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Free Infographic Maker. Free Online Photo Editor. Lulu - Online Self Publishing Book & eBook Company. Noun Project - Icons for Everything. This is Dragontape. PowToon, free business presentation software animated video maker and PowerPoint alternative. Información general y requisitos de Goggles - Ayuda de Búsqueda web. Appear.in – one click video conversations. Simply The Best Group Writing Site. Animal Inquiry. The Animal Inquiry interactive is a versatile tool that can enhance student inquiry in research at the elementary level.

Animal Inquiry

The graphic organizer invites students to explore four facets of animals [basic facts, animal babies, interaction with others, and habitats (shown at left)]; the possibilities for extensions or adaptations, moreover, make this a a nice complement with inquiry-based projects. The follow-up writing prompts can be used to organize research questions as well as to record findings. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources back to top Grades 4 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit Multiple Perspectives: Building Critical Thinking Skills. Virtual Dice. 50+Ways - home. Free Online Resources Engage Elementary Kids (Tech2Learn Series) Teacher: As a K-5 teacher, we understand that it's really important to integrate the curriculum as much as possible.

Free Online Resources Engage Elementary Kids (Tech2Learn Series)

So if you're doing a lesson in the computer lab, if it's combining some of the reading skills, writing skills, language art skills, or their knowledge about a certain subject area, I think that it makes learning a lot more meaningful. Text 2 Mind Map - Simple mind mapping online. Latitude and Longitude Finder Lat Long Lookup. Small Byte #4—Padlet. Beautiful web-based timeline software.

Over 20 Free Digital Classroom Tools… Customize… Plus No Log In. This is a site that you are bound to find useful in your classroom.

Over 20 Free Digital Classroom Tools… Customize… Plus No Log In

The tools are incredible and may even include items you have used on paper in the past… but can now bring digitally into the 21st century! Before this informative journey encompassing some engaging resources please take a moment and sign up by email or RSS. I enjoy sharing and I am also motivated by knowing that I am making a difference for you. Your subscription, retweet, and comments means a lot to me. I thank you in advance. What amazed me most about Classtools.net was not the valuable tools provided, but the ability for teachers to easily customize these tools and use them in any subject area.

Classtools.net is the work of educator, Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France. The Listing Of Over 20 Digital Tools For Your Classroom. Comic Creator. The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).

Comic Creator

The organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and props, as well as to compose related dialogue (shown at left). This versatile tool can be used by students from kindergarten through high school, for purposes ranging from learning to write dialogue to an in-depth study of a formerly neglected genre. The tool is easy to use, made even easier with the Comic Strip Planning Sheet, a printable PDF that comic creators can use to draft and revise their work before creating and printing their final comics. Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity. TeacherTube - Teach the World.

DayViewer - Easy to Use Free Online Organizer. Museum Box Homepage. CogDogRoo - StoryTools. 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (return) Note!

CogDogRoo - StoryTools

50+ Ways is no longer being updated here but over at the new site for 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story-- It has more organizational features and includes ways for you to add content to the site once you join the new wiki. Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. I have used each tool to produce an example of the original Dominoe story, plus links are provided, where available, to examples by other people. Slideshow Tools Generates content that allows linear playback of a series of images, some with ability to add audio. 2.

Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. 3. "...effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. Stupeflix Studio - Video creation made easy. Share Photos, Videos, Text, Music and Documents Easily.

HelloSlide. 15 Things Teachers & Students Can Do With Edmodo. Last week the Wall Street Journal had an article announcing that Edmodo had received a $15 million venture capital investment from the founder of LinkedIn and a former VP of Facebook.

15 Things Teachers & Students Can Do With Edmodo

Discovery Education: Web 2.0 Tools. Geocube - Il mondo della Geografia sulla punta delle tue dita. A daily curated assortment of the best content on the Web for history, language arts, science, news, culture and other topics. Audience Response Systems. About MakeBeliefComix.com and Apple Devices. DrawIsland. Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students. LiveBinders.