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Awesome collection of Web 2.0 resources-wiki for school library media specialists to learn about cool new web tools, see how they can be used in school library media programs and share ideas and success stories. Great organization of site using Glogster as home page.

Tags: web2.0, tools, wiki, resources, library, education, webtools4u2use, wikis on 2008-10-10 and saved by142 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries. Free download and resides in tool bar on browser.

Tags: firefox, download, youtube, extension, addons, tcea, plugins, tools, flock on 2008-10-05 and saved by26 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Speechable™ is a free photo service that lets you easily upload and add speech bubbles to your photos and share them with friends via email or on Facebook®, MySpace®, Orkut, blogs, and message boards.

Tags: photos, speechable, comics, web2.0, tools, speech_bubbles, speechbubbles, speech on 2008-10-05 and saved by41 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.

Tags: teleprompter, presentation, podcasting, tools, audio, media, software, reading on 2008-10-05 and saved by127 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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Tags: comics, writing, literacy, tools, web2.0, education, comic, fun on 2008-10-05 and saved by152 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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EasyTestMaker is a FREE online test generator to help you create your tests. With Easy Test Maker you can create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true and false questions all on the same test. You can also insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections.

EasyTestMaker automatically generates alternate versions entirely randomized and master answer sheets with a single click! Just click the "Generate Alternate Versions" or "Print Answer Sheet" link when you are done creating your test. It's that easy!

Tags: testmaker, assessment, tools, resources, education, quiz, teacher, test on 2008-10-04 and saved by26 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Technology alone has little effect on improving student achievement. However, it can be a powerful tool to support the nine instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works. This article from Learning & Leading with Technology (February, 2004 31(5)) briefly explains how the following technology tools can be used to support the nine instructional strategies.

Tags: student, achievement, student_achievement, tools, instructional, strategies, mcrel, research-based, technology on 2008-10-02 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Tags: digitalstorytelling, rubric, tools, assessment, rubrics, resource, digitales, for:4all on 2008-10-01 and saved by21 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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oustanding resources including a PDF document of 101 Web 2.0 Tools for authentic learning.

Tags: 21stcenturyskills, benwilkoff, authentic, blog, edtech, learning, podcast, resources, tools, education, pedagogy on 2008-09-29 and saved by9 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Various resources compiled by Alec Couros. Outstanding compilation of tools with links to sources andorganized by categories.

Tags: tools, web2.0, resources, wiki, elearning, software, education, blog, courosa on 2008-09-29 and saved by28 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere. It's free. Excelent tool for preparing short video tutorials with/without audio, or screenshot images with highlights, arrows, text, shapes.

Tags: screencast, capture, web2.0, software, screenshot, tools, jing, tool, ETT, jlebow on 2008-09-27 and saved by73 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Pixelpipe’s a new service that uploads all your pictures to all your favorite sites at once. Here’s how it works:

Choose all the destinations you usually send photos to (like Blogger, Picasa, YouTube and nearly 50 other sites).
Add titles, tags, and captions to your chosen photos or videos.
Click upload, and relax while Pixelpipe send all of your photos to their various destinations.

Tags: pixelpipe, photos, tool, tools, flickr, facebook, blogs, upload on 2008-09-25 and saved by13 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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great resource for class tools-random generator included for selecting order of presenters

Tags: education, tools, interactive, web2.0, flash, resources, smartboard, technology on 2008-09-24 and saved by274 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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online scheduling tool that makes it really easy to find common meeting times. No more sending emails back and forth among people who need to attend the meeting!

Tags: calendar, web2.0, meeting, collaboration, poll, schedule, tools, scheduling, doodle.ch on 2008-09-22 and saved by173 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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world's leading website on learning disability and ADHD-excellent articles, teaching strategies and tools for teachers, parents and students. Companion sites are Reading Rockets, Colorin Colorado and Adolescent Literacy.

Tags: ld, education, adhd, literacy, resources, research, strategies, tools on 2008-09-21 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Diigo blog post announcing the nre Educator Accounts-outstanding option for classrooms in very secure environment

Tags: diigo, tools, education, socialbookmarking, research on 2008-09-20 and saved by27 people -All Annotations (5) -About

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easy-to-use offline browser utility.

It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads

Tags: software, tools, web, freeware, opensource, offline, backup, browser, htttrack on 2008-09-19 and saved by76 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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fully featured, rich internet application (RIA) called SlideRocket (TM). It's offered as a service with a variety of prices to suit different needs, including free! Works on all platforms including Mac. provides everything you need to design professional quality presentations, manage and share libraries of slides and assets, and to deliver presentations in person or remotely over the web.

Tags: presentation, web2.0, powerpoint, collaboration, tools, presentations, sliderocket, software on 2008-09-18 and saved by62 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Switch is a sound file format converter for Windows or Mac. Convert audio files from many different file formats into mp3, wav or wma. For example convert wav to mp3, mp3 to wav, wma to mp3 or many other formats. Just add the files you want to convert, select the output format, and then click convert.

Tags: audio, software, tools, freeware, mp3, conversion, music, converter on 2008-09-15 and saved by33 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Browser-based tool that allows you to compile and share your important sites: add content from any web page, PowerPoint, Flickr, Facebook, etc. Annotate with voice, notes and highlights and share on your blog, Facebook or via email.

Tags: web2.0, flowgram, presentation, slideshow, tutorial, screencast, howto, tools on 2008-09-08 and saved by105 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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