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A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem? * 101 Free Learning Tools * OpenCourseWare and Open Educational Resources * Free EduGames

poster size guide for teachers, allowing them to compare the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, adding a column to indicate how tricky the tool is to set up

A group of tools for creating infographics - great variation on the usual presentation tolls for students to demonstrate their knowledge.

Thinglink is an interactive image tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia launcher. Users can create multiple "hot spots" on specific parts of an image and turn the image into a multimedia launcher. Embed video, record audio with the click of a button and a free SoundCloud account, or link to any website. Compatible with any blog or website that has a widget to support javascript, this is a great tool for those of us who use Blogger, Wikispaces or WordPress.

a list of some of the free tools you can use to convert YouTube videos into MP3 (and other formats) some convert only audio.

Storyboard That is a robust web tool that allows students to create and edit Storyboards. This site is simple to use and allows users to drag and drop stick figures and screen elements, as well as add their own content, to the storyboard time line. Enough tools and features to be really useful and not too many to confuse young users, this is a nice way for students to create storyboards for class projects, videos, or anything else you can think of including comic strips. There is a nice educator portal which has some lesson plans and example student work. Not free, but free trial and reasonably priced for teachers

GOOGLE SEARCH TOOLS AND SOFTWARE TOOLS AND SERVICES some little known

It's important to match the tools used to teach information literacy with the level of the students. Developed by educators, the Big6 includes many tools and lessons for the teacher. Written by librarians at Cardiff University, the Handbook of Information Literacy Teaching or HILT has many helpful tips, handouts and lesson plans. The 21st Century Information Fluency portal has created online games and tutorials for many different level of student.

free and for sale mind mapping tools - links to sites, brief summaries

"4 Free Tools For Creating Web-Based Timelines"

Microsoft tools, includes teacher guides

"13 Free Web Annotation Tools for Teachers to Draw, Add Notes, and Highlight Sections on A Web page"

a free tool for K-12 teachers modeled on Pinterest. It allows teachers to create and share individual teaching resources and build collections f tools like lesson plans, visual aids, tips and techniques and a range of other materials. resource sharing free for verified teachers and administrators. (Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/11/13/free-pinterest-style-education-service-hosts-common-core-teaching-aids.aspx?admgarea=Features1#9FLsd6HOs5g2U7T1.99 )

"Tech Tools in Plain English"

PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

Increase student learning with these interactive, online tools designed to promote higher-order thinking in any subject. Each tool features an online workspace where students create and save visual representations of their thinking. Classroom strategies a

Graphic Organizers in the Classroom Visual thinking can be expressed in many ways. Graphic organizers are one way for visual thinkers to arrange their ideas. There are unlimited ways to express these visual ideas. Graphic organizers have many names including visual maps, mind mapping, and visual organizers. Although many students plan with paper and pencil, technology tools can be very helpful because they allow easy editing. Graphic organizers can be used in all phases of learning from brainstorming ideas to presenting findings. They can be used individually or in large groups. For example, some teachers like to create a class concept map as a large group to review at the end of a unit or develop a character map while reading a book aloud to the class. These tools are particularly useful in activities that require critical thinking skills.

College prep math tools. The free software is distributed under Gnu-public license and uses Java so it can run across multiple platforms.

another collection of web 2.0 tools. anotated, includes mutiple items in each catagories.

voice thread, Ustream, Teacher Tube and other vodcasting tools