Apps

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 * [|Delicious]** is a great way to keep track of all the websites that you come across as you are //**researching, planning, surfing the web.**// The primary use of del.icio.us is to store your **bookmarks online**, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. One idea is to create accounts for your school so that staff and students can add sites that they come across.

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Teacher Tools:
This is a list of tools that teachers can use in the classroom Harmony Hollow provides a couple of cool downloads that can be used in the classroom. [|CoolTimer] is a simple little countdown timer that you can install on your desktop. [|Gift Wiz] randomly chooses pairs from a list of names that you set up. [|The Hat] chooses names, just as you would when picking a name from a hat. [|Online Stopwatch] is a Simple, Fast Flash Online Stopwatch and Online Countdown timer always available when you need it.


 * [|Free Educational Press]** Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Simply 1. Choose a word list, 2. pick an output style from the left menu,3. tailor your worksheet below, then 4. click Create Print[|Window!Team Builidng]- this website has a myriad of team building games that teachers could use in their classes to help students get to know each other


 * Other great Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom:**
 * [|XTimeline]- fantastic online timeline creation tool. It's got built in discussion, abilities to embed images/video, and it's free
 * [|Librivox] - provides free audio books from the public domain. Want Aesop's Fables in mp3 format for your little ones? How about War of the Worlds for older readers. They're all at Librivox.
 * [|Glogster] is a fun, interactive, poster maker for the web. Students can create multimedia posters to tell stories.
 * [|Gliffy] - online, collaborative mind-mapping, brainstorming, graphical organizer tool with social collaboration features built right in.
 * [|Sketchup] - drawing and 3D-modeling program (it's downloadable software, not web-based like most of the other resources here)

[|Moodle] is a free, open-source online learning management system, enabling teachers to key into the benefits of an online learning space without having to spend large amounts of money. There are numerous moodle user groups, sample class templates, [|tutorials], etc. all designed to support teachers with an easy to use system. WebTeacherTools.com currently offers [|free moodle hosting]!
 * Course Management / Online Learning**


 * General Resources**
 * Web 2.0 Tools in a matrix aligned to Marzano's Classroom Instruction that Works - [|Web 2.0 that Works]
 * Big Collection of Web 2 tools for schools, organized by category
 * [|THIS] is why YouTube rocks
 * Professional Development Resources