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 * ==Polls== || * Google Forms (T)
 * Example - Party Invitation
 * PollEverywhere ||
 * ==Online Sticky Notes== || * Wallwisher (T)
 * Favorite Tech Tool - Add one to my wall. Just double click and add your sticky note
 * linio ||
 * ==Word Clouds== || * Tagxedo - turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurence within the body of text.
 * Word Sift - From Stanford University - Also creates a visual thesaurus right with the word cloud
 * Wordle- Create Beautiful Word Clouds
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 * TagCrowd -
 * ABCya Word Clouds- Easy to use, download and upload to a wiki or blog[[image:MyCloud.jpeg width="320" height="208"]] ||
 * ==Drop Box/File Sharing== || * DropBox
 * EverNote ||
 * ==Animation== || * Xtranormal (T)>
 * Watch My Movie
 * Xtranormal Tutorial
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 * ToonDoo
 * Doink ||
 * ==Study Skills== || * Free Rice
 * Read the Words
 * Google Translate
 * Spelling City
 * ClassTools
 * Khan Academy
 * Simple Equations Example
 * Phet - Science Simulations
 * March2Success - Free SAT prep ||
 * ==Visual Posters== || * Glogster (R) ||
 * ==Flash Cards== || * [|Quizlet](R)
 * State Capitals Flashcards
 * Study Stack ||
 * ==Graphic Organizers== || * [|Bubbl.us] (R)
 * [|Webspiration] ||
 * ==RSS Aggregators== || ==Pageflakes==
 * RSS Aggregator with Public Option
 * Great to share feeds with students so they don't need to create an account!!
 * Click Here to see My Technology Pagecast of Technology Feeds
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 * Example

Sharetabs

 * Example of My Shared Tabs (T) ||
 * ==Online Chat== || * [|Skype - video chat for free computer to computer]
 * [|Oovoo]- Allows up to six video chats at one time ||
 * ==Course Management==

Student Collaboration
= = =Social Networking= || ==Edmodo(R)==
 * A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments
 * Edmodo User Guide
 * Click on I am a Student
 * Insert this course code - egkwel
 * Google Docs
 * Google Sites - Great for use with students
 * Ning
 * Symbaloo(R)
 * Ipad Apps Example Symbaloo Page

Twitter

 * Follow Me - @tlandrydtsd

LiveBinders

 * LiveBinder for Ipad Apps ||
 * ==Citation Helper== || * Easy Bib (R) ||
 * ==Avatars== || * Voki (T)
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 * Blabbarize(R)
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 * ==Image Editors== || * Foto Flexer(T)
 * [[image:kimo_fotoflex width="138" height="180"]]
 * Picnik.com (R)
 * Image Chef (R)

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 * ==Digital Story Telling== || * Voicethread (T)
 * A web based slideshow or digital storytelling tool
 * Allows others to comment or collaborate on what they are viewing
 * You have the ability to control access, public vs. private
 * You have the ability to moderate comments that are made on your voicethread
 * [|What is a Voicethread Anyway?]
 * Photostory (T)
 * Microsoft's //PhotoStory 3 (PS3)// is a great little program that allows you to easily create slide shows of your digital photographs with transitions, background music, etc. (Note: PhotoStory only runs on a //**Windows XP**// computer).
 * Download
 * [|Photostory+(2).pdf] - A quick guide to help you create a photostory
 * PhotoStory Video Tutorials- 11 video tutorials will take you through the entire process - From David Jakes - JakesOnline.org
 * Blank Slides for Titles - Right click on each one and choose Save Target/Link As
 * PhotoStory Resources- Including links for music and images - 21st Century Teaching
 * Examples
 * Photo Peach (R) @Site Highlights 1


 * ROXIO PhotoShow (R) Site Highlights 2


 * Fotobabble(T or R if needed)
 * Talking Pictures - You can record your voice to make your pictures talk.
 * Can get embedd code or link to the talking picture
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 * Smilebox (R - other uses too) @Site Highlights 4
 * Zooburst (R) Site Highlights 5
 * StoryMaker- Created by Carnegie Mellon Very Easy to use
 * StoryMaker Library - Carnegie Library of Pittsburg
 * Storybird
 * StoryBird Examples - KDitzler
 * How StoryBird Changed my Life
 * Storyjumper- Online Stories from KidZui
 * StoryJumper for Schools ||
 * ==SlideShows== || * Animoto for Education(T)- Turn digital photos into a cool movie presentation
 * Make awesome videos using photos, pictures, music and text.
 * You can get a free educator's account, but you must apply for it. It can take a few days to a week until you get an email with your approval.
 * To embed an Animoto video, go to Video Toolbox after viewing it. Then click on embed to get the HTML code.
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 * ==General Education (T)== || * Election -Inaugural Words- 1789 - Present
 * Word clouds of Inaugural Addresses
 * 270 To Win It (T)- 2012 Interactive Electoral Votes Map
 * Online Interactives Triptico (T)- Magnets, random name selectors, spinners and more
 * Signup Genius- Create Free interactive Signups Online
 * Example
 * Volunteer Spot - online signups
 * Timetoast - Create Timelines Online ||
 * ==Spreadsheets== || * Edit Grid (R) @http://www.editgrid.com/tnc/demo/EditGrid_Tutorial (you may have to register before you view tutorial) ||
 * ==Language Learning== || * WordPlay ||
 * ==Online Meeting== || * Today's Meet- Easy to create back channel discussion
 * Go to my Online Meeting ||
 * ==Online Grants== || * Donors Choose ||
 * ==Current Events Information== || * Qwiki
 * Qwiki on Hershey
 * Cue Prompter ||
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