Gen.+Classroom+Tech+Resources


 * 1) A site that has links to many other web tools. It even has tools for specific subjects. Lots of good links here. Web Tools 2.0
 * 2) My favorite new site for presentations. You can also search it to see if someone else has already made a presentation on a topic that you cover. Prezi.
 * 3) Templates for the most common types of notes used by teachers. Field trip permission, student contracts, etc. [|Casa Notes.]
 * 4) Worksheets with items to label. Includes Math, Science, Geography worksheets to print out. [|MyLabels].
 * 5)  EPALS - []-Sign up for a free educator's account and connect your classroom with other classrooms around the world.
 * 6) Teacher Online Training []-Has several good free online training sessions using SMARTBoards. Can sign up for an educator's and/or school subscription for a very reasonable price. Good professional development info.
 * 7) SMART! []-Free online study tools for just about anything. Japanesese, Countries of the World, SAT Verbal. You set the goal and Smart.fm helps you achieve it. Free to join
 * 8) SHMOOP []-online study guides for a variety of subjects including: Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare,US History, Civics, Biography, Music, and AP Exams. Recently added slideshows to several topics to help students remember information.
 * 9) Poster Street []-Free motivational and inspirational posters you can print to use in your classroom.
 * 10) CommonCraft []-Wondeful site to explain in everyday, easy terms just about anything! Great to explain technology ideas and innovations to those who are not so tech-savy.
 * 11) WallWisher (http://www.wallwisher.com) We used this tool to discuss key concepts and ideas, and I embedded the “wall” on a discussion forum page on our Moodle course site. Couldn’t be easier and is a great way to share thoughts and view them in an interactive environment.
 * 12) Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) I use Google Docs for creating online forms or surveys, sharing the results with the class, and have students work together at times using the presentation tool of Google docs. Google Docs can take the work out of commenting, editing, and sharing student work. It’s very easy for a student to view another classmate’s work to evaluate their own work.
 * 13) [|The Story Place] is a children's digital library produced by the [|Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg counties] in North Carolina. The Story Place features digital stories in English and Spanish for students of pre-school age through elementary school. The digital stories are arranged by age group and by theme. Along with the digital stories are activity guides for parents.
 * 14) [|Verbs Online] provides foreign language students with a good selection of activities for practicing verb conjugations. Practice activities are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. The practice activities deal with the past, present, and future tenses of regular and irregular verbs. Students can choose to do the activities in sets of ten through fifty practice items.
 * 15) [|CAPL], Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon, is a project developed by Dr. Michael Shaughnessy at Washington & Jefferson College. The[|CAPL] currently has collections of images for teaching and learning English (North American), German, French, Chinese, and Spanish. [|CAPL] also has images for Japanese, Russian, and Ukranian. All of the images in the collection are licensed under a Creative Commons license that allows for re-use and manipulation for non-commercial purposes.
 * 16) [|Animoto] makes it possible to quickly create a video using still images, music, and text. If you can make a slideshow presentation, you can make a video using [|Animoto]. [|Animoto's] free service limits you to 30 second videos. You can create longer videos if you apply for an education account.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|FedFlix], hosted by the Internet Archive, is a collection of nearly 2000 films produced by the US government during the 20th Century. The topics of these films range from presidential speeches to agricultural practices to public health and safety. Some films are instructional in nature, for example there is a film for police officers on how to arrest someone. Other films are more informative in nature and some films are propaganda films.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Powerpoint Palooza []-Over 200 powerpoint presentations on every subject imaginable dealing with History! Teachers are free to download, edit, and use in their classrooms.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Wall Wisher []- Words that stick! "Online Notice Board Maker" Online "post it notes" that you can share with anyone!
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Wordle []-"Beautiful Cloud Words" Take any text and make a visual image. Use results of surveys to make word clouds, paste text from passages (i.e. famous speeches) enabling students to visualize most important concepts.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Have Fun With History []-Free streaming videos and activities. A resource for students, educators and all lovers of American History. Remember they are streaming!
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Lovely Charts] Lovely Charts is an online diagramming application that allows you to create professional looking diagrams, such as flowcharts, sitemaps, organizational charts, wire frames, and many more for free. [|Lovely!] is a small consulting firm based in Brussels, Belgium, specialized in creating Rich User Experiences for Rich Internet Applications. Basic subscription is free, can upgrade to premium user for a fee.
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Powerpoint Games []- Powerpoint Games. Download powerpoint games and templates created by Dr. Jeff Ertzberger from UNC-W
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Bubbabrain []-Interactive Vocabulary Practice for K-12 and College. SAT, AP Exam, Middle, Elementary, and High School Vocabulary Practice.
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A New Way to Lecture-using Web 2.0 tools-Enhance/update your lectures...make them more interactive. [[file:A_NEW_WAY_TO_LECTURE.pdf]]
 * 26) There are three main video classifications that [|Next Vista] uses. The [|Light Bulbs] category is for videos that teach you how to do something and or provides an explanation of a topic. The [|Global Views] video category contains videos created to promote understanding of cultures around the world. The [|Seeing Service] video category highlights the work of people who are working to make a difference in the lives of others.