Technology!

=Technology! =

Wikispaces--a free service for providing interactive, easy to manage websites. They even provide free educational upgrades and services to K-12 educators. Great for daily communication with students, parents, and other faculty members!

[|Edmodo]--A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments.

[|**Animoto**]--the end of slideshows as we know them! Free service to create animated slide shows using pictures, videos, text, and music. Create as many 30 second videos for free as you want! There is an available option to create longer videos for a small fee. Click here to see an example: media type="custom" key="5005301"

[|**Jaycut**]--another free video editing software program. Great for digital storytelling! Click here to see an example. This video was created from an assignment of looking at your own dreams after reading Raisin in the Sun

[|Blabberize]--Make pictures talk! Great for introductory activities! media type="custom" key="5005241"

Other moviemaking tools: http://tellastory.wikispaces.com/DS+Tools

[|Glogster!]--FREE, interactive poster making. Click here for an example! []

Thinkfinity--is an online web portal (sponsored by Verizon) that is a one-stop shop for K - 12 educators, students, and parents looking for educational resources. It is FREE, easy to use, has no login or password, and offers over 55,000 resources including lesson plans, maps, worksheets, interactive games, calendars, video clips, audio clips and many others. Thinkfinity is partnered with nine of the most prestigious educational associations in the nation and all materials submitted for acceptance in Thinkfinity must first be reviewed and approved by a panel of educational experts. Go to: [|www.thinkfinity.org] to start searching

[|My Webspiration]--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. FREE. Kidspiration which is more designed for younger grades can be found at: [] (Please note there is a cost for kidspiration)

[|Big Huge Labs]--Helping you do cool stuff with your digital photos

[|Skype]--A free download that allows you to video conference with anyone, anywhere in the world--FOR FREE!

[|Jing]--The end of sub plans as we know them! Heard of podcasting? Well, with Jing, you can start to screencast. With a click of a button, you can record your voice, and what you are doing on your screen. Then, save it as a video file and either playback, send as an email, or embed in a website.

[|Tutpup]--Educational games in math and spelling. Compete with students all over the world!

[|Wordle]--Free tool to create unique images [|Spell with Flickr]--Free tool to create unique letters

[|Typo]--Creates random images using words of your choosing