Image Base Photos are categorized, searchable, and a great tool for students to use in web design and project based learning.
Photos 8 is another site with a large number of royalty free photos that can be used in presentations and web publishing.
Automatoon.Com
Automatoon is completely web based and free. There’s no fussy authoring software to install (or pay for!) and you can effortlessly share your animations online. You can also easily export your animations and embed them in your own websites, all for free! Automatoon is the easiest animation tool ever created.
Primary Pad
PrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time.
23 Ways to Use Wallwisher in the Classroom is a great blog post on Innovation 3. You can access Wallwisher and set up a free account atwww.wallwisher.com.
Flipsnack.Com allows you to convert any PDF file into a flipbook that can be embedded in a web site or blog.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Google | Posted on May 3, 2011
10 Ideas for GMail and Google Calendar has some good ideas for using these tools in an innovative way.
Grapholite Free Graphing Tool is a good alternative for younger students to Kidspiration. It is a free online tool with many colors and shapes for graphing ideas.
4 Free Photos is a good site to find images for web sites, flip charts, and student projects. Plus, it’s one of the few image sites not yet blocked in our district!
Memidex.Com is a new online dictionary and thesaurus that also provides audio pronunciation of words.
SnapHow.Com Snaphow.com focuses on publishing user friendly PC Guides and tutorials which appeals to the regular internet users and non-geeks.
10 Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Word has some ideas that can improve productivity for even the most experienced WORD user.
Magnoto.Com is a lot like Wallwisher – a site where several people can upload content, videos, reminders etc. Great tool for collaborative projects. You can even upload data from your email account.
Big Huge Labs.Com has an easy badge making site you could use for class, parent programs, et..
BigFoto.Com has free photographs you can use for classroom publications or flip chart creation.
12 Tips for Microsoft Excel has everything from conditional formatting to macros.
Parade of Power Point Games for the Classroom – Just what the name says. You have the capability to edit the games to fit your course content.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Google | Posted on January 31, 2011
70+ Google Forms for the Classroom Google Forms is a great tool. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form – this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu.
Copy Paste Character.Com is a site you can go to for those hard to find symbols not on your keyboard. Since this web site is in FLASH, you will have to select all, press CONTROL C, and then paste into your word document.
Wylio.Com is a site where you can search for photos (may be blocked at school). Wylio automatically sizes the image, hosts the image, and builds the photo credit into the code. Need more details?
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Search Engines | Posted on December 1, 2010
80 Awesome Bing Tricks for Students and Teachers is just what it says – check it out if you use Bing as your search engine.
13 Ways to Move Big Files on the Web
How many times have you had a large photo file, video, or presentation and you are not able to email or transfer it due to size. Here are several options to help you transfer these large files.
Ookaboo.Com is a search engine for web photos.
All pictures on Ookaboo are available free under public domain or Creative Commons and can be used on web sites and for classwork and other creative projects.
Using Prezi as a Presentation Tool has links to several sites and tutorials on creating presentations with this free online tool.
Kate.Net Thanksgiving Resources has desktop wallpaper, coloring sheets, clip art and more to help you and your students celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Prezi Tutorial by Chris Howley shows you step-by-step how to create a simple Prezi presentation.