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Smart Board Lessons and Resources

Class tools - templates for random name pickers, countdown timers, Twister, Venn Diagrams, etc.

e-Learning for Kids - interactive games to use with SmartBoard

Ed Tech - timer & interactive sites for smartboards - each subject

Ed zone - timers, random name generators, templates, etc.

TES iboard - elementary math

Laura Candler - cool websites & applications - timers & student selectors

Online Stopwatch - full screen stopwatch or countdown timer

Smart Exchange - Free resources for Smartboards - timer

Smartboard Resources - list of interactive websites for all subjects

Teq Educator Resource Center - also video tutorials for Smart board activities

Time Me - free online web timers

Web Blue - classroom timers, templates for Jeopardy, Hangman, Millionaire, etc.

Willoughby Eastlake - smartboard resource links - countdown timers

Multimedia Learning

Animoto - turn photos, video clips & music into unique videos

Blabberize - allows you to make a picture talk

Learn 360 - Video, images, audio, etc. to enhance lessons

Teacher Tube - video sharing website with instructional teacher videos; similar to YouTube

Voice Thread - Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. Subscription needed.

Voki - allows teachers and students to create avatars. This can be useful to get students engaged in learning.

Classroom Fun

ClassChatter - Classroom communication tool

edutopia  - innovative resources & solutions in education; Choose grade level' video & blogs

Gapminder  - see graphs come to life

Google Earth  lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.

Google Lit trips  - Visit places in literature; uses Google Earth; Choose grade level

Puzzlemaker

Survey Monkey

Text2MindMap  converter: Convert your text or list of keywords to a mind map instantly.

Wordle  - generates 'word clouds" from text that you provide; The more often you type the same word the larger that word appears

Study help

edHelper.com

Quizinator Create, Store, and Print worksheets, studysheets, exams and quizzes online.

Quizlet - allows flash cards to be made and studied

World Book Online

Web Tools and Applications

http://www.go2web20.net/

Dropbox  - similar to Google Docs, but can store larger files like videos

Google Docs  - create and share your work online. Create, edit and upload quickly. Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.

PDF to Word You can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files from PDF files. FREE!

TED Talks  - speeches about technology, entertainment, and design.