Great+FREE+Websites

//**Note: I was told to check out MassCUE workshop description online for live links, but I haven't looked yet.**//

•	[|www.quotesdaddy.com] – great quotes for blogs, papers, etc.

•	[|www.scrapblog.com] - multimedia scrapbooks to print, lik to blogs. Include multimedia portions

•	[|www.netvibes.com] - content aggregator, collect links

•	[|www.readthewords.com] - select what to read, choose a reader, listen www.moodle.com

•	www.newseum.com - news collector, international, interactive museum •	www.lookybook - new publications online. Look at book and turn pages, read it yourself. Can use with projector. •	www.Mathmovesu.com – online math games, multiple difficulty levels •	www.costtodrive.com - calculates cost to drive x many people from y to z, using current gas prices. Shows route map and cost to get there with gas and time. •	www.librivox - audio books in public domain for free access, listen or read. Can download to iPod, or read from Gutenberg Project: www.gutenberg.org •	www.kerpoof - free kidpix; make pictures, movies, stories, cards. Good for all grade levels – K-12. Try with adults too. •	www.voicethread.com - share images, documents, and videos, web 2.0. Interactive with other users. •	www.mnemograph.com - free timeliner with images obtained elsewhere, can add summaries. Free and easy. •	www.spellingcity.com - suitable for any grade. Plug in spelling words, test yourself, create acrostics, play games. •	www.penzu - free online journal for blogging or keeping online journals. Can share with other users. Include images, share, save, print. Password protected. •	www.myheritage.com - family tree builder •	www.twiddla.com - free whiteboard or Smartboard online. Collaborate online artwork, images, notes, chats, links. Look up “ClassMate” wireless classpad. •	www.text2mindmap.com - less cumbersome version of Inspiration for webbing/concept mapping •	www.gliffy.com - create and share flow charts, diagrams, & more. Diagramming software makes flowcharts, diagrams floor plans, technical drawings, etc. •	www.Bubbl.us – another concept mapping tool. •	www.mindomo - can download free to desktop. •	www.wordchamp - foreign language/world language reader of foreign web sites, vocabulary drills, course management: sort of like foreign language Google. Tracks frequency of quiz attempts & results •	www.forvo.com - hear words in their native languages; good for learning languages and hearing regional accents. •	www.netvibes.com - for school intranets, aggregates data from flikr, weather, other content of choice •	www.pageflakes.com - like Edline? Like igoogle – put in custom content like weather, calendar, e-mail, blog content, photos, good homepage for teachers (has teacher edition). Treat it like a web homepage. •	www.eurekster.com - “Swiki” – customize/control content of kids’ internet searches by setting up keyword targets to avoid bad sites. Hot Searches box looks like the one on FailBlog. •	www.lumify.com - aggregates & summarizes and organizes web sites you specify to simplify your reading. •	www.insuggest.com - Big “thesaurus” list to get web sites similar to the one you put in; example: search for MassCUE and it’ll come up with other teacher computer users sites. •	www.cuil.com is another search tool. Visual searches. Suggests categories and summarizes. •	www.diigo.com is a social networking site; like delicious but more interactive with other users and easier interface. Shares bookmarks. •	www.printwwhatyoulike.com - click on screen what you want to print of a web sie and it just prints what you need – not the whole thing. VIDEO TOOLS •	www.vyew.com - live free web conferencing. Can share dsktop, start guest session. Free if you have enough people using it. •	www.youconvertit.com: file conversion utility that doesn’t require a fee or membership. Does video, URLs. You can send a big e-mail file to another user and they get a link to where it’s now stored on a web location. Bypasses problem of sending large files via e-mail. •	www.showmypc.com •	http://online.movavi.com - online video Professional Development •	www.jingproject.com - capture images, record video, share online •	www.freecast.com - similar to above •	www.movablelife.com - free and not downloadable “second Life” comparable. Make an online avatar. •	www.pdfhammer.com - create PDFs without Adobe. Can merge & edit .pdf files. Rearrange, reorder, & delete pages. •	www.splashup.com - online training for Photoshop, and easier. •	www.vuvox.com - makes online collages, videos •	www.fotoviewr.com - another photo uploading/sharing site •	www.go2web.2.0?? •	www.capzles.com - gives you a capsule timeline Slide along and write capsule information about what’s happening in the photo. Can use as a visual timeline tool. •	www.effectgenerator.com - online flash generator •	www.pictid.com - category search ofphotos •	www.ccmixterorg - public domain open copyright downloadable sounds. •	www.soungle.com - search for sound bytes •	w rww.noodletools.com - smart search for kids. (Part of NoodleBib) •	www.quizlet.com - study aid for kids. Put up information needed for quizzes and tests. Kids write and store it. www.quizlet-learn.com teaches about it. •	www.zoho.com - like GoogleDocs but better. Accessible online or from home or school. •	www.diigo.com/list/lcooney98/masscue - where all this stuff comes from!