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VoiceThread is another Web 2.0 presentation tool where users can interact with presentation slides via video, voice, and text commenting. Presenters can get real-time feedback on posted presentations, and users can interact with each other, sharing ideas related to the content covered.

talk about pictures in class with your students. Really neat tool to show group conversations.

Website of screencasts showing different web tools.

This article talks about how government has spent so much money on increasing technology in schools and in classrooms to improve student performance. It shows not much evidence that the technology is increasing student performance, but that if it is used correctly in the classroom than it will improve performance.

This is the kids and teachers section of the US Mint website, and it offers some fun lessons and games related to US currency. It's definitely geared toward younger students.

This is a great interaction tool where you are using a geoboard online instead of in the class. You can move the rubber bands around and it calculates the area for you. It also asks you to color in the different shapes.

Downloadable free software to capture images that you can add arrows and comments on or create a screencapture video with your voice. The file can be saved where you want it to be, but they give you a complementary small account of 2GB at screencast.com so you can share it instantly if you want to.

Free wordprocessing, spreadsheats, presentations, graphics, database software. Works well and can read and write other common similar software.

The American Memory project from the Library of Congress offers up a wealth of information on America in various media, particularly in discussing American History.

Audacity is a free, open-source, cross-platform audio recorder and editor that can be used to create podcasts, among other things. It takes a little while to get used to it, but once you are going, it's extremely powerful for a free program!

Inspiration, InspireData, and Kidspiration are graphic organizing software that is powerful in helping students organize thoughts and data in a visual way. These use mindmapping, visualization, and brainstorming to help students diagram concepts.

Math practice site. Can do activities online or print them out. Flashcards, games, and worksheets area available with the user able to customize the worksheets and cards to what they need.

BrainPop provides animated movies and follow-up quizzes/activities related to hundreds of curriculum topics in Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Art, Music, Health, and Technology. The movies are correlated to the Georgia Performance Standards, so you can select a standard (objective) and search for movies that are related to a specific standard.

gcast is managed by the same folks that manage garageband.com. They host podcasts, can record podcast by phone and mix with music, has free music to use on podcast via garageband.com

Popular wiki creation site for educators. 10 mb free with unlimited pages and folders. Folders can be used to organize pages by subject or classes. Role-based access control and rss for site with free account. Upgrades available.

This is a great interactive site where students can learn more about location and animals in their habitats. Habitats are a big part of the fourth grade curriculum.

Journey Into Amazonia features the swollen rivers, flooded forests and dense canopy of the vast rain forest recognized as one of Earth's natural wonders. My students can actually feel like they are searching through the amazon and learn more about rainforest in their habitat units.

This is a really nice interactive site providing games and activities for early readers. There is an "ABC's" section for beginning sounds, a "Learn to Read" section that addresses phonics, an "It's Fun to Read" section that provides extention learning activities, and an "I'm Reading" section that inspires young readers through age-appropriate stories.

A website to host podcasts and download free MP3 music from independent artists.