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Free tool to create rubrics. Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free

Check your facts quickly and easily at the RefDesk, which features a site of the day, thought of the day, and plenty of multi-search tools.

Online Web Conferencing Platforms

A tool for taking notes on your computer. Quickly write something down during a meeting, class, or any other time that you have a web browser available. Create a workspace and create notes in the workspace. You can save your workspace at any time and return to them from the same computer or any other computer. You can also share your notes with others by providing the workspace name (or url) to a friend. Great for collaborative ideas and brainstorming as many people can work on the same page at the same time, just by using different notes.

This free online application is designed to help students in grades 5-12 write an online persuasive essay. Teachers assign an essay and choose options for the students to use. These options include: * Analysis of example essays * An essay planning tool * An essay writing space * Student spelling feedback * Source and bibliography information * Records of how many times a student used the available options

...a browser-based drawing tool that is vector-based and does not even need a registration to use

Dabbleboard is a powerful digital whiteboard that's actually easy and fun to use. With a revolutionary new interface, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Draw with flexible tools. Reuse previously-made drawings. Share and collaborate in real-time. All as naturally as using a marker or a pencil.

Filamentality, funded by AT&T, is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the web, gathering sites, and turning web resources into appropriate activities for your students. The goal of Filamentality is to make web-based learning more effective and efficient than wandering around on the Internet looking for "good stuff" and hoping for positive outcomes. Filamentality users can build five different kinds of web-based learning pages:

Assistive technology tools that can be loaded on a pin drive.

Create a beast with numerous parts and backgrounds

PicMonkey is a feature-rich, free online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads necessary. Touch-up tools like Teeth Whiten, Blemish Fix, Weight Loss. Effects like Orton, Cross Process, Color Boost, with drag and drop ease. All the photo editing magic of Picnik, with 78% more monkey.