Baxter's "Cool" & Useful Web Sites:

You can find many more under my lesson plans page. If you find any other "Cool" Website we could use, please let me know what they are & are what they are via email rbaxter@conroeisd.net

My MOST up to date list of cool websites can be found on my Diigo account.  http://www.diigo.com/user/technotoolshed

ACAD Software:

For HOME USE ONLY!  Free Autodesk software = http://students.autodesk.com/

Floor Planner http://www.floorplanner.com/

ZWCAD (free for education use only CAD based software)   http://www.zwcad.org/products_download_list2.php?id=107

progeCAD (free for education use only CAD based software)

        http://www.caddit.net/progecad/smart.php    &          http://www.progesoft.com/en/downloads

Fun Learning Tools:

Aviary  http://www.aviary.com/

Mashpedia http://mashpedia.com/

Vocab Grabber http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/

Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/

Prezi http://prezi.com/your/

Visuwords http://www.visuwords.com/

Blabberize http://blabberize.com/

Wordle = http://www.wordle.net/

Visuwords = http://www.visuwords.com/

WIX http://www.wix.com/

Animoto Online Video Maker   http://animoto.com/

Maya Web http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml

3ds Max Web http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/

Alice 3D  http://www.alice.org/

Flux Time http://fluxtime.com/

Do Ink  http://www.doink.com/

Voiki http://www.voki.com/

Blender http://www.blender3d.org

Anim8or http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html                

Google Earth  http://earth.google.com/  

Google Sketchup  http://sketchup.google.com/               

Wings 3D  http://www.wings3d.com/              

Pivot Stickfigure  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html     

DVoler MovieMaker  http://www.dvolver.com/live/moviemaker.html     

Xtranormal Text to Movie   http://www.xtranormal.com/

Go Animate http://goanimate.com/

GIMP Photo Editing Freeware http://files.uberdownloads.com/apps/lps/index.php?product=gimp

Photo Filtre  Photo Editing Freeware http://download.cnet.com/PhotoFiltre/3000-2192_4-10354493.html

Odo Sketch http://sketch.odopod.com/

Picnik  http://www.picnik.com/

Loona Pix  http://www.loonapix.com/

Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

Glickr http://www.gickr.com/

Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/

Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com

Creatoon  http://www.creatoon.com/              

GoAnimate  Cartoons http://goanimate.com/    

ToonDoo Cartoons http://www.toondoo.com/               

Teacher Tube    http://www.teachertube.com/        

Vimeo Video Sharing http://www.vimeo.com/                    

Eclipse Crossword Creator http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/                      

Create your own Bingo cards  http://print-bingo.com/

CamStudio Computer Screen Recordings  http://camstudio.org/

Movie Maker  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

PhotoStory http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

Audacty Audio Editing http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

PDFill FREE PDF Tools 7.0  http://www.download3000.com/download_55604.html

World Clock http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Create a Graph = http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Graphic Organizers http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/graphic_organizers.htm

Edmundo (School Facebook) http://www.edmodo.com/home

Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/

Channel One = http://www.channelone.com/

Cool Timer (free countdown clock software) http://download.cnet.com/Cool-Timer/3000-2350_4-10062255.html

Diggo http://www.diigo.com

Google URL shortener http://goo.gl/

QR Code Maker (my fave their are many more) http://www.qrstuff.com/

Some AWESOME Inspirational Short Movies from Simple Truths:  http://www.simpletruths.com/movies.asp

Free Online Engineering Test (bridges, towers, etc..)

http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/?THEBIGDEALBOOK=633909515423593385

Free OnlinePaper Models Website http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/

Free Online Leadership Game Website http://slg.gameslearningsociety.org/

Free Online Graphic Organizers Website http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

How to get your Examview tests file Imported in Moodle http://www.mguhlin.org/2009/09/moodle-tip-examview-and-moodle-quiz.html

Primary Wall (sticky note discussion) http://www.primarywall.com

Stixy (sticky note discussion)  http://www.stixy.com

Remind Me texting http://www.remind101.com

Show Me (make video recording/how to's) http://www.showme.com/

Augmented Reality:

NOTE: Most of these are not free apl, some are, they are designed fir smart phones

AR Invaders

Ball Invasion

Acrossair

Plane Finder AR

Aurasma (create auras to attach to school features & send kids to go find)

Daqri (website QR code/mobile website)

Layar (web browser)

"Cloud" Online Storage:

Google Docs  https://docs.google.com

Drop Box  https://www.dropbox.com/

Windows Sky Drive http://explore.live.com/skydrive

eBackpack   https://www.ebackpack.com/

Live Binders  http://livebinders.com/

Office Live http://www.officelive.com/en-us/

Zoho http://www.zoho.com/

Author STREAM http://www.authorstream.com

Blogging:

Blogger  http://www.blogger.com

Edublog  http://edublogs.org/

Microblogging = Twitter http://twitter.com/

Social:

Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/

Linked In  http://www.linkedin.com/

My Fake Wall  http://www.myfakewall.com/

Second Life  http://www.secondlife.com/

Study/Homework Helpers:

Wolfram Alpha (help with MATH) http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/

Study Stack  http://www.studystack.com/

Quizlet  http://www.quizlet.com/  also Quizlet for on the go http://www.quizlet.com/mobile

Shmoop  http://www.shmoop.com/

Not free but good Algodoo http://www.algodoo.com

Need to create a free online Survey?:

http://www.google.com/moderator/

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

http://www.createonlineforms.com      

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Clusters Resources:

Texas Education Agency CTE  http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=4881&menu_id=720

Achieve Texas Clusters  

http://www.achievetexas.org/

National Career Clusters  http://www.careerclusters.org/

Georgia  http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/georgiacrn/GeorgiaCRN.htm  

Oklahoma  http://www.okcareertech.org/okcareerclusters/

CTE Career Clusters Scope & Sequences...and other great UNT curriuclm resources (Y'all I go here FIRST for research on just about every unit I need to teach!  Awesome resourse, check it out!)

http://www.cte.unt.edu/

CTE Facility Guide 

http://www-ims.tamu.edu/docs2/tifacil.pdf

Language Translating Websites:

Yahoo Babel Fish = http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

IM Translator = http://translation2.paralink.com/translation.asp

College & Career Preparation:

http://www.collegeboard.com/

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

http://www.knowhow2go.com/

http://www.princetonreview.com/

http://www.tx.kuder.com/

http://www.cdr.state.tx.us/realitycheck/start.htm

MISC:

Photoshop = http://photoshopessentials.com/

Illustrator = 

http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/learn-illustrator-cs3-in-30-days/ 

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/50-illustrator-tutorials-every-designer-should-see

After Affects = http://www.videocopilot.net/

Premier Pro = http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/

Need free videos for students to edit & learn the software?  http://www.archive.org/

Need arts, FCS, fashion templates, etc... lessons?  Try http://www.uen.org/k12educator/

Engineering Graphics Games http://crown.panam.edu/EG/games/index.html

PDF Graphpaper:  http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/    or   http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/

Art & Drafting in General http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/drawdex.htm

Need a good, reliable photo printing lab?  This has been recomended for use to me by 3 teachers all in different school districts.  I will trying them out myself http://www.fullcolor.com/

True Colors Personality Tests:

http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp

http://www.purgatory.net/colortest/

Learning Styles:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/w1_interactive1.html

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest2.html

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~jaronson/truecolors/color.html

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/

http://www.willamette.edu/~jtenny/Tea_Resources/Learning_Styles/Learning%20Styles.html

http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/links/learningstyles.htm

http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

http://www.educationplanner.com/education_planner/discovering_article.asp?sponsor=2859&articleName=Learning_Styles_Quiz

Misc. Simulation Software:

Want to learn about machining tools and practices? Check out Ron Smith website (lots of good stuff in the library section, even measurement) http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/index.html

Mainly Rubrics:

www.teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics

www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html

www.rubistar.4teacher.org/

www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tool/rubric-builder.php3

www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

www.asd.wednet.edu/EagleCreek/Barnard/sityled/rubric.htm

www.unity.k12.wl.us/highschool/Technology%20Education/TechEd.html

http://www.ri.net/schools/Smithfield/gms/mr_danielss_tech_ed_classes.htm

http://www.sad50.k12.me.us/tgs/nason/

http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/rubric.htm

http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/tech_rubric.shtml

http://www.power-writing.com/Resources/html%20pages/rubric-organier-chart.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/

http://www.lessonplansearch.com/Rubrics/

http://www.rubrics.com/

http://www.rubrician.com/technology.htm

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml

http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/docs/rubricar.htm

http://www.accessexcellence.org/21st/SER/JA/rubrics.html

Resoures In General:

www.course.com *ask for desk copies*

www.microsoft.com/education

www.netlibrary.com

http://www.4teachers.org/

http://www.teach-nology.com

http://www.education-world.com

www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide