Tools+and+Resources


 * __Tools and Resources__ **

General Teaching Resources

Edutopia Edutopia is where The George Lucas Educational Foundation’s vision to highlight what works in education comes to life. Edutopia provides stories integrating creative uses of technology with effective teaching and learning. Edutopia’s audience includes educators, parents, school board members, university faculty, community-based organizations, and the business community -- all groups working to create better schools for the twenty-first century.

Cool Tools for Schools This site puts this resource list to shame. Go here and look around. You'll be amazed at what's out there and thankful that someone has taken the time to compile this site.

Project/Classroom Management Sites Edmodo Edmodo is a social learning network for teachers, students and schools on the Web. Teachers and students worldwide use Edmodo every day to connect and collaborate in a secure, fun environment. Our free network offers a safe and easy way to post classroom materials, share helpful links and videos, and access homework, grades and school-wide notices. Ning Ning is the social platform for the world’s interests and passions online. With Ning, you can make your brand social, amplify a cause you’re passionate about, or simply forge strong relationships with like-minded people. [|__http://about.ning.com/announcement/?xg_source=www.ning.com__] Site for Pearson Sponsorship [|__http://about.ning.com/pearsonsponsorship/__]

E-pal Resources

E-Pals Global Learning Community ePals is the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network. With classrooms in 200 countries and territories, ePals makes it easy to connect learners locally, nationally or internationally. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.epals.com/groups/about/pages/schoolblog.aspx__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DBQs or Teaching with Documents

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">National Archives <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Websites

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yola <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.yola.com/make-a-free-website.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schoolrack <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.schoolrack.com/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technical Writing

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technical Writing Workshops (Ideas) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__https://www.msu.edu/~zuidema2/techwritingworkshops.htm__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Polling Sites

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poll everywhere <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.polleverywhere.com/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyond PowerPoint: Multimedia Presentations

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">VoiceThread: Collaborate to create a slide show with images, audio, and and documents. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://voicethread.com/about/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Animoto (Jill Gambill) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Animoto provides an array of tools for creating videos in your classroom. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://animoto.com/education__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social Bookmarking

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20 Most Popular Social Bookmarking sites <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking-websites__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Podcasting and audio editing

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audacity <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How-to Video Sites

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ehow <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ehow.com/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5min <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.5min.com/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video Posting Sites

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Top 31 Free Sites <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://chaos-laboratory.com/2007/08/30/top-31-free-alternatives-to-youtube-video-hosting-sites/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vlogging/Blogging/Glogging

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Glogster EDU <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://edu.glogster.com/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teach Yourself How Websites

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn it in 5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.learnitin5.com/__]