Handouts from 2010 NETA Conference

From: Steve Batty [mailto:sbatty@mccooknet.com] Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:22 PM Subject: NETA 2010 free sites-software Below are handout materials gathered at the 2010 Nebraska Educational Technology Association Annual Conference, “Creative Journeys to Learning,” held April 28-30 in La Vista: 20 Free or low-cost Neat Software Applications 1. Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net – PC/Mac – Free audio recording and editing software 2. Seashore – http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ – Mac – Free graphic design software *Sumo Paint – http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ – PC Option *Tux Paint – http://www.tuxpaint.org/ – PC/Mac – Free drawing program for students ages 3 -12 3. Skype – http://www.skype.com/ – PC/Mac – Free phone calls and video conferencing software 4. Stellarium – http://www.stellarium.org/ – PC/Mac – Free planetarium software for your computer 5. Celestia – http://www.shatters.net/celestia – PC/Mac – Free space simulation software that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. 6. Google Earth – http://earth.google.com/ – PC/Mac – Free software for maps and satellite images 7. Google Docs – http://docs.google.com/ – Web browser Online word processor, spreadsheet, forms, and presentation software 8. Google Sketchup – http://sketchup.google.com/ – PC/Mac – Free 3D modeling drawing app. *http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ example 9. Little Geometry – http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/ – Mac only – Free basic math tool set 10. KompoZer – http://kompozer.net/ – PC/Mac – Free web page authoring software 11. Jing – http://www.jingproject.com/ PC/Mac – Free Create 5 min. swf video tutorials using your computer screen/voice. Purchase Jing Pro for longer videos. *http://www.eltima.com/products/swf-flvplayer/ – PC player *http://mac.eltima.com/freeflashplayer.html – Mac player 12. Geogebra – http://www.geogebra.org – PC/Mac – Free geometry package (software or online) providing for graphical and algebraic input 13. cMapTools – http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html – PC/Mac – Free concept mapping software *Webspiration – http://www.mywebspiration.com/home – Free online beta concept mapping software 14. Comic Life – http://plasq.com/comiclife – Mac – Uses your own photos to create comics. *http://plasq.com/comiclife-win – PC – Uses Your own pnotos to create comics and comic strips *Bitstrips – http://www.bitstrips.com – Make your online funny pages 15. iTunes – http://www.apple.com/itunes – PC/Mac – Free educational content through iTunes 16. Wikimindmap – http://wikimindmap.com/index.htm – Tool to easily and efficiently browse wiki content 17. Mini $ (Mini-Money) – http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25726 – PC/Mac – Free budget/money management 18. NROC – http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/ – The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high quality online course content *TED – http://www.ted.com/ – The best talks and performances from Technology, Entertainment, and Design 19. Readability – http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability – A simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter *Cue Prompter – http://www.cueprompter.com – A free web browser teleprompter 20. Desktop Curtain – http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26396 – Mac – Free software that hides desktop clutter for presentations or screen shots *Fences http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/ – PC – Free software that hides desktop clutter for presentations or screen shots. Ten Free On-Line Resources Every Teacher Should Know (Version 2010) http://fur.ly/ – Shorten multiple URLs into one. http://prezi.com – Develop on-line presentations. http://photopeach.com/ – Make a rich slideshow in seconds. http://cacoo.com – A cool multi-featured on-line whiteboard. http://www.wallwisher.com/ – Wallwisher – A collaborative notice board maker that can be used for brainstorming or categorizing. http://www.plagium.com/ – Track plagiarism by pasting your original text. http://wetoku.com – Record web interviews and post the file. http://awesomehighlighter.com – An awesome highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page. http://davidrumsey.com – A database of historical maps that can be used with Google Earth. http://aviary.com – Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen captures, and more. Lights, Camera, Engagement! , Meg Ormiston http://www.flickr.com/ – Flickr http://creativecommons.org/ – Creative Commons information http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC470/sp09/5/images/Bloom%27sDigitalTaxonomymap3.gif – Blooms taxonomy recreated. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx – Photostory 3 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx – Windows Movie Maker http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/digital_storytelling.aspx – Digital Storytelling guide. http://www.mediaconverter.org/ – Media converter http://listentoyoutube.com/ – Convert songs off youtube. http://www.soundboard.com/ – Soundboard Multimedia in the Differentiated Classroom, Meg Ormiston http://2differentiate.pbworks.com/ – A wiki filled with resources. http://twitter.com/ – Twitter home page http://www.wordle.net/ – Create a tag cloud http://docs.google.com – Create and share your work online (much like MS Office programs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA – Google Document youtube.com movie http://schooltown.net/ – School Town to organize your classroom. http://www.flickr.com/ – Images on Flickr http://sketchup.google.com/ – Google Sketchup http://earth.google.com/ – Google Earth http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html – Google Literature – greatest road trip stories http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en – Sign up for a gmail account for Calendar, email and Docs http://www.xiberpix.net/SqirlzMorph.html – Create your own morph. http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm – Generation M2 report http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom’s+Digital+Taxonomy – Updated Bloom’s Taxonomy http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ – Twitter for teachers http://jenuinetech.com/GTW/ – Guess the Wordle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_ZW1NCQgY – Project Spectrum video. http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ – Cool Tools for School. http://www.soundboard.com/ – Not sure how to explain this site. It’s neat. http://creativecommons.org/ – Creative Commons information http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC470/sp09/5/images/Bloom%27sDigitalTaxonomymap3.gif – Blooms taxonomy recreated. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx – Photostory 3 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx – Windows Movie Maker http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/digital_storytelling.aspx – Digital Storytelling guide. http://www.mediaconverter.org/ – Media converter http://listentoyoutube.com/ – Convert songs off youtube. http://www.soundboard.com/ – Soundboard.com is a catalog of free sounds and soundboards for PCs. Professional Learning Networks for Personal Professional Development, Meg Ormiston http://techcamp.ning.com – Ning is the social platform for the world’s interests and passions online. http://twitter.com – Twitter http://www.skype.com – Skype http://secondlife.com/?v=1.1 – Second Life, the Internet’s largest user-created, 3D virtual world community http://docs.google.com – Google Documents http://titanpad.com/ – Titan Pad to create your on-line chat. The above information was submitted as a blog post by Steve Batty, of McCook. Please click on comment below to comment or share additional materials or links.