Teachers' Web Tools Web Tour
http://lone-eagles.com/teacherstools.htm
"We don't stop playing because we grow old . . .
we grow old because we stop playing."
- an unknown Alaskan philosopher
As of 2008 there is an explosion of free sites with really easy "fill-in-the-blank" ways to create web pages,
online classrooms, quizzes, curriculum, online courses, and much more! Here are some of the best, and other listings are at http://lone-eagles.com/toolbox.htm and http://lone-eagles.com/webdev.htm Some sites charge a fee after a 30 day free trial but most really are free without restriction.
- NEA Teachers' Toolkit
https://www.neateachertoolkit.com/TTK/Default.aspx?id=911
- Classbuilder.com
http://www.classbuilder.com
Create quizzes and assignments
- MyClass.net
http://www.myclass.net/
Allows a teacher to set up an electronic learning environment that includes
email, discussion boards, a homework drop where students can submit
homework, a resources section that can be customized for any class or
lesson, and an assignments area for the teacher to post assignments for
students to access. MyClass also allows a teacher to upload documents
for the students to download, print, etc.
- Create Your Own Free Web Pages
A listings of 700 free web page authoring sites
http://personalweb.about.com/internet/personalweb
- Yahoo's Geocities Free Web Sites
http://geocities.yahoo.com/home
- Angelfire Free Web Sites
http://www.angelfire.com
- Tripod Free Web Sites, Blogs, Photo Albums - No Expiration dates!
http://www.tripod.com Tutorial at http://lone-eagles.com/tutorial.htm
- A free gradebook tool
http://www.mygradebook.com/how_it_works.cfm
- A web quest generator
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/
Very easy. More easy curriculum tools
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools See the main site at http://teachers.teach-nology.com
- Online Bookmarks Tool
www.ikeepbookmarks.com This site allows you to organize your favorites to be able to access sites from any computer. You can manage this free site so that your students can log on and you can effectively have them browse without typing. It will allow for more time on task. You do not have to be able to build a website to use this site. It is a great classroom/district/personal bookmark site and free.
- MyBookMarks.com
http://www.mybookmarks.com/
Maintain your bookmarks collection online from anywhere.
- Tools for Teachers
http://4teachers.org/ PBL checklists, quizmaker, and more.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ rubric creator
- Web Lesson Wizard
http://wizard.4teachers.org/
This web-based utility will allow you to create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the World Wide
Web. All you need to use this utility is your browser and some time. Includes links to more tools.
See also Project Poster: http://poster.4teachers.org
- Harvard Collaborative Design Tools and Tutorials
http://www.lessonpro.net/
Create online lessons with a user-friendly, fill-in-the-blank template.
Education with New Technologies, Networked Learning Community
Similar sites offer ways to collaborate online with parents, students,
teachers and administrators, all for free.
http://k12nation.net
- K-12 Nation
Instructional Entrepreneurship Models for Innovative Educators
Wouldn't it be nice if someone would just collect all the best links for you?
One person can now benefit thousands of others by sharing their collected resources. Some are now independent consultants, others have sold their sites to big companies like the Discovery Channel (Kathy Schrock) or ATT (Tom March's Filamentality)
Here's some super sites created by super individuals reflecting untold hours of collection effort!
- Backflip.com
http://www.backflip.com
A free means of sharing your bookmarks publicly with peers and students.
Donna's Example with 1000 links: http://www.backflip.com/members/donnamh/
- Education and Technology Newsletter by Dee Hill
http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/door/
http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/looks/sitemap.nhtml
Incredibly great! Extensive listings of virtual fieldtrips and more.
The potential of the web for instructional entrepreneurship is being
demonstrated by a wider and wider variety of online service.
- Alan November
www.anovember.org
- Andy Carvin and PBS learning network
www.pbs.org/learningnow www.andycarvin.com
- David Warlick - Social Studies Emphasis
www.landmark-project.com
- Jamie McKenzie
www.fno.org
- Wendy Lewis - Civic Mind
www.civicmind.com
For more - search for teacher tools and/or visit http://lone-eagles.com/freebies.htm
NEW!!! MUST SEE: http://oops.bizland.com and http://www.tekmom.com
Excellent examples of quality resources gathered by talented individuals
to inspire you on what you also can create!