General+Tools

=Technology Tools for Professional Educators=

Personal Start Pages
[|Protopage] www.protopage.com/ [|Net Vibes] www.netvibes.com/#General [|My Yahoo] my.yahoo.com/

Bookmarking & Annotation Tools
[|Delicious] delicious.com/ [|Blinklist] www.blinklist.com/ [|Diigo] www.diigo.com/

Calendars & Scheduling Tools
[|Meeting Wizard] www.meetingwizard.com [|Assignment Tracker] [Zoho] creator.zoho.com/public/showAppInfo?ownername=rajeshu&callbackUrl=assignment-tracker "//A simple application to track and manage [your] assignments in an easy way. Add your Assignments and ToDo Lists. Update the current status of assignments//."

Lists & Notetaking Tools
[|Study Guides and Strategies] www.studygs.net/ [|Remember the Milk] www.rememberthemilk.com/ [|Hott Notes] hottnotes.com/ [Windows only] //sticky notes // [|Sticky-Notes Lite] www.sticky-notes.net/ [|AM-Notebook Lite] www.aignes.com/notebook.htm

Concept Mapping / Graphic Organizers
[|General Graphic Organizers Worksheets] www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/graphic/ [|Time Line Maker] www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ “//This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of your choice//.” [|Visuwords: online graphical dictionary] www.visuwords.com/ "//Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate//." [|Gliffy: Diagrams Made Easy] www.gliffy.com/ [|Bubbl.us] bubbl.us/ “//[Online] brainstorming made simple//” [|Creately] creately.com [very limited free version] //online diagramming built for collaboration// [|Mindmeister] www.mindmeister.com/ //education accounts start at $2.49/month// [|Belvedere] belvedere.sourceforge.net/ "//Software for constructing and reflecting on diagrams of one's ideas//" [|Compendium Institute] compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/about.htm //This is a// "//software tool providing a flexible visual interface for managing the connections between information and ideas//.” [|C-Map] cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html FreeMind freemind.sourceforge.net/ (article) A Questioning Toolkit http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html (information) Graphic Organizers http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm

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Office-type Tools
[|OpenOffice.org] [Apache] www.openoffice.org/ [|LibreOffice] www.libreoffice.org/

Accessible and Useable Materials
Tips for Working with Students with Disabilities, a presentation by C. Wissick & S. Quinn businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/Tips


 * Simulations: How does it feel to experience problems with reading, writing and mathematics? businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/Simulations
 * Readability businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/Readability
 * Use of Images, Fonts and Color businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/Images
 * [|Making Microsoft Word Accessible] businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/Word
 * Making Microsoft PowerPoint Accessible businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/PowerPoint
 * Keyboard Shortcuts, Mnemonics, and Mouse-Keyboard Combos businesseducation3t.wikispaces.com/keyboardshortcuts

Google Tools
[|Google Products] www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/ //A list of with links to all the tools available from a single Google Account//. [|Google In Education] www.google.com/edu/teachers/

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Collaborative Space
[|Twiddla] www.twiddla.com "//Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever//." [|Dabbleboard] dabbleboard.com/ [|ScribLink: Your Online Whiteboard] www.scriblink.com/ [|Scribblar] www.scribblar.com/ "//Online whiteboard, real-time audio, document upload, text-chat and more//."

[|Skype] www.skype.com [|FaceTime for Mac] www.apple.com/mac/facetime/ [|Google Hangouts] www.google.com/hangouts/ [|Ustream] www.ustream.tv/ //"The easiest and most powerful way to stream live video" This began as a way for military personnel to communicate with their families.// [|ooVoo] www.oovoo.com/ [|iVisit] www.ivisit.com/ [|Yahoo! Messenger] messenger.yahoo.com/ [|Windows Live Messenger] [Part of Windows Essentials] get.live.com/messenger/overview [|Eyeball Chat] [Windows only] www.eyeballchat.com/

[|Facebook] www.facebook.com/ [|Twitter] www.twitter.com

Wikis & Blogs & Web Pages
[|Wikispaces] www.wikispaces.com  [|Wikispaces Classroom] www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher "We took the best parts of Wikispaces and added a newsfeed, realtime assessment, and a beautiful mobile experience." [|Zoho Wik]i wiki.zoho.com/ [|WordPress] wordpress.org/ [|EduBlogs] edublogs.org/ //Free for teachers and students// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Blogger] www.blogger.com/ [|Blogigo] www.blogigo.com [|WIX] www.wix.com

Class Web Sites
[|Class Chatter] www.classchatter.com/ "//This free site allows teachers to create online classes, manage journals, facilitate discussions and distribute and grade assignments within a secure environment//." [|Class Blogmeister][Landmark Project] classblogmeister.com/ "//Class Blogmeister is one of several blogging engines that have been developed specifically for classroom use//." [|Haiku Learning] www.haikuls.com/ "//Create classroom pages, add and organize content blocks, change layouts, and publish whenever you’re ready. Embed content from YouTube, Google Docs, Maps, Skype and dozens of other third-party services or create your own from scratch//."

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