This is a site only for creating diagrams. It's another way of helping you organize your ideas. This could be used by a teacher who needs help in designing a lesson plan, or it could be used in the actual lesson plan to help students understand certain, confusing concepts.
This is an interesting site that allows users to create their own stories, using different images and info from the web. A teacher could use this to create a video or story relevant to the topic being studied in the classroom. That way, the teacher would visually engage the students and know that they can relate to the characters or stories that he/she created, allowing for a more exciting and fun classroom environment.
This is a site that you can use as a teacher to create a a site where you can connect with the students and you can post assignments on the site and the due dates. It is similar to moodle
Twiducate is a free resource for educators, similar to Twitter but for education. The goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. You can post assignment dates, manage students and groups, and have a place for quesions.
Schoology allows a teacher to create a meaningful virtual classroom, extend learning beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom, and connect with students and colleagues in ways that enhance both teaching and learning.
This is a great source for teachers. I have seen this used in Social Studies classrooms. It is a great way for teachers to integrate social studies with language arts and technology. This source allows you and students to create comic strips which can be compiled and printed into a comic book. Students can individually create a comic strop which portrays what they have learned about particular cultures during their studies in class.
Tinychat provides dead simple, free to use, video chat rooms that just work! Enjoy chatting with your friends or making new ones. Share up to twelve broadcasts simultaneously! With text, video, and audio chat, you and your friends can connect and talk from anywhere in the world.
Create poems, proverbs or anything you want! You can choose a picture and it automatically shows all words associate with it. Great tool for foreign language and language arts. Let your students show their creativity!
Sometimes students feel embarrassed to talk in Spanish in front of the whole classroom. So, why not create their own avatar to do it! They can choose form a wide variety of graphics. Great tool for foreign language, upload your own voice!
Dipity is a great tool for comprehension in the classroom! You can have students read a story or book and have them create their own timeline! The options are unlimited!
I love Skype! It is the best invention in telecommunication ever! I keep in touch with my family in Brazil for free! In the classroom, you can have students exchange information with one another and telecommunicate with people around the world!
I have used voice thread in two classes here at UNCC and I absolutely love it! It is yet, another tool to use in the classroom that challenges students to be creative, learn technology and share their material with others. Perfect for live forums and discussions!