YCST Online Resources

CatchYouTube enables you to convert YouTube videos into any number of different video and audio formats and then to download these to your computer. It's FREE and very simple to use.

FREE YouTube Converter Pro gives you all the tools needed to quickly convert your favorite online video files to a format ready to play on your iPod, iPhone, Xbox, etc. It's free, fast, and fun!

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.

paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user or any #tag. Think specific topic research project.

Use Aviary's music creator to simulate dozens of musical instruments including piano, guitars and drums. Create music loops and patterns for use in Aviary's audio editor (Myna) or as ring tones.

The shortest solution to focus the Internet. You can use gl·am to... * Easily shorten URLs * Store an infinite amount of URLs into one single short URL with our Link Groups * Make a personalized homepage for yourself. * Take notes when comparing items. * Create a step-by-step tutorial for other users. * Build website collections. * and much much much more.

Host your own show or online event and have live video discussions with your audience - Vokle - live unmuted

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.

PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

Zoho Challenge is a powerful, feature-rich software that automates and streamlines online test creation, distribution and evaluation/scoring process. Zoho Challenge is ideal for Schools, Teachers, Coaching Centers and Organizations to quickly and efficiently administer tests for students, employees and candidates.

The ClassMarker online testing website is a professional, easy to use, online quiz maker that marks your tests and quizzes for you. ClassMarker saves you time normally spent marking test papers.

Special Needs resources. Interesting flash card area under the Free Resources tab

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Finding excellent websites requires hours of surfing through okay and not-so-good stuff. This page allows you to benefit from my hours of surfing over ten years.

Each activity-creation tool helps students develop historical thinking skills and gets them thinking like historians. Choose one of the tools below to begin. Then find and insert primary sources and customize the activity to fit your unique students.

ISTE 2010 presentation about VoiceThread. How to, when, and everything that you need to know to get started!

Jim Gates resources list from ISTE 2010

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Finding rhymes for words can be quite tricky. If you are writing a poem or song and have already used up all the rhymes you could think of, it is best consult other rhyming sources for new ideas.