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A fantastic resource for supporting the use of productivity software (mainly Microsoft tools) with step-by-step instructions customized for each operating system and in multiple languages. Great for helping students and parents, especially in ESL contexts.

This site lets you  customize your scoring guide by checking the traits and elements you want to use at the time. 

Great article on customizing distance learning and online education in post-secondary (colleges/universities)... I also specifically like this article because it gives some depth to my argument on legitimizing degrees earned through online programs at reputable schools.

Voki is a free service that lets you create customized avatars and add voice to your Voki avatars. You can post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile.

What is Voki? Voki is a FREE service that lets you: Create customized avatars. Add voice to your Voki avatars. Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile. Take advantage of Voki's learning resources. What is Voki Classroom? A classroom management system for Voki Students do not need to sign up!

Character creation for education - create a digital lesson for your students - set up a digital classroom

This article demonstrates how tablets impacted education.

This site allows teachers to create free portfolio on line.

Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists.

Art Pad is a digital canvas supported by art.com. It similar to Microsoft Paint, but offers features such as splash painting, custom framing, online sharing and a museum gallery.

Resources to use for presentation projects for both teachers and students.

TheHomeworkZone provides teachers with a free classroom web site that can be used to post assignments, test dates, study guides, printable worksheets, events, announcements, and custom web pages to the internet.

This site is designed to support teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to elementary school students. On this site you will find fun and exciting resources to help keep your students motivated to learn, without sacrificing the learning experience. This site is especially great for classrooms with multimedia capabilities. Introduce new vocabulary with the vocabulary viewer, play fun flash games for the classroom, and print your own customized worksheets and flashcards. You can also download PowerPoint presentations and use fun teaching tools.

Instructional technology tools can reshape your curriculum, or they can be a way to reinforce concepts and address gaps in language skills.

Free for up to 16 pages!

FlipSnack is everything you need to easily publish captivating online magazines, transforming your pdfs into online flipbooks. It works and looks great across all digital platforms, engaging your customers with interactive experiences and making it easy to sell directly from the pages of your digital publication.Files conversion now 10X faster than ever!

Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube.

This article offers a list of app for the children to use in the classroom or at home. What I liked most about the list was there were several apps for special needs children and apps that could be customized by parents/teachers for individual learning.

Think of Netflix for Education video and you've got SAFARI Montage. With entire video libraries (All of Reading Rainbow and Bill Nye the Science Guy for example ) available locally at a school or centrally via the district, SAFARI Montage will allow you to create custom play lists, clips and lessons you can show your students with engaging and safe video materials.

I was waiting to post this one! It is such a great resource. I use it all the time and get a lot of my introductory to certain lesson videos here.

"GoAnimate is a way to easily create animations" and share these animations with others. Great way for students to create digital stories.

Make Professional Learning Animated!

Make your own animation quickly and economically with GoAnimate. Reach prospects and customers with animated videos online about your business and products.