1. FREE and CHEAP Technology for the CLASSROOM and beyond Tia Foster fostertial@gmail.com Lucie E. Campbell Elementary Memphis City Schools

2. Music Software Garage Band --part of iLife suite --workson Macs --also works on iPad2 --not on iPad Audacity --open source software --free --works on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and GNU/Linux Picture accessed from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/images/audacity-windows.png

3. Video Software iMovie --part of iLife suite --workson Macs --also works on iPad2 --not on iPad Windows Movie Maker --free --ONLY works on Microsoft Windows XP http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP/3000-13631_4- 10165075.html Windows Live Movie Maker also available for Windows 7 but not the same.

4. Word Processing Word Teach older children -how to format -how to add pictures, etc. -how to edit with show function Teach young children -how to use caps lock to capitalize letters -how to change font

5. iTunes Music Children’s Music Lanuage Arts Social Studies TV Shows Kids Nonfiction Audiobooks Kids and Young Adults Podcasts Education Kids and Family iTunes U Teaching and Education K-12 (including TN State Dept. of Education) Radio Classical

6. iTunes (only available with iPod Touch, iPad, or iPhone) Apps Different areas for iPhone and iPad Education Games Productivity iBooks Children’s Picture Books can be browsed by age Ages 0-2, 3-5, 6-8 Some books are visual and auditory Can get free books or free samples

7. eBook Readers NOOk NOOK and NOOKkids Available on iPad for free NOOK also available on PC and Mac Sample any book for free Lend Me technology Seems to be easier to search for free material Kindle Available on PC, Mac, and iPad Free classics and out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books Some free limited time offers Also has newspapers and magazines iBooks Must be on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch Children’s Picture Books browse by age

8. Blogs Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Free Resources and Lesson Plans for teaching with technology Also includes Google tutorials Study Jams Educational Technology Guy http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/ Free Resources for technology Screenr What’s New on Hoagies’ Gifted? http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/curriculum_resources.htm#c Links to School Blogging http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers

9. Google Google Docs iGoogle Google Earth Google Reader Picasa Google Maps Google Sites Google Translate Gmail Kathy Shrock’s Bloom’s Taxonomy for Google http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/

10. Google Docs

11. iGoogle

12. Google Earth

13. Web 2.0 Tools GO2WEB20 http://www.go2web20.net/ Also has a blog http://blog.go2web20.net/ WebTools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispace s.com/ Finding the Right Tool

14. Skype http://www.skype.com

15. Tyler Horton Rising Fifth Grader from Lexington, TN Tyler’s YouTube Channel

16. Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/

17. Quest Atlantis http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

18. Tumblebooks http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

19. Second Life Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Second Life

20. Ning http://www.ning.com/

21. Schoology https://www.schoology.com/home.php

22. Other Tools WORDLE http://www.wordle.net/ VOICETHREAD http://voicethread.com/ WETPAINT www.wetpaint.com UDUTU www.myudutu.com PICLITS http://Piclits.com DIIGO www.diigo.com FLICKR www.flickr.com GLOGSTER www.edu.glogster.com SHUTTERFLY www.shutterfly.com BITSTRIPS www.bitstrips.com

23. Helpful Websites for Activities Florida Center for Reading Research http://www.fcrr.org/ Jefferson County PowerPoint Collection Mrs. Waltke’s Literacy Page http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/ Shelby County Kindergarten Kove http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/Kindergarten- Kove/Welcome.html http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/Kindergarten- Kove/Welcome.html Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Lyon’s Den http://www.lyonsdenresources.com/ Little Giraffes http://littlegiraffes.com/