30 Posts About Free Education Technology Tools And Resources

30 Posts About Free Education Technology Tools & Resources
by K. WALSH on MAY 26, 2010
The Internet Is Rich With Free Tools for Educators. Here’s A Bunch.

I’ve been meaning to put together this list of the many free apps that I’ve blogged about, and make it available as a tabbed section on the site. I’ve got the list mostly together now and realized it would make for a nice mid-week post.

All of the articles below reference free technologies and/or resources. The posts are simply listed in alphabetical order (I haven’t quite decided how best to organize them otherwise). I hope you find something fun and useful here!

10 Examples of Useful Second Life Resources for Educators
10 Free Educational Game Sites
100 Ways to Teach With Twitter
6 Free Online Interactive White Boards
A brief look at WiZiQ.com
A Dozen Great Free Online Video Lecture Sites
Checking out Podcasting in Education
Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools (Part 1)
Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools
Connecting A Million Minds (to after-school STEM programs)
Creating brief instructional videos (and more) with Jing
Do You Use Evernote?
Doodle – a quick, easy, and free resource for creating polls
Education Related Blogs & Blogging Resources
Education World’s Technology Integration resources
Exploring the Classroom2.0 Website
Eye Witness To History (dot com)
Fun tool for the classroom – simple Crossword Puzzle maker!
Google Apps for Education vs Microsoft’s Live@edu
Learning a language online, for free!
Learning about Moodle – a leading open source LMS
Low (or No) Cost Online Project Management Tools
New Web Site WatchKnow.org (1000’s of Free Educational Videos)
PowerPoint Jeopardy in the Classroom
Screencasting with Debut’s Lite Version
TeacherTube, and other YouTube alternatives for instructional use
The growing use of Wikis in education
Using Google Sites to create e-portfolios for students
Using Internet story telling tools in education
Using Second Life for Educational applications
Of course, the king of free tech for educators is blogger Richard Byrne and his “Free Tech For Teachers” site. Be sure to check it out and tap into a continuous stream of free ed tech resources and ideas about how to use them.

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies
8 Engaging Videos Advocating Better Integration of Technology in Education
5 Educator Guest Posts This Week on Microsoft’s Teacher Tech Blog
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