Too Cool Tools

http://weblist.me/Copyright-friendly-image-searching

Weblist.me allows users to build a list of URLs that it displays in thumbnails. Love the ease and visual approach.

Wow. http://www.google.com/cse/

Google allows you to set up a custom search that you can save. For example, if you want your kids to search for world issues, but only at kidshealth and the website, then you can create a custom search for the kids to access.

http://greatbookstories.pbworks.com/listenandsee

Great book stories using Digital Storytelling. . .Mostly Voicethread.

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Try using  worditout as an alternative to Wordle.

Made with WordItOut

http://search.creativecommons.org/

This is a pretty good idea – but I don’t know if I trust it. I searched books and one image was a picture of books on someone’s blog that had no attribution. Does this mean it’s copyright free?

www.sporcle.com A student (of course) recommended this site to Glastonbury English teacher Mark Dursin, who wrote about it in the Courant. “Sporcle.com is an online trivia site jampacked with timed quizzes…which run the gamut of categories, from geography to sports to literature to pop culture. Some require a doctorate and some fall into the “Just for Fun” category.” There’s bound to be something fun – and educational – here you can “assign” your students. Then let the games begin!

Thanks to Ms. Klarnet from CHS  for this post .