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I made two new handouts on how to type the French special symbols on a Win7 laptop. One method uses the regular keyboard and the other involves installing the French keyboard as an option and using the onscreen keyboard to type the French symbols as needed.

Make very cool animated movies just by typing. Be careful to turn off the ability of others to comment as some problems have been reported by team members.

Xtranormal's mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century and its democratization is a massive business opportunity. Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill-typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop.

This presentation will describe ways that you can support literacy using free tools found on the internet. Types of technology supports for literacy will be discussed as well as the some of the free tools that are available on the Internet today. The last part of the session will deal with what Universal Design for Learning calls for and how the types of tools discussed can assist educators in achieving Universal Design for Learning in your classroom.

Great free typing tutor and games. You can create custom word lists, so this could also be used to practice spelling words.

Powerful inquiry-type activity that lends itself naturally to differentiation as students can participate in a variety of levels.

Epub converter allows you to convert various types of documents and e-books to EPUB format. 2epub is 100% free online converter.

One very quick way to look up words on Google is simply to type define:anyword in the Google search field. However, their actual dictionary is far and away my favourite of all the dictionaries I've reviewed, mainly because of its clean, ad-free format. When you click on a sound icon to hear a word pronounced, it doesn't open in another annoying window. The definitions are not too complicated for use by school kids and there are examples used in context and links to other definitions found on the web. At any time, at the top of the page, you can also access web-links, images, videos, etc. that are part of a regular Google search. The site also works with NaturalReader.

This site takes a "this day in history" type event and portrays it as a cartoon.

Very nice online resources for different types of writing. Student and teacher resources.

This is a great summary of UDL and a rubric-type chart of practical ideas for getting started in implementing UDL. Thanks to Maureen LaFleche for pointing me to this site!

This is a super-fun word-search game on the tags associated with Flikr photos. Just type in a word (you don't need a Flikr name unless you only want to use your own photos) and the puzzle is created instantly. For more info see Paul Hamilton's review at

Drag and drop (or type) words from a word bank onto an image. Would be outstanding for writing Haiku. Reviewed by Kelly Tenkley at iLearn Technology Jan 14, 2009.

Formerly called Marco Polo, this phenomenal free site has resources in every subject. If you click on the Educators tab, you can search not only by topic and curriculum area but by the type of resource you want: lessons, worksheets, interactive, reference,

Click the type of format and this website puts your citation into correct form.

Type in a word and you get a list of words that rhyme. Would be great for writing poetry.

Text to speech site that accepts typed text, uploaded Word and .pdf files and creates an audio with a talking avatar. You can then download as mp3, podcast, email. Free account is limited to 30 second recordings but special teacher package is available.

Wordle-type application designed specifically for elementary kids. Also includes excellent games at every level...very nice graphics, especially strong early alphabet and counting, seasonal. Activities such as 100 snowballs or make a face would be excellent for mouse practice.

Each element of the chart is connected with a type of visualization methodl.

This is a very educational volcano simulation. After learning about the three main types of volcanoes, choose the viscosity and gas settings and make a volcano erupt. The visual and auditory effects are great! The site tells you what kind of volcano and explosion your settings have created.