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1. 214030 45+ Great Technology Resources Tools that teachers can really use!

2. LiveBinders • Go Green and stop wasting paper making folders with assignments. Put all your assignments online and create directed web assignments with great organization.

3. Here is an example - http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=88754

4. Microsoft Live Work in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 2010 without having to install anything on your computer. Let’s go to the cloud!

5. You have to register for a hotmail account It is free but the registration process has several steps http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive

6. Librivox • Online Free Audio books – Great for classroom listening and can be downloaded to Ipods and IPads • http://librivox.org/

7. Test Moz • A free online test generator – no registration, quick and easy. Students can login and take the test and the site will automatically score and allow you to look at reports of grades http://testmoz.com/

8. Jeopardy Labs • Make quick interactive jeopardy boards with no registration or complicated software http://jeopardylabs.com/

9. Storybird http://storybird.com/ • Collaborate to make stories using predesigned artwork

10. Prezi • Take your boring Powerpoints give them some pizazz! Easy and Free to use and it’s great to give a new perspective on presentations • Here is a link to an interesting Prezi about Mathhttp://prezi.com/aww2hjfyil0u/math-is-not-linear/

12. Voki • Make your own talking Avitar. You can type a message and use a computer voice or you can use a microphone or telephone to record your own voice Click the link to see my Voki in action http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3892049&height=267&width=200

13. Visuwords • A great way to look a word definitions and relationships to other words http://www.visuwords.com/

14. Zamzar • Convert any file to any other type of file. Convert a you tube video to an mp4 file and email to yourself at school

15. Storynory • Great site with online stories for kids http://storynory.com/

16. Classtools.net • A very cool site with tons of resources and activities http://classtools.net/

17. Kerpoof • An interactive website that explodes with creativity http://www.kerpoof.com/

18. Bibme • A great resource for helping with propering citing of bibliographys http://www.bibme.org/

19. Thinkfinity • Thousands of free lessons and educational resources in every subject. Great resource for students and teachers http://www.thinkfinity.org/

20. Nettrekker • A great resource for finding information that has been reviewed by educators. Contains features like read aloud, dictionary, and readability level. http://www.nettrekker.com/us

21. Virtual Fieldtrips • http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips • Take a trip without ever leaving the classroom Click on this link for a tour of Philadelphia http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html

22. Cell Size • This website gives a great representation of cell size and math concepts of negative exponents • http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

23. eGFI(Engineering, Go For It) • This is a cool site will loads of lesson plans and activities that can be done on a shoestring budget. • http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/

24. The Surfing Scientist • This site has really cool videos and lesson ideas • http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/

25. Voicethread A great way to engage students to respond to assignments using a variety of media

26. TumbleCloud • This is a great presentation site • Allows you to easily integrate different media into one show

27. BubbaBrain • Make your own question and answer boards

28. BoomWriter

29. Here is a feature story about Boom Writer • http://www.wgbh.org/programs/episode.cfm?featureid=16906

30. TimeSearch • A great tool to quickly find events throughout history – www.timesearch.info

31. Knovio • Great way to spice up a powerpoint presentation

32. Tagxedo • Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, - into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

33. Google Apps

34. Flubaroo • Quick and easy grading of a google forms document • Easy to install script that work with Google Forms http://www.flubaroo.com/flubaroo-user-guide

35. Tennessee Electronic Library tntel.tnsos.org

36. The BigPicturehttp://www.boston.com/bigpicture

37. Newseum • Today’s Front Pages - http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp Get the Front pages from newspapers all across the world

38. Newspaper map • Links to the actual newspaper websites and easy translation tool through google

39. DropBox • Online Storage

40. PortaPortal • A great place to store bookmarks of favorite websites. • Easily sort and categorize your favorite site and give access to students

41. Useful Chartshttp://usefulcharts.com

42. Wolfram Alpha • Great site when you need an answer fast • www.wolframalpha.com

43. Cue Prompter • Easy make a teleprompter for your classroom • Nothing to install • Just copy and paste text on the website and you instantly have a professional teleprompter

44. Glogster • A great Multimedia Presentation Tool

45. Noodle Tools • A great place to start any research project

46. Block Posters • Create large posters from a single image • Great for puzzles and wall posters

47. Zap Reader • Simply copy and paste text into the reader and it will flash indivual words at the pace you select • Great for flash cards or site word practice • www.zapreader.com

48. Screencast-o-Matic • Free software to capture your computer screen • Great for tutorials • Paid version gives you more options and is only $12 per year • www.screencast-o-matic.com

49. Study Stack www.studystack.com

50. Purdue OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/