Cool Tools For Digital Teachers

www.surveymonkey.com

 

Surveys

www.wordle.net

 

Artistic way to summarize: historical speeches, books, current events or any lesson

 

www.tntel.com

 

Research

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

 

Teacher Tools, Atlas, Great Summary, Auto Summary, etc.

 

www.pandora.com

 

Music in the classroom

www.polleverywhere.com

 

Live Audience Polling

http://www.watchknow.org/

 

www.zamzar.com

 

http://www.archive.org/

 

http://www.audioowl.com/

 

http://classtools.net/

 

Videos for Kids to Learn from (developed by founder of Wikipedia)

 

Converts files and videos and emails them to you

 

Search for older versions of websites and pages

 

A large collection of free audio books

 

Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash

 

http://www.certificatestreet.com/

 

 

Formerly known as MyAwardMaker, this site lets you make free certificates and awards

 

http://www.howstuffworks.com

 

 

How Things Work…lots of information here

http://www.penteractive.us

 

Educational Videos/ Alternatives to You Tube:

http://www.kidsknowit.com

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/

http://www.science-tube.com/

http://www.mathatube.com/

http://www.teachers.tv/

http://www.schooltube.com/

 

Learn how to make your own Whiteboard from a Wii remote for less than $100

 

Where can you find more educational sites and information like the ones listed here?

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

The site changes daily and always has the newest and best information.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

 

News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

http://www.rcs.k12.tn.us/rc/RCS_NEW/iste/

 

K-12 Resources