Teacher+Tools+&+Tutorials

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[|WebTools - no registration required]

[|PDF to Word Converter - 100% Free] -
[|www.pdftoword.com]

[|Resources to Cut Web Pages for Printing]

[|Open Textbook - An Open Resource on Digital Literacy for Educators, Teachers and Schools]
[|www.digitalfutures.org]

[|Technology Is Learning (website/blog)]
[|sites.google.com/...teaching-and-learning] [|website] [|blog] [|resource] [|technology] [|education] [|links]

[|Some good resources linked here. SAMR model, etc.12 POWERFUL PDF TOOLS]

[|The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet]
[|www.labnol.org/...18078]

[|Best of School Tools: Q1 2013 | EdSurge News]
[|www.edsurge.com/...6-best-of-school-tools-q1-2013]

[|blogs.kqed.org/...and-teachers-should-know-about]
[|**1. Padlet**] used to be called Wallwisher, but it got a makeover and a name change recently. It’s essentially a virtual board with sticky notes that can be easily moved, shared and embedded. [|**2. Ipiccy**] is like free Photoshop, but less complicated. It has intuitive editing control panels that allow for the simple things like filters, effects, cropping and resizing. It’s also easy to undo anything that didn’t turn out as imagined. [|**3. Thinglink**] allows a user to add content to images. For example, a student could display a map of Washington, D.C. and add a video explaining how a bill becomes a law over the Capitol building. And it’s easy. The user just clicks a spot on the image and adds text, a link to a website, or an embed code for video. [|**4. Easel.ly**] is a fairly easy way to create an infographic, a visual depiction of information. The tool offers set themes that can be dragged onto a blank canvas to give students somewhere to start. A good example is a map of the United States with bubbles highlighting statistics about specific areas. Then icons can be added, sized, and edited to visually represent information. It’s good for those uncertain of their tech skills, but who want to begin integrating some digital tools into the classroom. [|**5. The Noun Project**] is making clip art icons for every known noun making it a perfect place to look for the images needed for a precise infographic. It can take a lot of time to find a perfect image of a cracked cell phone or a specific kind of dog and the Noun Project makes that a little easier. [|**9. BigHugeLabs**] provides a great way to make posters and trading cards easily. Best of all, using the free education-specific login students won’t see any advertisements. It’s good for younger kids or an older kid who wants to put together a presentation fairly quickly. One great use would be a movie poster featuring themes and characters of a book. [|**10. Sign Generator**]allows users to create their own clip art by changing the letters in photos of signs. The tool provides over 500 templates or a user can upload a photo of a sign and change the letters around. It’s a fun way to get creative. **CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL. SUGGEST USE BY TEACHER ONLY.**

[|25 Things Successful Teachers Do Differently] [|101 Web 2.0 Tools] [|Doing More with Less] - tips for technology adoption from Edutopia [|Doing More ALOUD] - same article read to you by SoundGecko [|Gmail Tutorials]

[|A Summer List of Creative Tools]
[|www.ccedtech.com/...er-list-of-creative-tools.html]

[|The Teacher's Guides To Technology And Learning | Edudemic]
[|www.edudemic.com/guides] ===[|Small Byte #2-Scrible | Fluency21 - Committed Sardine Blog]=== [|fluency21.com/...small-byte-2-scrible] Scribble is a great tool for preparing web-based readings for engaging students more attentively in their inquiry. Great tool to support close reading and CCSS.

Scrible is a free online tool for saving, organizing, annotating, and sharing websites for online research projects and web quests. It saves a copy of each page you annotate in your personal Scrible library, so that even if the original web pages you've made notes on go down, your saved pages and your notes still exist. You can post your work on Facebook or Twitter, and you can also share your Scrible pages with short links that you generate with the click of a button. Check it out for yourself at www.scrible.com.

[|Using E-Portfolios in the Classroom | Edutopia]
[|www.edutopia.org/...-the-classroom-mary-beth-hertz] [|ASK A TECH TEACHER] [|EdTech Resources] [|Last Two Weeks of School] [|Teaching in a 1:1] [|Teacher's Guides to Technology] - Edudemic [|Tech Tools] - nice pages on various tools (Watertown) [|PRINT FRIENDLY] [|FREE POSTERS]

[|Free online tutorials for learning to use technology and ict in education]
[|www.teachertrainingvideos.com]

[|Amazing Secondary Teachers You Should Be Following on Pinterest]
[|networkedblogs.com/LGr4H]

[|Docs/Drive - EdTechTeam] -
[|www.edtechteam.com/...docs]

[|Teachers And Social Media: Finding Your Comfort Zone] -
[|www.teachthought.com/...edia-finding-your-comfort-zone]

**COLLECTIONS **
[|5 Free Tools for Lesson Planning] [|10 OpenSource Tools] [|Bloom's Taxonomy Posters] [|Games] [|Tools for Flipped Classrooms] [|Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher]

[|Technology Links - Livebinder]
[|www.livebinders.com/...play]

[|PowerPoint Tips] [|21 Things for Students] - Michigan - Cool Tools for Schools: A Wiki site with links to a host of vetted online tools for teachers and students. http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ [|How to Create a Classroom Website]

Here are 3 notable additions. They will help you search through and organize the wonderful world of open educational resources & materials.
 * **Creative Commons Search** - Search for anything with a Creative Commons license across sites like Flickr, Google, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.
 * **KidRex** - A filtered, kid-friendly search engine that sits on top of Google. They maintain their own database of inappropriate websites and keywords.
 * **scrible** - Annotate any web page by highlighting some text and leaving a sticky note with your comments. All highlights and notes are saved in the cloud.

[|36 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Be Able to Do]
[|50 Ed Tech Tools]

[|The Dead Simple Backup Guide for Teachers]
[|www.fractuslearning.com/...backup-guide-for-teachers]

High Tech Verbs - home
hightechverbs.wikispaces.com [|verbs] [|technology] [|objectives] [|Web2.0] [|resources] [|reference] 1. Lesson Planning. The verbs you see on the home page represent a sampling of verbs from the student expectations in our state standards. **The verbs on the home page are linked to the corresponding level of Bloom's Taxonomy.** As you plan your lesson, click the verbs you see in your student expectations to see a list of tools that could be used to digitize that standard. 2. Browsing. If you're just looking for some cool new tools, you can browse the pages on the right side of the page. The tools are organized into pages based on Bloom's Taxonomy.


 * AUDIO BOOKS, EBOOKS**

[|Millions of Free eBooks and Audio Books Online]
[|www.techsupportalert.com/free-ebooks-audio-books]

[|EXAM TIME] - create and share quizzes, flash cards and mind maps Free online resources for students and teachers:

- Glogster: Glogster debuted in 2007 as a unique social network based on the creation and sharing of Glogs - interactive posters loaded with text, graphics, music, videos, and more. Glogster's goal was to provide an outlet for unlimited creative expression online. []

- Xtranormal: If you can type, you can make movies™... Xtranormal's mission is to bring movie-making to the people. []

[|TOONDOO wiki] (how-to's) cartoons

GoAnimate wiki

[|14 Websites To Find Free Creative Commons Music] - 1 views
[|www.makeuseof.com/...nd-free-creative-commons-music]

[|20+ Websites to Download Creative Commons Music For Free]
[|Royalty Free Music] for projects [|www.hongkiat.com/...creative-common-music-download]

**PHOTO EDITING/IMAGE EDITING/IMAGES**
[|9 Best Free Image Editors]

[|10 Tips for Digital Photo Editing & Fun]
[|www.thedaringlibrarian.com/...digital-photo-editing-fun.html]

[|ImageBase, free images, public domain, free photos]
[|imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php] [|photos] [|photography] [|graphics] [|stockphotos] [|stock] [|clipart] [|imagebase] [|Design]

[|Ten Tools for Cropping, Resizing, and Enhancing Photos Online] - Free Tech for Teachers
 * [|InstaGram]**

[|Photobabble] - add words to images

[|Picadilo - Photo Editing at Its Best] - 8 views
[|www.picadilo.com/editor] [|editing] [|photos] [|Michele Brown] on 19 Sep 13

Easy to use photo editing website with many editing options and the ability to save. No account necessary.

[|Pinwords] [|www.pinwords.com]
Instantly add beautiful text to your images

[|Sign Generator Fun, Over 500 Sign Generators]
[|www.signgenerator.org]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">-Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">lead your audience down a path of discovery. [] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|Prezi Pinboards] [|Prezi Tutorial] [|Snapguides] - read all about it

**POSTERS & PRESENTATION TOOLS**
[|Create posters] [|Dipity] for Timelines Posterini [|PowerPoint tutorials]

QUIZZES
[|7 Ways to Create Quizzes] ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">How to Quickly Create Simple Online Quizzes == QuizPoo is a free online quiz creation tool. Quizzes created on QuizPoo have a simple format based on an "either or framework." When you create a QuizPoo quiz all of your questions have only two answer choices. For example, I created a four question quiz about my dogs. Each of the questions only had Max and Morrison as answer choices. See my sample quiz here. I did not include pictures in my quiz, but that is an option.

**Applications for Education** I almost didn't write about QuizPoo because I thought that it was too basic. But then I realized that the QuizPoo format could be good for creating quizzes about characters or story lines in a book. For example, if I could create a quiz about two characters from //The Odyssey// and have the questions be about a particular characteristic or action of the characters.//This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers//.

QUOTES
[|112 Inspirational Quotes for Teachers] [|PicLits] [|ALA on PicLits]

[|Pinwords] [|www.pinwords.com]
Instantly add beautiful text to your images [|QuotesCover.com] turns any ordinary saying texts into a beautiful typography art picture for use on Facebook, Google Plus, E-Cards, Wallpapers, and Prints. - See more at: http://quotescover.com/#sthash.HpzypWVc.dpuf [|Quozio] - make beautiful quotes [|recitethis.com] - turn a quote into a masterpiece

[|Kathy Schrock]
 * SCREENCASTING**

[|Screencasting - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything]
[|www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html]

[|4 Popular Screencasting Tools Being Used In Education | Edudemic]
[|edudemic.com/...st-popular-screencasting-tools] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Jing: Simple and FREE, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">conversations. Create images and videos of what you see on your computer screen, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">then share them instantly! []


 * SOUND**

[|80 Excellent Podcasts for Every Kind of Classroom | Online Classes]
[|www.onlineclasses.org/...ts-for-every-kind-of-classroom] [|Audioboo] [|Audacity] Tutorials <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- SoundCloud: SoundCloud is the world's leading social sound platform where <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">anyone can create sounds and share them everywhere. []

[|20+ Websites to Download Creative Commons Music For Free] -
[|www.hongkiat.com/...creative-common-music-download] [|Vokis for Teachers]

[|Free online tutorial for using Soundcloud] -
[|www.teachertrainingvideos.com/...index.html]

[|Create timelines, share them on the web | Timetoast timelines] - [|www.timetoast.com] [|Dipity] for Timelines
 * TIMELINES**

[|Teachers Guide to Twitter]
 * TWITTER**

[|Create videos without downloading software] [|CONVERT YOUR POWERPOINT TO A VIDEO]
 * VIDEOS**

===[|Easily Create Classroom Wikis Using Wikispaces Classroom ~ Educational Technology and M...] - 2 views === [|www.educatorstechnology.com/...ate-classroom-wikis-using.html]

Wiki with Web 2.0 tools and suggested activities linked to verbs (student outcomes).

[|WPBeginner - Beginner's Guide for WordPress]
[|www.wpbeginner.com]

[|Free Technology for Teachers: WordPress for Beginners]
[|www.freetech4teachers.com/...wordpress-for-beginners.html] [|http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/catalog/static/bsm/researchroom/re] [|Tools to Make Videos Without Softwa]

[|10 Digital Field Trips For The Modern Classroom | Edudemic]
[|www.edudemic.com/...digital-field-trips]

[|WIKISPACES FOR TEACHERS% Tools]

[|How to build a website with Weebly] [|Under 10 Minutes tutorials] - video tutorials on Web 2.0 tools Web 2.0 wiki [|Web Tools for Teachers by Type] - LiveBinder Web Tools You Can Use [|How to Create Effective Classroom Websites] [|Five Free Web 2.0 Tools] [|5 Tools - Vennspired] [] [|The Best of Teacher Web Tools of 2012] This eBook features some of the best web tools you might need in your work as a teacher. It covers a wide variety of web applications from digital storytelling to bibliographic tools, all amassed in one single place.

[|Digital Scavenger Hunts]

[|CLASS NAME RANDOM GENERATOR]

[|7 Tools Every Teacher Should Use][|10 Curation Tools][|10 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER BLOGS][|18 Best Tools] [|22 Skills]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;">[|School Noodle] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;"> - A great way for teachers to bookmarks sites and then share these resources w/ other educators!! HALEY SKIPPER RECOMMENDS

[|ALL MY FAVS] [|Annenberg Teacher Resources] - blogpost with links [|PBS Teachers] - lesson plans

[|Finding the Right Tech Tools]

[|Hesitant Teachers Can Learn New Tech] - advice

[|Learn It in 5] how-to videos for the technology classroom [|Teaching with Technology]

[|Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial]

[|MEDIA COLLEGE] [|MOZILLA Webmaker Tools]

[|Teachers Guide to the Most Important Web Tools] [|Teacher Guides]

[|Tools for Teaching ICT]

VIDEO MAKING

[|Top 5 Tools to Make Videos Without Software]

[|Screencastomatic and Screenr]
[|muchadoabouttechnology.blogspot.com.au/...ncast-o-matic-and-screenr.html]

Teachers First wiki

[|How to build a website with Weebly]

[|Under 10 Minutes tutorials] - video tutorials on Web 2.0 tools Web 2.0 wiki [|Web Tools for Teachers by Type] - LiveBinder

Web Tools You Can Use

[|Critical Thinking Skills]

[|Moodle Training]

[|TED-Ed Online Learning Platform]

[|Hesitant Teachers Can Learn New Tech] - advice

[|Learn It in 5] how-to videos for the technology classroom [|Teaching with Technology]

[|Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial]

=== Fluency21 - Committed Sardine Blog[|Small Byte #2-Scrible | Fluency21 - Committed Sardine Blog]=== [|fluency21.com/...small-byte-2-scrible] Scribble is a great tool for preparing web-based readings for engaging students more attentively in their inquiry. Great tool to support close reading and CCSS.

Scrible is a free online tool for saving, organizing, annotating, and sharing websites for online research projects and web quests. It saves a copy of each page you annotate in your personal Scrible library, so that even if the original web pages you've made notes on go down, your saved pages and your notes still exist. You can post your work on Facebook or Twitter, and you can also share your Scrible pages with short links that you generate with the click of a button. Check it out for yourself at www.scrible.com.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; text-align: left;"> [|Miss L's Whole Brain Teaching: Classroom Library (Almost) Open for Business!] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> [|misslwholebrainteaching.blogspot.ca/...m-library-almost-open-for.html] [|teaching] [|classroom] [|library] "An important job for any teacher is not only developing literacy skills but also attempting to build a love of reading within their students. One tool to help achieve this monstrous task is through your classroom library. While all school's have (or should have) a central library, a classroom library provides easy access for your students and is often utilized on a daily basis."

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40 Open Education Resources You Should Know About [|Best 6 Diigo Groups]

[|ISTE Bookmarks]

k12 Tech Tools

Convert PDFs into interactive flips with [|Flipsnack]

[|Edublogs] [|3 Websites to Try] [Learn how [|teachers are making gaming academic].] Other games available through the site include Debt Ski, which teachers can use to help students understand the impact of excessive debt and reckless financial decisions, and Food Import Folly, where students act as inspectors for the Food and Drug Administration and check foreign food shipments for contaminants.
 * 1. Persuasive Games:** The games offered via this website go miles deeper than Angry Birds or Farmville. Science teachers can use Killer Flu to put pandemics such as the swine flu in perspective. In this game, students are the virus and must attempt to mutate and spread in a host of different conditions.

"Gone are the days of laboring over a diorama made from a shoebox or wrestling with markers on a poster board," Julie DeNeen, a former assistant to the technology director at [|Regional School District No. 4] in [|Connecticut], wrote for InformEd. "When it is report time, students can use Glogster to creatively display their research." The site is free for students and teachers, but teachers can purchase premium versions for less than $10 per month to access previously published "Glogs" to use as part of their lesson plans, as well as class and project management features that allow teachers to create assignments and keep track of multiple classes. [] 3. Vocabulary [|Weebly]
 * 2. GlogsterEDU:** Students and teachers can use this website to punch up presentations by incorporating text, video, images, and custom graphics.

[|Wolfram Alpha Widgets]

[|Wordclouds]

[|Create a Digital Book Club by Cassie Renner on Prezi] - 4 views
[|prezi.com/...create-a-digital-book-club] [|book club] [|digital book club] shared by [|Anne Weaver] on 02 Apr 13 - - like - [|No Cached] -



[|Limitless Libraries] - 5 views
[|www.limitlesslibraries.org]