This page will be updated every 6-8 weeks, with new links :) Be sure to scroll the page to see all it has to offer.
QUIZ Makers as well as puzzle and game activity makers:
Realplayer- there is a free encoder that the instructor can use to create audio and video files. The player is also free but make sure to download the "free" one rather than the heavily promoted one for sale. Check out their devzone for all sorts of templates for designing audio and video enhanced sites.
Quicktime- another popular audio and video tool. There is a modest fee for the development program and the player is free.
Media Player- there is a free encoder that you can use to record audio and video.
This link takes you to a
variety
of tools that let you integrate the above audio and video programs into
online lectures in creative ways.
http://webcast.cern.ch/Projects/WebLectureArchive/Software.html
It's so simple and it's fun.
Create
graphic headings in 2D and 3D and even have spinning ones.
Customize your own link buttons and generate your own banners in
seconds!
Click on these examples and see how easily you can create stunning
graphics:
(These samples have restricted features.
http://www.zyris.com/zygraphics/?
Create Free Animated Banners
and
Buttons Instantly
http://www.animationonline.com/
(not animated)
http://www.crecon.com/banners.html
Rather than producing the nets
biggest
list of applets,
we made a short but very
high quality list of the best.
http://www.netkontoret.dk/freeapplets.htm
An excellent JavaScript
resource
with tons of "cut & paste" JavaScript examples for your web pages.
All for free!
http://javascript.internet.com/
Learn good design by looking at bad design!
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
A totally free online service
which
provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way
you
want them.
Please choose what kind of image
you would like to create from one of the options listed on the
left.
Then simply fill out the form and click on the create logo button to
have
your custom graphic generated on the fly.
http://www.cooltext.com/
Fonts . Icons .
Clip
Art . Animations . Backgrounds . Bullets . Bars
. Arrows . Sounds . Logo Generator . Button
Maker
Applications . HTML Tips
. Affiliate Program . Free Services . Links .
Guestbook
. Utilities .
Thanks to Lori, class of July
2001
for this one!
http://www.coolarchive.com/
http://4teachers.org/
Various resources for teachers,
including rubrics creator, quiz tools etc.
This site offers online
professional
development courses, provides
opportunities for peer
collaboration,
allows teachers to virtually visit
classrooms through
streaming
video and more. Features on the site
include daily classroom
specials,
videos for teachers, resources for new
teachers, grant
opportunities,
teacher bulletin boards, lesson plans and
complete curriculum units,
as well as a teacher's bookstore. The site
was developed by Teachers
Network, a 22-year-old nonprofit organization
based in New York that
works
to connect and support teachers.
http://www.teachersnetwork.org
http://www.wiredinstructor.net/OTL/Unit3Resources.html
ThinkWave.com is where
students and parents can see their grades,
classwork
and lessons
online.
ThinkWave.com is simple, secure, and free. It offers free
gradebook
software which is used with the website. (I haven't tried this
one
but it sounds good :)
http://www.thinkwave.com/