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Useful tools for secondary teachers are sites that allow for more access to resources, videos,embedding tools, and printables. I enjoy using Edhelper.com which allows for the creation of content-based puzzles and printable worksheets. Unitedstreaming.com is also a website that provides access to SOL based videos and curriculum units. Though these two websites are not free, edhelper allow teachers to create minimal activities for free and unitedstreaming is often purchased by school districts who receive a site license. Last but not least, I recommend Zamzar.com, which allows teachers to embed YouTube or other videos into PowerPoint presentations that may otherwise be blocked by district internet screening tools.

The World Peace Game for fourth graders that sparks creative thinking in order to solve simulated world problems. John Hunter is a teacher previously with Charlotesville City Schools and most currently Albermarle County. This is his talk at TED, but I've also posted the link to the World Peace Game web site.

Teacher created templates for a fake version of "twitter" and there's also a "fakebook" one...

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This tool can be used in a variety of ways to store, reference and share bookmarks. I have also heard really great comments from other teachers on how they use it a lot.

Delicious is the "old " style social bookmarking tool replaced by our friend here Diigo~ Diigo should be more powerful than Delicious. Interesting if you find somethings that Delicous does that Diigo does not.

Lists lots of Web 2.0 resources for teaching

Scribblar is an online collaborative tool that empowers users to develop and maintain a conversation via online whiteboard, audio and text messaging features. This is an ideal tool for groups of students and teachers to brainstorm and plan outside of class hours. This is great!

Scribblar is a free multi-user whiteboard that allows for brainstorming and collaboration. It has text-chat and works in all browsers. I plan to use it to have students create a review for the properties of quadrilaterals.

Voki for Education

This is a great website for ear training. One of the downsides is that it does have a cost to get the full benefit of the tool but anyone can sample the activities for free. Teachers can track student progress as well.

This is free and there's no need for an email address. I think I would create the site for each group of students so that I'm in control of the user name and passwords. I can enroll them in an "author" role so they can be in control of the pertinent areas of the page. I think this would be an awesome thing to incorporate into my political parties and election simulation for my class "parties" to create a fake blog for their candidate on the campaign trail. After spending too long trying to create a sample, I realized I'll need more direction with this one. It's not as intuitive as I thought it would be. If anyone has any hints or tips, I'm open.

I'm sure most of you have seen this one, but it does not get old to me. It stimulates creativity in my own thinking as an administrator and teacher. I do not necessarily agree with everything he says - but it is intriguing nonetheless.