Web+2.0+Potpourri

=Web 2.0 Potpourri=

There are so many free tools that are available online. This page will give you links and information about some of those tools.


 * Bibme - - free online bibliography creator (don't tell Patti Sanders) You will need to create a free account to use the download portion.
 * Citationmachine.net - another site for creating citations--free
 * [|Box.com] - this is online storage that is free to you. The free version will give you 5GB. The business version will provide much more storage but it will cost you $15 a month.
 * Dropbox - this is also online storage that is free. Here is tourof Dropbox if you are interested. What I like about Dropbox is that it will synchronize your files if you use the dropbox folder. It does require a download on each of the machines that you are using but the download is small.
 * Prezi - Prezi is a cloud-based presentation editor that is similar to Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Presentations. What makes it a bit unique is that all your information is on one canvas instead of multiple slides.
 * Tinyurl.com - do you want to link to really, really long web site that has symbols, words, etc. You can truncate the website by copying the website address and pasting it into tinyurl.com. TinyUrl was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier.
 * Wordle.net - need a way to take some of your vocabulary words and introduce them in a very creative way. Check out Wordle. Here is a link to 52 Interesting Ways to use Wordle. Also read the FAQ section and you will find out additional information. Do you want to use custom colors? Click here to access the online color Hex Codes. Make sure you use the code that starts with #.
 * Tagxedo - creates a wordle in a shape.
 * Doc2PDF - want to convert a PDF to a Word document. Just click the link and upload and convert the file. This site works just great.
 * Cool Tools for Schools – it is a gathering point for many, many web tools for teachers—presentations, research, video, slideshows, audio, images, drawing, writing, etc.
 * Khan Academy – with a large library of videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and practice exercises
 * Free Play Music – source for royalty free music. Royalty free music is a term that refers to production music that has no additional fees to pay once the music has been bought. It is purchased once and can be used again and again.
 * Kerpoof - lesson plans that steer you primarily toward elementary activities.
 * Brainpop - allows the teacher to choose activities based on the common core
 * Get FIT (Free Internet Technology) - Susan Gilley's website that has an assortment of free links to different free tools on the Internet
 * Podcasting - If you are interested in podcasting, here is a great tutorial from Susan Gilley.