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[|2. Photovisi] is an online photo collage creation tool. Students can use saved photos or a webcam to add pictures to their collage. The finished result can be downloaded and printed out. [| Photovisi] is exceptionally easy to use and requires absolutely NO sign in or registration! This makes it the ideal online tool in my book. Students can get right in and quickly create a photo collage, add text, and download it. There are several collage templates to choose from, and each template is highly customizable.
 * How to integrate[| Photovisi] into your curriculum:** [|Photvisi] is a great online creation tool. It doesn’t require any sign up or registration making it ideal for using in any classroom. Students can make collages to document learning, a science experiment, field trip, or special project. Students can upload pictures from their computer to add to the [|Photovisi]. Students can add text labels and titles to document learning. Collages can be used for getting to know you activities. Students can create a collage of pictures that represent themselves and their interests. Use text to create an auto bio poem over the collage of pictures. Students could also create collages as a place to visually document their learning. Students could create “time capsule” collages that represent a period in history. Students can add pictures, key dates, people, and places to their time capsule collage. Collages are a great way to visually group items, younger students could create their own class alphabet display. Each student could create a collage of a different letter, all finished collages could be printed to create a class created bulletin board. The same could be done for phonics or word study. In math class, collages could be used to create a visual representation of shapes found in buildings or nature, angles, or scale. In art, students could create a collage of artists, a style of art, or of their own art.

**3. Google Apps Education Training Center. This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context. ** http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com/1/post/2010/11/google-apps-for-education-tips-tricks-and-tutorials.html

4. There are plenty of crossword creators out there, but I’ve never found one more useful than the [|Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker]. This app is a star because it works smoothly and avoids the hurdles that inevitably appear in other crossword generators. This one requires no registration and places no limits on the length or amount of words. Once the words and clues are entered, it auto-sizes the crossword to fit on one page and prints right every time. It also produces a printable answer key. I like to type my clues as a document, then paste everything with one click into the Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker. I can then go back to that document and combine words from several units into a big review puzzle at the end of the semester. A crossword puzzle is a great way to present a vocabulary list because students must work to find the words themselves. With this app it’s also possible to have students make crosswords for their classmates to complete. But make sure they double-check spelling! One extra letter can throw off the whole puzzle. [|Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker]