Tech+Tips

Saving Word 07 Documents in older formats. Please click on the link below to watch a brief video on how to save a Word 07 Document to a older 97-03 Word version.
 * [|word07-03.avi]
 * [|test.avi]

Would you like to start a blog in your class?
 * [|Blogging Policies] - Thanks to [|Grandview Library] for providing some clear expectations for successful blogging. Great for students of all ages!
 * [|Podcasting Resources] - a voluminous one-stop shop for lots of great tips, tricks, and ideas for podcasting (thanks, [|Jim Gates])


 * //Wikis://** (a great deal of this information comes from the ideasforcff wiki.)
 * [|TeacherLibrarianWiki]
 * [|classroom2.0 wiki]: by teachers, for teachers!
 * [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki]
 * [|Will Richardson's Wiki Links]
 * PlanetPathfinder
 * ElementPathfinder
 * LibraryZone


 * About Blogging in the Classroom**
 * Read-Write Web in the Classroom (Will Richardson) http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/04/27
 * Edublog Awards http://del.icio.us/edublogawards2005
 * Peter Scott’s School Library Blogs http://blog.xrefer.com/schoollibraryblogs.html
 * David Warlick’s 2 Cents http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/index.php
 * Educational Bloggers Network http://www.ebn.weblogger.com/ Blogs and Wikis as WebQuest Tasks (Dodge) http://webquest.sdsu.edu/necc2004/blogs-and-wikis.htm
 * Blogs in Education http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
 * All About Blogs (Warlick) http://davidwarlick.com/classpage.php?page_id=3162&status=nomore
 * Flat Classroom Project http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/


 * Writing Tools**
 * [|Google Docs and Spreadsheats]
 * [|ZohoWriter]
 * [|Celtx (scriptwriting and storyboarding)]
 * [|LetterPop] (Web-based newsletter production)
 * [|AjaxWrite13]
 * [|ThinkFree]
 * [|WriteBoard]
 * [|xtimeline] (collaborative timelining tool)


 * Mind/Concept Mapping**
 * [|Free Mind] Brainstorming and mind mapping software that also outlines and organizes links and can exports to html format.
 * [|Thinkature]
 * [|Gliffy] Create and share diagrams on the Web
 * [|Bubbl.us]
 * [|MindMeister]
 * [|Mindomo] Concept mapping allows you to bring in images
 * [|Read/Write/Think Webbing Tool]
 * [|Best4C]
 * [|UberNote] (for tagged notecards and notes)


 * Graphing Tools**
 * [|ThinkFree] - Graphs, spreadsheets and presentations
 * [|Create A Graph]
 * [|e-Tutor Graphic Calculator] - Graph equations
 * [|FooPlot] - Online plotting tool
 * [|PDF Pad] - Create and print graph paper
 * [|Swivel]


 * Survey Tools**
 * [|SurveyMonkey]
 * [|Viewlet Poll]
 * [|Stellar Survey]
 * [|Survey Scholar]
 * [|ZohoPolls]
 * [|Zoomerang]
 * [|Response-o-matic] (for websites)
 * [|Vizu]
 * [|Polldaddy]