Technology+Toolbox

Scale is 1 – bad to 5 - excellent 1-5 || Educational Value 1-5 || Ads || Comments || com || Free || 4 || 4 || few || Great search engine that gives you unusual databases to search in. You may not be able to get to where you want but it does give you a different view of information and its sources. || ||
 * Technology Toolbox **
 * Program || Cost || User Friendly
 * Jingproject.com || Free || 5 || 5 || none || Resident screen capture and video capture program that automatically uploads captured file and gives you a URL to paste into emails, texts etc. Can upgrade to premium service for $14 yr. ||
 * Thinkfree.com || Free || 4 || 5 || none || Online Office Suite that utilizes MS Office 2007 format. Great for students who do not have MS Office at home but need to do work. You need a email to sign up but you are given 2GB of storage space. Website has good collaboration tools. Can upgrade service for $$. ||
 * Google docs || Free || 4 || 5 || none || Another online Office Suite that gives one the ability to do word processing, spreadsheets and presentations from home without having to have MS Office. Like the storage and sharing ability. Getting a URL for sharing a doc is so nice. Saw that they will do 2007 format now. Also saw Microsoft has jumped into the free online office software market. ||
 * Completeplanet.
 * webcrawler.com || Free || 3 || 3 || Many || Many sponsored results – but lists # of items found and from what data base
 * Del.icio.us || Free || 5 || 5 || none || One of my new favorites. The old folder method was so cumbersome. This site shows links with much more depth with the tags you can select. The way it blends in with existing Firefox toolbar is also great. ||
 * Google Reader || Free || 5 || 2 || few || Really like this site but found myself becoming to involved in all the great sites. It is one I would recommend but think it would be frustrating to students as many of the sites may be blocked. I think it is better than most games because it makes you think outside your box. ||
 * Wiki Spaces || Free || 5 || 5 || none || One of my favorites. Love how people can make sites with minimal training and be able to interact with classes or groups of people. I had used this last spring in one of my classes and had troubles with the students. This was a great reintroduction that made me better explore how deep one can go. ||