Technology+Workshop+-+Online+Resources

Voki

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Wallwisher http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/Zy3gmcLzlB An online notice board maker

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Google Docs
How to keep your passwords straight

Google Account Sign-up https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en&continue=http://www.google.com/ This is a GREAT idea for everyone! You will need the following column headers: Application, Web Address, User ID, Password, Screen Name, Cost, Expiration Date, Nickname, Need to know, Member No.

Online Resources
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Diigo http://www.diigo.com/index Online Bookmarking, Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Group Based Collaborative Research, Personal Learning Network, Collect and Organize, Access Anywhere and easily share

Word Clouds
Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Wordle is a toy for generating word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

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Sample of spreadsheet

Tagul http://tagul.com/ a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. If you desire a true list of word or ideas for meaning with web access, this is the thing to use. media type="custom" key="10014829"

**Searching**
Google
 * Squared
 * Search Cube
 * Picture acquisition
 * Timeline
 * Google Scholar
 * Google Books
 * Google Docs
 * Reader RSS Feed (Start with "Free Technology for Teachers" and "Make Use of")

YouTube Capture, embed, etc.

Zamzar This facility allows you to capture and convert YouTube videos for personal storage,modification, and use.

**Presenting**
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Glogster Posters without glue and scissors. Example: Math Presentation Newton's Law

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Prezi Not PowerPoint! Examples: Peter Pappas: A Prezi Guide to my "Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers, and Principals" http://prezi.com/z-iozettlllo/the-reflective-school-by-peter-pappas/ Addition and Subtraction Rules Newton's Laws

Slide Share Put your classroom PowerPoint on the net and then embed into wikis or blogs.

SAS Example:

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Blabberize http://blabberize.com/ For presentations

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Toondoo Cartoon creator By [|jzou70] | [|View this Toon at ToonDoo] | [|Create your own Toon]

PhotoStory3 This is a free download and it will create a movie similar to the Civil War documentary created by Ken Burns. It is simple to use. This is a Microsoft product and for Windows only.

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Audacity When you download this program, you will also need to download a file called "lame". It allows the sound file to collect and render.

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**Other Resources**
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NCTE: Read Write Think Interactives for the classroom

Khan Academy Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 125 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace.

TED videos Continually updated list of TED videos.

Teaching with Technology (EdTech Teacher Home)

Draw Anywhere Store and Organize your research and information, accessible anywhere with an Internet connection. Share your diagrams with others or by embedding into an existing webpage or blog.

The Great Gatsby Teacher resources for teaching the book, The Great Gatsby.

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as estimates.

Interactivate Shodor Math initiative of applet resources.

Animal Diversity Web An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan

Periodic Table of Videos Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one. We've done all 118 - but our job's not finished. Now we're updating all the videos with new stories, better samples and bigger experiments. Plus we're making films about other areas of chemistry, latest news and occasional adventures away from the lab. We've also started a new series - The Molecular Videos - featuring our favourite molecules and compounds. All these videos are created by video journalist Brady Haran, featuring real working chemists from the University of Notttingham, UK.

WeatherSpark WeatherSpark is a new type of weather website, with interactive weather graphs that allow you to pan and zoom through the entire history of any weather station on earth. Get multiple forecasts for the current location, overlaid on records and averages to put it all in context.

Inner Body Inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100's of anatomy graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of the human body online using anatomy charts, models and diagrams. It's fun, interactive and an ideal reference site for students or those who just want to know more about the medical descriptions and anatomical terms used by doctors and nurses.

Solar System Scope SSS means Astronomy for Everybody. Whether you are a student, astronomy fan or an accidental browser, you are most welcome to play with our user-friendly application. It's full of space-art graphics, has easy-to-use interface with various settings and offers interesting information. SSS will illustrate you real-time celestial positions with planets and constellations moving over the night sky. But I can see you're not just a passive spectator - and that's good, because you can actively change parameters for a better understanding of happenings in our Solar System and the Universe.

The Ruler Game Use this game to improve how you read a ruler.

That Quiz ThatQuiz is a free testing service for teachers to use with their classes. Multiple choice tests and math tests can be administered to students using this website. All grades are immediately reported to the students. Teachers receive complete record keeping of test results, including all grades and wrong answers.

Quizlet Quizlet is a fun, free, way to study languages, vocabulary, or almost anything. We're also the largest and fastest growing educational flashcards site on the web, providing powerful online study tools and games to millions of students. Founded in 2005 by high school sophomore Andrew Sutherland, Quizlet lets you make your own flashcards or choose from millions of flashcards created by other users. Example: Math

Tutpup Simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Math, English and other key skills and knowledge.

Skillwise Games for lower level ELL/ESL