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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.

Emerging technology

Wordle is a tool that generates tool clouds from a selected text.

Quizlet is a website that allows the teacher and students to study topics via quizzes, flash cards, etc.

Quizlet is an online learning tool for students and teachers that lets the user study a variety of subjects for free. It allows teachers to create quizzes and practice questions for their students based upon the material being taught in class. Students can then go online and take these quizzes or complete these practice questions to study. Quizlet can be used both inside and outside of the classroom and provides both teachers and students with a fun and interactive method of integrating technology into learning.

Use Juno to create your own online tests and worksheets.Your students work on laptops, tablets, iPods, etc. Then their grades are submitted directly to any compatible grade book! Or print your materials when computers are not available. Create a curriculum library for your whole school to share. Juno is a free platform to developand deploy online textbooks,tutorials, and exercises.

- online animation tool. Create Animations online.

The timelines site - create timelines

Mentormob is a project sharing website that shares learning playlist. Each learning playlist contains great tools, websites, and information for that particular topic. Mentormob is great for educators because they can learn from others playlists' and get new ideas. Teachers can also create a playlist of their own to teach lessons to their students. This website is an excellent way to effectively use technology in the classroom.

I found that this website could be quite beneficial for Students of all ages; especially those who struggle with technology. The site offers tons of tools to help students technologically in all subjects and points of emphasis in education. For example, there are tools for creating powerpoints, writing papers, and making music just to name a few. I am excited to show my classroom students this helpful tool!

Educational Resources at the National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of art website is a great technological resource for both teachers and students. There is a link to the exhibit of the week which focuses on a new artist or series of artists. Another useful tool is the artist database which makes it easier to look up any artist quickly and also have an accurate biography and list of works. There is also a fun section for kids to use where they can get ideas for art projects, read the online children's magazine for artists, and use a number of free software to create their own original art work.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. Prezi puts a new spin on the word "powerpoint". You can use different themes, choose the path you want your presentation to follow, it's more creative then a normal powerpoint slide and it is free. Users are making technology available to them when they use prezi because it is created online, so internet access is all that is needed in order to edit or present the prezi. This works especially well for those who do not have the microsoft powerpoint program.

I chose this website because I feel that it is a site that students, teachers, and parents would benefit from. It is an Award-winning educational software and technology professional development to help students develop essential 21st century skills with project-based learning.

This website is somewhat like a d2l and Diigo hybrid . You can create a group that your students can join and inform them of upcoming tests and post homework, and study guides. It's a convenient way for your students to contact you with questions. You're page looks somewhat like a facebook so it should be very easy to use for everyone

Artgames is an educational and interactive website for children to create art and play games online while learning about painting and sculpture at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY.

This websites is an online discussion board that the teachers can create for their classes. The website makes it easier for teachers to control discussions, hold a debate, post a practice test or let your students support their arguments for a subject you are talking about in class while also allowing them to use technology.

TeachersPayTeachers.com -- 180,000 free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for download including lesson plans, unit plans, novel studies, worksheets, printables, PowerPoint Presentations, quizzes, exams, workbooks, projects and more. Buy and sell used classroom resources. Ebooks from major publishers now available

Teachers Social Network (TSN) has the same concept as the ever popular Facebook. Teachers can create a free account, and begin chatting with other professionals about important issues or ask for help concerning a certain lesson plan. This website meets standard 6.4 because the information one obtains from chatting with other teachers is integrating technology into his/hers own learning process and is very likely to influence their teaching habits or change their current educational practices. Overall, this website is a good tool to get ideas and answers from fellow teachers.

As a part of Standard 6.8, this is an emerging technology. To download your newspaper, use the link at the bottom of the generated image. You can use the images as you wish ie. put them on your own website or blog. Please note, that direct linking to the newspaper clippings doesn't work; the images are deleted from the server after a short time span.

This is a wedsite for teachers and students to create and store class notes. It's easy and free, and helps students keep track of their class assignments. It also provides self assessment quizes. You can also share notes with other classmates and the notes are unlimited.