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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.

Online video editing

Your Free Video Editor - Online Engage your audience with the world's premier online video editor seamlessly integrated on your website, or edit your own videos on JayCut's community.

So slidepoint.net is a free online presentation platform that lets you both upload PowerPoints, or create your own presentations using the online editor (which is very similar to PowerPoint). The key is, its 100% HTML, not Flash, so it works everywhere! They have made it easy to embed your presentations into your own e-learning offerings as well (so embedding on to your website, online courses, etc, is very easy). Check it out at www.slidepoint.net.

"Designed with your busy schedule in mind, DEN Connects builds thematic units around four different activities that allow you to select which components meet your needs. Mini Lessons: Try our quick 20-30 minute lessons that have media and effective integration strategies embedded. Student Digital Dives: Take a scavenger hunt through Discovery Education for resources on this month's topic. Content Creation Challenge: Try our content creation tool-of-the-month. We'll provide you simple instructions and a platform to showcase your students' work. Class-to-Class Connections: Have your students connect with other students around the world through video chats. We'll provide you a list of educators interested in making connections."

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life. ZooBurst books are completely web-based and can be experienced using nothing more than your browser outfitted with the Adobe Flash plug-in. Books can be inspected from any angle from with a 3D space, and rotating around a book is as easy as dragging and dropping your mouse. In addition, the author of a book can choose to make items "clickable," allowing you to learn more about individual characters within a story. You can choose to experience a ZooBurst book in a number of ways, including in Augmented Reality. If you have a webcam installed on your computer simply click on the 'Augmented Reality' button at the top of the screen and watch as the book appears in the palm of your hand!

" * Listen to your music wherever you are. Share your collection with family and friends. * Browse and manage your music collection with the user-friendly web interface, or use the AIR desktop app. * Stream music to Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 7. * Convert and stream lossless music on the fly. * Manage 100,000+ files in your music collection without hassle. * Download and listen to Podcasts. * Get cover art, lyrics, reviews and other album info from Google, Chartlyrics, allmusic and Wikipedia. * Plus much more..."

" Share Ideas Instantly Simple and FREE, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations. Create images and videos of what you see on your computer screen, then share them instantly! Use Jing to… Take Screenshots: Capture an image of what you see on your computer screen Record Screencasts: Record up to 5 minutes of onscreen video Collaborate: Jing's older siblings - Snagit and Camtasia - are great for editing and "

" create and share visual ideas online vhemes are visual themes. drag and drop a vheme onto your canvas for easy creation of your visual idea! easel.ly is currently in beta but we would love your feedback here. "

Why Use Tablo? Four simple reasons why you should use Tablo to make and share digital lessons. Save Time in Class Students can watch Tablo lessons at home. No need to lecture in the classroom. Create Lessons Easily Make amazing lessons with just a graphics tablet and a computer with a microphone. Nothing to Install Tablo is completely online. No need to bother your IT department with installations. Data-Driven Teaching Tablo will be able to track your students' progress and identify areas of difficulty in your lessons.

"Getting started with mobile devices in the classroom while exciting requires proper planning, practices and processes. To assist with this, SVUSD lead teachers created a series of lessons to use in your first few days of mobile devices teaching. These lessons are designed to assist students with learning the device and build proper classroom management of the devices. Each lesson is designed to be adaptive to the content you are teaching, but provide the base skills students need. After using these first few lessons you'll be up and running with your own lab in no time and your students will be prepared to use the devices to the fullest."

"Make your course come alive. The simple way to manage your course and engage your students. "

"How To Rapidly Create Effective Elearning Ignite 4 makes it easy for you to create rapid e-Learning courses for delivery over the web, CD and even from your organization's SCORM Learning Management System! You can easily narrate your slides with your voice, add music, and even combine them with videos, webcam video and screenshots!"

"logo Collaborate with your coworkers. Yammer is the free private social network for your company. Nue-lock-icon Only people with a verified company email address can join your company network. "

"Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear. Hemingway highlights long, complex sentences and common errors; if you see a yellow highlight, shorten the sentence or split it. If you see a red highlight, your sentence is so dense and complicated that your readers will get lost trying to follow its meandering, splitting logic - try editing this sentence to remove the red."

"n2y is your home for effective symbol-supported tools and materials for your students with special needs. We develop the special education curriculum, lesson plans, and materials so you can spend your time teaching. We Create. You instruct."

"100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better Staff Writers - February 12, 2008 If you don't have an iPad or an iPhone, no sweat! You can use your iPod for more than just listening to music. Educational apps available in the iTunes store can help you study and take notes like a pro! Students of all ages are taking advantage of the educational benefits of the iPod. These apps are especially helpful for working professionals who are attending top online colleges."

Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

"When your kids want to play online, put Firefox into Kid Mode! Protect your computer and delight your kid with a safe environment that's filled with fun and learning. Zoodles Kid Mode makes it easy for kids 8 and under to independently play online."

"Use us to automatically call or text every phone number on your list. Call-Em-All helps make life a little easier for groups, businesses, and organizations everywhere. Give your phone a rest, and keep your group in the loop for just pennies per message!"

"Help your students get the skills they need The 21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) rubrics provide a research-based methodology to help you identify how to evolve your lesson plans and learning activities to build and assess your students' 21st century skills. "