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<h1>COOL WEB TOOLS &amp; COOL WEB SITES</h1>
 
<h2>Zoom It<img src="/file/view/Creativity.jpg/156160813/250x187/Creativity.jpg" alt="" title="" style="height: 187px; width: 250px;" align="right" /></h2>
 <h2><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom It Download</a></h2>
 <h3>Download Steps:</h3>
 1. Click the link to download file. 
2. Click Save and save to desktop. 
3. Close box and minimize Internet. 
4. Find the zipped folder on your desktop. 
5. Right click over folder and choose Extract All. 
6. Follow the prompts (Next, Next, Finish). 
7. Double click the Zoom It folder. 
8. Double click the ZoomIt.exe file and click Run. 
<h3>Notes on Zoom It</h3>
 <ul><li>Ctrl+1 to Zoom</li><li><h4>Esc or Ctrl+1 to Zoom Out</h4>
</li><li><h4>Ctrl+2 to Draw on Screen</h4>
</li><li><h4>B—blue, R—red, G—green</h4>
</li><li><h4>W—white board</h4>
</li><li><h4>T—type</h4>
</li><li><h4>Ctrl+3—Timer</h4>
</li><li><h4>Right click ZoomIt icon at bottom right of screen and go to Options to change timer settings</h4>
</li></ul><h1>Jing (screen shots): </h1>
 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jingproject.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jingproject.com/</a> 
Download: Click Windows, Save, Run, Open 
 
<h2>A few ways to use Jing </h2>
 <ul><li>Collaborate on a design project</li><li>Share a snapshot of a document</li><li>Narrate your vacation photos</li><li>Capture that pesky bug in action</li><li>Show Dad how to use iTunes</li><li>Comment verbally on students' homework</li><li>Post tidbits from your life on Twitter or Facebook</li></ul> 
 
<h2>Doink (create animations or drawing tool): </h2>
 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.doink.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.doink.com</a> 
 
<ul><li> 
</li><li><h4>User registration needed</h4>
</li><li> 
</li><li><h4>Free</h4>
</li><li> 
</li><li><h4>Private or Public Posting</h4>
</li><li> 
</li><li><h4>Draw or Animate</h4>
</li><li><h4>Browse Shared animations</h4>
</li></ul> 
Go Animate (create animations or drawing tool): 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://goanimate.com/" rel="nofollow">http://goanimate.com</a> 
 
· Account required for creator 
· Custom create animations 
· FREE 
· Private or Public 
· Chat with online friends 
· Links to Facebook chat 
· Audio clips from SoundSnap 
· Upload your own images, music and audio 
· Share with friends via email, Facebook, My Space or Twitter 
Voki (create animations or avatar creator): : 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.voki.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.voki.com</a> 
 
· Account required for creator 
· Email invite to view 
· FREE 
· Private or Public 
· Image upload 
· Audio capabilities 
 
WolfRam Alpha: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com</a> 
 
· No user registration needed 
· FREE 
· Computational Knowledge Engine 
· Requires standard web connectivity, 
· web browser, and JAVA. 
· Suitable for all levels 
· 
 
Search engines give you links to pages that exist on the web. WolframAlpha computes answers to 
 
specific questions using its built-in knowledge base and algorithms. 
 
 
Free Government Resources: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.free.ed.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://www.free.ed.gov/</a> 
 
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence 
 
Hannah’s Homework Help Station: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.pppst.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pppst.com/index.html</a> 
Great site for alphabetized PowerPoints—there’s a lot!!! 
 
Tag Galaxy: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://taggalaxy.de/" rel="nofollow">http://taggalaxy.de</a> 
 
· No user registration needed 
· FREE 
· Uses Papervision3D to explore Flickr photos via virtual planetary systems. 
· Requires standard web connectivity, web browser, and JAVA. 
· Data not screened; may not be suitable for all levels 
· Outputs visual results that are easier to sift through. 
 
Big Huge Lab (cool stuff with your digital photos): 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bighugelabs.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bighugelabs.com/</a> 
 
Shape Collage (Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker): 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.shapecollage.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shapecollage.com/</a> 
 
 
Image Chef: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.imagechef.com/ic/product.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.imagechef.com/ic/product.jsp</a> 
 
Photo Effects: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tuxpi.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tuxpi.com/</a> 
 
 
HP Activity Center: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/activityCenterHome?lc=en&amp;cc=us" rel="nofollow">http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/activityCenterHome?lc=en&amp;cc=us</a> 
Fuel your creative side with hundreds of FREE print projects offered by HP. 
 
Toon Do: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.toondoo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.toondoo.com/</a> 
 
 
Wordle: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wordle.net/" rel="nofollow">www.wordle.net</a> 
The more you type the words, the larger it will appear. 
Keep words together by using the tilde (shift+~) 
 
Game Boards: http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/gameboard.htm 
Jigsaw Planet: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://jigsawplanet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://jigsawplanet.com/</a> 
 
Exploding Timer: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/" rel="nofollow">http://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/</a> 
 
Stop Watch &amp; Count Down Timer: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/" rel="nofollow">http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/</a> 
 
Certificate Maker: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.certificatestreet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.certificatestreet.com/</a> 
 
Online Flash Cards: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.flashcardmachine.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flashcardmachine.com/</a> 
 
Puzzle Maker 
(Crossword, Word Search, etc.): 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/" rel="nofollow">http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/</a> 
 
Slide finder (all kinds of PowerPoint slides): <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.slidefinder.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slidefinder.net</a> 
 
Teachers’ Mouse Pad: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.teachersmousepad.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.teachersmousepad.com/</a> 
(Geared toward elementary but there is some stuff for secondary) 
 
Fonts: 
· <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.dafont.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Da Font</a> 
http://www.dafont.com 
· <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Type Now - Themes</a> 
http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm 
· <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cooltext.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cool Text</a> 
http://www.cooltext.com 
· <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.spiffytext.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spiffy Text</a> 
http://www.spiffytext.com/ 
 
 
Internet for the Classroom: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.internet4classrooms.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.internet4classrooms.com/</a> 
Helping you use the Internet effectively in the classroom