Northglenn High School
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Animoto - fun slideshows with movie-makers features, includes music library. Free!

Audacity - a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Create your own podcasts.

Awesome Highlighter - lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page.

Blogger : Create an account, name your blog, choose a template and begin posting. Google purchased this company, so if you're addicted to using Google tools, then this free blog is a convenient extension of their services.

del.icio.us : This is a popular social bookmarker, but it's an easy tool to use if you have a handle on how to use tags.

Mindomo : Mindmapping is a highly productive method of visual brainstorming that you can use to plan projects or to map out a knowledge base. Mindomo has an interface and feature set that rivals other free standalone mindmapping applications such as Freemind . Maps are shareable but require you to register and login to save them.

My Project Pages : Built by teachers for teachers, use myprojectpages.com to create structured online inquiry-based learning activities for the courses you teach that enable your students to engage in meaningful learning experiences while online.

Senduit - file transfer program. Put your files online for 30 minutes up to 7 days and receive a temporary URL.

Slideshare : Ok, so you're still with PowerPoint, but you can jazz that presentation up at Slideshare. This site takes your .ppt file (also works with Open Office and PDF files) so you can share it with your students (and the world at large). You can add music, embed videos in comments and more - all for free.

TeacherTube : Think YouTube for teachers and educators, as this site's layout and focus is similar; however, TeacherTube seeks to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. Site can be slow to load at times.

Voicethread: group conversations around images, documents and videos.

Worksheet Generator : Sponsored by Discovery Education, you can create your own worksheets or use over 300 ready-made worksheets created by teachers.

Zoomit - Great tool for presentations. Ctrl + 1 zooms in/out, white board, markers etc.

Zamzar - converts files in all kinds of formats online and for free.