THE 10 BEST FREE TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS Kate Burkes Instructional Designer NorthWest Arkansas Community College March 26, 2008

1. JING HTTP://WWW.JINGPROJECT.COM/ Free Download Makes screen-capture videos with audio Save as file or uploads automatically to web Comes with free space on ScreenCast.com TOUR

Free Download

Makes screen-capture videos with audio

Save as file or uploads automatically to web

Comes with free space on ScreenCast.com

TOUR

2. FREE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY TOOL HTTPS://WWW.GETFAST.CA/ HTTPS://TOOFAST.CA/ Simple survey tool for student feedback Anonymous, Password protected

Simple survey tool for student feedback

Anonymous, Password protected

3. PICNIK ONLINE PHOTO EDITOR HTTP://WWW.PICNIK.COM/ No registration or download Lots of free options: crop & resize, borders, special effects [not necessary to subscribe]

No registration or download

Lots of free options: crop & resize, borders, special effects [not necessary to subscribe]

4. GRAND CENTRAL HTTP://WWW.GRANDCENTRAL.COM One local phone number for all your phones Reserve number first; then be invited to join Instead of personal phone numbers.

One local phone number for all your phones

Reserve number first; then be invited to join

Instead of personal phone numbers.

5. GOOGLE EARTH HTTP://EARTH.GOOGLE.COM/ Download program Based on satellite imagery -- View in 3-D – tilt, zoom Tour

Download program

Based on satellite imagery -- View in 3-D – tilt, zoom

Tour

6. USTREAM.TV HTTP://WWW.USTREAM.TV/ Stream live video/audio over the internet Can record for later viewing Can convert to wmv, .mov, or .mp4 and download

Stream live video/audio over the internet

Can record for later viewing

Can convert to wmv, .mov, or .mp4 and download

7. WIZIQ HTTP://WWW.WIZIQ.COM Free virtual classroom - Private or Public Tour Real-time video, audio, whiteboard, show PPTs, etc. Automatically records and posts sessions

Free virtual classroom - Private or Public Tour

Real-time video, audio, whiteboard, show PPTs, etc.

Automatically records and posts sessions

8. SLIDESHARE HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/ Easily post PowerPoint presentations Tag with your name so students can search for them, or link from within WebCT Can be made private using contact list Choice to make it downloadable or not Choice to retain copyrights or not Creates text transcript – good for accessibility

Easily post PowerPoint presentations

Tag with your name so students can search for them, or link from within WebCT

Can be made private using contact list

Choice to make it downloadable or not

Choice to retain copyrights or not

Creates text transcript – good for accessibility

9. GABCAST HTTP://WWW.GABCAST.COM/ Record audio from anywhere by phone via toll-free number Link to site to listen, or can download as Mp3 Free conference calls up to 30 mins. per month

Record audio from anywhere by phone via toll-free number

Link to site to listen, or can download as Mp3

Free conference calls up to 30 mins. per month

10. MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES Multimedia Resources http://www.uen.org/curriculum/multimedia_resources.shtml Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/ MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/ Open Courses MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative http://www.cmu.edu/oli/ Open Yale http://open.yale.edu University of California College Prep http://www.uccp.org/ Open Course Ware finder: http://ocwfinder.com/

Multimedia Resources http://www.uen.org/curriculum/multimedia_resources.shtml

Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/

MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/

Open Courses

MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu

Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative http://www.cmu.edu/oli/

Open Yale http://open.yale.edu

University of California College Prep http://www.uccp.org/

Open Course Ware finder: http://ocwfinder.com/