Resources

Copyright Laws & Information

• http://www.section508.gov/
• http://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=ac1-n

Wiki Technology

• PBwiki: http://edumanual.pbworks.com/w/page/58006589/Home
• Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

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

• Second Life
  http://secondlife.com/
• 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/
• 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?
• TeacherWeb – Free WebQuest space for teachers:
  http://teacherweb.com/