All of the resources listed are free! Many of them have premium features that charge a fee but basic tools are free. Key: A- Audio/ B-Bookmarks/ C - Collaboration/D - Drawing/ H - Highlighter/G-General/M-Multimedia/ MM - Mindmapping)/ Ph-Photos/P/S - Poll or Survey/ P- Presentation Tools /-Social Networking Tools/ V-Video/
Alice (Carnegie Mellon University; innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video)
Animoto- (V-Upload photos, select music; make videos with the option to publish to any webpage)
Share (Information regarding the creation of Animoto videos)
Audiopal (A - Add audio to personal websites or blogs; create an instantly interactive website; create a message and embed flash audio player)
Author Stream (P - Upload PowerPoint files and share or embed; download as videos and share on YouTube or iPod)
Awesome Highlighter (H - Highlight text on web pages and then receive a small link to the highlighted page)
AWW - (D - Web Whiteboard - online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share or save)
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Befunky (Ph - Get photos from favorite websites; turn photos into artwork and save back to accounts on other websites)
BibMe (Online collaborative citation creator - great for use with a group of students working on one project)
Big Huge Labs (View and download content created by your students; make posters, puzzles, posters, mosaics, trading cards and more)
Blabbersize (Take any image, add a mouth to it, record something for it to say, and watch it come alive!)
Blinkx (World’s largest and most advanced video search engine)
Blogger (Produce a student-created online newspaper; brainstorm story ideas, publish a final product and more)
Bubbl.us (MM - Visualize ideas in a concept map, make changes, and embed the results or share by URL; change, color code, and "see" connections)
Chirbit (A - Record, upload and share audio easily)
Chogger(Create comics with drawing tools or by uploading images)
CLEAR Dropbox (Dropbox for audio and video; create the dropbox and your students upload their content to it)
Clipmarks (Capture and share specific pieces of web pages; save privately, email or print)
Collaborize Classroom(Free online learning platform; start or extend classroom discussions in a private, structured location; variety of discussion and question types can be used as well as multimedia, images, video, and PDF files; students can interact with online lesson plans tinside and outside the classroom)
Cooliris (Ph - 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.)
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)
Creaza (P - Free online video/audio editor and cartoon maker)
Cue Prompter (Free teleprompter/autocue service; browser works like a teleprompter; no extra software needed; adjustable speed; forward, stop and reversible scroll buttons)
Doris (Organize, prioritize and group tasks; accessible anywhere)
Dropbox (Access, store and sync files wherever and whenever; share files with collegues/ family/ friends without clogging up your email; share and/or transport images)
Doyoubuzz (P - 10+ elegant and professional resume templates; enrich resumes with videos, images, presentations and documents)
Dumpr(Ph - Select an effect, upload a photo and save or share; make coloring books and other interesting things from photos, save as JPEGs and use as illustrations for assignments or worksheets)
E
Edublogs (Post study notes, comment on classmates' notes, disseminate information; display projects; share opinions)
Edmodo (C- Free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools; exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices)
Empressr (P - Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately)
Etherpad (Collaborative tool that allows multiple people to simultaneously edit a document; does not require registration; attached chat window; Versions are stored. When the document is done, users can download the file.)
Evernote - (Keep track of life with words, images, sound, and video; can turn handwritten notes into text)
Go Animate(Animated comic strip creator where you can add your own images, voice, and music to make a unique multimedia project; recreate a scene from a book; tell a story).
Google Apps (Gmail, IM, calendar, Google Docs, spreadsheets, and web page; online word processing, presentations, video sharing, Wikis)
Google Blogger(Start a class blog, share work, pictures, and more; update parents about their children's progress and keep them posted on upcoming events; publish a class or school newsletter; share photos and student work; post course documents, projects and results)
Google Book Search (Search the full text of books ranging from popular best sellers to out-of-print books; browse available pages, search further in the book, find online reviews, and learn where to buy the book or check it out of a nearby library, and in some cases, even read the entire title online)
Google Calendar(Communicate school schedule information; set up separate calendars for each class and share each one with a designated group of students, parents or community; share info about class topics and descriptions for each session; assignment deadlines; test and quiz dates; and field trips and other activities)
Google Classroom Activities(A brief overview of Google products and a few activity ideas for integrating them into classwork)
Google Custom Search (Create custom search engine and tell Google which sites to index)
Google Docs (Share word processing, spreadsheet, form/survey creation and presentation documents; create, upload, import, convert or export from or into other formats)
Google Groups (Set up online discussion groups and real-time editing for your classroom; share research findings; collaborate on group projects)
Google Maps(Build maps of your community, learn about cities; look up and study addresses anywhere in the U.S. and in many other countries; point-to-point, draggable directions plotted on an interactive street map; research public transit options; switch between map, satellite, terrain, and street view modes)
Google News (Browse headlines from newspapers and magazines around the world; search thousands of news sources at once as well as archived news)
Google Notebook (Browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location; save clippings from sites on the web so you can access them later; annotate clippings by adding thoughts or comments; organize clippings into different notebooks or in sections within a single notebook)
Google Page Creator (Create functional, attractive web pages without having to learn code; customize pages using a variety of styles, fonts, and background colors, images and links to other web pages)
Google Posters (Help students search the web better with these posters that contain tips for using Google Search and other Google products)
Google Sites (Free web page builder; create professional looking pages with no knowledge of HTML; publish lessons, surveys, contests, projects)
iGoogle(Create a custom page for your classroom that includes components like a school calendar, bookmarks, news, to do lists, maps, blogs, weather and more)
Jelly Cam (Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos)
Jing (Free screen capture/casting program that will capture up to 5 minutes of screen activity; snap a picture of the screen, create a video of on-screen action, and share immediately on the web or through email; add tools for emphasis)
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)
Setting Up a Blog (Step-by-step instructions on how to set up a class blog)
Kubbu (Create activities, matching games, crosswords or quizzes; print randomized tests; share and exchange activities with other teachers)
Museum Box (P - 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(P - Easily add and store all photos and videos; upload via the web, downloadable software, email, and cell phone; hundreds of personalized designs and layouts)
Myplick (P - Upload slides and presentation documents in a variety of formats; sync with audio; share; embed)
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NetVibes (Construct professional learning communities; create a class page; use API widgets to create personal pages; organize content)
Ning (Create a multi-page website that includes personal pages for each student, blogs, chats, forums, and groups; share research and files, edit, comment and post links; multimedia, text,and chat available)
Notaland (Mash ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki; use photos, videos, and other web content to create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and interactive chat with more than 50 friends; create notebooks pages full of interactive content and embed for viewer comments)
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OLEFA Sound Recorder (A - Make recordings on the internet; integrated in Storyboard, Tiparlo, Webbook, Wiki; very easy to use)
P
PBworks (Share information and work on research projects; set up student accounts so students can log in without having an e-mail address and give each other constructive feedback; a PBWworks wiki allows you to place specific content, limit the content to specific people, and allow them editing options)
Penzu (Simple online tool for creating a personal journal; entries are automatically dated; students can add titles and text as well as images; registration required to save entries; journals can be emailed or printed).
Photo Peach (Ph - Upload photos and make slideshows; embed in blogs and websites; easily share via email, IM or Facebook)
Picasa (Ph - Upload photos and store them on the Picasa site; organize, edit, and upload photos in quick, easy steps; Picasa 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;)
Piclits (Creative writing site that matches images with carefully selected keywords)
Photoshow (P- Turn photos into presentations with music)
Plurk (C - 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)
Podomatic (Mash up photos and audio; share Minicast anywhere)
Poll Everywhere (P-S - 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 (P-S - Create, publish and analyze online surveys and forms)
RecallPlus (MM - 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)
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SchoolTube (V - Create videos and upload to share; search for curricular content and tutorials)
Scrapblog (P - 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)
Screenr (A - Instant screencasts - Click the record button, capture your screen and voice, and share the link)
Second Life (Create three dimensional interactive learning objects and stage events that can be shared; in a 3D virtual space, you feel that you were actually there)
Seesmic(C - Seesmic specializes in social media monitoring; update and engage at the speed of real time)
Shwup (P - Share and view photos and video with those you choose to invite; create fun home movies to share and post them to your blogs or social sharing sites)
Skype (Connect and collaborate with other experts and classes)
Slide (P - Upload pictures, create effects and transitions; create slideshows and Fun Pix)
Slideboom (P - Create presentations from PowerPoint files; embed in blogs and websites; explore in over 100 languages)
Sliderocket (P - Upload slides, powerpoint and video; publish to any webpage; embed movies, music, sound, graphics; easy to use, convert Animoto and MP4's to Flash and put it on a slide)
Slidesix (P - Upload presentations and share them; add video and/or audio by recording it directly within the site)
Slidestaxx (Gather social media from various sources and produce a beautiful slideshow that can be posted on a blog, website or directly on Slidestaxx; add pictures, videos, websites and more into a slideshow; embed the slidestaxx into a website or blog.)
SmartDraw (Communicate visually; over 70 quick-start templates to create graphics in minutes; send to Microsoft Office documents)
Snagit (Capture pictures or screenshots for use in other applications; easy, convenient)
Socrative (Student response system; engage students through educational exercises and games)
Spaaze (A visual way to organize pieces of information in a virtual infinite space)
Storybird (Create short, art-inspired stories that can be shared, read and printed. Manage students without emails, create assignments, and build libraries; create an online book with beautiful color illustrations and 'flippable' pages)
StumbleUpon (Discover and share great websites; click Stumble and high-quality pages are matched to your personal preferences)
Survey Monkey(P/S - Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time)
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Teacher Tube (V- Upload videos, documents, audio and images; materials appropriate for classroom use; search for videos, audios and photos to use in classroom instruction)
Tiny URL (Takes a large URL and creates a shortened form)
Titanpad (Collaborate to work on a document simultaneously)
Tux Paint (Free, award-winning drawing program for children. Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.)
Twitter(Blogging tool; limited to140 characters; educators share websites, tips and tricks, advice, and ask questions)
280 Slides (P - Create a slideshow directly on the web; add photos or movies directly from web services like Flickr and YouTube; store presentations; download to PowerPoint or SlideShare)V
Vcasmo (P- A multimedia presentation for photo-video slide show. Synchronise a video and a slideshow side by side. Embed into any webpage)
Viddix (P - Upload video and support notes, images, etc. View on double presentation screens; publish to any webpage; connect all kinds of webcontent to your videos)
Vimeo (V - Many helpful videos, audios, and photos that can be used in the classroom or can be incorporated into presentations. Upload video creations)
Visual Ranking (Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus.)
Visuwords (Online graphical dictionary; look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts; produce diagrams; learn how words associate.
Vocaroo (A - Click to record your voice and send it across interwebs - talking email. Very easy to use!)
VoiceThread (P - Collaborative, multimedia slideshow with images, documents and/or videos; navigate comment by voice, text, audio file, or video; embed in other websites)
Voki (Create a representation of yourself (avatar). Choose hair color, eyes, clothes, add your own voice to the avatar and embed it on a blog, wiki, or webpage)
How to use a voki (Screencast on how to create, record your voice and embed a Voki)
Vuvox (P - Photos, video, text and music, narrate interactivity - publish to any webpage; narrate interactivity)W
Wallwisher (Online notice board maker that can be used to make announcements, keeping notes and any other things that can be done with Post-its)
Wavepad(Music 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; you have visual access to sound file so you can erase any silent pauses between questions. It also allows modification to sound to enhance audibility)
Wavosaur (A - Free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files)
Wetoku(Simple way to interview online, record the meeting (or interview) and then share it with others. You may use it for video chat, conduct online interviews, etc.)
WiseMapping.com (MM - Use this web-based program from any computer with a browser; allows for numerous distinctions between topics; browse mind maps)
WIX(Create a free, flash website with drag and drop features; no programming needed)
Woices(Podcast conversations with Google Maps; users record a message in their native language and mark on a Google Map the place from which they are recording or the place that is the subject of the audio recording; other users can respond with their own message; language teachers could use Woices to find samples of native speakers)
Wordle (Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.)
Xtranormal (M - Create movies with talking avatars; hundreds of characters to choose; type something and it turns it into a movie on the web and on the desktop.)
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Yodio (Free audio publishing service where you can add your voice to photos and share)
All of the resources listed are free! Many of them have premium features that charge a fee but basic tools are free.
Key: A- Audio/ B-Bookmarks/ C - Collaboration/D - Drawing/ H - Highlighter/ G-General/ M-Multimedia/ MM - Mindmapping)/ Ph-Photos/P/S - Poll or Survey/ P- Presentation Tools /-Social Networking Tools/ V-Video/
- Alice (Carnegie Mellon University; innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video)
- Animoto- (V - 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 (M - Create, share and send animations; create your own puppet using your own picture)
- Audacity (A - Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds)
- Audacity Wiki (User-editable wiki for Audacity)
- Carla Tech - Audacity (Tutorials and links for using Audacity)
- Audioboo (A - Record and upload audio)
- Audiopal (A - Add audio to personal websites or blogs; create an instantly interactive website; create a message and embed flash audio player)
- Author Stream (P - Upload PowerPoint files and share or embed; download as videos and share on YouTube or iPod)
- Awesome Highlighter (H - Highlight text on web pages and then receive a small link to the highlighted page)
- AWW - (D - Web Whiteboard - online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share or save)
B- Befunky (Ph - Get photos from favorite websites; turn photos into artwork and save back to accounts on other websites)
- BibMe (Online collaborative citation creator - great for use with a group of students working on one project)
- Big Huge Labs (View and download content created by your students; make posters, puzzles, posters, mosaics, trading cards and more)
- Blabbersize (Take any image, add a mouth to it, record something for it to say, and watch it come alive!)
- Blinkx (World’s largest and most advanced video search engine)
- Blogger (Produce a student-created online newspaper; brainstorm story ideas, publish a final product and more)
- Bubbl.us (MM - Visualize ideas in a concept map, make changes, and embed the results or share by URL; change, color code, and "see" connections)
- Brainshark(P - Upload presentations, documents, videos; narrate, share, track; create voice-over presentations; make talking photo albums; podcasts)
- Bubblejoy (Create and design custom video cards that are easy to share with others by simply using your webcam.)
- Bubblr (Create comic strips using photos from flickr.com)
- Bubbl.us (On-line graphic organizer; collaboration possible)
C- Cmap (On-line collaborative concept mapping; curriculum mapping)
- Chirbit (A - Record, upload and share audio easily)
- Chogger (Create comics with drawing tools or by uploading images)
- CLEAR Dropbox (Dropbox for audio and video; create the dropbox and your students upload their content to it)
- Clipmarks (Capture and share specific pieces of web pages; save privately, email or print)
- Collaborize Classroom(Free online learning platform; start or extend classroom discussions in a private, structured location; variety of discussion and question types can be used as well as multimedia, images, video, and PDF files; students can interact with online lesson plans tinside and outside the classroom)
- You Tube Audio Explanation
- Cool Text (Free graphics generator for web pages)
- Cooliris (Ph - 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.)
- Comic Creator (On-line tool with templates for short black-and-white comics)
- Comic Life
- Comic Strip Creator(Create one-page, three-panel dialog-based comics using one of six character templates)
- Creaza (P - Free online video/audio editor and cartoon maker)
- Cue Prompter (Free teleprompter/autocue service; browser works like a teleprompter; no extra software needed; adjustable speed; forward, stop and reversible scroll buttons)
D- Dabbleboard (Collaborative whiteboard)
- Delicious (B - Save bookmarks online and access at any time; personalize the tags or use it as a search engine; collaborative)
- Delicious - FAQ
- Diigo (B - Annotate and share sites; highlight; build a community of learners)
- Digital Gadgets
- Digital Posters (Tons of technological tools to create posters)
- Digital Vaults (Browse through hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips. Records are cross-linked by media type, time and theme)
- Digital Videos
- Doris (Organize, prioritize and group tasks; accessible anywhere)
- Dropbox (Access, store and sync files wherever and whenever; share files with collegues/ family/ friends without clogging up your email; share and/or transport images)
- Doyoubuzz (P - 10+ elegant and professional resume templates; enrich resumes with videos, images, presentations and documents)
- Dumpr (Ph - Select an effect, upload a photo and save or share; make coloring books and other interesting things from photos, save as JPEGs and use as illustrations for assignments or worksheets)
E- Edublogs (Post study notes, comment on classmates' notes, disseminate information; display projects; share opinions)
- Edmodo (C- Free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools; exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices)
- Emerging Tech Ed
- Empressr (P - Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately)
- Etherpad (Collaborative tool that allows multiple people to simultaneously edit a document; does not require registration; attached chat window; Versions are stored. When the document is done, users can download the file.)
- Evernote - (Keep track of life with words, images, sound, and video; can turn handwritten notes into text)
- Eyejot (C - Video messaging)F
- Flashcard Machine (Free; registration required; for student and teacher use)
- Flashpaint (Online full paint application; draw online with paint tool; save drawings on a disk; send drawings to the public gallery)
- Flip Camera(Flip camera resources and ideas - wiki)
- Using the Flip Camera Across the Curriculum (Ideas for world languages, social studies, math, science, English and general)
- Flip Camera - information from wiki
- Flickr (Ph- Photo storage site, share photos and classroom images;download others’ photos)
- Fotobabble (Upload photos or slide shows, record a message and share)
- Free Technology for Teachers (G-Free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology)
G- Gizmoz (Avatar creator)
- Gliffy (MM - Create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more!)
- Glogster (EDU)(Create virtual posters with embedded audio, video, links, etc.; teachers can control student accounts)
- French Glogster Examples
- Spanish Glogster Examples
- Juan Miró
- Go Animate(Animated comic strip creator where you can add your own images, voice, and music to make a unique multimedia project; recreate a scene from a book; tell a story).
- Google Across the Curriculum (How-to document by Richard Byrne)
- Google Docs Video Tutorials
- Google Apps (Gmail, IM, calendar, Google Docs, spreadsheets, and web page; online word processing, presentations, video sharing, Wikis)
- Google Blogger (Start a class blog, share work, pictures, and more; update parents about their children's progress and keep them posted on upcoming events; publish a class or school newsletter; share photos and student work; post course documents, projects and results)
- Google Book Search (Search the full text of books ranging from popular best sellers to out-of-print books; browse available pages, search further in the book, find online reviews, and learn where to buy the book or check it out of a nearby library, and in some cases, even read the entire title online)
- Google Calendar (Communicate school schedule information; set up separate calendars for each class and share each one with a designated group of students, parents or community; share info about class topics and descriptions for each session; assignment deadlines; test and quiz dates; and field trips and other activities)
- Google Classroom Activities (A brief overview of Google products and a few activity ideas for integrating them into classwork)
- Google Custom Search (Create custom search engine and tell Google which sites to index)
- Google Docs (Share word processing, spreadsheet, form/survey creation and presentation documents; create, upload, import, convert or export from or into other formats)
- Google Forms
- Google Forms Tutorial (Slideshare)
- Google Essentials
- Google Groups (Set up online discussion groups and real-time editing for your classroom; share research findings; collaborate on group projects)
- Google Maps(Build maps of your community, learn about cities; look up and study addresses anywhere in the U.S. and in many other countries; point-to-point, draggable directions plotted on an interactive street map; research public transit options; switch between map, satellite, terrain, and street view modes)
- Google News (Browse headlines from newspapers and magazines around the world; search thousands of news sources at once as well as archived news)
- Google Notebook (Browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location; save clippings from sites on the web so you can access them later; annotate clippings by adding thoughts or comments; organize clippings into different notebooks or in sections within a single notebook)
- Google Page Creator (Create functional, attractive web pages without having to learn code; customize pages using a variety of styles, fonts, and background colors, images and links to other web pages)
- Google Posters (Help students search the web better with these posters that contain tips for using Google Search and other Google products)
- Google Sites (Free web page builder; create professional looking pages with no knowledge of HTML; publish lessons, surveys, contests, projects)
- iGoogle (Create a custom page for your classroom that includes components like a school calendar, bookmarks, news, to do lists, maps, blogs, weather and more)
- Graphics
H- Hotprints (Ph - Photo book you can design and create using photos from your computer or from your Facebook account)
IJ
- Jelly Cam (Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos)
- Jing (Free screen capture/casting program that will capture up to 5 minutes of screen activity; snap a picture of the screen, create a video of on-screen action, and share immediately on the web or through email; add tools for emphasis)
K- Keep Vid ( V- Download videos)
- 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)
- Setting Up a Blog (Step-by-step instructions on how to set up a class blog)
- Kubbu (Create activities, matching games, crosswords or quizzes; print randomized tests; share and exchange activities with other teachers)
L- Lesson Writer (Create lesson plans; automatic accommodations, scaffolding, and sheltered instruction; targeted differentiation groups; higher-order thinking prompts; graphic organizer selections)
- LiveBinder (Online 3-ring binder that allows you to gather and share websites, files, and documents)
- Lulu (Publish and sell print-on-demand books and e-books, online music and images, custom calendars and books; free self-publishing)
M- Make Beliefs Comix(Make three-panel comics; print or email using characters manipulated with simple click-driven commands)
- MapMyself (MM - Free web-based online mind mapping tool to create organic looking mind maps)
- MediaFire (Share documents, presentations, videos and images - easy drag and drop upload)
- Mind42 (MM - Collaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool; supports keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, zooming)
- Mindomo (MM - Collaborate in real time; basic export and import; embed video and audio files; basic package is free)
- Mindmeister (MM - Online mind mapping tool where students can all collaborate on one mind map; export as rich text, pdf's, or images)
- Mind Plan (MM - Free for personal use; integrates with Lotus Notes and has XML import and export)
- Multimedia Mapping
- Museum Box (P - 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 (P - Easily add and store all photos and videos; upload via the web, downloadable software, email, and cell phone; hundreds of personalized designs and layouts)
- Myplick (P - Upload slides and presentation documents in a variety of formats; sync with audio; share; embed)
N- NetVibes (Construct professional learning communities; create a class page; use API widgets to create personal pages; organize content)
- Ning (Create a multi-page website that includes personal pages for each student, blogs, chats, forums, and groups; share research and files, edit, comment and post links; multimedia, text,and chat available)
- Notaland (Mash ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki; use photos, videos, and other web content to create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and interactive chat with more than 50 friends; create notebooks pages full of interactive content and embed for viewer comments)
O- OLEFA Sound Recorder (A - Make recordings on the internet; integrated in Storyboard, Tiparlo, Webbook, Wiki; very easy to use)
P- PBworks (Share information and work on research projects; set up student accounts so students can log in without having an e-mail address and give each other constructive feedback; a PBWworks wiki allows you to place specific content, limit the content to specific people, and allow them editing options)
- Penzu (Simple online tool for creating a personal journal; entries are automatically dated; students can add titles and text as well as images; registration required to save entries; journals can be emailed or printed).
- Photo Peach (Ph - Upload photos and make slideshows; embed in blogs and websites; easily share via email, IM or Facebook)
- Picasa (Ph - Upload photos and store them on the Picasa site; organize, edit, and upload photos in quick, easy steps; Picasa 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;)
- Piclits (Creative writing site that matches images with carefully selected keywords)
- Picnik (Ph - Photo editing, collages, creative effects, fonts, shapes and frames)
- Photoshow (P- Turn photos into presentations with music)
- Plurk (C - 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)
- Podcasting
- Podcasting Guide (Step-by-step guide to podcasting)
- Podomatic (Mash up photos and audio; share Minicast anywhere)
- Poll Everywhere (P-S - 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)
- Portaportals (B - Social bookmarking; very organized) Ex. http://guest.portaportal.com/mfrazier313 )
- PortfolioGen
- Power Point Tips
- Power Point Shortcuts
- Prezenit( P - Create presentations alone or collaboratively. Download presentations and show them without an Internet connection)
- Prezi (P - Step-by-step instructions for creating a Prezi slideshow; 100 MB online storage; download finished prezis and present offline)
- Puzzlemaker
Qpodcasting
- RecallPlus (MM - 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)
S- SchoolTube (V - Create videos and upload to share; search for curricular content and tutorials)
- Scrapblog (P - 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)
- Screenr (A - Instant screencasts - Click the record button, capture your screen and voice, and share the link)
- Second Life (Create three dimensional interactive learning objects and stage events that can be shared; in a 3D virtual space, you feel that you were actually there)
- Seesmic (C - Seesmic specializes in social media monitoring; update and engage at the speed of real time)
- Shwup (P - Share and view photos and video with those you choose to invite; create fun home movies to share and post them to your blogs or social sharing sites)
- Skype (Connect and collaborate with other experts and classes)
- Slide (P - Upload pictures, create effects and transitions; create slideshows and Fun Pix)
- Slideboom (P - Create presentations from PowerPoint files; embed in blogs and websites; explore in over 100 languages)
- Sliderocket (P - Upload slides, powerpoint and video; publish to any webpage; embed movies, music, sound, graphics; easy to use, convert Animoto and MP4's to Flash and put it on a slide)
- Slideshare (P - Upload powerpoints)
- Slidesix (P - Upload presentations and share them; add video and/or audio by recording it directly within the site)
- Slidestaxx (Gather social media from various sources and produce a beautiful slideshow that can be posted on a blog, website or directly on Slidestaxx; add pictures, videos, websites and more into a slideshow; embed the slidestaxx into a website or blog.)
- SmartBoard
- SmartBoard-Lynn Reedy
- SmartDraw (Communicate visually; over 70 quick-start templates to create graphics in minutes; send to Microsoft Office documents)
- Snagit (Capture pictures or screenshots for use in other applications; easy, convenient)
- Socrative (Student response system; engage students through educational exercises and games)
- Spaaze (A visual way to organize pieces of information in a virtual infinite space)
- Storybird (Create short, art-inspired stories that can be shared, read and printed. Manage students without emails, create assignments, and build libraries; create an online book with beautiful color illustrations and 'flippable' pages)
- StumbleUpon (Discover and share great websites; click Stumble and high-quality pages are matched to your personal preferences)
- Survey Monkey(P/S - Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time)
T- Teacher Tube (V- Upload videos, documents, audio and images; materials appropriate for classroom use; search for videos, audios and photos to use in classroom instruction)
- Technology Resources
- Time Me (On-line timer and stopwatch)
- Tiny URL (Takes a large URL and creates a shortened form)
- Titanpad (Collaborate to work on a document simultaneously)
- Tux Paint (Free, award-winning drawing program for children. Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.)
- Twitter(Blogging tool; limited to140 characters; educators share websites, tips and tricks, advice, and ask questions)
- Tutorial for Twitter and language learning (19:01 - Setting up an account, finding your students, private tweets, using media)
- 280 Slides (P - Create a slideshow directly on the web; add photos or movies directly from web services like Flickr and YouTube; store presentations; download to PowerPoint or SlideShare)V
- Vcasmo (P- A multimedia presentation for photo-video slide show. Synchronise a video and a slideshow side by side. Embed into any webpage)
- Viddix (P - Upload video and support notes, images, etc. View on double presentation screens; publish to any webpage; connect all kinds of webcontent to your videos)
- View Pure
- Vimeo (V - Many helpful videos, audios, and photos that can be used in the classroom or can be incorporated into presentations. Upload video creations)
- Visual Ranking (Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus.)
- Visuwords (Online graphical dictionary; look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts; produce diagrams; learn how words associate.
- Vocaroo (A - Click to record your voice and send it across interwebs - talking email. Very easy to use!)
- VoiceThread (P - Collaborative, multimedia slideshow with images, documents and/or videos; navigate comment by voice, text, audio file, or video; embed in other websites)
- Voki (Create a representation of yourself (avatar). Choose hair color, eyes, clothes, add your own voice to the avatar and embed it on a blog, wiki, or webpage)
- How to use a voki (Screencast on how to create, record your voice and embed a Voki)
- Vuvox (P - Photos, video, text and music, narrate interactivity - publish to any webpage; narrate interactivity)W
- Wallwisher (Online notice board maker that can be used to make announcements, keeping notes and any other things that can be done with Post-its)
- Wavepad(Music 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; you have visual access to sound file so you can erase any silent pauses between questions. It also allows modification to sound to enhance audibility)
- Wavosaur (A - Free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files)
- Web 2.0 World Language Learning
- Wetoku(Simple way to interview online, record the meeting (or interview) and then share it with others. You may use it for video chat, conduct online interviews, etc.)
- Edutopia Boot Camp - Using Wetoku (Step-by-step instructions for creating a Wetoku show/interview)
- Wiki How (Wiki-based community with a searchable database of how-to-guides)
- Wiki, blogs and other how-to's
- Ideas to Use Wikis in the Classroom
- Wikispaces- (Set up collaborative work spaces; upload documents, files, images, and multimedia; discussion boards, editing histories, RSS subscriptions, ability to review recent changes)
- Wiki Intro Video (How to create a wiki - 2:49)
- WiseMapping.com (MM - Use this web-based program from any computer with a browser; allows for numerous distinctions between topics; browse mind maps)
- WIX (Create a free, flash website with drag and drop features; no programming needed)
- Woices (Podcast conversations with Google Maps; users record a message in their native language and mark on a Google Map the place from which they are recording or the place that is the subject of the audio recording; other users can respond with their own message; language teachers could use Woices to find samples of native speakers)
- Wordle (Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.)
- Wordle Ideas
- Wordle in the Classroom (52 Interesting Ideas to Use Wordle in the Classroom)
X- Xtranormal (M - Create movies with talking avatars; hundreds of characters to choose; type something and it turns it into a movie on the web and on the desktop.)
Y- Yodio (Free audio publishing service where you can add your voice to photos and share)
- Yola
- YouTube (Create videos and upload to share; search for curricular content and tutorials)
- Yugma - Free Web 2.0 videoconferencing software
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