Teacher+Utilities

Content Management; grade management; fast searching & more.

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(online substitute for Moodle)
 * **Resource** || **Category** || **Comment** || **Added** ||
 * [[image:alternative.jpg link="http://alternativeto.net/index.aspx?tab=viewed"]] || free alternatives for Windows, Mac, and Linux software || "AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, we make each application into a category." || Apr'09 ||
 * [[image:edu2.0_-2.jpg]] || Content Management System

This one is would fit the needs of younger kids. || "Free web-based education site with comprehensive features for teachers, students and parents. Anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it's at school, at home, or on the move."

media type="youtube" key="F3yNmSIOkJo?fs=1" height="300" width="400" || Nov'10 ||
 * [[image:education_world.jpg link="http://www.educationworld.com/"]] || *lesson planning
 * pro-d
 * tech integration
 * school issues || bills itself as "the educator's best friend"
 * a search engine for educational Web sites only; site reviews
 * original content (lesson plans; practical information on how to integrate technology)
 * daily features and articles written by education experts
 * teacher and principal profiles
 * 'Wire Side Chats’ with important educators
 * employment listings

Read more: "Small Changes; BIG RETURNS - Home" [|http://bigreturns.posterous.com/?sort=bestmatch&search=tools#ixzz0D9ZBJoP4&A] || Apr'09 || in [|Open Culture] || *fiction
 * [[image:engrade.jpg]] || record keeping for teachers || Engrade is a free set of web-based tools for educators allowing them to manage their classes online while providing parents and students with 24/7 real-time online class information. It's private, secure, truly free, and unbelievably easy to use - so join over 150,000 teachers and start using Engrade today. || Apr 2010 ||
 * [|Free Audio Books]
 * non-fiction
 * poetry
 * audio book podcasts || free downloads for mp3 player or computer || Apr'09 ||
 * [[image:google_for_educators.jpg width="223" height="47" link="@http://www.google.com/educators/index.html"]] || *tools
 * recent projects
 * news
 * activities
 * posters || " At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on this site." || July 2010 ||
 * [[image:learnboost.jpg width="182" height="65" link="@https://www.learnboost.com/"]] || *record keeping
 * lesson planning || "Manage your gradebook, lesson plans, calendars, scheduling, and more from one place; you can create and manage lesson plans with our fantastic visual editor; (for US teachers) 'tag' standards to your lesson plans, gradebook; enhanced security." It's like an old-style planbook but online and the grades can be exported to other programs. || Nov.10 ||
 * [[image:nt.ca.jpg width="200" height="56" link="@http://www.nettrekker.ca/ca/overview"]] || Educational search engine
 * fast for teachers
 * safe for students || Email me for a free trial and to participate in free 'how to' webinars.

FAST for teachers; SAFE for students. || Nov'10 || (online substitute for Moodle)
 * [[image:rcampus_logo_open_tools.gif width="149" height="58" link="@http://www.rcampus.com/"]] || Content Management System

This one is would fit senior secondary needs. || To use with Canadian students you'll have to use the gmail work around --> 1) open a class account with a generic name 2) register for student accounts by adding a number or code name 3) instructions -- (@http://help.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/creating-student-accounts-using-one-gmail-account/) || Nov.'10 ||
 * [[image:tricider.jpg width="209" height="96" link="http://tricider.com/en/t/"]] || Polling, brainstorming, collaborative || "Tricider is the easiest way to get group decisions made. You and your team can propose ideas, evaluate and vote for them. Without the need of being in the same room. Less emails, meetings and phone calls. Tricider is the perfect solution to reach consensus in difficult discussions or just decide where to go for lunch. Brainstorming with a result." || Oct.2011 ||