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With Google Voice, learners can call in and leave messages that can be emailed, downloaded as .mp3 files, or embedded in web sites using the included html code. Basically, it's a way to create audio recordings, without the need for a computer or mic. Many classrooms and labs are set up with headsets with microphones or laptops with internal mics. Still, many are not. When you think about how many kids have the equipment at home, the chances are even lower. How many kids do you know that have access to a phone? Heck, many of them even have their own cell these days. Enter Google Voice. Let's roll with this and see what we can do.

Here's a KOOL idea. Create a 1 minute lecture to introduce, reinforce, review concepts! Better yet - let the kids do it!

YouTubeSnips is a free tool that lets you download HD videos off YouTube! You can also download the video in mobile 3GP format, MP4 format, and FLV format.

There is no dearth of good 3D modeling software in the market but usually all of them cost an arm and a leg. Sculptris is a free 3D modeling program that offers you the same thing free of cost. Once downloaded, this free software lets you create 3D models and customize them using tons of features.

Twine lets you organize your story graphically with a map that you can re-arrange as you work. Links automatically appear on the map as you add them to your passages, and passages with broken links are apparent at a glance. As you write, focus on your text with a fullscreen editing mode like Dark Room. Rapidly switch between a published version of your story and the editable one as you work.

Welcome to Lessonopoly, a free tool that lets you manage your classroom, find and share lesson plans, and connect with other teachers.

VideoSprout lets you share videos, with whoever you want, privately! The only people who can see your video are the ones you send it to

I follow Andy as @andycinek on Twitter. When he was let go, I bookmarked the piece that he blogged. It was wrenching. It is nice to have good endings to a sad story. It is the POWER of a PLN.

This has a wonderful video with Alan November. Can we let go?

VoiceBase lets you upload audio files and transcribe audio to text automatically online.

Pearltrees lets you keep at hand all the great contents you find everyday on the web, but the game goes beyond that! This is an organization web. * Recommended by Dave Warlick.

SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we're also a platform that lets you "snag" a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of over 850 films, and rapidly growing, you're bound to find films that resonate with your interests. We make it easy for you to find a film that shines a light on a cause you care about. You can then open a virtual movie theater on any web site, so any one can watch your favorite SnagFilms for free.

FlickrPoet is part of Stories In Flight, an ongoing exploration of storytelling in the age of the Internet. Just enter a paragraph of text, a poem, some lyrics or even just a few random words and FlickrPoet will find matching photos on Flickr based on a search of tags, titles and descriptions of the photos. - You can re-run the search with other images by clicking "Show Story" again. - Poems and lyrics seem to work best, hence the title, but feel free to experiment. - Please let us know if you have suggestions on how to improve FlickrPoet.

a new web application that lets you easily convert documents and images from one format to another, including PDF to Word and in the reverse

Urtak is an easy to use web tool that lets teachers and students make smart, sticky polls where participants can ask and answer questions. The polls are unlimited, embeddable, and allow the user to analyze results in real time.

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. Click on some of the pictures below to check out books created by members of the ZooBurst community. If you have a username and password you can log in and create your own books using the 'Login' link at the top right side of the screen.

TitanPad lets people work on one document simultaneously

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books.