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Liz Wernig

lwernig@mu-regional.k12.ma.uswww.ewernig.com

Get F.I.T Workshop:FREE INTERNET TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

Please note that all of these sites are free. Some of these sites are for students, whileothers are for teachers or/and for personal use. They may not be appropriate for allgrade levels. Many of these sites can help to enhance the curriculum directly or indirectly, so if youcan't use them at school they are still quite helpful from homeor other locations.http://www.scribd.com/uploadIn general, Web 2.0 recognizes that we have moved from theWeb being a place to find information to it being anenvironment where we can work with others to think, create,collaborate and contribute to our world. These are the 21stcentury skills that students need. Several of these tools willhelp students learn these skills. Google Docs will allow youand your students to collaboratively edit documents. Teacher created or student created podcastsand blogs allow students and teachers to communicate with a potentially worldwide audience.Another 21st century skill that our students will need is the ability to be creative and innovative.Online Digital video and digital photo editing tools will allow teachers and students to express their creativity in any curricular area. Check out 21stcenturyskills.org The complete slideshow presentation is at:http://www.slideshare.net/lwernigThis document is Scribd (available on the Net)http://www.scribd.com/doc/7721822/Fittools-List

Easy to click on links are located on this workshop’s wiki at http://fittools.wikispaces.com

Quick Link List

Animoto - http://animoto.com/Create your own music videos (free for educators) Audacity -http://audacity.sourceforge.netFree, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder BibMe –

www.bibme.org

A free easy to use bibliography maker.

Comiqs – http://comiqs.com Create comic strips based on their own photos CreateAGraph – http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/Create five different graphsDel.icio.us – http://del.icio.us/Online bookmarking (favorites) tool

Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/ - Favorite blogging site (no advertisements) Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/Photo storing site (neat creative tools) Flickr Toys

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/Gcast -www.gcast.comCreate via phone podcasts to share and store or upload to iTunesGimp -www.gimp.org

Open source program features mimics Adobe’s PhotoShop

Google Docs – docs

google.com/Top Web 2.0 tool allows the user to share and collaborateHot Potatoes - http://hotpot.uvic.ca/Create six different kinds of quizzes Jango – www.jango.comcreate your own radio station online-Music you want to listen toJing – www.jingproject.comInstantly captures and shares images and videoMindmeister -www.mindmeister.com/

Collaborative mind mapping tool for brainstorming.

Mindomo

www.mindomo.com/

Free Web-based online mind mapping softwareJumpcut -

ww.jumpcut.com

Use online whenfilm editing programs are not availableLetterPop – http://letterpop.com/Create creative newsletters. It’s simple, fun and fast. Math.com – www.math.comGenerate hundreds of printable free math (K12) worksheetsMeebowww.meebo.com/

Access IM from anywhere with no download Ning – www.ning.com/Start a social network for your classPandora – www.pandora.comPersonalize your internet radio servicePicnik

www.picnik.com/

Edit all your photos online, from one easy placePodsafeAudio – www.podsafeaudio.com/Audio you can legitimately usePolldaddy – www.polldaddy.comCreate your own poll or survey Qipit – www.qipit.comtake a picture of your notes with your phone or camera and qipit will scan it. Quizlet – http://quizlet.com/Fast way to memorize vocabulary listsRead, Write, Think

www.readwritethink.org

Student Materials to support literacy (K12)Remember the Milk

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www.rememberthemilk.com Manages your tasks and receive remindersRubistar – http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Generate your own rubrics Rubrics4teachers – www.rubrics4teacher.comReady made and do-it-yourself rubric generator Skype – www.skype.comComputer to computer plus telephone calls for freeSlideshare -www.slideshare.net/

Best place to share slideshowsSurveymonkey - www.surveymonkey.comCreate custom surveys and view results quickly Teachertube – www.teachertube.comOnline video sharing site for educators and students Teachnology -http://teach-nology.com Free and easy to use resource portal for teachers VideoConverter – www.youconvertit.comConverts you tube videos to downloadable versions Videos for Math -

www.math-videos-online.com/

- large collection of free animated math videosVirtual Mathematics

-http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.htmlA variety of interactive manipulativesand concept tutorials for every grade levelVoicethread – www.voicethread.comGroup conversations around images, docs, and videoVoicethread Experience:http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/VoicethreadWikispaces – www.wikispaces.com/ Best Wiki site for educators. No Ads! Wordle – www.wordle.netA fun tool that generates word clouds from your textZamzar - www.zamzar.com/Free online file conversion that willconvert videos for offline viewing, converts PDF to word, lots of other file conversions (works for YouTube videos)Zoomerang – www.zoomerang.com Another online survey tool. This one includes templates

Special Features:Maps across the Curriculum

Google Maps is a free and easy online tool to incorporate math, visual arts, social studies, science,reading, and writing. It is web-based, and easy to use. Here are some helpful links:

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Google Maps

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Google Maps Overview/Tutorial

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Classroom Example of Google Maps in Action - Oral Histories

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100 Things to do with Google Maps

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http://earthquakes.tafoni.net

Podcasts

Podcasting is, at its most basic form, the sharing of digital audio files. A podcast is usually an audio