Get Caught Up in the Web

Welcome to our Cool Tools class! Today we will be learning about several free tools that will help you to create web pages quickly and easily.

Web Design Resources

1. 10 Principles of Effective Web Design
2. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design
3. 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
4. http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/
5. Web Design Basics
6. http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesigntutorials/a/aa070504.htm
7. Web Page Readability / Usability Research
8. http://www.laurenscharff.com/research/web_read_lvs.html
9. Web Page Eye-Tracking Information
   1. http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/scientific-web-design-23-actionable-lessons-from-eye-tracking-studies/
10. Cool Eye-Tracking thermal images
11. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
12. Download Times
13. http://www.cbord.com/downloadtimes.asp
14. Web Statistics and Trends
15. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
16. Global Web Trends
17. http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
18. Web Monkey Web Basics
19. http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/tag/web_basics
20. Real-time HTML Editor
21. http://htmledit.squarefree.com/
22. Color Scheme Generator
23. http://colorschemedesigner.com/
24. 11 Free And Helpful Web Based Tools That Every Designer May Want To Know!
25. http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/10/04/11-free-and-helpful-web-based-tools-that-every-designer-may-want-to-know.html
26. 35 Great Free Icon Sets
27. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/06/35-really-incredible-free-icon-sets/
28. 40 Free Icon Sets
29. http://sixrevisions.com/resources/40-beautiful-free-icon-sets/
30. 55 More Free Icon Sets
    1. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/02/55-free-high-quality-icon-sets/
31. 120 Tools for Web Development
32. http://mashable.com/2008/11/01/web-development-tools/
33. Free Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Templates
34. http://tutorialblog.org/css-tools-free-templates/
35. 45 Excellent Free Web Templates
36. http://dzineblog.com/2008/07/45-excellent-free-web-templates.html
37. Stephen's Web Resources
38. http://delicious.com/srahn/webdesign
39. Teacher Files (free clip art)
40. http://teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
41. Dynamic Drive
42. http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Browser Information

1. Internet Explorer
2. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx
3. FireFox
4. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
5. Google Chrome
6. http://google.com/chrome
7. Safari
8. http://www.apple.com/safari/
9. Opera
10. http://www.opera.com

Online Web Page Creators

1. Google Sites
2. http://sites.google.com
3. Weebly Web Creator
4. http://www.weebly.com
5. Webon
6. http://www.webon.com/
7. Wix
8. http://www.wix.com/
9. Microsoft Office Live - Small Business Version
10. http://smallbusiness.officelive.com
11. Creating Online Web Page Tool
12. http://www.creatingonline.com/webmaster/html_generator.htm
13. SchoolNotes
14. http://www.schoolnotes.com/
15. Class Jump
16. http://classjump.com/
17. Classtell (90-day trial - only $20 per year after that)
18. http://classtell.com/

Blogging Sites

1. WordPress
2. http://www.wordpress.com
3. Edublogs
4. http://edublogs.org/
5. LiveJournal
6. http://www.livejournal.com
7. Class Blogmeister
8. http://classblogmeister.com