Free+Tools

__List of free tools for you to use in the classroom:__

100 YouTube Channels for Education - List of YouTube channels to use in your classroom [|Snag Learning] - Video site with videos from PBS, National Geographic, Explore and others [|Prezi] - Make great looking presentations online for free! [|Storybird] - Create online storybooks [|Flipbook] - Create a flipbook online [|Footnote] - Search through thousands of historical documents, newspapers and more. [|Wordle] - Create unique word clouds from existing documents. [|Jing] - Screen caputure/presentation tool [|Animoto] - Automatically create video projects online. [|Gimp] - Free Photoshop style photo editing software [|Spelling City] - Great online tool to teach and test spelling. [|Archiving Early America] - Great site with info on early america [|Newspaper Clipping Generator] - Create custom newspaper clippings with your own text. [|RedKid] - Create images with custom text. Very cool and many many classroom applications. [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] - Great site with lots of interactive exercises. (Math) [|Webtools4u2use] - Great Site with a list of web tools [|Virtual Cell Animation] Free online cell animations from North Dakota State University [|Virtual Field Trips] - Take virtual field trips to our national parks [|Scale of the Universe] - Amazing interactive view of the scale of the universe [|Comic Master] - Create a digital story that resembles a graphic novel [|We Teachers] - Over 8000 ideas for teachers from teachers MYLO - A new way to learn Languages Readability - Remove clutter from web pages to easily read with a click Study Jams - Great Math and Science review site with lots of lessons. [|Teachers Domain] - Great List of resources for multiple levels and subjects.( NEW !) [|My eBook] - Create your own eBook.( NEW !) [|Be Funky] - Free Online image editor ( NEW !) [|Aviary] - Free Online Audio editor ( NEW !) NeoK12 - Educational videos for all disciplines

__Web 2.0__ Edmodo - Free Web 2.0 specifically for education. Create classes and collaborate with your students. Great tool! [|Twitter] - Follow me @cpstechcoach See an example of educational tweets [|here] [|Delicious] - Search others bookmarked sites based on tags. Takes searching to a whole new level. Search based on people you know or interests you have or both. [|Wallwisher] - Have students post comments in online sticky notes to a shared wall. [|Stixy] - Online notice board tool. Paste sticky notes to collaborate with eachother [|Glogster] - Have students create online poster projects in your free Glogster classroom. Check out my sample [|here.] [|Evernote] - Takes note taking to a new level. [|Screenr] - Create screen casts on the web [|Wiggio] - Create collaborative groups online with discussion boards, file storage, polling, meeting places and more. Weblist - Share websites with students and others Symbaloo EDU - Share websites with students and others Bubbl.us - Create online mindmaps. Great for brainstorming in the classroom Livebinders - Way to organize electronic resources online. Store web pages, PDFs, Pictures, Videos all in a common binder. Basically an online 3 ring Binder.