Tech+Tools+and+Links

Frequently Used Links:

 *  [|Google Apps]
 * [|VoiceThread] -- Digital Storytelling
 * Glogster -- Digital Posters
 * Prezi -- Dynamic presentations
 * [|Flickrstorm] -- Creative Commons images
 * [|Behold] -- Creative Commons images

Resources for words and search terms:

 * Visuwords -- Dynamic, graphic dictionary.
 * Wordle -- Create word clouds for any text.
 * Tagxedo -- Beyond Wordle! Word clouds with style -- create images made up of word clouds

Resources for notes and sharing notes:

 *  Wallwisher -- A new approach to a discussion board: an online notice board with post-its!
 * Lino -- An online corkboard!
 * Corkboard.me -- Exactly what you think it is.

Resources for presentations:

 * Prezi -- Very cool, whole new way to imagine the presentation.
 * Ahead -- Dynamic presentations, similar to Prezi, but a bit more streamlined and contained.
 * Glogster -- Create interactive multimedia posters.
 * Slide -- VERY COOL! Almost a mix between a slideshow and a glog. Check it out!
 * VoiceThread -- Amazing interactive slide shows.
 * Sliderocket -- Presentation program, like a very cool version of PowerPoint.
 * Animoto -- They claim it's the end of boring slide shows!
 *  XtraNormal -- Super cool! If you can type, you can make short animated movies!
 *  MuseumBox -- Create amazing, innovative, interactive museum boxes -- "This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box."
 * Atmosphir -- Create your own video games.
 * Empressr -- Create rich media presentations that you can then embed. A very cool, very easy to use presentation tool, similar to ppt or keynote.
 *  Smilebox -- Really cool slideshows; lots of cool artsy effects and tons of templates to help you.

Resources for utilizing multimedia:

 * Embedr.com -- Make playlists of videos to embed in your wikis, blogs, etc.
 * TubeChop -- Edit youtube videos -- allows you to take out just a portion of a youtube video for use.
 * KeepVid -- Download youtube videos.

Resources for creative images and sound:

 * Pixlr -- Photo editing program, like Photoshop.
 * Kerpoof -- Cool animation studio.
 * [|Voki] -- Talking avatars.
 * Blabberize -- Make any picture talk.
 * Audacity -- Free, cross-platform sound editor -- record a sound, edit it, save it as an mp3, and embed it.
 * Photo Story 3 -- Microsoft's answer to Mac's iLife.

Resources for creating timelines:

 * Dipity -- Timeline creator.
 * Capzles -- Timeline creator.
 * Timetoast -- Timeline creator.

Resources for collaboration and peer review and editing:

 * CrocaDoc -- "Mark Up and Review Documents Online --Collaboratively highlight and comment on PDFs, Word documents, images, and more!"
 * SharedCopy --"Annotate and collaborate on any website!"
 * Typewith.me -- Write like your are IMing.

Resources for sharing files and bookmarks:

 * Slideshare -- Share your presentations, documents, and films.
 * Zamzar -- Free online file converter -- Converts files from one type to another. Can make pdfs into editable documents.
 * Delicious -- Create and use bookmarks on any computer and share them with others. (This is one of the most useful tools ever!)

Resources for Goolge Earth:

 * All things Google Earth
 * Google Earth Gallery -- The world at your fingertips! Google Earth tours of all kinds of amazing topics.

Mr. Barth's Cool Tools blog at UWM:
uwmcooltools

**Internet Literacy:**
[|Advanced Google Search Operators]

**Screencasts:**

 * [|Screencast on how to publish Powerpoint-type presentation in Google Docs and embed work in Wikispaces]
 * [|Screencast on how to publish Word-type document in Google Docs and link to work in Wikispaces]
 * [|Screencast on how to create pages in Wikispaces]
 * [|Screencast for setting up your paper in MLA Style in Microsoft Word]
 * [|Screencast for setting up your paper in MLA Style in Google Docs]

**For teachers:**
[|SMART Resources]
 * SMARTBoard Resources
 * Click here for technology tools for teachers!
 * Ms. Reimer's 7th grade English wiki

[|iPads in Schools]