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Thanks to Richard Byrne, http://freetech4teachers.com, I'm able to share with you Conduit. Conduit allows you to build your own custom toolbar for IE and/or Firefox. Simple interface with a lot of potential, especially in a computer lab or 1-to-1 setting.

Tags: toolbar, tools, web2.0, community, software, toolbars, extensions, firefox on 2009-06-14 and saved by 163 people -All Annotations (15) -About

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A slidedeck of 25 great tools to use in the classroom. The presentation is very clear and straight forward, definitely worth checking out.

Tags: tools, 2009, pln, learning on 2009-06-14 and saved by 14 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Here is a nice resource for using the FLIP camera in the classroom.

Tags: flipvideo, Flip, education, tools, multimedia, tutorial, technologyintegration on 2009-06-04 and saved by 59 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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If you're thinking of being a game creator then Sploder needs to be on your list of sites to check out. Users can play or create flash based games.

Tags: flash, tools, web2.0, resources, game, education, creation, sploder on 2009-06-04 and saved by 54 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Searching pop culture type references.

Tags: search, aggregator, web2.0, news, tools, rss, engine, addictomatic on 2009-06-04 and saved by 273 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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KickYouTube is a great service. A quick and easy way to download youtube videos for offline viewing by finding the youtube video and adding "kick" in front of the address. You can even pick the file type.

Tags: youtube, kickyoutube, download, tools, conversion, converter on 2009-02-22 and saved by 105 people -All Annotations (3) -About

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Joyce always has great resources to share and this wiki is just another example. She uses Glogster to organize the content.

Tags: web2.0, tools, wiki, resources, joycevalenza, wikis, newtoolsworkshop, edtech on 2009-02-22 and saved by 103 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Too cool for school! Here is a chance to create a personal font from your own handwriting and the cost...free! The site walks you through the steps necessary to create your font and to be able to download it to your computer.

Tags: fonts, handwriting, font, tools, generator on 2009-02-04 and saved by 211 people -All Annotations (6) -About

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To use this site you paste in text and it will show it to you one word at a time in a teleprompter style. The intent is to help people become speed readers I see this as a great Assistive Technology tool because you can increase or decrease the rate at which the words appear on your screen as well as change colors.

Tags: reading, speedreading, tools, productivity, speed, webapp on 2009-01-29 and saved by 292 people -All Annotations (3) -About

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Here is a site that does just one thing, check the spelling of your text online. This could be a useful tool for students when they are working on blogs or wikis.

Tags: spellcheck, tools, web2.0 on 2009-01-29 and saved by 44 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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Looking for a screen recorder then the search is over. ScreenToaster is the tool to hlp you record what's on your screen regardless of the platform. Videos can be embbded on blogs or webpages.

Tags: screencast, tools, screencapture, web2.0, screencasting, recorder, howto on 2008-12-04 and saved by 808 people -All Annotations (41) -About

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Vocaroo is another audio tool to use on the Internet. You can record messages and send them out as voice emails.

Tags: vocaro, vocaroo, podcasting, recording, web2.0, tools, voice, audio, recorder on 2008-12-04 and saved by 269 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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This is a great tool to show the way to build an effective search.

Tags: boolean, search, searchengine, research, boolify, tools, library, elearning on 2008-11-30 and saved by 130 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Create motivational posters by choosing the picture, color, and text and let them make the poster.

Tags: poster, tools, motivation, posters, photography, humor, generator on 2008-11-19 and saved by 98 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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There are lots of good resources here for teachers wanting to make their classroom more digital.

Tags: web2.0, tools, elementary, resources on 2008-10-12 and saved by 28 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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This site has grouped Web 2.0 tools that can be used in the classroom. It is definitely worth checking out.

Tags: web2.0, tools, resources, wiki, cooltoolsforschools, classroomwikis, podcast, wikispaces.com on 2008-08-30 and saved by 459 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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Record videos of your screen using this tool. The nice part is that it is free. Windows users only.

Tags: screencast, screencasting, sharing, screencapture, software, freeware, tools, capture on 2008-07-28 and saved by 142 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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Here are the links for the resources that Joyce Valenza uses in her New Tools for Learning workshop.

Tags: web2.0, wiki, tools, wikis, resources, education, web, joycevalenza, blc08 on 2008-07-23 and saved by 79 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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By Laura Milligan

Beyond Google, Wikipedia and other generic reference sites, the Internet boasts a multitude of search engines, dictionaries, reference desks and databases that have organized and archived information for quick and easy searches. In this list, we’ve compiled just 100 of our favorites, for teachers, students, hypochondriacs, procrastinators, bookworms, sports nuts and more.

Tags: reference, library, education, tools, teaching, search, websites, web2.0 on 2008-07-19 and saved by 201 people -All Annotations (15) -About

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A blog by email is the best way to describe this tool.

Tags: blog, tools, posterous, web2.0, blogging, tumblr, usability, todo on 2008-07-19 and saved by 433 people -All Annotations (5) -About

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