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Free & Inexpensive Web Tools & Resources

This is a collection of free and inexpensive online resources that I have put together. This list is dynamic and will change as new resources are added. I hope you find it useful.

Apple Resources

Apple Learning Interchange
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
Apple Learning Interchange - Educator created lessons and activities - Rich with movies, images and podcasts - Special collections on a range of topics

iTunes --> Podcast Directory
Click on Podcasts in iTunes and then the Podcast Directory button at the bottom to be taken to the iTunes Store where you can search for free podcasts.

iTunesU - (iTunes Store)
Higher Learning
University of South Florida - College of Education
Lit2Go
Tech Ease: Classroom Tech Help
Technology in K-12 Lesson Plans

iTunes U for You - Unit on Apple Learning Interchange
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=11435&version=2029&pageID=5032

Apple Software and Widgets

Dashboard Widgets
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/?r=dbw

Downloads
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/math_science/
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home_learning/

Web 2.0

A Brief History of Web 2.0
http://www.informationweek.com/1113/IDweb20_timeline.jhtml;
jsessionid=NMRKVOBHAOL3JQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN

Web 2.0 Tools and Applications - Go2web20
http://www.go2web20.net/

Communication & Collaboration

Wallwisher.com: Words That Stick
A new way to communicate
http://www.wallwisher.com/

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds
http://www.wordle.net/

Math Tools

Special Characters
Edit Menu on your Mac for all Mac software

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

Math: Virtual Manipulatives / eThemes / eMINTS
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000592.shtml

Illuminations: Resources for Teaching Math
http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/math_manipulatives.html

Math Images
http://mathforum.org/mathimages/index.php/Main_Page

Math Tools
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/index.html

Educational Java Programs
http://arcytech.org/java/

Virtual Manipulatives Math Links
http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/~drsuper/Virtual_Manipulatives/virtual.htm

How Many? - Units of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

Math Resources for Elementary Students
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/Math1-3/

MS and HS Math
Geometry Online
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/index.html

Language Arts & Literature Tools

University of South Florida - Lit2Go
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm

Internet Resources For Use in English/Language Arts Classes in Middle and High School
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm

American Literary Classics
A Chapter A Day
http://www.americanliterature.com/ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML

The Online Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

A.Word.A.Day
http://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.html

Free Rice
http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Fiction - The eServer Collection
http://fiction.eserver.org/
http://fiction.eserver.org/novels/

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use.

BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker
http://www.bibme.org/

BibBuilder 1.3
Free MLA-Style Bibliography Builder
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/bib_builder/index.html

eBooks

eBooks.com
http://www.ebooks.com/

Fictionwise - Free eBooks
http://www.fictionwise.com/
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/ChildrensFictionEbooks.htm

KeyBookshop
http://keybookshop.com/index.html

Paint Tools

Sumo Paint: Online Image Editor
http://www.sumopaint.com/home/

Bookmark Tools

Delicious
http://delicious.com/

iKeepBookmarks
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/
http://www.iKeepBookmarks.com/Elizabeth_Sky-McIlvain

Linky
http://www.mylinky.com/

Wikis

Wikis in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Also on YouTube

Classroom Blogs and Wikis
http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992

WetPaint - Free website
http://www.wetpaint.com/
Wetpaint lets you build a rich, online community around the whatever-it-is that you’re really into. Utilizing the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks, Wetpaint mixes everything you need so you can create, collect, and organize content on your own social website.

PBworks
http://pbworks.com/

Educational workspaces
http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki

Wikispaces for Educators
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

Blogs

WordPress
http://wordpress.com/

Blogger
https://www.blogger.com/start?pli=1

Edublogs
http://edublogs.org/
Teacher and student blogs

Social Networking

Ning
http://www.ning.com/

Classroom 2.0
http://www.classroom20.com/

Sharing Photos

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
If you want to be able to share photos with students Flickr might be a choice. Flickr allows you to upload 25 MB of pictures a month.

Shutterfly
http://www.shutterfly.com/
Recommended for Mac OS X users because of free plug-in software for quick multiple uploads

Picasa
Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great. Sharing your best photos with friends and family is as easy as pressing a button!
http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/mac/

Animoto
The end of slideshows
http://animoto.com/

Online Whiteboards

Twiddla: Online Whiteboard
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/twiddla-online-whiteboard-group/

Scriblink - Your Online Whiteboard
http://www.scriblink.com/

Dabbleboard
Online whiteboard for drawing and team collaboration
http://dabbleboard.com/

Google Tools

Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Google Earth
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/

Google Earth Lessons
http://gelessons.com/

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

GoogleDocs
Create and share your online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
http://docs.google.com/

Google Reader
Google Reader lets you subscribe to your favorite websites so new content comes to you when it's posted. Google Reader keeps track of which things you've read so that when you only see unread items when you come back. If there's a dark blue border around an item, Reader is marking that item as read.
http://www.google.com/reader/

Google Books
http://books.google.com/

Google Lit Trips
http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Google SketchUp
Create 3D models, share them with the world and add them to Google Earth.
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/

Google for Educators Discussion Group
http://groups.google.com/group/google-for-educators?lnk=gschg&pli=1

Google Labs
http://www.googlelabs.com/

Google Knol
Share what you know, publish your expertise
http://knol.google.com/

Google Software Downloads for the Mac
http://www.google.com/intl/en/mac/

Image Resources

Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com/
Free photos for education

Web Tools

TinyURL
http://tinyurl.com/
Shorten long URL’s into a tiny URL for posting online

Zamzar - Free Online File Conversion
http://www.zamzar.com/

Superstickies
http://wigflip.com/superstickies/
Welcome to Superstickies, the stickynote generator. Write a note and click "Create »" to make your own sticky note picture.

Cartoon Speech Bubbles on a Picture
http://wigflip.com/saywhat/

Easystreet - Make Your Own Streetsign
http://wigflip.com/easystreet/

AutoMotivator
http://wigflip.com/automotivator/?src=fp
AutoMotivator is for making printable motivational posters or parody demotivational posters. You choose the picture, colors, and text, and we make your poster.

Miscellaneous

Best Web 2.0 Apps for Education and More - Education Resources - Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/googleforeducators_educationresources/
browse_thread/thread/3039c490ecc6522a

Dabble DB - Create and Online Database
http://www.dabbledb.com/

Educator.com - Learn from the Top Instructors in America
http://www.educator.com/

Moving Forward wiki
http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/
The Moving Forward wiki houses a collection of resources to help presenters and change agents as they help move schools and universities forward into the 21st century.

Daily Dose of the Web
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/daily_dose.htm

ThinkQuest
Projects
http://www.thinkquest.org/en/

Nicenet.org
http://www.nicenet.org/

Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities. In the end, you'll create a web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML or serving web pages.

Intel - Education - Free Teaching Tools and Resources or Teachers
http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm

PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/