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This is a fun online timeline creator, which can be shared with others online. A valid email is needed to create a timeline, but that could be set up by the teacher or LMS. It's very visual in learning about time.

zWebquest is a web-based software for creating WebQuests in a short time. When you use zWebquest, you will not need any of writing HTML code or using any web editor software. zWebquest creates all the necessary files and puts them on the server automatically. Hosting is FREE!

Myplick is a free service that lets you share, embed and discover presentations and slide shows online. You can upload your presentation documents in a variety of formats such as powerpoint, pdf, etc. If you want to add narration or sound effect to your presentation, you can upload an audio file and have the option to synchronize the audio with your slides. After you create a presentation you will have the choice to either publicly share with everyone or only share it within a private group. You can also find out how users are viewing your plick, for example, how much time people stayed on each slide. This would be a good way for students to share their presentations with others.

HotChalk is a curriculum, planning, assessment, and professional development site for teachers, students, and parents. This site offers videos and other content information. It also allows teachers to put assignments online. The site claims to reduce plan time because of the wonderful resources for lesson planning it offers but I think I would spend some up front time getting everything figured out. The professional development resources are also very helpful. Users can save information in their desk, library, and class. Initial registration was free.

This site has free lesson plans, a learning management system, and lots of other great tools.

I just thought this website was fun for learning all kinds of interesting information. There are so many people online all the time, why not use each other for help with any type of question. It was interesting to read the things that people were talking about and a great way to learn information. I think is also a great tool for using to quickly find information on any information you might be wondering about or may want to start a discussion about.

Blogging for teachers and students made easy. Edublogs allows you to easily create and manage student blogs. It includes several useful features and customizable themes, plus, it is ready made for podcasting, videos, photos and more. Edublogs also gives great tips on how to use blogs to revolutionize the way you teach and how your students learn.

Edublogs is an easy to use blogging program created specifically for teachers and students. You can manage your students involvement and participation at any time. I have created an eudcation blog, but in a math classroom, it doesn't get used very often. I do know teachers who use a blog consistently.

ReadWriteThink is a collection of lesson plans and interactive student tools that support K-12 literacy learning. These resources are a fantastic opportunity for students to use technology as a tool to learn. These are great activities for students to use as Reading Responses. If you have one or two computers in your classroom, use one of the activities as a Center and rotate students. If you have access to a mobile lab or computer lab, each student can spend more time with the activities.

Do you ever have a hard time getting notes to students who have missed class? Or, do you not trust them to get the right information from other students? You can either have students upload notes to this site, or you can upload your notes to let your students view them if they missed a class or to review before an exam. My students will enjoy this much more than trying to find a trustworthy friend to borrow notes from!

Lets you take pictures (your own or others) and makes them talk.

This is a bit like an avatar but it is more funny. Sometimes (If I can get lab time) I will let my kids do an "oral presentation" by using blaberize. There are lots of rules of course, but it is fun seeing them up on the smart board and the kids can get a little goofy with it.

This site can be used to make a video out of your music and pictures. What a great way for students to take photographs of their work or assignments and make them into a video. \n\nFor example, in a science lab pictures could be taken of the lab and directions to make a video of how the lab should or should not work. \n\nAnother idea might be to take photographs of a two hour game every ten minutes or at pertinent times and then a video could be made of the event to show \n\n

Animoto is a great program that allows you to upload pictures, choose music, and wait as a finished product is produced in minutes. You can do a short video for free or get a full subscription and have access to longer videos.

Wiggio is a completely free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. With Wiggio you can: keep shared calendar (with text message reminders), poll group in real-time, send mass text messages, store files in one common folder,setup group conference call, and many others. When you need to work in groups at school, Wiggio helps you organize groups like: academic project groups, clubs, organizations, committees, and more.

Wiggio is a great website that offers many tools to promote collaboration amongst small groups. Wiggio can be used to set up a group chatroom, store files and documents and send messages. It also features a calendar tool to keep track of meetings and/or deadlines and allows group members to create a poll or survey. This site would be an asset to any group project!

Create surveys for your students to take. Surveys could be adminstered to see students opinions or thoughts. They could also be adminstered as an assessment tool after completing a unit. This tool is free and very easy to use.

Our administration uses this all the time. It is quick and easy. You can create all types of information. It is easy to compile results also.

This seems like a neat site that could have all kinds of uses.

Students play hangman. They can play the game using different holidays as a theme (Fourth of July to St. Patrick's Day). It gives students the opportunity to use letters and sound relationships, and they have to figure out what words can be made by the letters chosen (or not). The students have to learn to look at the entire word in order to see what would make sense. It helps that the word they are trying to figure out corresponds with the holiday chosen.

This is a list of tools to use in the classroom. It has several links.

This may have shown up for other's. It was posted on the Web 2.0 group.

I really like the website Model Bank--lots of examples of good writing--great for when you don't have time to create an example for the students.