Tech+Tools+for+Teachers

 ** Tech Tools for Teachers **

**__ Classroom Clipart __** [|www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com] (Awesome Clipart for Educators) [] (Clipart ETC) [] (Teaching Clipart Library)

**__ Classroom Printables __** [] (ABC Teach) [] (About.com Geography) [] (Education Place Graphic Organizers) [] (FableVision Learning Poster Gallery) [] (Holt Graphic Organizers) [|http://www.moneyinstructor.com/wsp/printchecks.asp#WORKSHEET] (MoneyInstructor) [] =  (National Geographic Xpeditions) [] (North Star Mini Posters) [] (SuccessCertificates)

**__ Collaboration and Sharing Tools __** [|http://www.bookrix.com] (Bookrix – publish your own books) [] (Chatzy – create your own chat room) [] (MediaFire – upload, store, and share data up to 100 MB) http://www.polleverywhere.com (Poll using cell phones) [] (Poll Daddy – quick and easy online surveys) [] (Scribblar – create your own chat) [] (Shelfari – a book centered social network) [] (ShowDocument - create a web meeting and share documents) [] (Scribd – free document sharing community) [|http://www.skype.com] (Skype – call, video chat, and instant message) [] (SlideShare – share presentations online) [] (BBC Poetry - create your own fridge poetry) [] (Block Posters) [] (Phrasr - enter a phrase and find images to illustrate each word) [] (PlaceSplotting - use Google Earth to find images of places and then create a quiz  about the images) [] (Robert Sabuda Pop-ups) [] (Sketchcast – record a sketch online) [|http://storybird.com] (Storybird – share short visual stories you create) [] (webList – view others’ lists or create your own web list) [] (WordItOut – use your own text to create a cloud of words) [|http://www.wordle.net] (Wordle – generate a word cloud)

**__ Curriculum Specific Tools __** [] (Digital Dialects – interactive games in dozens of languages) [] (Earth Album – explore the world through photographs) [] (Exploring the Planets) [] (FreeRice - answer questions and the site donates food to needy countries) [] (Illuminations – math activities and lessons) [] (iStars - ebooks for reading and learning) [|http://lexipedia.com] (Lexipedia – identifies parts of speech and definitions) [|http://mathfactcafe.com] (Math Fact Café – math fact sheets and flash cards) [] (Math Playground – math games, printouts, resources) [] (National Anthems – national anthems from around the world) [] (National Geographic Kids – games, videos, activities) [] (Ricci Adams’ Music Theory – lessons on music theory) [] (Sign Design - sign your name in ASL) [] (Spelling City – enter spelling words and get tested/play games) [] (Tux Paint – drawing program for ages 3-12) [] (VocabAhead – difficult words explained with video/flash cards) [] (Writing Fun – online text organizer to assist in the writing process)

**__ Educational Games __** [] (BBC KS2 – interactive games for ELA, math, science) [] (Brain Games – play puzzles and games or create your own) [] (Braingle – trivia, brain teasers, puzzles, and more) [] (Crossword Puzzle Maker) [] (Fantastic Contraption – physics games) [] (Invention at Play – critical thinking games and puzzles)

**__ Educational Videos __** [] (5min – “how to” videos) [] (Brightstorm Homework Help) [] (Edublogs.tv – educational video sharing site) [] (Instructables – “how to” website with videos, PDFs, instuctables) [] (JohnLocker – documentaries listed by category) [] (Kideos – a site where kids can safely watch videos online; all videos are screened before being  published) [] (SchoolTube – a moderated K-12 video sharing site) [] (SchoolWAX TV – educator approved videos and documentaries) [] (SnagFilms – a database for documentaries) [] (Teachers.tv – educational programs and tv online) [] (xtimeline – search and view timelines or create your own)

**__ Organization and Productivity Tools __** [] (Classroom Architect – experiment with classroom layouts) [] (Free Custom Guide - reference guides for different  computer programs for handouts or personal use) [] (Kids’ Zone Create a Graph – five types of graphs) [] (Online Stopwatch – a stop watch or a timer) [] (PDF to Word - convert a PDF to a Word file) [] (PrintFriendly – make any webpage print friendly) [] (Random name or word picker) [] (Triptico Name Selector) [] (Wallwisher – create a digital wall for notes, photos, videos, etc) [] (Webnote – take notes on your computer) [] (Zamzar – free online file converter)

**__ Podcast and Audio Tools __** [|http://www.podbean.com] (PodBean – guides you through podcasting in three easy steps) [|http://www.classiccat.net] (Classic Cat – directory of classical music/thousands of downloads) [] (Incompetech – royalty-free music) [] (vozMe – enter text and have it read aloud) [] (Prezi – create presentations) [] (280 slides – compose presentations online) [] (MixBook – create a photobook online) [] (Roxio PhotoShow - create a digital photoshow)

**__ Reference and Search Tools __** [] (ARKive – images of life on Earth) [] (Awesome Library – organizes the Web with 37,000 resources including the top  5 percent in education) [] (Behold – search for free images) [] (BibMe – create citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian format) [] (Citebite – paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the text and in return get a  link that opens to your selection and highlights it) [] (Compfight – a search tool that uses flicker to find creative common images) [] (EasyBib – a bibiliography and citation maker) [] (ipl2 – information search engine) [] (Memidex – an online dictionary and thesaurus) [] (RhymeZone – a search bar for rhyming words, definitions, etc) [] (The British Library Online – over 4 million books and 3 million sound recordings) [] (WikiAnswers – enter a question and receive an answer) [] (The Library of Congress – classroom materials) [] (Tip of My Tongue – find a word that you’ve been thinking about but  cannot remember) [] (BigHugeLabs – ideas and projects for your digital images) [] (Kids’ Vid – an instructional website to implement video production in the  classroom) [] (Pixlr.com – online editing tool for images) [] (Weebly for Education – create a class website) [] (WidgetBox – widgets for your blog or web page)