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Use NewsCred to Read all the world's breaking news from quality newspapers and blogs and thenPersonalize your newspaper by selecting your favorite sources for each category.

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PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along.

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"Wiki for teachers to explore and brainstorm ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into our teaching."

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Draw on google maps with scribblings and more!

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Classroom Architect from 4teachers.org lets you drag and drop your desks, tables, chairs, TVs, and whatever else you have in your classroom without breaking a sweat.

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File2.ws is a free website that converts any of your own files into a public online web page. Every converted file to a web page has a unique web address so you can share it with friends, or other people on the internet. This allows information to be shared quickly and efficiently to a large audience.

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"Use this site to learn about how other educators are using technology to promote higher-order thinking in their social studies classrooms."

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Read Children's Picture Books Online (or create your own) at BigUniverse. Big Universe has both fiction and nonfiction picture books to read. Books are easy to search by category, grade, reading level, interest age, and language. The free version of Big Universe offers a limited look at the premium publisher books. With the free version you can only create one ebook per user account.

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iClippy - Your local clipboard online. iClippy lets you copy-paste screenshot images into web applications with one click without having to save the pictures to the local computer first.

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MIT Tech TV is the video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports the community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering, technology, and a lot more MIT-related video on the web.

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CLN's directory offers "annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search."

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Use a variety of tools and colors to create unique and original digital art. Choose one of 20 patterns, and use the cursor to move across the screen. The buttons are found at the bottom of the drawing box. Save as a .jpg or .png file on your computer with one click.

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Screenr is a tool that lets you create screencasts online. Record your screen activity along with narration.

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Getting Tricky with Wikis is a resource that gives you tips and tricks to customise your wiki. From changing your wiki name, adding a background image to a page to embedding any webpage to your wiki, this site gives you the instructions and html codes to easily make the changes you want.

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10,000 resources for educators arranged by subject and grade level.

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CMap: a concept mapping tool that several people can be editing at the same time (contrast with Inspiration which allows only one editor at a time). Maps can also be copied so each individual has one to edit.

IHMC CmapTools client is FREE for use by anybody, whether its use is commercial or non-commercial.

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Recommended websites for use in education arranged according to category.

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Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation launched Edutopia in the hopes of creating educational best practices for multimedia in the classroom. The site includes online polls, curated blogs, assessment tools and a dedicated magazine for educators at the K-12 levels.

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This site was created by Kristin Hokanson to show teachers ways that they can create a "Connected" Classroom for their students. It is growing into a collection of presentations surrounding the ideas of using technology and web 2.0 as tools to create constructivist learning experiences for all students.

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