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Middlespot is an innovative web site for social bookmarking that allows users to collect sites in a visual way. This would be a great tool for teachers to organize content appropriate web sites and then share them with their students.

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Zooburst is a digital storytelling site. Users can make a 3-D pop-up book.

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This site links to the American Museum of Natural History. There are a number of topics to select and then learn about. It looks very engaging.

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This free site provides the user with the tool needed to create a live online binder around a specific topic. What a cool way to organize content, information, articles, recipes, professional development training materials, etc. Lots of home and school uses for this tool.

This is a very cool tool.

This is a livebinder all about wordle. Very helpful for anyone who wants to know more about wordle and see an cool example of how a livebinder can be used to provide professional information for educators.

Great example of a livebinder organized to teach about wordle. The tutorial tab is a great place to start to see how useful Wordle can be in the classroom.

Lots of web tools for K-12 classrooms. Like the fact that all the information is in this one resource.

Thanks Joy Weikert for sharing.

Studyblue is a free tool that allows users to create flashcards, quizzes, and lecture notes and share them with others. Teachers can set up a "class" and give students a code, and everyone with the code can create collaborative study materials. There are mobile phone apps that the students can use to take their flashcards and notes anywhere. They can access their files offline. StudyBlue also sends helpful test and study reminders via email and text message.

I learned about this tool from an article in Learning & Leading with Technology, August 2011. An educator shared how her students use it.

Kids' Poetry Page has different options for kids to use to create poetry or write stories.

Develop your students brain with the variety of games provided on this Fit Brain Games site.

"Everybody learns better when they are having fun! Here at Quiz-Tree.com you will find educational games and quizzes on many subjects, including Math, Reading, Spanish, Geography, SAT, Spelling, Music and more. All"

Free spelling activities for students. This site includes an easy, medium or difficult option.

Free spelling games at gamesgames.com. This site is worth checking out there is such a variety in the games. There will be something for everyone. Great site to share with parents or add to your web page.

Check out this link for screencasting options.

Collection of tutorials and teacher stories of Skype use in Education

Collection of tutorials and teacher stories of Skype use in Education