1. Use Shareware and Web 2.0 tools to create exciting and interactive classroom resources Jan Coley, Educational Technology Specialist Math/Science Coordinator coleyj@k12tn.net Jefferson County Schools Jefferson County, Tennessee http://jc-schools.net

2. PrimoPDF http://www.primopdf. com/ http://www.primopdf. com/ Free PDF creator Creates a PDF from anything you can print including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

3. NVU (pronounced N-view) This a free, open source, WYSIWYG for web page creation. It is user friendly. Has a version for Windows Macintosh Linux exampletutorial

4. Free Image Editors Gimp shop Gimp shop http://www.gimpshop.com/ http://www.gimpshop.com/ http://www.gimpshop.com/ Picasa tutorial tutorial http://www.picasa.com Paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/ Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/ Splashup (an online editor) http://www.splashup.com Picasa tutorial

5. Library - folders Lightbox - Images in folder Picture tray - Images working with Favorite picture

6. Educational Uses Early language learners or English language learners can associate images with words Create a student portfolio Post images of field trips, projects, school events Show, create, or describe a process

7. Porta Porta is an open source, hassle-free photo album generator for web pages. It is fast and easy to use. It maybe downloaded from http://stegmann.dk/m ikkel/porta/ http://stegmann.dk/m ikkel/porta/ exampletutorial

8. Photo Story 3 Photostory 3 is a free download from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windows xp/using/digitalphotography/phot ostory/default.mspx Digital Storytelling Class projects Individual student projects Communication of content knowledge Communication with community and parents example tutorial Instructional example

9. Cool Features Touch-up Crop Rotate pictures Remove red-eye Add special effects Add soundtracks Add narration Create music Use music from other sources

11. MovieMaker/ iMovie What you need: Windows Movie Maker Photographs (and/or) Home Movies (and/or) Digital Video Clips (and/or) Images (and/or) Music (and/or) Microphone (optional) Tutorial

12. Turn PowerPoint into a Interactive Learning Center or Game Parts of Plants

13. Flower Leaves Stem Parts of a Plant Parts of a Plant

17. tutorial Audacity Free, fully functional multi- track audio editor http://audacity.s ourceforge.net/ http://audacity.s ourceforge.net/ example

18. Gcast www.gcast.com

19. iTunes U http://www.apple.com /education/guidedtours /itunesu.html http://www.apple.com /education/guidedtours /itunesu.html Part of the iTunes store Educational, audio, and video content Most popular downloads Contents categories By University

20. Google Applications for Teachers Teachers Google!

21. I need the answer to a question….

22. Where Do I Look?

23. Google! TutorialTutorial - Google Applications for Teachers

24. Advanced Search in Google

26. Google Skyview ( Google Earth version 4.2 or later) From the VIEW drop down menu, selectSwitch to Sky Search the sky by names of heavenly objects (example: Orion) Currently, you can not search for the planets.

28. Google Mars http://www.google.com/mars/

29. Google Moon http://www.google.com /moon/ http://www.google.com /moon/ Has placemarks for Apollo 11,12,14,15,16,and 17 The site was created to honor the memory of the first lunar landing.

30. On-line Bookmarks I keep Bookmarks www. ikeepbookmarks.com Porta Portal http://www.portaportal.com/ tutorial Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ tutorial I can always access my bookmarks and I can share these with my colleagues.

31. What are Blogs and Wikis? A blog is a website with the entries in reserve chronological order. A wiki is a type of computer software that allows users to easily create, edit and link web pages. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites. Example: Jefferson County HistoryJefferson County History

32. Free Fonts Fonts.goldenweb.it Fonts.goldenweb.it http://Fonts.goldenweb.ithttp://Fonts.goldenweb.ithttp://Fonts.goldenweb.it Simply the Best / /http://simplythebest.net/fonts/http://simplythebest.net/fonts/ 1001 Free Fonts http://www.1001freefonts.com/

33. Free Education Images Pics4Learning http://www.pics4learning.com/ FlickrFlickr (not for student use) www.flickr.com Awesome Clip art for Educators Awesome Clip art for Educators http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/ Busy Teachers Café Busy Teachers Café http :// www.busyteacherscafe.com/graphics.htm Free animations Free animations http://www.gifanimations.com/action/MenuSelection/1/39 Brainy Betty http://www.brainybetty.com /

34. Teacher Tube The goal of TeacherTube.com is to provide an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos.TeacherTube.com Registration is required for uploading - Unlimited MB video upload space. - Unlimited MB bandwidth per month. - Unlimited video uploads. - All TeacherTube packages are FREE!

35. Probes - TEEMSS The T echnology E nhanced E lementary and M iddle S chool S cience project (TEEMSS) was funded by the National Science Foundation to bring the power of information and communication technology to science education in grades 3-8 by creating and disseminating valuable, proven, and easily implemented technology-based science learning materials and associated teacher professional development.

36. Free software that works with most of the leading probe vendors.

38. Illuminations by NTCM http://illuminations.ntcm.org/ http://illuminations.ntcm.org/

39. Visible Body Free online software designed for use by teachers, students, health professionals, and everyone. Register at http://www.visiblebody. com/start http://www.visiblebody. com/start Users must register with a valid email address. The Visible Body includes 3D models of over 1,700 anatomical structures.

40. Virtlab: A Virtual Laboratory Virtlab: A Virtual Laboratory Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry http://www.virtlab.com/main.aspx

41. University of Virginia Virtual Lab Homepage

42. Science Courseware.org http://www.sciencecou rseware.com/ Middle School High School College

43. SEED: Virtual Science Labs Science lab Careers Math puzzles Teachers Corner Example: buoyancy labbuoyancy lab

44. MaMaMedia Designed for children of ages 5 to 12 and their families. Features activities that build kids' learning and technology skills online.

45. Exploratorium Newspaper Bridges Online Activities Site includes: Treasure Trove Learning Resources Library from National Science Digital Library (NSDL). Special Collections including a microscope imaging station, math explorer database, webcasts, podcasts and media downloads

46. The Mission Science Lab Designed for kids age 10–16 to learn basic principles of physics in a most entertaining way. click on a random object in the lab and complete a related mission. Meanwhile, theyre also trying to learn Professor XYZs secret identity and gain access to the final mission, Professor XYZs Grand Tour.

47. Wonderville http://www.wondervil le.ca/v1/home.html http://www.wondervil le.ca/v1/home.html 22 activities covering a wide range of science topics. Each animated activity opens up in its own window D not miss the The Robot Factory

48. BBC Science Clips http://www.bbc.co.uk/ schools/scienceclips/ag es/6_7/science_6_7.sht ml http://www.bbc.co.uk/ schools/scienceclips/ag es/6_7/science_6_7.sht ml Forces and Motion

49. I Know That Search by Grade and Subject

50. I know That – Science Lab Parts of a Cell

51. Quizlet Quizlet quizlet.com TN 6 th grade science academic vocabulary

52. Thinkfinity.org

53. http://jc-schools.net

55. SCIENCE

57. Dynamic Curriculum

64. Thank You! Questions?