Best+Websites

=Best Websites=

All websites are free! toc

**Topic: Podcasting in the classroom**
[|www.librivox.org] [|Browse the catalog]
 * Libri Vox** - Free audio books

[|www.oculture.com]
 * Open Culture** - Foreign Language podcasts and much more

**Topic: Online Storage and Other Useful Applications**
[|www.mediamax.com]
 * MediaMax** - free online storage(get up to 25 GB)


 * PalShare** - allow you to upload and send large files without an account [|www.Palshare.com]


 * Homepage Startup** - for visual people - bookmarks displayed visually [|www.homepagestartup.com]


 * Buzzword** - online word processing - able to share [|www.buzzword.com]


 * Zoho** - word processor, online conferencing, chat (records everything that a student writes), wiki, upload and create a PDF for free (you can share and collaborate all work created). [|www.zoho.com]


 * PDF Hammer** - allows you break up large PDFs for FTP [|www.pdfhammer.com]


 * U Tipu** - screen catcher software (has to be installed on computer - doesn't work on MACs yet) [|www.utipu.com]


 * Freescreencast** [|www.freescreencast.com]


 * Moveable Life** - 'Second Life'- you can chat with others as an avatar movablelife.net/login.aspx

**Topic: Concept Mapping**
[|www.mindomo.com]
 * Mindomo** - Inspiration like program that allows you to map topics and export them

cmaptools.com
 * CMap Tools** - includes linking words between concepts - able to collaborate on concept maps (NASA uses this tool!)

**Topic: Antivirus**
Ad-Aware - needs to be run with Spybot

[|www.spybot.com]
 * Spybot**


 * AVG Antivirus**

[|www.ccleaner.com]
 * CCleaner**

**Topic: Photo editing**
[|www.picmarkr.com]
 * Picmarkr** - allows you to upload images and create

[|www.vuvox.com]
 * VUVOX** - interactive site where you can add video, audio to images (photos). You can embed into a homepage. Really Cool!

[|www.splashup.com]
 * Splashup** - free online version of photoshop

[|www.scrapblog.com]
 * Scrapblog** - create scrapbooks

[|www.snap.com]
 * Snap**

**Topic: Student Tools**
[|www.Newseum.org]
 * Newseum** - over 500 newspapers from around the world / has maps that you can click on to locate newspapers

[|www.noodletools.com] See also [|Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need]
 * Noodle Tools** - Allows you to organize research and cite sources

http://quizlet.com/
 * Quizlet:** Allows students to create flashcards of their vocabulary

http://theclassconnection.com/
 * The Class Connection** - organize classes, collaborate, students can tutor each other.

[|www.lulu.com/en/products/aspiring_authors/]
 * Lulu** - allows students to publish their own books online - the site gives students are hard copy of the book - students can be published !

[|www.kerpoof.com]
 * Kerpoof**

[|www.kindo.com]
 * Kindo** - Students can create/build a family tree with images


 * i-Lighter** - Allows students to highlight articles/passages online (this has to be installed). Students can then print them out or send the highlighted passages to themselves. [|www.i-lighter.com]

[|www.wordchamp.com]
 * Word Champ** - For World Languages; classroom management system; built in web-reader; students can read/listen and view online sources in different languages (one word at a time).

[|www.freeplaymusic.com]
 * Free Music** - Free music (open and do a 'File Save As'


 * Flec** - post-it notes

**Topic: Free Music**

 * Soundzabound.com** (no longer free $90.00 a year)

**Topic: Copyright Free Pictures**

 * Pics 4 Learning**


 * Media Builder** - free media

[|www.apte.com]
 * APTE Curious Minds**

**Topic: Plagiarism Checkers**
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/
 * Plagiarism Checker**

[|www.doccop.com] (free takes 24 hours - very thorough)
 * DocCop**

**Topic: Online Organizers**
[|http://www.netvibes.com]
 * Netvibes**

[|www.pageflakes.com]
 * Pageflakes** - each student could create their own page and organize online stuff

[|www.bookmarks.yahoo.com]
 * Yahoo Bookmarks**

[|http://www.rollyo.com]
 * Rollyo** - create your own search engines

[|http://www.imcooked.com]
 * iMcooked** - videos of people cooking

[|http://www.medgle.com]
 * Medgle** - interactive medical guide

[|www.visiblebody.com]
 * Visible body**