Online+Tools

toc **Online Tools** Useful site for online widgets such a spinning wheel & countdown timer. Great to use with a data projector for a numeracy or literacy lesson. [] [|Top 100 tools for learning...]
 * Triptico e-learning design**

Mind Mapping
** Mind maps help students visually represent words and ideas, organize their thoughts, and make plans. They can be used on many levels of Bloom's Taxonomy - to sort, classify, visualize, make connections, organize, generate, create and so much more. ** [|Xmind] XMind is the world's coolest brainstorming and mind mapping software and the best way to share your ideas. [|Mindmeister.com] is the home of a beautifully simple mind-mapping tool. Using the application is totally intuitive, as it has no mess or clutter from fancy frills. [|Slatebox] Real-Time Diagrams For Your Team. The no-hassle brainstorming and online mind mapping solution for your school or business. Create, share, collaborate — all in real-time, all real simple. [|Bubbl.us] Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. [|Mindomo] The Visual Way To Get Your Things Done! See your actions in context, and prioritize the things that really matter.Organize Your Ideas, and Work. **So much to do, not enough time?** You've found your tool to get organized! **Solve Everyday Problems**. Gain insights into the relationships between various parts of the problem and formulate an ideal solution**. Plan and Track Projects**. The fast and easy way to design and refine projects from inception to completion**. Manage Tasks and Priorities**. Sub-divide tasks into manageable pieces, prioritize them quickly and easily**. Define Goals and Objectives**. Stay focused on your objectives and keep your eye on where you want to go**Teach and Learn Visually**. Absorb knowledge better and see the essence of things [|Webspiration]: Online Visual Thinking Tool. Use Webspiration to map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or colleagues. Webspiration unleashes your creativity, strengthens organizational skills, and transforms your ideas and information into knowledge. [|Mind42] Collaborative mind mapping in your browser. Isn't 42 the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Well, in this case it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free. [|Think] Think is a free Mind-mapping tool. Think can be used to create, change and view mind maps. Mind maps are very useful for visualising and structuring ideas, brain storming, studying and much more. [|MAPMYself] Would you like to create a mind maps in Web from anywhere at anytime with no complex software to install or maintain? With MAPMYself you can just do it because it is a free Web-based online mind mapping tool. MAPMYself is unique web based software allows you to create completely organic looking mind maps. [|Gliffy] This online diagram software allows you to easily draw and share all sorts of professional-quality charts, diagrams, technical drawings, floor-plans, and much more. [|WiseMapping] Design colorful mind maps that allow you to link documents, share with friends, or embed into your own web page or blog. [|Pinball] is here to help you kick start new ideas, to get your thoughts flowing freely, and to develop your creative talents. Bounce your ideas around by using these fun and simple tools, and who knows what ideas might pop up. Slatebox "Real-Time Diagrams For Your Team. The no-hassle presentation and online mind mapping solution for your school or business. Create, share, collaborate — all in real-time, all real simple." Looks good. [|Stixy] Think of Stixy as your online bulletin board. Create as many Stixyboards as you like, one for each project. Use Stixy to easily organize and share. [|Wridea] is an online idea management and collaboration service which is developed for anyone who is interested in managing their ideas on an innovative service with their friends. With the help of Wridea, you can store your ideas, manage and organize them, collaborate with your friends over your ideas, etc. Wridea provides you all required tools and services for organizing your ideas. [|Grapholite]: Full featured online flow charting solution. Create professional quality diagrams in minutes without software installation.

= = **Glogster** Simply put, Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by the user! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video. [|Glogster] is great for students who...
 * are known to struggle with written words because its format encourages short and sweet distillations of content.
 * are visual learners because it focuses on visual literacy (not just the written word).
 * are musical because it allows students to embed music and play with the music in language.
 * are hands-on learners because it requires the creation of unique content that is not limited to pen and paper or word-processing.
 * are social because it encourages networking and collaboration.

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VoiceThread
A [|VoiceThread] is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. media type="custom" key="6381937"
 * 100 Ways to Use Voicethread**

PhotoPeach
[|PhotoPeach] is a great way of putting a sequence of images together and then uploading them to your online environment.

Rock You
Yet another [|photo sharing website!]

Avatars
An Avatar is an online identity that you can use on web pages and blog pages instead of a photo of yourself. It can protect your identity, and is fun to make. You usually get a link that you can paste in the HTML section of your web page to have the Avatar appear on the page. [|Voki?] Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. [|Character Development Using Voki Speaking Avatars] One of the best ways I like to use Voki avatars is to have students develop characters for digital storytelling projects. Have students create a Voki character as the main character in their digital stories! [|Using Voki Resource Website]. Links to forty different websites on using Voki in education. If you are using Voki, then investigate this resource. [|Build Your Wild Self.] Children can assemble their own 'wild self' avatar. Well worth checking out! [|Doppelme] With DoppelMe you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web. [|Zwinky] Turn yourself into a 3D image. [|Mess Dudes] Create your own personal digital avatar! Design your very own Dude or Dollz from hundreds of different body parts, clothes, items and backgrounds to express your personality and mood! [|Free Avatar Maker] Create an avatar from your picture online. You want to make an avatar from a picture or your own photo? You think it's time to update your forum profile with a new personal photo? It's simple! You only need to choose a photo you like from your computer and in a few mouse clicks it will become an avatar. [|Digimi] Very extensive high level avatar creator. [|A Few More Avatar Makers] [|My Avatar Editor] [|The Hero Factory] - a secret machine that turns people into superheroes!

**Online Collaboration.**
[|Primary Pad] is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. [|Sync.in] is a web based word processor for people to collaborate in real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate with text documents, useful for meeting notes, brainstorming, project planning, training, and more. [|MeetingWords] is a simple text editor for the web.Your text is saved on the web, and more than one person can edit the same document at the same time. Everybody's changes are instantly reflected on all screens. [|TitanPad] lets people work on one document simultaneously [|Type With Me] [|Scriblink] is an online whiteboard that can be used by up to five people at one time. [|Skrbl] is another online whiteboard. Skrbl lets you copy and paste text and documents — Scriblink does not. [|Zoho Show] and[| Google Presentations] let you work with others on PowerPoint-like presentations in real-time. [|Scribblar] allows you to create a virtual “room” in seconds — without having to register — where you can collaborate for writing or drawing, with the ability to have a text chatboard or audio/webcam communication. It couldn’t be easier to use. [|Twiddla] is basically a whiteboard that allows text and audio chat for real-time collaboration. [|DimDim] lets you have up to twenty people on an audio or video conference, and you can share a whiteboard. It also has a number of other features worth exploring. (Note: Some liinks and information sourced from this [|website]) [|Board800.] An interactive multi-user (shared) whiteboard application .Use it for tutoring, collaborative live training, brainstorming, prototyping. An online replacement of your paintbrush application. Uncomplicated, simple to use. It just works! [|Lino It] Online 'cork' noticeboard,on which 'sticky notes' can be placed. Notes can include text, images, and video. Looks good! [|Wallwisher]. Another online noticeboard. Notes can include text, images, and video. Looks good! [|Twenty interesting ways to use Wallwisher] (and Lino It) in the classroom. [|Wallwisher in the classroom] [|Wallwisher – 105 Classroom Ideas] [|Edistorm] Edistorm takes the metaphor of sticky notes on a boardroom wall and brings it online allowing anyone - anywhere to brainstorm with only a web browser. Each user picks their favourite ideas and Edistorm brings the best ones forward. [|Dabbleboard] Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that’s centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age! [|Using Dabbleboard] [|Collabedit] - an online collaborative text editor. Collabedit lets several people work on the same document, at the same time. All changes are instantly applied to everyone's screen. [|Solvr] - online problem solver. Solvr helps you structure your thoughts clearly. You can solve problems also together with others. How it works 1. You enter a problem. 2. You enter ideas that could solve the problem. 3. Some ideas lead to new (hopefully smaller) problems. 4. When a problem is solved, the tree gets green. A problem is considered solved, when you found an idea that does not lead to a new problem. [|Notapipe] This allows you to edit text files in a realtime collaborative environment, from everywhere multiple users can edit the same document simultaneously and changes are near instantly dispatched to every connected user. Enjoy a new productive way of working together on the same text. [|VisualRanking] Making a list is usually straightforward and requires little thought. But when it comes to ordering and prioritizing items in that list, higher-level skills of analysis and evaluation are put to use. The Visual Ranking Tool brings focus to the thinking behind making ordered lists. Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus. [|How to use VisualRanking] [|Writeboard] Writeboards are sharable, web based text documents that let you save every edit, roll back to any versions, and easily compare changes. Use Writeboard to write solo or collaborate with others. [|Twiddla] 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. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly. [|Bounce] Bounce - A fun and easy way to share ideas on a website. [|Kohive] is an online desktop where you can easily collaborate with others. It’s perfect for freelancers, small businesses, students and groups with similar interests. DESKTOP INTERFACE: With our desktop interface you have all the advantages of a desktop while online. You can have several apps open at once, work on them side-by-side, and take advantage of faster-loading content and intuitive navigation [|Write.fm] Write.fm is a site for creating and sharing documents. You can even upload a file to the document, so another way to share and discuss a picture, article, cartoon, etc. The site also allows you to EASILY create your own URL [|howjsay] This is a great resource for any teachers out there working with ESL students, or even students at a young age who struggle with pronunciation of English words. You type in the word that a student is struggling to pronounce and the web based software will read the word to you with a very clear and concise voice. You scroll over the word with your mouse and it will pronounce the word every time your mouse passes over the word you highlight. You can list up to 6 entries for it to find. This is GOOD! [|CoSketch] This is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images. Simple sharing • Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time. • One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on forums, blogs, etc. [|Wiggio] Wiggio is a free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. We designed Wiggio to be easy and straightforward - it provides everything you need to work productively in your groups, without bogging you down with complexities, help menus and unnecessary features. Everyone will be able to use Wiggio, regardless of how tech-savvy your group members are. [|Thinkfold] Real-time thinking for groups. ThinkFold's structured environment helps groups collaborate on ideas, documents, presentations and plans. Using ThinkFold, your workgroup can: [|Imagination Cubed] Creative online whiteboard. Draw alone or with a friend. [|Edistorm] Edistorm takes the metaphor of sticky notes on a boardroom wall and brings it online allowing anyone - anywhere to brainstorm with only a web browser. Each user picks their favorite ideas and Edistorm brings the best ones forward. [|Meeting Words] MeetingWords is a simple text editor for the web. Your text is saved on the web, and more than one person can edit the same document at the same time. Everybody's changes are instantly reflected on all screens. Work together on meeting notes, brainstorming sessions, homework, team programming and more! [|SketchCast]Sketchcasting is a new way to communicate something online by recording a sketch, with optional voice commentary. Any sketch can then be embedded on your blog/ homepage for people to play-back. Useful for explanations. [|Answer Garden] "The Answer Garden is an intriguing combination of a survey tool and a word cloud generator. Without requiring any registration, it lets you pose a question to which people can write their own short answers. The answers appear as a word cloud below the question, with the words changing in size based on how often they are used in responses. Responders have the option of writing in their own answer or clicking on one of the words already in the word cloud. The entire “garden” can be embedded in a blog or website, and you can also link to it". [|Quoted from here] [|Vyew] Vyew is a free online collaboration and web conferencing tool that can be used to share and connect with students, parents, and colleagues. This site tool allows users to present, collaborate, and review information in a real-time setting. [|Stixy] Think of Stixy as your online bulletin board. Create as many Stixyboards as you like, one for each project. Use Stixy to easily organize and share. [|TodaysMeet] helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs. Good for staff meetings and in older classes. [|Explanatory video.] [|Skype Across the World in Your Classroom!] Skype is a voice software application allowing users to talk to others across the world. Skype to Skype calls are free making it the perfect technology tool for the classroom. Using Skype in education is popular as teachers connect to classrooms worldwide to cross language and cultural barriers. [|You can now work together in real time on the same prezi!] With Prezi Meeting, teams can collaborate live or simply present prezis with up to 10 people in a prezi at one time. Prezi Meeting is included in all license types. More information in Prezi section below.
 * Interact in a shared outline
 * Add text, images and files
 * Rearrange your ideas on the fly
 * See changes being made, in real-time!

Online Surveys
[|Urtak] [|How to use Urtak] [|SurveyMonkey] Online survey tool. Ten question surveys are free, after that you have to pay. The most well known survey tool! [|KwikSurvey] (like SurveyMonkey but FREE!).Create online surveys and forms in minutes. 100% Free and easy to use service.Create Web forms and surveys, collect & download results. KwikSurveys offers the following benefits over traditional subscription services. [|PollDaddy] Set up an online survey in minutes and start collecting responses in real-time! Free accounts give ten questions per survey. [|Doodle] The easiest way to schedule an event or make a choice. [|Micropoll] The easiest way to create website polls...FREE! [|99Polls] With your free account from 99polls you can now create customized surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network profiles. Using 99polls is a powerful and effective way to get instant feedback and increase your site's popularity among Internet users. [|Answer Garden] AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook. AnswerGarden has many different users: site admins, bloggers, teachers, creative teams, brainstormers and more! Avoid long rants of commenting users and keep the expression lost in polls. Instant overview of the results. [|Vorbeo] Good for simple yes/no type surveys [|Buzzdash] BuzzDash is a site and tool for gauging popular opinion on a wide range of topics - from sports, movies and politics to relationships and philosophy. Built upon individual polling modules called buzzbites™, BuzzDash provides a real-time forum where people can solicit, measure and share opinions on nearly any issue. [|Fluid Surveys] FluidSurveys is a do-it-yourself online survey tool that is meant to allow customers from around the world to create their own surveys, collect data from respondents, and analyse results. [|Google Docs] How to create a free online survey using Google Forms.

Online Presentations
[|Prezi] Create astonishing presentations alive and on the web! [|Using Prezi as a teaching tool.] [|Prezi quick start guide] [|Prezi: A Better Way of Doing Presentations] One alternative to boring PowerPoint slides is to use Prezi. This web-based tool allows the user to create a single canvas of text, images, videos, etc. online. The presenter flies from location to location on the canvas, sometimes turning elements upside down, sometimes zooming in or out, to explore the relationship between ideas. Like a painter, the canvas draws the developer to choose visual imagery to create the presentation, in contrast to the text-heavy, outline-based methodology of PowerPoint. [|Top Ten Tips to Make A Good Prezi.] media type="youtube" key="pxhqD0hNx4Q?fs=1" height="405" width="660" media type="custom" key="6838731" media type="youtube" key="8ApiJgeTyD0?fs=1" height="765" width="1300" [|280slides] Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like. [|Sliderocket] Sliderocket is a web application that allows you and your students to create stunning-looking PowerPoint-style multimedia presentations which can then be viewed and shared online. [|Ventuz] Ventuz offers ways of presenting 3D and multimedia presentations in effective and mind blowing ways. [|BridgeURL] "is a site that allows users to copy and paste several URL's and then organize them into a group of pages for you to use in a presentation. I have been looking for something like this. You give your list of URL's a title and then either type in or copy and paste various URL's. The site will then create a URL based on your title. You can then visit that URL and you will get a presentation of the sites which you can then click arrows through to visit them or visit them through a pop-out window. [|Here is one using popular Web 2.0 Tools just to create an example]. BridgeURL would be a great site to merge together several Web 2.0 tools to share with staff. It would also be a great way to merge several websites that you would like students to use to conduct research. You could also use this site to put together sites that teachers and students could use for copyright free images and audio."[|Source] [|Ahead].This is an online presentation tool that transforms your layout into a zooming presentation, rich media blog, personal scrapblog or.... your imagination sets the limits. Leave Powerpoint in the dark ages! [|SimpleBooklet.] SimpleBooklet.com is a site that allows user to create easy to read and use booklets. All the features can be inserted using simple drag and drop features and can then be shared in several different ways. They can also be embedded onto a web page. These would be a great tool to use for students and teachers to advertise their club, athletic team, or even the school. A lot of schools create information brochures to share with new students, this would be a potential option to do that digitally.
 * What is Prezi? - The official intro video**
 * Prezi Meeting**

Online Whiteboards
[|Dabbleboard] Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that’s centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age! [|Using Dabbleboard] [|Imagination Cubed] This looks really good!

Online Photography Tools
[|BeFunky] **What is BeFunky**? BeFunky arms you with simple but innovative tools to turn ordinary digital photos into incredible artwork and designs that defy imagination. **Marvelous Photo Effects:** Choose from our constantly growing library of photo effects to turn your ordinary photos into extraordinary art with virtually no effort. [|Picture2Life] Picture2Life allows you to easily Edit, Collage, Animate and then Share your pictures online with the entire world. [|Photovisi] Photovisi is a free and easy to use online tool to create photo collages. Select one of the many collage templates, add your photos and then customize by dragging items around. After the collage is finished, it's available for download and print! [|Splashup] Splashup is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With the features professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photo-sharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress. [|Tuxpi] 42 Photo Effects and Picture Frames. Make your pictures more lively, apply fancy effects and create real eye-catchers with this collection of easy to use photo effects. The picture editor is browser based, very simple to use and all tools can be used either separately or be combined with each other. [|Mixbook] Create beautiful photo books online. Mixbook was started with the idea that friends should be able to create books together. Though Mixbook software makes book creation easy and fun, it also allows groups of people to build books together. Now friends finally have a way to share their memories online! media type="custom" key="6421797" [|Cooliris] Scrolling and clicking on Next links through tons of Web pages is not how I want to hunt down an elusive video or photo. Thankfully, there’s Cooliris, a super-handy browser plug-in that lets you scope out images and video content in a unique way, displaying everything in a full-screen, horizontally expanded, interactive 3-D “wall” view. It effectively eliminates the repetitive click-and-scroll tedium so you can find what you’re looking for fast.THIS IS WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT! [|Troovi] This is probably the best and easiest photo exchange plattform to share your photos in high quality. Try it by uploading your photos! It's easy, secure and fast! media type="custom" key="6589501" [|Picnik] Add a creative touch to your classroom with Picnik. Snap photos of your students and use Picnik to create class photo frames, name tags, newsletters and more. [|Yogile] Yogile sets itself apart from other photo-sharing websites by adding one feature that turns into the ultimate photo sharing choice – and that is the feature of collaboration – allowing more than one person to add photos to any given photo album. And the best part is that you can choose exactly how you want to use the site. [|Scrapwalls] Scrapwalls.com is a website that lets you upload pictures, make them into a shape collage, and order high-quality prints. You can also share ScrapWalls collages online for free. Each collage can include hundreds of pictures arranged however you like. [|Time Lapse Creator:] "A neat tool to use in collaboration with Flickr is Time-lapse Creator. The idea is rather simple. Take your pictures, upload them to Flickr, then use the Time-lapse Creator to put together a time-lapse of your photos. I know that there are several districts who block access to Flickr, so teachers and students might have to work on it at home to put the time-lapse together. I could see this being used in science classrooms taking time-lapse photos of experiments catching reactions or in Earth-Space Science classes showing the hydrologic cycle process. I could also see it used in geography classes to show change over time as it relates to climate. It would be neat to setup a camera and do a similar time-lapse of weather patterns outside your school. If you teach Art, it might be worth while to have students take pictures of a project as they work on it." []

Meeting Scheduling
[|Doodle] The world’s leading online scheduling service, Doodle takes the pain out of finding the right date and time for a group of people to meet and makes scheduling virtually effortless. The basic service is a free online coordination tool which requires neither registration nor software installation. [|Time to Meet] TimeToMeet is a web-based tool for finding a common meeting time with other people without the tedious back-and-forth of scheduling over email. It uses a quick and visual way of gathering when everyone is available and finds the best times that work for all.

Screen Recording
[|Screenjelly] Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. To start recording, click on the red button. No need to install or download anything!

Format Conversion
[|YouConvertIt] is another option for converting your files. But that is not all it does. It can also Download Videos from the web and then convert them using the website. It also provides an option for sending files (up to 300 MB if you sign up for Free Account, 120 MB without signing up.) via email from them web. By signing up for the free account you get 1 GB of space and 6 GB of monthly bandwidth size, as well as a personal in-box. There are more options if you decide to have a pay account. There are several files that you can convert files from. They are broken down by image, video, audio, document, and archive. [|Zamzar] Zamzar is dedicated to helping you transform your songs, videos, images and documents into different formats. Our mission is: "To provide high quality file conversion for as many file formats as possible" We are intent on bringing order to your filesystem by offering you a one stop solution for all your file conversion needs. Like others we were fed up with having files in all sorts of formats, and no easy way of converting between them - the quest to find a better way led to the birth of Zamzar. [|CometDocs] Cometdocs is a one of its kind free online document conversion interface that offers a large set of document conversions that can't be found anywhere else online. Its unique features include on the fly OCR conversion capabilities, over 50 different conversion options and proprietary XPS and PDF conversion abilities that retains formatting, images and text in the selected output format. [|DocsPal] DocsPal is a free online file converter that supports all kind of documents, video, audio, images, e-books and archives like microsoft word (doc, docx), powerpoint (ppt, pptx), excel (xls, xlsx), open office documents (odp, odt, ods), pdf, djvu, postscript (ps), epub, chm, fb2, jpeg 2000 (jp2), png, photoshop documents (psd), tiff, 7z, jar, rar, zip and many others. Moreover, it offers an online viewer that allows you to view documents and images online directly in your browser, without having to install anything else. [|OnlineConvert] This free online file converter lets you convert media easy and fast from one format to another. We support a lot of different source formats, just try. If you can't find the conversion you need, please let us now and write us an e-mail. We probably can help you... [|PDF to Word] Ever needed to edit a PDF document? Using our PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, and WordPerfect. Best of all, it's entirely free! [|Tubeminator] Using Tubeminator.com you can download & convert videos from a wide range of websites.

Print What You Like
[| This site enables you to format any web page for printing.] No more pages of ads, empty space, and the extras that you didn’t want. Print What You Like works in three easy steps: 1. Go to Print What You Like and paste the URL of the page you want to print, 2. Edit the page, 3. Print it! Very easy and a great way to cut down on paper waste! I like that there is nothing to download with Print What You Like, it runs directly from your browser. You can make the page you are printing more readable by changing font size and typeface and removing the background. Print What You Like gives you the ability to combine multiple web pages by editing them and printing them as one document. You can even save your modified page as a PDF or HTML document…so cool!

Invention Playhouse
When asked what inspired them to become inventors, many adults tell stories about playing as children. Among their most frequently cited childhood play experiences are: mechanical tinkering, fiddling with construction toys, reflecting about nature, and drawing or engaging in visual modeling. There is something about the skills fostered by play that inventors value and keep using as part of their working lives. The playful approaches cited by creative adults form an interesting parallel to the four kinds of children’s play that child-development experts identify as more or less universal:
 * [|Want to Play?]
 * Want to Invent?
 * What’s the Difference?
 * Exploration/tinkering
 * Make believe/visual thinking
 * Social play/collaboration
 * Puzzle play/problem solving

Cloud Computing.
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[|Dropbox] is a web service that allows you to store up to two gigabytes of data online for free. Simply get an account with Dropbox, download and install the application, and place the files you want to store on the web into Dropbox, and you’re done. Now any time you save files in your Dropbox, they are automatically synced online and on your computer. Better yet, once you install the Dropbox application on any computer or mobile device you own, you‘ll have instant access to all your files with a simple login. Dropbox can be installed on PC, Mac, Linux, iOs, Android, and Blackberry. If that doesn’t provide what you need, just drop in via web browser at www.dropbox.com. One of Dropbox’s most powerful features is the ability to share folders with others. Have a project your department or team is working on? Forget about the headaches of keeping up with email attachments and multiple versions. Just create a folder in Dropbox, right-click and share with anyone in the world. [|Livebinders] is a great site. It is a great way to keep any or all of the documents you have for a unit or an entire class.

Sharing and Publishing
[|MarkUp.io - Draw On Any Webpage] "Markup.io is a free service that enables you to quickly draw and write on any webpage. Markup.io could be useful for commenting on and critiquing online articles then quickly sharing your comments with others. Students could use Markup.io for news articles. Students could also use Markup.io to comment on images of famous landmarks. You could have students find an image of a famous landmark and write a few facts about it." Source and more information here: [|Free Technology for Teachers.] [|Simplebooklet]: Do you ever wish you could publish on the web but don't have any coding skills? Would you like to create a product brochure, an instruction manual, a pamphlet, a flyer, or even a booklet about some stuff you are selling or marketing? You can with a simplebooklet. Just start with a blank page and add text, images, video, audio, embeddable widgets and even files with a simple click. Then drag and resize each piece of content to create the layout you want. Once you've completed one page, make another and another. Simplebooklet.com is an easy to use drag and drop interface, and requires no technical skills.