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A simple site for making project checklists for your students' projects. In my opinion, this is an under-utilized aspect of the 4teachers.org website.

"..... took less than five minutes to make an impressive, share-worthy video. .... a great option for the holidays or any special occasion .... when you'd want to share photos with loved ones." MacWorld Turn your photos into stunning, professional-quality videos, complete with music and text, with Animoto's free app! Parties, holidays, trips and family events - you've got a ton of photos on your phone just waiting to be turned into something incredible.

Cinch is a free and easy way to create and share audio, text and photo updates using your iPhone. Cinch enables you to capture and report on your experiences in a way that plain text can't. Using a simple interface, you can make and automatically broadcast your cinches

The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.  Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.

Kidblog.org is built by teachers, for teachers, so students can get the most out of the blogging process. Kidblog meets the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students. Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all publishing activity within the classroom blogging community. If you've tried (perhaps with limited success) other blogging platforms like Blogger, Edublogs, or Wordpress.com, you'll notice the Kidblog difference immediately!

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.

New features only available in this omBook include professional narration, background audio and enlarged artwork for each scene. To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched.  By combining the original text and artwork of Dr. Seuss with features that entertain and promote reading, this omBook appeals to readers of all ages. Three ways to read this omBook (Oceanhouse Media digital book): ★ "Read to Me" - listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read ★ "Read it Myself" - read the book in its traditional form ★ "Auto Play" - plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages. Great for younger children!

Great place for teachers to find unique, current professional development during the summer time!