Programs+For+Teachers

Awesome. I showed my mom and she wasn't too impressed, but I told her when I've got a classroom of 13-year-old's copying down a url-that's a paragraph long-it'll come in handy. ||  In theory, this website is a serious time saver and also helps reduce the amount of papers you need to keep track of. I have tried out the site, I just haven't used it in a classroom setting, so I'm going to hold off on the rating for now. ||  Decent if you just need a quick room layout and don't need to customize furniture or room shape. ||  Awesome idea, some lag time when you actually use it. I can only think of a few situations where you would need this though. I don't know about this one... ||  Works really well, easy to figure out...it just doesn't look interesting most of the time. || Perfect. It's so simple. I just found it and I can already imagine a million different ways to use it in the classroom. The best part, I think, it that the answers are anonymous. Good for students who are shy. || Easy to use and download. Tons to choose from. I just wish it were easier to search through them. || Amazing. Simply amazing. ||
 * || [[image:Picture_3.png link="@http://trick.ly/"]] || Trick.ly || Shorten URLs. You can even password protect (or quiz protect) the link to the website. Just check it out and you'll see what I mean. || 5
 * || [[image:Picture_35.png link="@http://crocodoc.com/"]] || Crocodoc || Mark up, fill out, and collaborate on PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint slides, and web pages... for free! || Not Sure
 * || [[image:Picture_50.png width="204" height="30" link="@http://classroom.4teachers.org/"]] || Classroom Architect || Create your own virtual classroom. || 4
 * || [[image:Picture_52.png width="206" height="56" link="@http://www.scribblar.com/"]] || Scribblar || Virtual collaboration is the basis for this website. You can sign into as a guest and are instantly given your own "whiteboard" to work with. You can save your room, invite others to join, or embed it on a website. You can insert documents and pictures, write, draw or highlight. || 4
 * || [[image:Picture_55.png link="@http://www.capzles.com/"]] || Capzles || Combine your videos, photos, blogs, and mp3s into rich multimedia storylines. || 4.5
 * || [[image:Picture_2.png link="@http://answergarden.ch/"]] || Answer Garden || Virtual white board for brainstorming, taking a poll, or answering a question. Very easy to use. Can embed and link back to. || 5
 * || [[image:cert.png width="192" height="37" link="@http://www.certificatestreet.com/templates/education.html"]] || Certificate Street || Not really a program but pretty impressive anyway. || 5
 * || [[image:print.png width="164" height="67" link="@http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/"]] || Print What You Like || Perfect. Put in the URL of a web page that you want to print. This program lets you delete ANY part of that web page that you don't want to print. Don't feel like printing out useless sponsors? Is there a huge picture in the center of the web page but you're out of color ink? Just delete it. Save paper. Save ink. Save money. || 5
 * || [[image:Google_Doc.png link="@https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/maine.edu/gform?key=tst1fckmg0sRTlQtn1Zlm9g&hl=en#"]] || Google Docs || Create online forms that students fill out. Answers automatically get sent to you in spreadsheet form. ||  ||
 * || [[image:screenjelly.png link="@http://www.screenjelly.com/"]] || Screen Jelly || This site records your voice while simultaneously recording a video of the websites you are visiting and links you're clicking. Good for making how-to videos for people who aren't technically inclined. ||  ||
 * || [[image:blockposters.png width="258" height="58" link="@http://www.blockposters.com/"]] || Block Posters || This site allows you to turn any picture into a large wall poster. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds awesome. ||  ||
 * || [[image:typewithme.png width="252" height="44" link="@http://typewith.me/"]] || Type With Me || Real-time collaboration. Text, files, highlighting etc. ||  ||
 * || [[image:joinme.png width="146" height="102" link="@https://join.me/"]] || Join Me || Really easy. Share your screen with someone, or see their screen. ||  ||
 * || [[image:readme.png link="@http://www.readmeresources.co.uk/"]] || Read Me || This site contains about a dozen lessons for getting reluctant readers interested in reading. The site itself is well made and pretty unique, but the lessons are general and not to exciting. ||  ||
 * || [[image:globe.png width="243" height="48" link="@http://www.revolvermaps.com/"]] || Revolver Maps || This widget allows website creators to see how many people have visited their site and where they're from. ||  ||
 * || [[image:assignaday.png width="240" height="54" link="@http://assignaday.4teachers.org/index.php"]] || Assign A Day || From the makers of RubiStar...haha...this site allows teachers to create calendars online, add assignments, beginning and ending dates, and to collaborate with other teachers. Seems neat. ||  ||
 * || [[image:trackstar.png link="@http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp"]] || Trackstar || From the makers of RubiStar, this site lets you create a "track". A track consists of a series of websites, picked by you, and each with an annotation or guide for students. You really need to check out the website to understand. It's pretty neat though. Good if you just need students to research a lot of information by themselves or a practical and interesting way for math teachers to have students using real figures. ||  ||
 * || [[image:edmodo.png link="@http://www.edmodo.com/home"]] || Edmodo || Almost like a Facebook for students and teachers, Edmodo allows teacher to add students, post homework, send out texts/emails to students as reminders, have discussions etc. ||  ||
 * || [[image:dropbox.png width="194" height="53"]] || DropBox || Similar to a school's Hdrive or public folder, this program is exactly what you'd think–you drop in any files from your computer, and it syncs them to an online site where you can retrieve them from any device with internet access. ||  ||
 * || [[image:countdowntimer.png link="@http://classtools.net/education-games-php/timer/"]] || Countdown Timer || This is a simple countdown timer that can be used for station work in classes. In addition to being an awesome timer, you can also add a soundtrack to play while it counts down. ||  ||
 * || [[image:brainhoney.png width="280" height="54" link="@http://brainhoney.com/"]] ||  || Brainhoney can be used to online curriculum, map courses to standards, offer online assessments, personalize lesson plans, access an online grade book and also provide student/parent portals. I found this tool very interesting and think it would be very helpful to see if students are mastering their grade objectives ||   ||
 * || [[image:techno-logy:Picture_3.png link="http://www.evernote.com/"]] ||  || Evernote is a free downloadable website that allows users to annotate the web. I really liked this site because it has a simple purpose. ||   ||
 * || [[image:techno-logy:Picture_2.png width="128" height="41" link="https://ww5.engrade.com/teacher-classes.php?rand=5520810347"]] ||  || Engrade is a free tool that allows teachers to create and manage their classrooms online while providing parents and students with 24/7 real-time online class information. It makes the grading process much easier. This site does appear to make grading easier. ||   ||