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"Since 1998 FormSite.com has helped people build professional online html forms and web surveys. We have over 100 pre-built forms that you can customize for registrations, reservations, secure orders, customer surveys and payment collection. Our Drag & Drop editor, combined with over 40 question types, enables you to easily create almost any type of form or survey. Once you begin collecting results, we provide the functionality to email, analyze, share, and download your data."

"We believe in the power of face-to-face communication. That's why we created TokBox, the simplest, most engaging way for you to connect face-to-face with up to twenty of your colleagues, customers or friends at once. Thousands of people video chat using TokBox everyday. They use it to collaborate within and across teams, video conference with customers or simply to share experiences with friends and colleagues. It's really easy to get started. All you need is an internet connection and a webcam. No expensive equipment required. Video chatting with up to 20 people at once is FREE You pay only for the premium features you use."

SnapPages was founded in 2007 with a very simple idea in mind: create really easy to use online applications. The online world can be a frustrating one for those who want to use the web for a lot of things but are scared away by how complicated it all seems. It's our belief that most people don't want to spend a lot of time or effort trying to figure out how to use an application just to perform what should be a simple task. A good application should handle all the things you don't want to think about, so you only have to worry about the stuff you do care about. That's why we are going to great lengths to make each one of our applications as intuitive as possible for everyone. All the SnapPages applications are created with a user interface that makes all of the core functions easily visible and obvious to use.

"A brief slideshow showing how to use Wordle to make word clouds."

"Import text from a document or Copy / Paste text to convert it to a MP3 file that can be downloaded and used in your favorite MP3 Player. "

Nice lessons/activities for elementary Guidance

We believe today's students have tremendous potential, are interested in making connections between their academic study and careers, and deserve widely accessible career information. Who are we? Our World Interactive is a not-for profit web and film project jointly produced by WHYY (the Philadelphia and Delaware public broadcasting affiliate) and GlenDevon Group (a private company), Life Science Career Alliance (an industry and education partnership) and the Chester County Intermediate Unit (an educational service agency). . WHAT We offer EXPLORE YOUR FUTURE is an interactive website for job and career exploration targeted to teenagers and young adults in middle school through college and the mentors who advise them. OUR WORLD is a film series highlighting a broad spectrum of careers within one or more industry clusters.

"For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web - interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process."

"The use of this interactive wireless technology is ideal for stimulating student involvement using both interactive whiteboards and for one computer classrooms. "

Nice virtual tour map to show the world's endangered species. Click each spot and get text and images about each species.

"A virtual animation studio partnering with animators from around the world to create, high quality 3d, 2d and flash cartoon animations. Aniboom cultivates animated content by leveraging the web providing online animation opportunities such as animated competitions and free online animation software."

"Home of SMARTBoard Mini-Movies - Flash animations that teachers can download and use on their interactive whiteboards!"

"More and more educators and students are using Prezi in the classroom. We want to capture the ideas and experiences of our educational community by sharing, adding, and cataloging great prezis used for educating around the world. "

Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. Our Courts is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

"Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists."

"Knowitall.org is ETV's educational Web portal, a collection of fun, interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers and parents"

PhilaPlace is an interactive Web site, created by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, that connects stories to places across time in Philadelphia's neighborhoods. PhilaPlace weaves stories shared by ordinary people of all backgrounds with historical records to present an interpretive picture of the rich history, culture, and architecture of our neighborhoods, past and present. The PhilaPlace Web site uses a multimedia format - including text, pictures, audio and video clips, and podcasts - and allows visitors to map their own stories in place and time. More than a Web site, PhilaPlace includes ongoing community programs and publications, from workshops for teachers, to trolley tours, and exhibits. PhilaPlace is an engaging, meaningful way to understand more about where we live, and will serve as an enduring record of our heritage.

* 87 projects. * 10 further resources. * 52 applications. * 94 contributors. * The benefits of using Web 2.0 applications. * The challenges of using Web 2.0 applications. * How the folk who ran these projects handled the issues... * ... And what they recommend you do if you run them. * What were the learning outcomes? * And did I mention that this is free?!

Milestones for Learning & Improving Education - Self-guided "quiz" to see where your district stands with 21st Century Skills education.

French News for kids ages 8-14. PERFECT for French teachers!