SETSIG UDL Playground

59 different video presentations, created by teachers, that explore and demonstrate what teachers can do with Smartboards in the classroom - and its all free!

A variety of templates, tutorials, and graphic organizers introduce and explain the major forms of writing (narrative, persuasive, expository, research, response to literature) and help students develop practical writing skills - from coming up with a topic idea to publishing a polished work. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft for Learning Essentials, these tools offer solid instruction from the popular, research-based Write Source series of writing programs.

"Markup lets you draw on any webpage with a variety of tools to express your thoughts, make a point or just simply edit." This is a bookmarklet -- no download required!

An interactive multimedia environment to support understanding and composition in American History.

Free text to speech. Uses the world's best text to speech (TTS) software. Upload documents, cut and paste text or link to feeds. Text reader converts text to speech automatically. Download audio and podcasts. It's fast and easy to use. Get started right away! No software to download or install. Unlike all other TTS websites, YAKiToMe! is 100% free!

An enormous collection of on-line physics games.

Create a timeline! xtimeline is a free web-based timeline. Easily create and share timelines with pictures and videos.

Lots of terrific Web 2.0 resources. Winner of the 2011 Merlot award for exemplary online learning resources.

Produced by Jillian Dunkleberger. Topics: Logic, Proofs (triangle intro), Transformations, Geometric Inequalities, Area and Volume, Coordinate Geometry, Circles, Locus, Similarity, Planes.

A free online spinner that allows choice re: spinner components. Data collection on spins is also possible

Use this reader's response activity to analyze the characters in any book. Print and collect your scrapbook pages

The IHMC CmapTools program empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other features, construct their Cmaps in their personal computer, share them on servers (CmapServers) anywhere on the Internet, link their Cmaps to other Cmaps on servers, automatically create web pages of their concept maps on servers, edit their maps synchronously (at the same time) with other users on the Internet, and search the web for information relevant to a concept map.

RecallPlus is software designed specifically for students who want to learn faster and improve their marks. RecallPlus goes beyond simple note-taking and organizing - it actually tests students on their notes so they can learn the information. RecallPlus is the only true study software because it is the only software that combines concept mapping of notes with testing

Exploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too.

Mind mapping is the best way to understand and visualize something. You don't even have to explain it to someone else - explaining things to yourself is a powerful way to learn and understand. 

FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java.

rezi lets you bring your ideas into one space and see how they relate, helping you and your audience connect. Zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to see details - a bit like web-based maps that have changed how we navigate through map books.

The place to get ideas for writing, practice the writing process, and learn the grammar tips and tricks that will make your writing shine.

These graphic organizers can be used for instruction or assessment purposes. They can be adapted for your needs and re-saved. Examples are provided to demonstrate ways that the graphic organizers can be used to frame assessment tasks.

Software for constructing and reflecting on diagrams of one's ideas