Resources
Copyright Laws & Information
- http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/sec110(2).htm
- http://www.section508.gov/
- http://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=ac1-n
Wiki Technology
- PBwiki: http://pbwiki.com/edu.html
- Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K
- Seedwiki: http://www.seedwiki.com/
- Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com/
- Jotspot: http://www.jot.com/ (recently acquired by Google)
Productivity Tools
- Gliffy (free, Web-based, and collaborative)
http://www.gliffy.com/ - Cmap (free and collaborative)
http://cmap.ihmc.us/ - Inspiration/Kidspiration (not free, but they do have a 30 day trial)
http://www.inspiration.com/
- 4Teachers.org
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
- Teacher Web
http://teacherweb.com/
- My Gradebook.com
http://www.mygradebook.com/default.cfm?
- Social Networking How To:
http://www.edutopia.org/how-use-social-networking-technology
- Social Networking: Their Space
http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-school-social-networking
Instructional Software, Simulations, Games
- Internet for Educators - Learning Resources (this will get you started)
http://edtech.boisestate.edu/elearn/links/learningresources.htm - Second Life
http://secondlife.com/ - Club Penquin
http://www.miniclip.com/games/club-penguin/en/ - FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/ - Merlot (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
http://www.merlot.org/ - Microsoft Research - Worldwide Telescope
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ - My Physics Lab Simulations
http://www.myphysicslab.com/ - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/doc/intro.jsp
Tech Tools
- Directory of Learning Tools (1200 in all)
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html - Voicethread
http://voicethread.com/ - Google Apps (i.e. Google Docs, Page Creator, Blogger, Groups, YouTube, etc.)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/index.html - Zoho Apps (i.e. docs, database, spreadsheet, project manager, wiki, blog, etc.)
http://www.zoho.com/ - Jumpcut
http://www.jumpcut.com/ - xtimeline
http://www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx - Cmap (free and collaborative concept mapping software)
http://cmap.ihmc.us/ - Gliffy (free flow chart tool)
http://www.gliffy.com/ - Inspiration/Kidspiration/inspiration data (not free, but they do have a 30 day trial)
http://www.inspiration.com/ - Bubbl.us (free brainstorming tool)
http://bubbl.us/ - 4Teachers.org
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/ - Teacher Web
http://teacherweb.com/ - My Gradebook.com
http://www.mygradebook.com/default.cfm? - Pachyderm
http://www.pachyderm.org/ - Teacher First.com
http://www.teachersfirst.com/webquest.htm - TeacherWeb - Free WebQuest space for teachers:
http://teacherweb.com/