JL10+tools

This website is the best I've found to date for creating simple slideshow using your photos. This will be a great tool for class because teachers, especially social studies teachers like me, can assign slideshow to students as a activity knowing they will be able to easily complete the assignment with one site. It is also a fun site for younger kids who want to create a slideshow for their parents or friends for holidays like Mother's Day or Valentine's Day.
 * 1.** [|Animoto]

Students can use iTunes for many reasons. They can download songs and lectures from universties, which is a great tool for those who want to learn a subject without going back to school. iTunes has plenty of free lectures so cost is not a concern. There is even an education section on iTunes that both teachers and students should explore because their is a treasure trove of information.
 * 2.** [|iTunes]

Wordpress is a great place to start a blog. It is easy to use and even allows you to track how many people have visited your site. Best of all, it is free. If you don't want your own blog, you should still visit the site to see if any of the established blogs can your interest and can be part of your daily reading.
 * 3.** [|Wordpress]

I've never used this site before this class, but I was impressed with the variety of subjects you can find. I love the fact I can access all these videos for class. It is a great tool for the visual learners in your class. As a visual learner, I am sad this technology was not available when I was in high school.
 * 4.** [|TeacherTube]

This is a fun, easy site for kids of all age to use if they want to create their own cartoons. I think that opens the door for a lot of interesting assignments for teachers to give to their students. The site gives you all the tools you will need to create a unique cartoon every time. I think this site will be a huge hit in classrooms of all ages.
 * 5.**[|Toondoo]

CNN is one of the top names in all of cable TV and this is perfect for kids who are not interested in the everyday politics that dominate the adult version of the site. This site focuses more on the issues that are important to kids and important for kids to learn about. The quality of the articles is very high and there is a wide variety of topics covered.
 * 6.** [|CNN Kids]

Zoho is a great site for people to share their documents so that everyone involved can edit them. It serves the same function as Google Docs, but if you need another option besides Google for some reason, I recommend Zoho. This is wonderful for students because they will not always be able to get together in one place to work on a project. Also, it is easier for students to have a central place to access their project as opposed to having to pass the project around person-to-person via email. Zoho isn't as easy to use as Google Docs, but provides a nice alturnative.
 * 7.** [|Zoho]

Discovery Education has a lot of material available to readers and is a great resource for both students and teachers. It provides teachers with a great place to find multimedia tools to assist in their lectures. It also gives teachers lessons on how to best ultiize the technology available to them and engage their students. You can also purchase Discovery Channel DVDs from this site.
 * 8.** [|Discovery Education]

If you are looking for a site that will allow you to post on-line surverys for your students to respond to, Zoomerang is a great choice. You can get a large number of options for potential answers if you want to pay for it, but you can also get free surveys with plenty of answers. Bets of all, it is easy to use and most teachers can get the hang it on the first or second try. If you are aiming for an interactive classroom, this would be a good site to bookmark.
 * 9.** [|Zoomerang]

This is a fun site which allows students to remix famous speeches and add music if they would like. Best of all, it is easy to use. You may need to spend some time with students the first time you introduce them to the site, but most of the tools are simple to pick up and utilize. You can assess media from various sites to add to your video, allowing students to creatively give their take on the current issues in the world.
 * 10.** [|Remix America]