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Welcome to "Cool Free Tools" - EdTech 2007

Teacher Tools

Tools For Teachers
Websites compiled by Sue LeBeau- a very organized complete list

http://www.suelebeau.com/freetools.htm
Internet For Teachers- Teacher Tools
Tons of categorized tools for teachers.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm
del.icio.us
Free Web 2.0 Social Bookmarks

http://del.icio.us
PowerPoint Game Templates
Downloadable PPT templates and much more

http://www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/ppt-vocab.html
Readplease
Free software that will read any text you can copy and paste.

http://www.readplease.com/
AT & T Speech Converter
Speaks any text you type. Converts to other languages and can also be downloaded as a .wav

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Oddcast Text to Speech
Write it and hear it in 14 different languages. Very fast and interactive.

http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk
Audacity
Free downloadable software to record voice, sound file and music

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters
Video tutorials that will teach you to podcast with the FREE Audacity software.

http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm
Quia Shared Activities
Search for free interactive games

http://www.quia.com/shared/
Quia Activities and Links from Mr. Hostetter
Computer SOL- Middle School

http://www.quia.com/pages/solcomputers.html
Wikispaces
Create your own wiki free with no advertisements!

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers/
Writeboard
Write, share, revise, compare, great for telecommunications SOL.

http://www.writeboard.com/
Google for Educators
Tons of free tools!!

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
FreeTools Writeboard
This was created just for you to try and share with others. Password = freetools

http://writeboard.com/3cb85d702b591664a
Middle School Math Strategies
Video clips provided by DOE

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/middle-math-strategies/
Free Online PDF Maker
Converts many types of files and emails them to you.

https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp
Discovery Teaching Tools
Puzzlemaker, Quiz Generator, Worksheet Generator, Custom Classroom

http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
Carl's Corner
Tons of pdf file for language arts!

http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/
Web Based Teacher Tools
Tons of cool tools!

http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/tools.html
Jukebox
Tons of free tools from NC Wiseowl

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/Hovercraft/Jukebox/index.htm
Audacity Workshop- Jill Baedke
EdTech 2007 Presentation by Jill

http://staffdev.henrico.k12.va.us/~baedkecj/audacity/indexaud.html
Gaggle- Free Email for Students
Great for student projects

http://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp

Student Tools

Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is FREE to use and anyone can add or edit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Select Wikipedia in Other Languages
Need Spanish, French, Italian, or more??

http://www.wikipedia.org/
Read, Write, Think Tools for Students
Many really cool tools for students!

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Kathy Shrock's Online Tools for Students and Teachers Too!
Lots of great tools here.

http://kathyschrock.net/cooking/
21st Century Information Fluency Project
Great tool for students and media specialists

http://21cif.imsa.edu/
Citation Machine
Use this tool to help students follow correct citation format and follow copyright rules.

http://citationmachine.net/
Instant Poetry Forms
Easily create poems in many formats with this cool tool.

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Brainpop Jr.
New!! More features!! Free for now anyway!!

http://www.brainpopjr.com/
Create a Graph
Easy interactive graph maker. Great tool for math teachers.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Count Us In- Math Games Online
Fun learning flash activites for young students.

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games.htm
Math 24-7
This wiki is powered by Jot Spot which has just been acquired by Google. Ask or answer math questions. Watch tutorial clips!

http://math247.jot.com/WikiHome
Sticky Notes
Free downloadable sticky notes for your desktop.

http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
3D Text Maker
Just really cool!

http://3dtextmaker.com/image_editor.html
Free Stock Photos
Great resource for student multimedia projects,

http://www.freestockphotos.com/
Typer Shark
Fun typing game to improve your skills

http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=typershark
Grolier Online
Free online encyclopedia

http://go-passport.grolier.com/
Read, Write, Think Printing Press
Create a brochure, newspaper, booklet or flyer

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=http://
Starfall
Awesome activites for beginning readers

http://www.starfall.com/http://

My Other Sites

Ms. Shaw's Technology SOL Survival Guide
This is my original site full of helpful links and lesssons.

http://www3.hopewell.k12.va.us/techsol
Ms. Shaw's Favorites
A list of categorized sites for teachers and students.

http://www3.hopewell.k12.va.us/techsol/favweb.htm
My del.icio.us Site
The web 2.0 social format allows you to share bookmarks with others and also to search what others save. Uses tags.

http://del.icio.us/sgshaw78vt
Sheree's Main Portal
A collection of sites on my first portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/sshaw

Sheree's New Additions- After EdTech 2007

Teacher Tools
Even more here!!

http://www.techteachconcepts.com/tools.htm
Page by Page Books
Hundreds of classic books to read online

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
Brainy Betty
Free Powerpoint backgrounds, templates, tutorials and more.

http://www.brainybetty.com

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