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" What amazed me most about Classtools.net was not the valuable tools provided, but the ability for teachers to easily customize these tools and use them in any subject area. If that is not enough, how about the ability to embed your newly made instructional resource on your own classroom website, wiki, or blog? Any educator will also like the fact that students have no need to log in or sign up for an account… and neither do teachers! Need tutorials… they are provided! Do samples help you understand better… you will find plenty! Is budget a problem… then free should be affordable! Classtools.net is the work of educator, Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France. Upon entering the site, educators will see the listing of tools. Clicking on a tool allows teachers to individualize that specific tool for their own classroom needs. Teachers then have the option of copying a generated link to place on their own web site or of copying a generated code to embed as a tool (widget) on their classroom site. Also, on the front page, are some video links that will provide further information. Two videos that provide excellent information are the 1 Minute Overview and How to Create Games. The Listing Of Over 20 Digital Tools For Your Classroom The tools that you can even customize are included below. Along with this tool listing you will find descriptions of each tool, an overview of and samples of specific tools (if provided), and any related video (if provided). * Arcade Game Generator - Allows teachers to create concept builders, practice exercises, and reviews. Best of all, one set up feeds into five different game possibilities at the same time The teacher can choose which game, or allow students a choice. Make sure you check out all the examples and pre-made games in (overview and samples). Also watch the How to Create Games . * Random Name Picker - Can be used as an activity management tool or skip the names.

" Download public domain images and free photos We are a group of photographers who enjoy taking pictures and decided to share them with the public to use them for free in their private or commercial projects. We hope you will find the collection of free and public domain images useful."

Welcome to PD 360! This is the world's first and largest online, on-demand professional development platform for educators. We're glad you're here. What's new to v5.0: * Simplified reports, Focus Objective creation and organization, and user account management * Easier to use courses for effective structured learning experiences * Common Core Standards content and training videos * Improved community features * User Uploaded Video * Integration with Facebook and Twitter * Enhanced integration with Observation 360 And so much more! Feel free to explore all the new features. New to PD 360? Get free access to a library of over 1,500 videos on 97 topics from 120 experts and free lifetime membership to the world's largest community of verified educators-just sign up for a free 30-day trial on the right! For more information, contact us! 1.800.572.1153 support@schoolimprovement.com www.schoolimprovement.com

"Would you be interested in the ultimate list of free tools for teachers? At the following post you will found 321 Free Tools for Teachers separated in 18 educational technology categories. Enjoy!"

"Microsoft offers free tools to help engage students in a variety of subject areas-from moviemaking to collaboration to science and beyond. Teachers can download these tools for free, the majority of which require no special training. "

"50 Top Sources Of Free eLearning Courses" Article on free online courses

"While many of you may be heading for the beach this week, it won't be long before you're ready to start exploring some new tools to help your students be better creators and collaborators when you go back to school in the fall. This week we published a new video on Nicole Dalesio, a fifth-grade teacher who uses all kinds of free technology tools in her class to keep her kids engaged, and it inspired me to go hunt down the best tutorials for all these great, free Web 2.0 tools. Did I mention most of them are free?"

Free Agenda Builder Free Event Social Network Free CMS to Publish Your Event Schedule

The purpose of this site is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms. In 2008 Free Technology for Teachers was awarded the Edublogger Award for "Best Resource Sharing Blog."

I run a 100% free social web resource for teachers and students called eduTecher. (www.eduTecher.net) We have free iPhone/iPad/Android apps available. They are a great place to learn about new free web tools each and every day. Again, just sharing this to be helpful. It is my labor of love and I want to share it with as many educators and students as possible.

"Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. We carry high quality ebooks: Our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized by us with the help of thousands of volunteers. All our ebooks can be freely downloaded: Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. No fee or registration is required, but if you find Project Gutenberg useful, we kindly ask you to donate a small amount so we can buy and digitize more books. Other ways to help include digitizing more books, recording audio books, or reporting errors. Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through our Partners, Affiliates and Resources. "

"Free Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduling Organize Parent Teacher Conferences with Online Sign Up Sheets & Reminders Does the very thought of sending out an email about parent teacher conferences and waiting for tons of replies simply to get parents scheduled make you shudder?"

Screen Recording is a very handy tool to have. You can use it to create presentations, help sessions, and more. I've used them to create review sessions for students, as well as presentation videos and even live, remote presentations. Here are five, free screen recording apps and services:

"Below is the top 50 free applications in the Education category(data is pulled from iTunes). We also have a list of the best paid education iPhone apps."

"Open courseware offered by top universities allow self-learners to access high quality educational materials for no cost. Whether expanding your knowledge on a variety of topics or sampling the programs offered at universities, free courses can benefit you."

"RefSeek's guide to the 25 best online resources for finding free educational videos. With the exception of BrainPOP and Cosmeo, all listed sites offer their extensive video libraries for free and without registration."

"Make poster-sized collages Use your or friends' Facebook photos Use free poster backgrounds or upload your own Get big, high quality posters up to 3 feet tall Free downloads, prints from $7.50 + shipping" Saw it used to create posters of quotes that can be embedded in powerpoints. Great for exhibiting ideas.

The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. Calaxy, this free suite of tools, includes blogging, videoconference scheduling, wikis, an asset management module, as well as Moodle-an online course management system and a file sharing system where educators can upload videos, podcasts, images and documents. Thousands of Thinkfinity resources are also available in Calaxy. Calaxy is an excellent tool to share lesson ideas, upload student learning objects, disseminate best practices, and more! Messaging and social networking functionalities help you connect with other educators in the K12HSN Trusted Community. Make sure you take advantage of these free resources provided by the K12HSN and the California Department of Education.

"CREATE YOUR FREE STUNNING WEBSITE 30,425,814 sites created. Make yours! Easy to customize. No coding. Google friendly."

"Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology"