COOL+STUFF

Tools that you might find useful.

We now have created pages for each of the following resources. You can visit them from here or the home page. Beginning in October, the COOL STUFF page will be cleaned up and these links will no longer be available here. Don't worry, this page will still contain a bunch of STUFF that is really COOL :) __**Online Learning Communities**__
 * Create online talkgroups to answer questions or share ideas. || [|voxopop] ||
 * Record voice messages, oral activities,etc. Embed on site, blog, email. || [|vocaroo] ||
 * Team whiteboarding || twiddla ||
 * Student centered eLearning, sharing, collaborating || Schooltown ||
 * Open sourced, community based, tools for learning || moodle ||
 * Online collaboration tool || typewith.me ||
 * Be part of the solution. Get paid || slader ||
 * Free online learning platform || Collaborize Classroom ||
 * Kid friendly (and safe) hug to your school || My Big Campus ||


 * __Language Arts__**
 * Your students can be talking avatars. || voki ||
 * Generate word clouds from text. || [|woordle] ||
 * Tag clouds with style || tagxedo ||
 * Easy way for students to create a cartoon or cartoon book. || toondoo ||
 * Users pick an image from the selection and write about them. || piclits ||
 * Capturing the Voice of Childhood || Little Bird Tales ||
 * Practice your grammar || grammar park ||
 * The ultimate guide to getting started with blogging || Edublogs ||
 * Book reading made easy for the blind || haptic braille ||
 * Children's stories online || storytimeforme ||
 * iPod apps for reading and writing || iPodsibilities ||


 * __Informational__**
 * An online notice board maker. || wallwisher ||
 * Create polls that can be answered via text || polleverywhere ||
 * Create a new number for your cell phone for students, parents, etc. to contact you. || Google Voice ||
 * Make on-line surveys || Google Forms ||
 * Keep track of everything on all your devices || Ever note ||
 * __General Resources__**
 * 100 incredibly useful YouTube channels for educators || youtube ||
 * Facebook now as an antibully app || [|safetyweb] ||
 * 21 Signs You're a 21st Century Teacher || 21st Century Teacher ||
 * Tons of pod cast lessons covering many subject areas || SchoolWAX TV ||
 * A huge listing of educational resources || Websites of the year ||
 * Tired of PowerPoint? Here are some web based alternatives. || readwriteweb ||
 * Professional teaching resources || iTunes U ||
 * Best Educational Wikis of 2010 || Edublog ||
 * Calculate (or find out about) almost anything || WolframAlpha ||
 * Videos, Lesson plans by subject or standards || Teacher's Domain ||
 * National History Educational Clearninghouse || Teaching History ||
 * Skype in the classroom (BETA) || education.skype ||
 * Links, a TV channel, staff development, plus a free mobile app || [|eduTecher] ||
 * Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything. || [|Kahn Academy] ||
 * A social network for teachers interested in the classroom flip || vodcasting ||
 * Using a kindle with a smartboard || teq.com blog ||
 * iPod apps for special ed || iPodsibilities ||
 * Online tools and applications index || go2web20 ||
 * Live two way video from your phone || Qik ||
 * Educational technology made simple || Simple K12 ||
 * Online file storage || dropbox ||
 * Online file transfer (for use with dropbox) || Dropitto.me ||
 * Online file transfer (for use with dropbox) || Dropitto.me ||


 * __Science/Mathematics/Engineering__**
 * Hands on engineering || Design Squad ||
 * Learn genetics || University of Utah ||
 * Open source planetarium || stellarium.org ||
 * Math apps for iPods || iPodsibilities ||
 * The Physics classroom || physicsclassroom.com ||
 * Free Resources at the Bottom of the Page || Discovery Education ||

__**Art/Music/Media**__
 * Cool stuff to do with digital media || BigHugeLabs ||
 * Convert video, audio, images, documents, online for free || online-convert ||
 * Turns images into slide shows, record voice, add music, text, etc. || ShowBeyond ||
 * Interactive posters || Glogster ||
 * Youth making media || Adobe Youth Voices ||
 * 3D modeling for everyone || Google sketchup ||
 * Create stunning video slideshows || animoto ||
 * Using music to improve teaching || songsforteaching ||
 * Open music encylcopedia || musicpedia ||
 * Free sounds from all over the world || Soundboard ||

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 * __Social Studies__**
 * Create interactive timelines || dipity ||
 * Iditarod in the classroom || NEA - Iditarod Resources ||
 * iPod apps for Social Studies || iPodsibilities ||

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Smart Phone Music Video

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