers__**
 * [|On-line Timers]
 * [|Time Me] (On-line timer and stopwatch)

<span style="color: #1b5f5f; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**__Video /Movie Making Tools__**
 * [|Making Videos on the Web] (How-to document by Richard Byrne)
 * [|Animoto] ( Upload photos, select music; make videos with the option to publish to any webpage)
 * __Share__ (Information regarding the creation of Animoto videos)
 * [|Student Accounts] (Information on setting up student accounts)
 * Features: @http://animoto.com/education/features
 * Animoto HelpDesk - @http://help.animoto.com/forums
 * [|AnMisH] (Create, share and send animations; create your own puppet using your own picture)
 * [|Jelly Cam] (Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos)
 * [|Keep Vid] (Download videos)
 * [|SchoolTube] (Create videos and upload to share; search for curricular content and tutorials)
 * Voice Thread - http://voicethread.com Example "What is a Voice Thread Anyway"
 * Xtranormal - @http://www.xtranormal.com/makemovies/
 * Key in a script and select a scene. The video is created just like that.


 * Blog image: http://www.nplib.com/2011/11/library-blogs/

Social Bookmarking Tool image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5m6hkEe1M/UALyKNn2IeI/AAAAAAAAASE/S0Wpzf7T0eI/s1600/top-social-bookmarking-sites.jpg