Wow, Cool, and Oh So FREE!

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Wow, Cool, and Oh So FREE!

• Sharon Bolan,
• Library Media Specialist/ITRT
• Central High School
• Frances Wilson
• Coordinator of Technology and Testing
• Lunenburg County Schools

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Open Officehttp//www.openoffice.org/

• Completely FREE, OpenOffice is a productivity
  program that is extremely similar to the
  Microsoft Office Suite! This alternative to the
  Office suite is suitable for students who are in
  need of word processing programs at home.

Program is available on your CD!
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Audacityhttp//audacity.sourceforge.net/

• Audacity is a FREE open source program for
  recording and editing sounds!

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4teachershttp//4teachers.org/

• 4Teachers helps educators integrate technology
  into your classroom by offering a variety of FREE
  online tools and resources.
• Rubistar
• TrackStar

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Spelling Cityhttp//www.spellingcity.com/

• Enter your own spelling words and have students
  practice with printable or online games.
  Students can even take a spelling test online!
  Very Easy, Very FREE, Very Cool!

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Free Ricehttp//freerice.com/

• Practice Math, Art, Geography, Vocabulary,
  Languages, Chemistry, and English while helping
  to eliminate world hunger!

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Amazing Mapshttp//www.yourchildlearns.com/megama
ps.htm

• Create large wall maps or individual one-page
  maps FREE from Your Child Learns!

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Jottithttp//jottit.com/

• Create your own FREE site in minutes! Great for
  posting homework, advertising an upcoming event,
  or discussion post site for a particular topic!

See an example!
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Vokihttp//www.voki.com/

• Create a FREE personalized speaking avatar to add
  to your blogs and websites.

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Animotohttp//animoto.com/

• Create short 30 second videos using your own
  photographs and embed them into most websites!

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NoodleToolshttp//www.noodletools.com/debbie/lite
racies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

• Choose the best search for your information needs!

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The Ruler Gamehttp//www.rickyspears.com/rulergam
e/
Test your skills at reading a ruler. See the
ruler preferences to the right. The faster you
are the higher your score!
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VisuWordshttp//www.visuwords.com/

• FREE online graphical dictionary

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Wordlehttp//www.wordle.net/

• Wordle is a toy for generating word clouds from
  text that you provide. The clouds give greater
  prominence to words that appear more frequently
  in the source text. You can tweak your clouds
  with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
  (from http//www.wordle.net/)

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Be Funkyhttp//www.befunky.com/welcome

• Upload your pictures and BE FUNKY with them for
  FREE!

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Etherpadhttp//etherpad.com/

• Collaborate in real time on a word processing
  document. Just start a pad and invite your
  friends!