Teacher Tools
Book Reports
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp – Book Report Sandwich is a step-by-step guide
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ KWL flow charts Venn diagrams
http://www.simpleseating.com/- Seating Chart
Graph makers
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html
Instructional Tools
Make Board Games:
The Handout Creator:
Spelling Worksheet Maker and Reading Sheet Wizard:
Free Writing, Spelling and Tracing Worksheets:
http://www.studystack.com
Test Maker
http://www.3dtextmaker.com/image_editor.html
Puzzlemakers
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists.
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/ Create word searches and crossword puzzles
http://next.yahoo.net/photosoup/ Makes puzzles with flickr photos
Rubrics
Interactives
Flash Card Machine: This site allows you to create web-based flash cards to study the information you have for class using text and pictures.
Quia: With Quia, you’ll be able to create your own online quizzes and educational games to help you study your materials in a more interactive fashion.
Quizlet: Quizlet makes it easy to study things like vocabulary words with it’s online study tools. You can make quizzes, use your friend’s or browse existing flashcards on the site.
Pauker: This open source program will test your short and long term memory with a system that makes it easy to create and reuse flashcards and quizzes.
Learner.org Interactives: Need a more interactive explanation of a concept from class? You’ll find dozens of educational ones here that can help explain geology, chemistry, math and more.
Charting and Diagrams
Gliffy: Gliffy makes it easy to lay out ideas in flow charts and diagrams or to create floor plans and technical drawings to help you better visually understand information.
FlowChart: Create great flow charts for your classes using this online tool, which comes complete with drawing tools and objects as well as collaborative tools.
DrawAnywhere: This online program allows you to create diagrams and flow charts to represent all kinds of information. Best of all, you can log in from anywhere to get access to your diagrams.
AjaxSketch: This web-based drawing tool makes it easy to not only create flow charts and diagrams but to do freehand drawing as well and you can use it right from Firefox.
XML/SWF Charts: Those familiar with XML will be able to turn their data into colorful and useful charts with this downloadable tool.
yEd: Is a very powerful graph editor and creation tool that can be used to quickly and effectively generate drawings and to create easily read and laid out graphs and diagrams.
Graphviz: If you’ve got a lot of information about the structure of a website or anything else for that matter, this tool can help you to easy map it out into a graph or network.
Kivio: Kivio easy to use diagramming and flowcharting application that is part of the KOffice suite of programs. It comes with features to network diagrams, create organization charts, build flowcharts and more.
Project Draw: This program is a feature-rich web-based vector drawing application that will allow you to create diagrams and graphs of any kind of information as well as making a variety of other kinds of drawings.
Best 4C: This Web-based tool allows you to create and share charts from anywhere, making it easier than ever to diagram and draw your ideas.
LovelyCharts: Charts created through this tool really can be lovely with full color capabilities and loads of graphics.
