WEB TOOLS & RESOURCES FOR PBL!

A to Z

  1. Audio File Magazine: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com - Listen to audio books read by some really cool people and a social network for teens to talk about reading. http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/info.html 
  2. Audiotool: http://www.audiotool.com sophisticated music maker
  3. Aviary Music Creator: http://aviary.com/tools/music-creator
  4. Aviary Myna: http://aviary.com/online/audio-editor online audio editor
  5. CodeOrgan: http://www.codeorgan.com "plays" a website. Complete time waster!
  6. Cut MP3 Online: http://cutmp3.net
  7. Edistorm - Online collaborative brainstorming tool. Imagine sticky notes and voting dots through a web-based application that multiple users can contribue to simultaneously. Stickies can be filtered, combined, recolored, and organized in a variety of ways instantly.  iPhone/iTouch app for adding content and works through iPad Safari browser (Javascript/HTML5, not Flash-based).
  8. Edmodo: http://edmodo.com - Private social networks/ online classrooms for students and teachers.
  9. Google Reader: http://reader.google.com - A very powerful RSS reader with tons of customizable features.
  10. iNudge: http://inudge.net/ No download, "Everyone can create music"
  11. Jam Studio: http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm create music with chords
  12. Keyboard Drum Kit: http://www.ronwinter.tv/drums.html no option to save or to create compositions
  13. Livebinder of AASL 25 Top Websites for Teaching and Learning: http://livebinders.com/play/play/19171 This livebinder contains a variety of free online tools.
  14. Nature Sounds Mix: http://www.naturesoundsfor.me select and mix up to four sounds, play, download

  1. Noteflight: http://www.noteflight.com/login is an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation
  2. Orbs: http://orbs.com - Very easy website creator.
  3. Picture This: http://picture-this.wikispaces.com/NITI+2010 -Teaching the importance of visual literacy.
  4. Prezi: http://prezi.com - Create visually appealing presentations.
  5. Quizlet - student/teacher (groups) edited flash card generator, great for vocab, test prep, upload your own image with the subscription model, or use flickr on the free one. Generates Quizzes, play games with the cards. Use your own definitions or the ones already on the site.

  1. Readability http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ Makes reading on the web more enjoyable- cleans up the pages.

  1. Read It Later: http://readitlaterlist.com - Saving websites to investigate for later.
  2. Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu - Drag & drop programming & art for animations & games; great for humanities content cross-over into kid friendly logic/math based programming; huge online community support & accessible to elementary school kids
  3. SimplyBox http://is.gd/dEDU8 Great visual way to show sites. Ex. Worldcup sites http://is.gd/dEDZP
  4. Skype: http://skype.com - Free video calling (http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com and http://skypeananthor.wetpaint.com)
  5. Soundation: http://www.soundation.com create music on the web
  6. SQWORL http://sqworl.com Easy way to share bookmarks with people that featuring a thumbnail of that site, VERY short urls & a toolbar add link button!
  7. Story Corp: http://storycorps.org - Giving real people, real voices.
  8. SweetSearch4Me: - selective, custom search engine for kids; it prominently features high quality results created for emerging learners.
  9. Symbaloo: http://www.symbaloo.com/us/ - Great dashboard for all of your apps.
  10. Ten Steps to Better Web Research - the basis of the session presented by Mark Moran and Shannon Miller.
  11. TimeToast - Create interactive multimedia timelines which comes with embed code to place on websites, blogs, Google Earth KMZ files, etc.
  12. Troovi: http://www.troovi.com Super easy way to collect photos from multiple people with just a URL - No sign in required, although if you have an account, you can keep track of your photos if you lose the URL.
  13. Twiddla - http://tw--------------------------------------------------------------------iddla.com Multi-user, real time whiteboard and collaboration space
  14. Twiducate: http://twiducate.com - Another private social network for the classroom
  15. Virtual Piano: http://www.thevirtualpiano.com be sure to click and drag the music book on the piano
  16. Vocaroo: http://www.vocaroo.com - Free vocal recording online.
  17. Weebly: http://weebly.com numerous design templates, access to coding, free
  18. Weebly for Education: http://education.weebly.com special management features for educators, free
  19. WikiSpaces: http://wikispaces.com education features (ad removal), free
  20. Wix: http://www.wix.com Flash-based sites, free

  1. Yammer:  http://www.yammer.com- Another option for a private social network for teachers, schools and districts. (Invite by similar email address.)
  2. Yola: http://www.yola.com free and pro versions - Make a great-looking website now with our easy-to-use tools
  3. Yolink: http://www.yolink.com/yolink/ - multi-step search. yolink looks behind pages, through links and inside of documents. We take unwieldy results and surface key information so you can focus on getting things done. It supercharges Google Alerts.
  4. YoLink Labs: http://yolink.com/labs- Harness the power of YoLink with some cool features for your RSS Reader and Blog
  5. 101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class - mostly primary source Web sites, many of them fairly new to the Web, all of them fabulous.

  1. lifeyo is a great website creator site