EDTECH at Boise State University

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.

The tag reads "Be the curator of your favorite topic". With this tool, you can easily gather articles and media from the web. Makes it very easy to publish a continuously-updated page about your topic of interest.

Use this tool to easily publish gorgeous magazines

This is an online content curation site. I like this one because students don't have to have a Facebook or Twitter account to sign up.

easy to set-up blogging site for all students in classroom...teacher can retain ultimate control over blogs. no ads and only receive comments from within classroom group.

This site features books for young readers. Find a book to read and follow reviews written by other kids. Very colorful, kid-friendly and easy to use!

fun and interesting videos worth checking out.

This is a good resource for health teachers for secondary education.

This article points out ten ways to keep students engaged in a classroom, especially in those with an active-learning environment. A great reference, especially for those who are moving from a more traditional classroom setup to one that is more project-based.

A great resource for K-12 teachers I stumbled upon. It has a variety of classroom ideas, lesson plans, and activities. Lots of good stuff to explore, even some lesson plans just in time for Halloween!

Monitor all your apps, feeds, sentiments, Tweets and even enterprise systems-all in real-time Pick from 200k+ apps, create custom layouts and publish gorgeous microsites - all in a few easy clicks Access from your iPad, iPhone or mobile, manage multiple dashboards and even read articles offline-anywhere, anytime New Netvibes mobile and tablet version for Android, iPad and iPhone

PicLit combines pictures and literature. You choose an image and then select a variety of parts of speech to describe the image.

OurStory is an online timeline of your life. You can capture moments and memories for a lifetime using this online tool.

A social video sharing site similar to YouTube, but I think it's a little more kid friendly.

TeachUcomp provides free video resources for learning Microsoft Office and related products. Search over 2,000 free training videos.

Blog with walk-through of some of the accessibility features in Windows

blog discussing new accessibility features in iOS5...has a few good links to get more info...

View & Comment on Any Document Review a Word document, fill out a PDF form, mark up an image, and more... All with Crocodoc, all online, all for free. Also embed any document into a blog.

An easy way to share visual ideas; kind of like webspiration on steroids! Embed video and media into your boxes, not just words!

I tried using Popplet with my students. It was easy to figure out, but too many students experienced glitches. While Popplet's beta version is free, my school chose to subscribe to Webspiration for greater stability.

A visual idea board that multiple users can collaborate on adding text, images, maps, videos, and more. Extremely user friendly too. 

An excellent resource from scholastic for the Thanksgiving holiday. With teacher registration, you are granted access to the following: *Video tours of Wampanoag dwellings, canoe construction, and daily life *Replay of webcast including interviews with interpreters from the Plimoth Plantation *Series of classroom emails from a Pilgrim girl and a Wampanoag boy *Reminder emails for virtual field trips and webcast replay Interested in integrating technology into holiday lessons? This is an excellent place to start for Thanksgiving!