Teacher tools for busy Educators:
Here is an example of a differentiation brochure that was created:

Additional interesting links:
  1. Delicious: www.delicious.com Stores your bookmarks online, providing access from any computer and allowing you to add bookmarks from any computer. Instead of folders to organize your bookmarks or favorites, you use tags (key words) to identify your sites. your collection is searchable by your tags.
  2. Guide Students - Weebly. There are many different ways to guide students to online resources. From the simple: drag a site icon from the browser's address bar onto the desktop or into a folder, to the more elaborate posting the link, along with some details about the link, into your Moodle or Blackboard supported course. Sites such as Filamentality www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ and TrackStar http://trackstar.4teachers.org allow creation of projects with guides to websites. A "brain dead" easy way to create website which can hold links, photos, text, a blog, and more.
  3. Keep me up to date - iGoogle: http://www.google.com/ig allows you to customize your Google page to hold your most important information.
  4. Tell Me a Story - VoiceThread and Animoto. Digital storytelling www.voicethread.com and www.animoto.com provides new approaches to digital storytelling with images, music, and comments.
  5. I wish Youtube Wasn't Blocked - MP4 Downloader, Format Factory. A wide range of videos with educational value are available on Youtube. MP4 playback typically is done with QuickTime Player. To convert files to Windows Media Player, I suggest the use of the free media converter: Format Factory: http://www.formatoz.com or www.zamzar.com and http://media-converter.com
    1. Pete's PowerPoint Station: www.pppst.com
    2. Blackwell's Teacher Templates: www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html
    3. World of Teaching PowerPoints: www.worldofteaching.com
    4. Microsoft Templates and clip art: http://office.microsoft.com
    5. Discover Schools Clipart: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart