Technology Toolbox

Web 2.0 Resources:

10 x 10 - RSS feed of top 100 news stories of each hour in a picture grid - very cool

50 Tools - another great resource with 50 different web 2.0 tools and how to use them

Apture - Embed Video

Aviary - FREE Photoshop type tools online

Aviary - online free creativity suite - image editor (like Photoshop), music creator, etc.

BeFunky - turn pictures into fun artwork

Best Technology Tools by Richard Byrne

Bookseer - Recommends a book based on the last book you enjoyed

Box Of Tricks - 10 Top Web 2.0 tools with class samples

Box of Tricks - A-Z web 2.0 tools for classroom teachers

Bubbleshare - Share and upload photos, albums, and slideshows

Bubbleus - Create individual or collaborative mindmaps, graphic organizers online

Build Your Wild Self - draw yourself with animal features - good for story starter

CamStudio - record audio and video screenshots and turn into AVI

ChessKid - sponsored by American Chess Association - play chess with kids around the world, includes rules for beginners and experts

Children's Safe YouTube

CompFinder - Copyright Free Images, Creative Commons

Cool Cat's Favorite Tools - by Vicki Davis - Educator par excellence

creaza - create stories, storyline, kidfriendly

Dabbleboard - collaborative whiteboard - can have verbal interaction also

Domo Go Animate - create cute animation scenes, movies

Eduteacher - list of Web 2.0 tools for teachers compiled by teachers - continuously growing

Empower Students - 10 Web 2.0 tools and step-by-step instructions how to use them (ie voicethread, kerpoof, shutterfly, etc.)

Faculte - Create powerpoint like presentations with video online

Flixtime - similar to Animoto, create 60 second videos with voiceover (which Animoto doesn't allow!)

Free Tech for Teachers - A great resource - lots of Web 2.0 tools, technology integration ideas, great tutorials

Fuzzwich - Great animation site, easy to create animations for any age, can be embedded into blog, great for digital storytelling

Gigapan - panorama images from around the world

Glogster and Glogster/edu - create interactive posters

GoAnimate - Create simple movies to embed in blogs (doesn't seem to be working)

GoToWeb2.0 - great resource on MANY tools

IconFinder - Find thousands of icons

ImageChef - similar to Wordle but more options

Indispensable Web 2.0 tools - a very comprehensive list of Web 2.0 tools for the classroom

Jing - take screenshots and record directions

Jog The Web - Lots of Web 2.0 tools for kids (Thanx Tim!)

Kerpoof - create animated movies, posters, original artwork, stories, can create student accounts

Learn It In 5 - Start here with Intro to Web2.0 and teacher-friendly videos on how to use many tools

Lino It - can post stickies, videos, images online, can put reminders for calendar

Live Binders - create organized, annotated links of websites for kids in a binder format

Memoov- create movies and animations easily, good for digital storytelling

My Abodo - Design a house, change features and see how it adapts to different climates, then make a real-world change

N.I.C.E. - resources - mini conference 2009

Online Tools for Schools - by Kathy Schrock

Otosketch - create sketches, doodles, pictures

Pagekeeper - Create organized lists of links to share with others

PagePlugIns - Add flashing or glitter text, widgets, to blog or webpage - very cool!

Penguin Group - Kids can listen to Aesop's Fables - cute animations

Perk Up Your Projects - wiki with a lot of web2.0 projects

Photojo - 365 day picture mosaic

Photopeach - Create easy online slideshows - I used with 3rd and 4th graders!

PictureTrail - real cool slideshows with lots of options

PimPamPum - Type a sentence and the website will add an illustration for each word. Very cool!

Quietube - click on this to watch any Youtube video without ads or distractions - it opens up the YouTube video in a new window

Quintura Kids - Some type of search engine for kids that puts search results in a cloud

Quizmodo - Help kids organize their study online with flashcards, files, notes, quizzes - made by students for students

ScoopIt - Edu 2.0 - created by Steve Dembo - hub of the best educational Web 2.0 tools in a visual format

Scriblink - Invite others to join a collective whiteboard with chatting on the side

Shelfari - create a virtual booklist to share with friends - Use carefully because it sends kids links to similar books and discussions

Shelly Terrell's blog - Web 2.0 sites that foster student creativity - with great explanations and resources

Shmoop - slideshows and images from literature, History - great resource for images

Sketchcast - draw and record at same time - read Kathy Cassidy's tips on using the program for little kids

Skype with an Author

Skyping in the Classroom - videos on how-to, why, examples, projects

Slideboom - create slideshow with images, scenery, writing

Smilebox - Make a scrapbook, can include pictures and videos, Great example: 1st graders

Speakaboos - kids can listen to stories, teachers or students can record their own stories

Stage'd - create animated comics

Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson - the BEST site - video tutorials on Web 2.0 tools with great classroom examples for usage

Stixy - Collaborative bulletin board - post pictures, documents simultaneously

Storyboard - by Vimeo - Create cool stories - good for k-2nd grade

Storyboard - collaborative short stories

StoryJumper - write your own storybooks online

Storylineonline - videos of books read aloud for kids

Super Hero Comic Creator - create your own superhero with background, text, famous superheroes, create comics and cartoons

Sweet Search - Safe search engine for kids, all sites previewed by teachers and librarians

TackleBox of Technology Tools - another great resource filled with web2.0 tools and how to use them.

Tagxedo - Make a word cloud into a picture

Teacher-Training Videos - Great collection of tutorials on many topics

Tech Tools for Teachers - weekly email with a new tool for the week with examples and directions, great archive of previous emails, by Kathy McGeady, 2nd grade teacher in Australia

TechChickTips - a great resource by 2 Texas educators - lots of Web2.0 tools and examples

Technology Tools for Productivity - organized by topic, ie - slideshow programs, video editing, animations, wordprocessing, presentation programs - all Web 2.0, all free

Today's Document - - History in cartoons - very engaging, makes history fun!

Top 100 Tools 2010

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

Vimeo - share your favorite videos, and videos that you've created

Voki - Create an avatar

Vuvox - Create a collage, very cool! Here's a sample: TinyTechiespresentation at ISTE2010

Web 2.0 Projects saved in LiveBinder

Web 2.0 Search - Search for primary classroom web 2.0 tool - alphabetical search engine

Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - by Nik Peachey - excellent explanation of Web 2.0

Web2.0 Guru - A wiki filled with the most comprehensive list of Web 2.0 tools, rationale for using Web 2.0, best practices, 21st Century Literacy, classroom integration, constantly updated - start with this wiki

WEb2.0 that Works: wiki with a lot of web2.0 projects and the links to best classroom practices according to Marzano, Bloom's Taxonomy, differentiation, etc.

Wee Web Wonders: Examples for use with little "folks"

Wiki Workshops - Training modules, professional development - great collection of wikis and workshops

WimpYourself - Create a character like Diary of Wimpy Kid

Wordle - Create picture with words

WritingFun -Text organizer - explains different types of essays, has organizers to help students get started and organize different types of writing

XTimeline - Creat a timeline online

XtraNormal - create movies from text

Zamzar - Convert files from one format into another

ZooTool - Awesome, visual, exciting way to bookmark websites, images, videos from the web

Zotera - Collect, manage and cite resources from Internet

Collaborative Projects

Collaboration Epals - 2 schools' collaborative projects