Digital+Tools+Links

= Digital Tools Links =

= = =2/24/10 --= Currently being organized. Scroll down to find many many links. Please check back for added and organized resource lists. Thanks - jma

= **L** ** inks to resources described in the presentation as well as links to additional resources and materials roughly categorized in the following manner: **=
 * **personal learning supports**
 * **class methods that support diverse learning needs**
 * **digital citizenship/safety/site evaluation**
 * **plagiarism/creative commons/copyright**
 * **random articles**
 * **personal/professional learning network possibilities**
 * **must shares**

Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2009/08/texture-flash-cards.html Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs. = = TLWMSN http://tlwmsn.ning.com =Where Special Educators Meet to Talk=

=__Academic/Collaborative__= Synchronous Collaboration

EtherPad
[] Free and paid accounts. No account needed to create an either pad. Can create shared workspace for free without each user having email. Designed for word processing, the user interface is clean and simple.

Twiddla
[] Collaborative whiteboarding online. Free and paid accounts. Able to use drawing features so not limited to text typing. Able to put a webpage or document on the whiteboard which can also interacted with or on. Voice and text chat available. Previous versions had 11 users on at once. Educational accounts not available. Email link to invite others although can be used by those with out emails as well. No account necessary to use.

DabbleBoard
[] Online collaborative whiteboarding tool. Free and paid accounts available. Chat available. Drawing interface designed for ease of use and to be like using a whiteboard in physical space.

Scribblar -
[] Multi-user, collaborative, live audio, image collaboration, text chat with user list, no downloads to use, no user limits, works in all browsers. Document upload and download. Free and paid accounts available.

WallWisher
[] Wallwisher bills itself as "online notice board maker." "Ideal for making announcements, wishing peopel, keeping notes." No user registration needed, can post images, music, video and pages, works like a real notice board withthe abitlity to drag, drop, and re-arrange posts. 15 Interesting Ways to use WallWisher. [|__http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_436f8kscmdc__]

CoSketch
[] Collaborative drawing/painting space. Create "sketches" on blank pages, upload your own image or select a map from Google Maps. Sketches are not saved for the long term, infact are deleted 5 minutes after the last user has left the room, however sketches can be saved as embeddable images that can also be downloaded to your computer.

palbee
[] "Palbee is a free online service which allows you to set up easy video meetings with your friends and colleagues. You can also use Palbee to record your own presentations and store them online."

Voice Thread
Group Conversations Around Images, Documents and Videos []

Ideas for using voice thread.
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//Voice Thread - Digital Diet//
Educational Origami - [] This is a voicethread tutorial using Voicethread. The slideshow goes through the steps of registering as a user and creating a voicethread using a basic free account. Voicethread is a great tool for multiple sensory learning styles as you can add images, voice and text.

ScribbleMaps
[] Google created tool that allows the quick and easy making and sharing of maps. With Scribble maps you can draw shapes, scribble, place markers and text, create a custom widget, save as KLM/GPX, and share. Collaboration -

Wiki
WikiSpaces [] Free - Use a Wiki to collaborate, post text, images, files and more. Media can be embedded such as video, audio and RSS. Students accounts can be created with privacy settings to create a safe learning environment.

Ning
[] The Ning site provides this description: //Ning is the social platform for the world's interests and passions online. Millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits.// For a classroon application - closed nings can be created with the many dynamic features limited by the ning creator - the teacher, thus providing a safe classroom environment.

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
Teaching Degree Blog.org []

100 Ways to Enhance Collaboration
Ozge Karaoglu's Blogposted January 5, 2010 [] Many collaboration tools described in narrative format with links to the tools.

OurStory
http://www.ourstory.com/ Collaborative timeline tool.

=__Personal Supports/ Study Aids__=

http://cramberry.net/
Free flashcard creation site. Users have the options to use one of the preexisting sets to create their own. The cards can be used on line, with an iPhonte/iTouch APP or printed. CramBerry will create a studying schedule based on mastery of cards.

Study Stack
http://www.studystack.com This tool for creating flashcards bills itself as the "world's most versatile flashcards". New sets can be created or existing sets used. Study activities include flashcards, matching, crosswords, hangman, scrambled word or bug chase. The cards aren't limited to online use. Printing options as well as ability to use them with applications on cell phones, PDAs or iPods.

Memorize Now
http://www.memorizenow.com/index.html While this is designed to help with the memorization of Bible verses, it can be used to memorize any material. The site does not require a username and password to use. The created card sets are saved as html pages on your computer. The flashcards can be asked when offline.

TypingWeb
http://www.typingace.com/ Individual users create and account and move through courses starting at Beginning to Advanced and Specialty. TypingWeb has exercises that use news headlines for practice, as well as games and tests. TypingWeb keeps user keyboarding statistics. In addition, TypingWeb learns the users most troublesome keys and generates a custom lesson for the user to work on his/her most troublesome keys. Unfortunately, TypingWeb has advertisements that could be distracting. An add free premium account is available for $9.99.

TypingAce
http://www.typingace.com/ TypingAce is a service of TypingWeb. It is a fully web-based **typing tutor for schools and companies**. Full typing course content, **powerful administrative tools**, and flexible licensing are part of this service. Variable pricing.

keybr.com
http://keybr.com/ keyboarding speed tests and practice on line.

Type Racer
http://play.typeracer.com/ Users create an account and do timed keyboarding practice against themselves or against other users from across the globe. Calculates average speed, skill level and number of races. It is possible to use the site as a guest, however the guest user's data is not saved.

Keyboarding Practice
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html 17 lessons that take the user through drills that first work the home row and move on to add letters for increasingly complex fingering.

=PRODUCT (ways of demonstrating learning) Resources=

Blabberize [] Hard to describe - upload a still picture, cut a mouth shape, record a voice track, blabberize then animates the image -- making the mouth shape move (ala Monty Python). Fun.

http://www.wordle.net/ "Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. "
 * Wordle

Word It Out http://worditout.com/ Similar to Wordle. Users have suggested better for math related creations.

Glogster www.glogster.com

Xtimeline http://www.xtimeline.com/

OurStory http://www.ourstory.com/ Collaborative timeline tool.

PhotoPeach http://photopeach.com/

ScreenJelly http://www.screenjelly.com/

Jing http://www.jingproject.com/

ScreenCast-O-Matic http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

voice thread http://voicethread.com/#home

ToonDoo http://www.toondoo.com/

Bitstrips: Comic Builder http:www.bitstrips.com/create/comic

Comic Sketch http://www.mainada.net/comics/

Bubblr http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/index.php

makebeliefscomics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Caption Bubble http://www.bubblecaption.com/create.html

Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ flow chart tool

jibjab http://sendables.jibjab.com/

Mind Meister http://www.mindmeister.com/ Mindmapping

bubbl.us http://bubbl.us/ Webbing/mindmapping/brainstorming tool, can be collaborative.

big huge labs http://bighugelabs.com/

google tools

audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/ http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=1381 - uses of extranormal in the classroom

Newspaper Clipping Genearator http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Talking Stuff Generator Fodley.com

Animoto [] Upload images, selectmusic and finalize a short film. Creates a music video type product with little effort and expertise. Films under 30 seconds are free.

blurb http://www.blurb.com/

lulu www.lulu.com self publishing

MixBook www.mixbook.com

Google Earth

20 Ideas for an Excellent Podcast Work Happy.net: Killer Resources for Entrepenuers http://www.workhappy.net/2009/02/20-ideas-for-an-excellent-podcast.html Describes elements that make for good podcasts. May be good for tips for students creating podcasts.

Cool Web 2.0 Tools Educational Origami http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/WEB+2.0+Tools Links to commoncraft video instructions on how to use a variety of Web 2.0 Tools. When scroll down additional resources identified and linked to. Extremely comprehensive list including 6 different cartoon creation tools, 3 different timeline tools 6 different drawing tools, a newspaper headline generator, floor planning tool, graffitie style text geneartor, flow chart, caption images, mind maping, and many more.

Larry Ferlazzo - blog The Best Tools for Making Screen Casts http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/the-best-tools-for-making-screencasts/

=__Digital Citizenship/Safety/Site Evaluation__=

Digital Safety/Citizenship/Literacy

Children's Internet Protection Act http://www.fcc.gov./cbg/consumerfacts/cipa.html

NASP Resources http://www.nasponline.org/resources/index.aspx

90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacyupdate December 3, 2009open thinking: rants & resources from an open educator [] This a blog post but is also now available in a wiki. Excerpt from site - This is an annotated list of interesting Internet videos that may be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, on technological and media literacy. The videos are organized into various sub-categories. The videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use. TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills [] "TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students." ad4dcss - Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety, and Success http://ad4dcss.wikispaces.com/ On Gaurd Online - your safety net [] This extensive site provides information on a wide variety of safety topics such as computer security, email scams, health online, identity theft, internet auctions, kids' privacy and more. It also gives adults practical tips to help kids navigate the online world. Tech:-)Happy: Happy Musings about Educational Technology [] List of resources to programs, instruction, resources and tools related to teaching Internet Safety. 41 online resources listed with annotated links. Steering Clear of Cyber TricksBlog - Free Tech4Teachers January 11, 2010 [] From the blog: "Steering Clear of Cyber Tricks is a new video released as part of You Tube's Being Smart Online Series. . . . Part of Google's Digital Literacy Campaign ( [] ) . . . . The video provides a clear overview of how to detect cyber scams, how cyber scams work, and what to do if you think you might have fallen for a cyber scam." Video embedded at Free Tech4Teachers blog. "Scare-Free" Internet SafetyBlog - The Technorate Teacher, post 2/10/10 [] Small blog post regarding internet safety, including a link to multiple resources

Blocked for Me, Open for YouBlog Post EDTE.CH 2/7/10 [] " **Children in my class cannot use YouTube at school, but as soon as they leave at the end of the day, they will. Since the exponential growth of the online video giant I have never once used a video directly from YouTube in my classroom. It is exempt from my teaching routine. On reflection I find this fairly incredible. . . . "**

digicitiDigital Citizenship [] This PBWORKS link has 3 pages: 1) "On the Internet No One Knows You're . . . .", 2) CyberSmart Poster Version of "On the Internet No One Knows You're . . . ", 3) Toward a Definition of 21st Century Literacies - National Council of Teachers of English. Get Your Web LiscensePBS Kids [] Quiz for younger students on the basics of web safety. The end product is a "card" that is the web licsence. CyberPipeline [] Resources related to internet safety. Videos, information for parents and teachers.

Simple K12 http://www.simplek12.com/internetsafety Site with an excellent collection of resources related to internet safety. A must explore.

Digital Safety Educational Origami Blog/Wiki http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Cyber+Safety http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/The+3+i%27s+of+internet+safety

Sage Advice:Child Safety on the Internet, Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-children-online-safety

How to Talk About Life Online http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-networking-technology -project

//Tennessee Teen Expelled for Facebook Posting// USA Today, 1/28/2010, by Jaime Sarrio, The Tennessean []

How to Evaluate Information: What is a Good Website? O.P.E.N. Clearing House http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/elementary/evaluate/goodweb.html

=Plagiarism/Creative Commons/ Copy Right=

//How to Discourage Plagiarism// Media Awareness Network http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_teachers/tipsheets/discourage_plagiarism.cfm

Teaching Copyright Teaching Copyright: What do they know? http://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs/1 "The Teaching Copyright curriculum is a detailed, customizable learning plan to help educators raise interesting questions about copyright, technology, and law, such as: Through the Teaching Copyright curriculum, students and teachers will learn the answers to these questions and come to a greater understanding about the role of technology in our lives."
 * What is legal online?
 * How is creativity being enabled by new technologies?
 * What digital rights and responsibilities exist already, and what roles do we play as users of digital technology?

Digital Cheating https://saisdparents.pbworks.com/Digital-Cheating

Plagiarism.org: Learning Center: Plagiarism Definitions, Tips on avoiding Plagerism, Guidlines for proper citation and help identifying plagiarism. http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_types_of_plagiarism.html

Australia Published CC Info Pack - Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry13982

Internet Safety and Civility, SafeKids.com http://safekids.com

Kidsmart: Welcom http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/

Anchorage School District Internet Safety Resources http://www.asdk12.org/internet/safety.asp

= = =Class Methods that Support Diverse Learning Needs= Not sure if these go here ClipNabber [] Tool that allows the download of videos from video sharing sites such as YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, MegaVideo among others. To use, simply put the url for the video into the window at the clipnabber site and select the appropriate format for download. Drop Box [|https://www.] [|**dropbox**] [|.com/] //Dropbox// is an easy way to store, sync, and, share files. Cross platform functionality. SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/ presentation sharing tool. Presentations available for viewing on many topics including education, technology, health and careers.

PDF my URL [] This site turns any url into a pdf, simply copy the url to the desired site, paste inot th box on pdfmyurl.com. The link is then turned into a pdf and downloaded to your machine.

BackupUrl.com - create a cached copy of any url. http://backupulr.com

StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Discover cool stuff personalized to you.

Weebly http://education.weebly.com/ "Create a free class website and let your students build one too." - Weebly features easy creation of classroom website and blog, management of students' accounts, acceptance of homework assignments on line, and ease of parent communication.

Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction Presentation found on coolcatteacher wiki. http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/Technology+Driven+Differentiated+Instruction

Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/
 * Reading Rockets** offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills

AsLit.org http://www.adlit.org AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports The Apple: Where Teachers Meet and Learn http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/8529-10-technology-enhanced-alternatives-to-book-reports

ISTE Wikispaces - Welcome to the NETS•S 2007 Implementation Wiki [] Online Assessment Resources for Teachers [] This University of Wisconsin - Stout site contains a "hand selected index of authentic assessment resources." There is information related to performance assessment, rubrics, negotiable contracting, and electronic portfolios as well as links to web based tools for creating assessments.

Digital Storytelling //50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story -// http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways //The 50 Tools// http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools This is Al Levine's wiki identifying, desctibing and providing examples of a myriad of digital story telling tools. 5 Ways to Enhance Instruction with Digital NarrativestheJOURNALChris Riedel, 1/27/10 [] 46 Ideas for Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom []

GTA DC GadgetsThe Tech Curve: Flattening the Learning Curve of Educational TechnologyDecember 11, 2009 [] This blog provides various templates and ideas using the variety of google products.

//100+Google Tricks that Will Save You Time in the Classroom// Post on Online Colleges, 10, 25, 2009 [] //What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Google// suite101.com [] //How to Create a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic// by Marshall KirkpatrickRead-Write-Web []

Tony VincentKeynote - 21 Ways to Reach 21st Century Learners [] "It's certainly a challenge to engage today's students. Learning theory shows that one of the keys to successful learning is engagement. Using Philip Schlechty's "Qualities the Affect Engagement" as a framework, Tony Vincent outlines 21 technology tools, strategies, and tips educators can use to increase authentic engagement. Learn ways to motivate learners using online tools that are freely available. Examples include polling students, illustrating concepts with crazy cartoons, creating jazzy slide shows, and touring some of the newest coolest sites the web has to offer."

ADA and IT Technical Assistance Centers http://adata.org/centers.aspx

National Center for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) [] UD Tech Wiki http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ Wiki for ideas and resources for impenting universal design principals. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - Lesson Builder [] This site "provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students." //he Bumpy Road to Student Centered Learning// Blog - Mind Dump [] ISTE - Wiki Spaces NETS- Student Friendly Standards Names http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/Student+Friendly+Standard+Names

Abiator OnLine Educator [] Site to resources - Learning Style Inventories, Philosophy 4 Kids, Interactive Activities, Online Games, Curriculum areas - Literacy, mathemeatics, Science, History, Geography, Just 4 Kids- Fun Suff, Studying at Home - Exam Review, For Teachers - Generators, Other Useful Sites and Links- Curriculum.

Educational Games in the Classroom http://classtools.net/

Accessiblity:Free and Open- Award Winning Accessibility for People with Disabilities. http://ow.ly/19d3r

Working with Groups of Students? Need Random Teams Fast? Try This! Blog post Welcome to NCS -Tech, 2,5,2010 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4991 This blog explains and links to TEAM MAKER - a neat tool that can generate random groups.

Equipped for the Future http://eff.cls.utk.edu/default.htm While addresses adult ed - there are ideas and resources that support the needs of students with diverse learning needs.

Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction Presentation found on coolcatteacher wiki. http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/Technology+Driven+Differentiated+Instruction

Click Speak http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/ thanks shawn and troy - mined from the twitterverse from the site: CLiCk, Speak is an open source, freely available extension for the Firefox web browser. It is part of the CLC-4-TTS Suite of products, it features a mouse driven interface, and it reads web pages - hence its name. Unlike [|Fire Vox] which is designed for visually impaired users, CLiCk, Speak is designed for sighted users who want text-to-speech functionality. It doesn't identify elements or announce events - two features that are very important for visually impaired users but very annoying for sighted users. It also has a simplified, mouse driven interface that is designed to be easy for users familiar with point-and-click graphical user interfaces. Like Fire Vox, CLiCk, Speak works on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux; and Fire Vox has multilingual support, making it great for users who are trying to learn a foreign language and need to hear foreign language web sites read out to them for practice. [|For a complete description of features, please visit the Features section.] If you're a sighted user who wants to have web pages read to you because you have cognitive issues (for example, dyslexia), because you have literacy issues (like me - I can understand spoken Mandarin Chinese just fine, but reading is difficult for me), because you want to reduce eyestrain and listen to a web page being read, etc., then you are likely to prefer CLiCk, Speak over Fire Vox.

=PowerTalk 1.2.11 Automatic speech for PowerPoint presentations. Thanks Troy and Shawn - mineed from the twitterverse = http://fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/ From the site: PowerTalk is a free program that automatically speaks any presentation or slide show running in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. You just download and install PowerTalk and while you open and run the presentation as usual it speaks the text on your slides. The advantage over other generic 'Text To Speech' programs is that PowerTalk is able to speak text as it appears and can also speak hidden text attached to images. Speech is provided by the synthesised computer voices that are provided with Windows 7, Vista and XP, and other voices are available. PowerTalk uses PowerPoint supplied with Microsoft Office to show the presentation.

=__Additional Resources__= =Podcasts= =A.T.Tipscast= http://attipscast.wordpress.com The A.T.TIPScast: **A**ssistive **T**echnology **T**ools **I**n **P**ublic **S**chools is a collection of podcasts about using technology to help students meet their educational goals. = = =Teaching All Students= http://teachingall.blogspot.com Teaching all students is a blog focused on Assistive Technology for inclusive settings.

=Books etc.=

Free Downloadable Staff Development Kits
Book - The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools: Building or Improving your Districts AT Team. Chris Bugay - available Spring 2010.



Chris Bujaj's Delicious Bookmarks
[] Chris is the host of A.T.TIPSCast, a podcast and blog about assistive technology and improving access for all in the classroom. Chris is part of the Loudoun County School District.Articles/Blogs

Loudoun County Public Schools - Assistive Technology Page
[] |&NodeID=1949Excellent resource for finding ways to include and support students with diverse learning needs. Videos, links, instructions and more. (Created by gentleman who hosts A.T.TIPSCast.)

www.larkin.au.net
[] Great resource site with instructions and materials related to the use of various web based tools and use types, including but not limited to ComicLife, Podcasting, Web 2.0, Blended Learning, Web Presence, Blogging, Digital Storytelling, and RSS.

Web 2.0 in teaching & learning
[] Continuation of site described above.

Presentation and workshop documents
[] Contination of the sited described above.

= Libraries =

@http://www.freemilitaryphotos.com/
 * Free Military Photos**
 * "Free Military Photos is a website to showcase some of the great work being done by journalists and non-journalists in the military. The website is NOT officially affiliated with the government. All of the photos used at Free Military Photos are in the public domain. If you use them, give the photographer credit."**

neoK12
[] Library of educational videos, lessons, games, quizzes and puzzles. K-12 and across the curriculum

morgue Files: Public Image Archive for Creatives by Creatives
[] **"Free images** for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!" Licensee allows: remix, commercial, without attribution under certain conditions. [] - Link for specifics.

Teacher Tap
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm Professional Development Resources for Teachers and Librarians. Categories found include tech and larning, internet resources, Libraries and literacy and tech tools. There is a list of sites for photo libraries available for use in the classroom among other excellent resources.

Technology in Education Resource Center
[] Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia. Information and links sorted by the following major categories: Planning and Evaluation, Professional Development, Classification, Integrating Technology, Technology Highlights, Special Topics, Teaching and Learning and Other. Access and Equity and Special Needs are sub categories within Special Topics.

Teaching with Technology
Wiki Digital Ice-Breaker Ideas http://twt.wikispaces.com/Ice-Breaker+Ideas

Educatus
[] "What is Educatus? Answer: An intriguing collection of educational lessons, currently consisting of **12,000** + images represented in over **1,000** lessons. Educatus lessons are available online and accessible using your web browser...

Educational Origami
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/ This wiki features a blog and many resources including Digital Bloom's Taxonomy and resources to assist with using the digital taxonomy in the classroom. There are also resources related to Digital Citizenship, 21st Century Learning, Learning Styles in the 21st Century, and Starter Shet resources.

GTA DC Gadgets
The Tech Curve: Flattening the Learning Curve of Educational TechnologyDecember 11, 2009 [] This blog provides various templates and ideas using the variety of google products.

//100+Google Tricks that Will Save You Time in the Classroom//
Post on Online Colleges, 10, 25, 2009 []

Online Assessment Resources for Teachers
[] This University of Wisconsin - Stout site contains a "hand selected index of authentic assessment resources." There is information related to performance assessment, rubrics, negotiable contracting, and electronic portfolios as well as links to web based tools for creating assessments.

Knowledge Safari
[] Knowledge Safari is resource for parents and/or teachers of individuals with special needs and for individuals with special needs. It is a place to connect, find to date resources, and to. create and read reviews of local espablishments and how well suited they are for individuals with special needs.

Free Technology for Teachers
Blog []

http://www.k12academics.com/ Since its inception in 2004, K12 Academics has established itself in the education community by creating influential and valuable information for teachers, students, parents & districts officials involved in the K-12 education system. K12 Academics is committed to excellence, development and enlightenment. K12 Academics strives to present a wide spectrum of information related to education for its visitors, in addition to the entire general community. We promote the education system while serving the needs of all involved.

http://famlit.org/educators Family literacy and its amazing impact are only possible because of dedicated educators like you. Educators are a pivotal factor in helping parents and children become lifelong learners; that is why NCFL does all it can to provide the best resources, research and development opportunities that will support you and your students. Click the links below to explore the many tools and opportunities available from NCFL.

http://www.brainyflix.com

http://www.bookwink.com/ == "Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, we hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 with books that will make them excited about reading. The videos are approximately 3 minutes long and are updated monthly. Each video booktalk is about a different topic, and additional read-alikes can be found on the Bookwink website. You can look for books by subject, grade level, author or title. We are constantly updating the book lists with our newest favorite books." ==

PBS Digital Library
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/dll/ The **PBS Digital Learning Library** is a public media system-wide repository of digital media learning objects, including videos, images, interactives, audios and documents. The PBS Digital Learning Library content will be easily searchable, tagged and correlated to state education standards.

SimpleK-12
http://www.simplek12.com/ Site with lots of resources - ranging from free offers, to internet safety resources, test prep games, virtual field trips and blogs.

Printable Maps http://printableworldmap.net

=BrainHoney= http:/www.brainhoney.com

Scholastic Tools