My Web Tools & Tips for the Classroom
Mrs. Hastings Links
teenink.com – young people’s writing blogs
diigo.com – online bookmarking
Google Earth – 3d live world
wordle.net – word clouds
goanimate.com – animation
toondoo.com – comic strips
zamzar.com – change doc types, download youtube videos
skype.com – web conferencing
wetpaint.com – wiki
doppelme.com – digital avatar
voki.com – animated character
itunesU – free educational podcasts
puzzle-maker.com – lots of puzzle creation
timetoast.com – create time tables
go2web20.net – oodles of free web apps
Wiki’s
http://wetpaint.com
http://pbwiki.com
Firefox
http://firefox.com
File Conversion & YouTube Downloader
http://zamzar.com
http://vixy.com
http://www.save2pc.com/download.html
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (Windows)
Comic Strips Generator
ToonDoo – comic creator, free http://www.toondoo.com/Home.do
Comic Strip Lesson Plans http://eylpttf08.wetpaint.com/page/Session+8?t=anon
comic generator http://pikikids.com
Soduko Puzzles
http://www.sudokucat.com/sudoku-printouts.php (printable)
http://www.pdfpad.com/sudoku/ (printable)
http://www.sudoku.com/index.html
http://www.sudoweb.com/
Other Puzzles
Lots of Puzzles http://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlePlayground/PrintPlayWinterCollection/PrintPlayWinterCollection.pdf
Scrabble Lesson http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/04/lp336-01.shtml
Discovery Education Word Search, Criss-Cross, Double Puzzles, Fallen Phrases, Math Squares, Mazes, Letter Tiles, Cryptograms, Number Blocks, Hidden Message
CamStudio – pc app for video screen capture
http://www.superteachertools.com/
http://www.comeeko.com/
pikistrips.com, pikipimp.com, pikifx.com, http://www.pikistore.com/, http://www.pikicentral.com/
http://classtools.net http://www.simplybox.com http://www.imagechef.com http://www.wordle.net http://vocaroo.com
reading the edweek chat about tech-literacy http://tinyurl.com/bn8ozw
Tech4Learning Tools http://www.tech4learning.com My favs are Pixie2 & Recipes4Success
just installed smart youtube plugin for wordpress. Have i mentioned how happy I am to host my own blog? http://tinyurl.com/3cjf6k
