Technology+Resources

====**Many of the links below, and their descriptions, come from this much more comprehensive list of** [|100 Helpful Tools for Every Kind of Learner]provided by the [|College@Home blog.] There is also an extensive compendium to different research tools, graphic organizers, study skills tools, and multimedia & digital storytelling devices on the Universal Designs for Learning Ed-Tech Toolkit.==== ====This list represents merely initially suggested tools and resources: as we put them to use, feel free to offer reviews \ critiques of each for the better use of future peers, and add your own finds in the appropriate catagory.====

**Research**

 * **[|Midomi]** - Search engine that is based on sound rather than text. It can be a more intuitive way to find things if you respond better to sounds.
 * **[|Librivox]** - Free audiobooks for books in the public domain and has numerous titles. If you don’t find what you want, see if you can volunteer to create a recording of the book yourself.
 * **[|History & Politics Out Loud]** - Speeches, historical information and more in an audio format, making it easier to take in and absorb for the auditory learner.
 * **[|Project Gutenburg]** - Books that are no longer under copyright can be found here and there is a special section for audio books, both read by computers and by humans.
 * **[|Web-Chops]** - Allows you to clip out any part of a webpage then save and share these clips. It can be a great way to [|study for tests] or prepare for papers in a more interactive fashion.
 * **[|Del.icio.us]** - Online tool makes it easy to mark sites you find interesting to use for later research or to send to friends and project partners.

**Video Resources**

 * **[|Screencast-o-matic]** - Create a video or photo of your screen with this helpful online tool. It can be a great way to remember how to do tasks on the computer or just to share images online.

**Editing**

 * **[|Read Please]** - Cut and paste text or type it directly into the input form on this site and the program will read it to you. It can be a very useful tool for making sure essays and projects are written correctly.
 * **[|It Can Say]** - This site has a great online text reader and can also give you some help pronouncing difficult words that aren’t said like they’re spelt.

**Presentation**

 * **[|Wordle -]**Generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
 * **[|ProfCasts]** - Turn a PowerPoint presentation into a useful and portable podcast using this tool.
 * **[|Flowchart]** - Create great flow charts for your classes using this online tool, which comes complete with drawing tools and objects as well as collaborative tools.
 * **[|Lovely Charts] -** Charts created through this tool really can be lovely with full color capabilities and loads of graphics.
 * **[|Glogster]** - Blend graphics, music, photos, videos & text into online posters.

**Collaboration**

 * **[|Google Docs]** - Collaborative document creation of Word Docs, PowerPoint & Excell spreadsheets.
 * **[|Mindomo]** - Allows you to add links, pictures and text to mind maps and share them over the net.
 * **[|Note Mesh]** -Student-created Wikis as a means for collaboration and project development.
 * **[|Note Centric]** - Allows students to organize and share referenced notes through Facebook.
 *  **[|Bubbl.us]** - Mind mapping tools allows you to chart out your thoughts in a colorful format, share them with friends or embed them in blogs, websites and emails.
 * **[|Meebo]** - Students can instant message from anywhere, including from computers without Yahoo, Google or MSN software installed.
 * **[|College Ruled]** - Student-created message boards, to-do lists and other group-communication.
 * **[|Web Brush]** - Allows students to collaborate and share visual documents, images, drawings and other graphics.

**Studying**

 * **[|Quizlet]** - Easy to study things like vocabulary words with it’s online study tools. You can make quizzes, use your friend’s or browse existing flashcards on the site.
 * **[|Quia]** - Be able to create your own online quizzes and educational games to help you study your materials in a more interactive fashion.