Technology Tools for the 21st Century Classroom
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21st Century Learners
21st Century School Teacher
A Vision of K-12 Students Today
Bloom's Taxonomy Digitally
Classroom Instruction that Works and Technology
How technology can support best practices in teaching
Fable Vision Educator Resources
Author Peter Reynolds shares free posters for the 21st century teacher and learner
K-6 Literacy Activity Types
Activity types taxonomy for K-6 Language Arts
Keeping Students Engaged
Math Activity Types
Current Research from the College of William & Mary
NETS Standards for Administrators 2009
NETS Standards for Students 2007
NETS Standards for Teachers 2008
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Secondary English Language Arts Activity Types
What's Your Learning Style Online Survey?
Assessment Tools
APEC Math Assessment Database
Interactive Quizzes
By Tammy Maloney, arranged by subject area and grade level
IXL Math Practice
Jefferson Lab
New York State Testing Page
Released tests for all subject areas
Open Ended Assessment in Math
Quizlet
SOL Released Tests
In various formats: Power Point. pdf, Promethean
VA DOE Training/Technical Assistance Center
SOL related resources, search by region
Audio Tools
Audacity
Create audio files
Audacity LAME mp3 encoder
Audio Archive
Audio Creative Commons
Brain Betty
Free sound clips and music for presentations
Brookline Book Review Podcasts
Dan's Math Cast
Education Podcast
How to Podcast
Tutorial for using Audacity to create podcasts
How to Podcast
Kathy Schrock's guide to podcasting in the classroom
Jam Studio
Learning in Hand
Podcast Central
Podcasting & Education
Podcasting in Education
Presentation using Prezi
Podcasting with Audacity
Jill Baedke
Public Domain Sounds
Vocaroo
Record audio, email or embed
Voz Me
Enter text and convert to an mp3 file
Collaborative Tools
Animal Diaries
Circle of Seasons
Collaborative Projects
ePals
Flat Stanley Project
Free Rice
For every answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to end world hunger
Global Grocery List
Google Self-Check Quizzes
Google Spreadsheets and Forms
KidzWorld
Monster Exchange
Quick & Easy Google Activities for Kids
Stinto
TEAMS Current & Ongoing Projects
Think Quest
Concept Mapping Tools
50 Uses for Inspiration & Kidspiration
Inspiration & Kidspiration Templates and Ideas
Inspiration Symbol Libraries
Printable pdf
Inspiration Templates
Rockingham Schools
Kidspiration Activities
Organized by subject
Kidspiration Collection by NCCS Faculty
Kidspiration Symbol Libraries
Printable pdf
Creative Tools
Art Pad
Avatar Editor
Bomomo
Colors in Motion
An animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism
Glogster
Guess the WORDLE
Iconscrabble
Odosketch
Picassohead
Scratch
Programming for Kids
Tagxedo
The Artists Toolkit
Visual elements and principles
WORDLE
Data Collection Tools
ABC's to using Excel in the Classroom
Almost everything you need to know about using spreadsheets in the classroom
Create a pictograph using Excel 2007
Data Place
eThemes links to using Excel
Excel Ideas for K-12
Excel-lent Links
Microsoft Excel Interactive Projects
Survey Monkey
The Data and Story Library
Digital & Document Camera Tools
50 Ideas for Using a Document Camera
Classroom Uses for a Document Camera
Interactive Lesson Ideas Using a Document Camera
The Digital Camera in Education
Top 7 Ways to Use a Document Camera
Why would I use a classroom document camera?
Fun Tools
Badge Make
Create your own ID cards
Big Huge Labs
Make fun things with digital photos
Birthday Certificate
Create your own birth certificate
Class Tools
Fun, interactive tools: Random Name Picker is a big hit!
Concert Ticket Generator
Dotty Dots
Fakebook
Create a "fake" profile pages for study purposes
Online Timer- Stopwatch
Time Me
Image Tools
Clipart ETC
Discovery Education Clipart Gallery
Drawer Geeks!
Early American Digital Library
EduPic Graphical Resource
Free photographs and graphics for education
Flickr Creative Commons
Free Clipart
Free for non-profit use
Free Foto
Attribution, link back, non-profit use
FreeImages UK
Fuzzmail
Records the act of writing and sends it as an email
Graphic Maps
Infographics as a Creative Assessment
Kathy Schrock
Jing
Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor
Kitzu
LIFE photo archive
Excellent for showing periods of history
Morgue File
National Digital Library
US Fish and Wildlife Images
Northumberland Clipart
Free for educators
Open Clip Art Library
Pics 4 Learning
Screenr
Create screencasts
Shape Collage
Automatic Photo Collage Maker
Shrink Pictures
Resize images online
WP Clipart
Public domain clipart
Information Search Tools
Ask
Ask Kids
Behind the Name
Searches origins and meanings of names
Boolean Explained
Basic search tips explained
Fact Monster
Four NETS for Better Searching
Google Guide for Teens
Is it for Real 2?
Save the tree octopus!
Is it for Real?
Evaluate the information on this website for credibility
Kids Click
Paul Barron's Search Engine Portaportal
Qwiki
Enter a topic, watch related videos
Using the Web
Activities for 1st through 8th grade
Video: Boolean Operators
Video: Discovering Internet Credibility
Video: Discovering Search Engines
Explains difference between search engines and web directories
Video: What the Heck is Boolean Searching?
You Tube Video
Web Search Engines
List of 150+ general web search engines plus descriptions
Wolfram Alpha
Enter what you want to calculate or know about
Yahoo Kids
Internet Safety Tools
A Fairy(y) Use Tale
Copyright Kids!
Cyber Smart
CyberBee Interactive Copyright
First Adventure of the Three Cyber Pigs
Media Awareness Network
Get Net Wise
iKeepSafe
Internet Safety Educator
Internet Safety Quizzes
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
iSafe
K-12 Copyright Laws for Teachers
McGruff the Crime Dog
Net Lingo: The Top 50
Net Smartz
Net Smartz Downloads
Net Smartz Kids
On Guard Online
Online Safety Quiz
Professor Garfield
VDOE Sponsored
Safe Kids.com
Safe Teens.com
STOP Bullying
STOP Cyberbullying
Taking the Mystery out of Copyright
Teen Angels
Web Wise Kids
Keyboarding Tools
Alpha Munchies Typing Game
BBC Dance Mat Typing
Black and White Keyboard
Colored Keyboard
Computer Literacy Lessons K-6
Dance Math Typing Song#1 Home Row
You Tube Video on Home Row
eThemesKeyboarding Skills Elementary
Find the Letter
Growing with Technology
K5 Computer Lab
Technology Lesson Plans
Keyboarding Practice
Track your progess
Keyboarding Practice Drills
Learning for Kids Keyboading Games
Lots of fun games to choose from!
Lee Summit Keyboarding Links
Online Typing Games
Tek Mom's Buzzwords
Think Quest Computer Circus
Typer Spider
Typing Exercise
Type what you see, modify letters
The Home Row
Picture 1
The Home Row 2
Picture 2
Language Arts Tools
Bib Me
Connections
Search children's literature and their connection to the VA SOLs.
Curriculum Based Reader's Theater Scripts
Emotions Color Wheel
Click on an emotion, see a picture, definition, etymology, usage in context
Facial Expressions Game
Demonstrates the meaning of emotions
Giggle Poetry
Google Search by Reading Level
i Write
Grammar handbook for students with video tutorials
Idiom Site
Explains meanings of idioms
Instant Poetry Forms
Choose your poetry form and add words to make your poem
Interactives: Elements of a Story
Into the Book Reading Comprehension Strategies
Light Up Your Brain
Brain-teaser games & audio stories for kids
Paragraph Punch
Interactive online writing tutorial
Pic Lits
Read, Write, Think
Student Online Tools for Writing
Soft Schools
Choose from many subjects
Spelling City
Wacky Web Tales
Grades 3 and up. Fill in the blanks to create a funny tale!
Word Count
Presents the most frequently used words in order of commonness
Word Girl
Word Sift
Paste text and sift to visualize
Writing Fix
Math Tools
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
Animated definitions, examples, interactive
Algebasics
BBC Math Activities
Calculation Nation
Challenge yourself or challenge others, part of Illuminations
Class Brain Games
COUNTDOWN Math videos
CRCT Lessons
Gamequarium Math
Hooda Math Games
Iluminations
The best math directory for teachers!
Magic Pen
Math Advantage (Harcourt Brace)
K-8 resources
Math Course Materials
Math Dude Algebra Video Tutorials
Math in Daily Life
Math Jingles to Listen To!
Math Mavens Mysteries Index
Teach math skills as a mystery, audio and teacher's guide available
Math Play Kids Games
Math Playground
Math Power
Math TV
Math Way
Multiplication.com
Musical Multiplication
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Oswego District Math Magician Games
Patterns in Mathematics
Protractor
Room 108 Kids Math Games
Sqool Tube Videos: Math
Ten Marks
Think Math
Harcourt, organized by strand
Tutpup
Compete in math games with kids all around the world
Virtual Manipulative
Visual Fractions
Web Math
Organizational Tools
Cue Prompter
Online teleprompter
File Dropper
File Sharing
Free Certificates
Personalize and then print
Fur.ly
Shorten multiple URL's into one
Ge.tt
File Sharing
Graphic Organizers
Customizable worksheets
Make Use Of
Application Cheat Sheets
Print What You Like
Enter URL, edit the page, print it
Tiny URL
Enter a long URL to make tiny
Weblist
Organize multiple links with single URL but can be edited
Where's My Cell Phone?
Calls your cell phone
Word Press Apprentice
Tutorials, guides for using Word Press
You Convert It
File conversion
Zamzar
File conversion
Primary Tools
BBC Primary
Chateau Meddybemps
Do 2 Learn Games
Have Fun Teaching Songs for Kids
Preview entire songs, lyrics provided, upbeat and fun!
Jan Brett's Home Page
Mr. Men and Little Miss
Click on "Which Character Are You?"
PBS Kids
Peep and the Big Wide World
Explore math and science with Peep
Picture Book Maker
Primary Games
Room 108
Seussville
Sheppard Software
Smories
Speakaboos
Stories, Songs, Games (some are free)
Squiggly's Story Builder
Personalize stories with words you supply and build a story
This is Emily Yeung
Toy Theater
Up to Ten
Words & Spelling Games
Starfall
Science Tools
BBC Bitesize Science
Cells Alive!
Classification
Dragonflytv
PBS Kids Science Investigations
Edheads Main Page
Click on "Choose an Activity" to see list
Edheads: Simple and compound machines
FOSS Web
Free Science Games, Quizzes, Workshets
Soft School
Journey North
Global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change
Kids' Planet
KidWings
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
Properties of Matter Song & Video
Ranger Rick
Room 108 Kid's Science
Science Clips BBC
Science Friday
Science Kids
Science NetLinks
Sheppard Software Animals
Sid the Science Kid
SqoolTube Videos: Science
The Life Cycle of Plants Simulation
The Science Spot
Top 10 Amazing Animal Videos
Top 10 Amazing Biology Videos
Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos
Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos
Top 10 Amazing Time Lapse Videos
Social Studies Tools
50states.com
America's Story
Animated Growth of a Nation
Batchgeo
Paste data from a spreadsheet into a map
Ben's Guide to US Government
Collaborative Google Maps
Colonial History Games
deMarie Time Capsule
On this date in history...
Dogo News
Kids news articles
EconEd Link Educator
Elementary Social Studies Poster Sets
EyeWitness to History
Free Social Studies Games & Quizzes
Soft School
History Tunes
Learn American History through 50 pop songs
If It Were My Home
Lewis & Clark
Library of Congress
Mr. President
Newseum
Front pages of newspapers across the country
Owl & Mouse Maps
Picturing America
Scholastic History Mystery
The Thomas Jefferson Hour
The Week in Rap
Current events done as a rap
Underground Railroad
Virginia Trekkers
Virtual Geography Games
White House Kids
Zipskinny
Enter zip code and get quick facts
Storytelling Tools
Blabberize
CAST UDL Book Builder
Comix
Glogster
Go Animate 4 Schools
Great Example of Voki and Fodey Speech Bubbles
Click on "Meet Mrs. Bates"
Interactive Writing Tools
Kerpoof
Spell pictures, make movies, make cards, tell stories, K-8
Little Bird Tales
Make Your Own Headlines
My Storymaker
One Word
60 seconds to write about one word
Prezi
Slide Share
Smories
Storybird
The Z Was Zapped by Van Allsburg
An example of how to use video with Glogster
Tikatok
Voicethread
Voicethread free educator account link
Voki for Education
Created animated characters!
Wordia
Zimmertwins
Teacher Tools
ABC Teach
Brain Pop
Free movies featured
Computer Literacy Lessons K-6
Great video tutorials for technology skills
Cool Tools for School
Web 2.0 Tools for Schools
eThemes Resources Listed by Grade Level
Illuminations
Lessons, activities, games based on NCTM standards
Interent 4 Classrooms
Math Wire
Activities for teaching math based on a constructivist approach
Pete's Power Point Station
Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers
Teachnology
Thinkfinity
Free online lessons, searchable by SOL
VA DOE Training/Technical Assistance Center
Virginia Booth's Portaportal
Zac Browser
Internet browser for children with variants of autism disorders
Video Tools
40 Ways to Use your Pocket Camera
45 Interesting Ways to Use your Pocket Video Camera
E2BN Clips
Kideos Videos for Kids
Kids' Vid
Many Ways to Use FLIP Cameras in Classroom
neoK12: Free educational videos, activities, games
Paper Slide Videos
Teacher Tube
The Invisible Gorilla
Research using videos to demonstrate how perceptions are affected when watching visuals
Whiteboard - Student Response Tools
16 Promethean Flipcharts
CPS "Clicker" Training Videos
Exam View Training Videos
Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Promethean Planet
Scholastic Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Smartboard Resources
Interactive lessons for teaching on your Promethean or Smartboard
TESiboard
Literacy and Numeracy tools for using with whiteboard
Triptico
Interactive resources for imaginative teachers to use with whiteboards or LCD projectors
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