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General and Miscellaneous Resources
- 7 Things You Should Know About ...
"7 Things You Should Know About...pieces provide quick, no-jargon overviews of emerging technologies and related practices that have demonstrated or may demonstrate positive learning impacts." - Atomic Learning
"Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday." - Bud the Teacher's Wiki
"Resources on technology and education." - Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
Tutorials, links to teaching and learning tools, and information on using iPod Touch and iPhone in education are among this site's offerings. - Directory of Learning Tools
"This Directory contains over 2,300 tools for learning." - K12 Wiki
Wiki of accompanying materials and discussion for the annual K12 Online Conference. - Kathy Schrock: The Icing on the Cake
Online tools for teachers and students. - LearnHub
"LearnHub is for people who love learning and sharing knowledge with others. It is a set of tools that make learning online fun and engaging, and teaching online easy and effective." Free. - NoteStar
"An Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page." - - PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Scoring Power Points
Sites with information on using Powerpoint for teaching and for grading student presentations. See also our Computer page for general PowerPoint help and tutorials. - School Computing Home Page
"A collaborative guide to information technology in K-12 schools that anyone can edit. Please add information, create new pages, and share knowledge." - Teacher Training Videos
A nice set of videos about technology and education with a special focus on materials for English teachers. - Teaching Hacks Wiki
"The guiding idea behind this wiki is the creation of a learning tool to assist educators in helping their students develop skills to prepare them for the future." - A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
Wiki site by Will Richardson discussing how modern technologies affect society, with a particular focus on what this means for educators.
Concept Mapping and Graphic Organizers
- CMAP Concept Mapping Tools
From downloadable software which "empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps." - A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
A visual representation of various visualization methods, grouping conceptually similiar methods together.
Flashcards, Games, Graph Paper, Worksheets
- ClassTools: Free Flash Games for Educators
"Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet!" - Create a Graph
Simple interface to create, print, and save various kinds of graphs. - Flashcards Exchange
"This web site is an internet application where you can create, study, print and download flashcards." - Free Online Graph Paper
Downloadable and printable graphs in a variety of sizes and colors. Also allows you to specify your own dimensions and create your own graph. - Personal Educational Press
"Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser." - Puzzlemaker
"Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists." - Worksheets for Teachers
"Your complete guide to FREE online worksheets for K-12 Educators. You will find: Worksheets, Printables, PDF Units, Theme Pages, Crosswords, Puzzles, Workbooks, Awards, Certificates, Diplomas and more."
Rubrics
- Podcast Rubric
From the University of Wisconsin. - RubiStar: Create Rubrics for your Project-Based-Learning Activities
"RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch." - Rubric Builder
"Rubric Builder is a tool kit that enables members to construct their own rubrics using an improved interface. ... All rubrics are public and are available under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial, share-alike license."
Software and Hardware
- 25 Tools
Describes 25 free applications and shows how they work "to help you find out more about the technology behind each tool, the tool itself and why it is so popular, how to try out the tool and reflect on its use for your own teaching and learning and for productivity and performance support." - Board With Teaching
Information about interactive whiteboards for teachers. The site is focused on elementary use, but the basic information is applicable for all levels. - Educational Freeware
"This site is dedicated to listings, descriptions and reviews of educational freeware and shareware, both web based and downloadable." - Educational Resources
Find and buy software for educators, and general hardware and software with reduced prices. - iPods in Education
Nice site showing "iPods have functionality that can be used in many different ways for teaching and learning." Part of the "Learning in Hand" site, below. - Learning In Hand
"An educator's resource for using handheld computing in schools. You'll find lists of great software applications for Palm and Windows Mobile computers. You'll find resources for podcasting and eBooks. Also, there's a comprehensive listing of the best sites for educators, lesson plans, classroom management tips, and more." - The Learning Toolbox
"The Learning Toolbox categories the TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING (selected by 109 LEARNING PROFESSIONALS) by type of tool." - PDFPad.com
"Download and print the high quality documents you need for work, school and play, free of charge or registration hassles." - PicLens
Allows viewing of images full-size when online, and enables full-screen slideshows of online images. - SchoolForge
"SchoolForge's mission is to unify independent organizations that advocate, use, and develop open resources for primary and secondary education."