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Communication
Tools
Teacher Web-- A quick and easy way to put up a classroom
web site. Similar to SchoolNotes.com, but better and easier. From
your main page there are pages for Calendar, About the Teacher,
Announcements, FAQs, and Links. There is also a way to add Photos.
I had a site up in 10 minutes! Free trial available.
MySchoolOnline-- Create a teacher home page, post your newsletter, connect links
to your hotlists, databases, calendar, maps, etc.
Zoomerang-- Make online surveys. Easy and cool! Free service lets you create
up to a 20 question survey, active for 10 days, w/ up to 50 people
taking survey. Advanced, expanded service can be purchased. Free version available.
Organization
Tools
iDisk-- One of several tools offered with .Mac account. Web-based 100mb
hard drive space available to you from any newer computer connected
to the Internet. Includes a variety of preset folders into which
you can drag your documents: Documents, Pictures, Movies, Sites,
Software, & Public. Documents in the public folder can be downloaded
by others.
60 day free trial.
Backflip-- Save your favorite links to the web. Organize them so your class
or other teachers can use them. Free.
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Curriculum
Tools
PBL
Checklists-- Cool online utility that creates custom printable rubric-like checklist.
From the http://4teachers.org
website where other cool tools exist. Free
RubiStar--- Cool online utility that creates custom printable rubric-like checklist.
Also from the http://4teachers.org website where other cool tools
exist. Free
E!Story
Subjects -- Online utility that creates custom sets of Standards for units or
projects you develope.
PuzzleMaker-- Make a variety of puzzles on-line - mazes, word searches,
crosswords, math squares, etc. Free
TeAch-nology
Bingo-- Make a 3 x 3 and 5 x 5 bingo games. Type the words, print
it out, choose "shuffle" and print it out again and again. Free
Quia-- Make quizzes that can be graded on-line
CLEARN-- Tool to create,
store, and share tech rich lesson plans. Free
Filmentality-- Create hotlists of links
or webquests. Free
Gaggle Net-- E-mail for your students.
(Check w/your Principal before starting an email project. Have specific
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Curriculum
Collections
DiscoverySchool-- Kathy Schrocks links, Puzzlemaker, Clipart and more
BlueWeb'n-- Search a collection from Pacific Bell - long a supporter of
education.
Knowledge Network
Explorer Search-- A search engine that allows you to search the Blue Web'n site,
teacher created Filamentality (hotlists and webquests) sites and
more.
TrackStar-- Search a collection of teacher-created site tracks (collections) similar
to Filamentality. Create your own track. Make a quiz. Free
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Searching
and Searching Help
Four
NETS for Better Searching- uses Google-- From Bernie Dodge, great tech professor at SDSU
Student Resources-- Student search engines, clipart, and resource
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