Teacher+Tools


 * [|Librarian Top Tool Sites] **

[|Storybook Maker Tools] ** 4 Teachers ** []

Website for locating lesson plans and ready-made technology activities for teachers to use in the classroom.

** Audacity ** []

Create audio files for presentations and digital stories.

** Badge Maker ** []

Create a badge in less than 30 seconds. Great idea for student of the week, teacher’s helper, etc

** Be Funky ** [|www.befunky.com]

Allows you to access your photos from various websites and apply special effects to them.

** Bubble Snaps ** [|http://www.bubblesnaps.com]

Add thought or speaking bubbles to your digital images.

** Busy Teacher’s Café ** []

K-6 resource site for busy teachers includes ideas, lesson and printables.

** Children’s Picture Book Database ** []

Resource for teachers to design literature-based thematic units using picture books.

** Cool Iris ** [|www.cooliris.com]

It’s just that…a cool way to catalog your images.

** Crappy Graphs! ** []

It's a website you can use to make very simple line graphs or venn diagrams. Nothing fancy about it.

** Create A Graph ** []

Online resource for creating various graphs (bar, pie, XY, line and area).

** Discovery Education Classroom Resources ** []

Puzzlemaker, lesson plan library and more.

** Donor’s Choose ** [|www.donorschoose.org]

Teachers create an account and make a wish list. Donors search through the requests and choose the project they wish to support. It’s that easy.

** Education World ** []

Variety of lesson plans and resources for all grade levels.

** Florida Center for Reading Research Activities ** []

Lesson plans and materials for student center activities addressing comprehension, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary and fluency.

** Freeplay music ** [|www.freeplaymusic.com]

Free audio files to be used for digital storytelling.

** Fun Photo Box ** [] Online photo editor with humorous effects. ** Graphic Organizers ** []

A wide selection of graphic organizers to enhance learning.

** Google Classroom, The ** []

Overview of the many free tools offered by Google.

** Holiday Insights ** []

This day in history…bizarre celebrations…holidays around the world…

** I Love That Teaching Idea! ** [|http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com]

Creative, ready-to-use ideas for the classroom.

** iRubric ** []

Free site of pre-made rubrics for all subjects/grade levels or create your own.

** Jamendo ** [|www.jamendo.com]

A community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Common licenses.

** Jam Studio ** [|www.jamstudio.com]

Create audio files for presentations and digital movies.

** Jing! ** []

Allows you to do three things: screen capture, record what is happening on your screen and instantly share it via email, IM or websites.

** Next Vista for Learning ** [|www.nextvista.org]

A free online library and teacher and student made videos to support the curriculum.

** Online Stopwatch ** []

A variety of online timers including egg timers, a stopwatch and a bomb countdown.

** PBS Teachers ** [|www.pbs.org/teachers]

Lesson plans, multi-media files and more for all grade levels and subjects.

** Picnik ** []

Edit photos online.

** Pics 4 Learning ** []

A library of copyright-free images to use in presentations or digital movies.

** Pivot Stickfigure Generator ** []

A downloadable application that allows you to easily create animated stickfigures.

** Primo PDF ** []

Convert any printable file to PDF format.

** Power Point Games ** []

Templates for “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?”, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Twenty Questions, Guess the Covered Word, Hollywood Squares and Concentration.

** Quizlet ** []

The end of flashcards, pre-made or make your own.

** Ring Clock ** []

It’s just cool…a clock with a twist.

** Rubistar ** []

Website for creating rubrics for all subjects.

** Simple Diagrams ** [] Desktop tool that helps you express yourself quickly and creatively.

** Smilebox ** []

Create slideshows, ecards, scrapbooks, photo albums or postcards with your own photos.

** SnipIt ** [] Insert a youtube link and shorten the clip to your favorite part. ** Superkids ** []

Math worksheet creator.

** Tag Galazy ** [|www.taggalaxy.de]

A cool way to search for images on the Internet.

** Teacher Tube ** [|www.teachertube.com]

Like You Tube, but its content is created by and for teachers.

** Thinkfinity ** []

Free standards-based educational resources for all grade levels.

** Time Me ** [|www.timeme.com/]

[|Web Timer] All sorts of ways to time.

Online timer, virtual stopwatch.

** Tiny URL ** []

Changes long website addresses to a shorter version that is more practical for emailing.

** Zamzar ** [|www.zamzar.com]

Convert files to fit your format without needing to purchase software.

[|__https://animoto.com/__]
 * ** Animoto **

One of several digital storytelling options. Brings lessons to life.

** Audacity ** [|__http://audacity.sourceforge.net/__]

Create audio files for presentations and digital stories.

** Be Funky ** [|__www.befunky.com__]

Allows you to access your photos from various websites and apply special effects to them.

** Bubble Snaps ** [|__http://www.bubblesnaps.com__]

Add thought or speaking bubbles to your digital images.

** Find Sounds ** [|__http://www.findsounds.com/__]

Search engine for sound files on the Internet

** Flickr ** [|__www.flickr.com__]

Over 2 billion images to be searched.

** Freeplay music ** [|__www.freeplaymusic.com__]

Free audio files to be used for digital storytelling.

** Jamendo ** [|__www.jamendo.com__]

A community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Common licenses.

** Jam Studio ** [|__www.jamstudio.com__]

Create audio files for presentations and digital movies.

** Partners in Ryhyme ** [|__http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/__]

Royalty-free music and sound effects. ** Picnik ** [|__http://www.picnik.com/__]

Edit photos online.

** Pics 4 Learning ** [|__http://www.pics4learning.com/__]

A library of copyright-free images to use in presentations or digital movies.

** Podsafe Audio ** [|__http://www.podsafeaudio.com/__]

A network of free music that is published under the Creative Common license.

** Slide ** [|__http://www.slide.com/__]

Make a slideshow with your images and tell your story. ** Smilebox ** [|__http://www.smilebox.com/__]

Create slideshows, ecards, scrapbooks, photo albums or postcards with your own photos. || [|Animated Gif letters]
 * Animoto – Videos
 * Awesome Library Games & Projects
 * Classroom Tech
 * Conjuguemos
 * Cramberry Online Flashcards
 * Education World
 * Flash Tools for Teachers
 * Funnel Brain
 * Get Body Smart
 * I Education Apps Review
 * I Love Schools
 * iPod Buyer's Guide
 * iPod in Education
 * JCS Teacher Tools
 * Kids Edge (Leap Frog)
 * Online Schooling
 * Paraphrasing Tool from USF
 * Poll Pigeon
 * Post-It Teacher Resources
 * Quia Shared Activities
 * Quizlet Online Flashcards
 * Scholastic for Teachers
 * Screen Toaster
 * Slideshare

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