***FREE***+COOL+TOOLS+ONLINE


 * These are FREE online tools for you to use. Please add your favorites to this page!**


 * GOOGLE TOOLS **

[|**http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html**] Google for Educators LOTS of free tools for your classroom! Also be sure to check out [|**Sample Classroom Activities**] and [|**Classroom Posters**]**!**

[] Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer. Now students don't need to have Office at home! [|**http://sitmo.com/latex**] An equation editor you can use to type equations and paste them into Google Docs (or Word).
 * TOOLS FOR COLLABORATION **

[|**http://www.mindmeister.com/**] Collaborative online mind mapping tool

[|**http://voicethread.com/#home**] A **VoiceThread** is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate pages and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. ** Pose a problem and have kids solve it online! **

[|**http://tinychat.com**] With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. You can also embed your chatroom on your blog, myspace, personal site and many other portals. And, you can invite people through simple mail notification and tweets. Try it, you'll like it.

[|**http://www.chatzy.com/**] Create a chat room immediately with Chatzy – only for you and people you invite. It’s as quick and easy as writing an email!

[|**http://tinyurl.com/**] TinyURL.com....Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have them break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you've come to the right place. Use Tny URL to create a tiny URL that //**will not break in email postings**// and //**never expires**//.

[|**http://jingproject.com/**]
 * Snap a picture of your screen.
 * Record a video of onscreen action.
 * Share instantly over the web, IM, email.

[|**http://pixton.com/**] Interactive Web comics you (or your students!) create.

[|**http://www.xtranormal.com/**] Make movies from text. If you (or your students) can type, you can make a movie!