Top Tech Tools for Teachers

This is a list I compiled for my wife and her new job as a learning coach. I also ran across this “Web 2.0 Resources for Teachers” that is quite useful.

• Web Presence: Blog, Google Site, Ning, Wiki
• Blogs: Google Blogspot, WordPress, Edublogs
• Productivity: GMail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, iGoogle
• Social Bookmarks: Diigo, Delicious
• Social Books: Google Books, GoodReads, LibraryThing
• Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Webkins
• Collaboration: Google Docs, Wiki
• File Storage/Backup: Google Docs, Dropbox
• Chat: Skype, Google Talk
• Media Storage: YouTube, Picasa, Flickr
• Media Editing: Picnik, Photoshop.com
• Classroom Projects: Webspiration, VoiceThread, Glogster
• Learning Management: Moodle
• Video Streaming: Ustream
• Virtual Meetings: DimDim, Adobe Acrobat ConnectNow, Skype
• Online Newsletters/Mailing List: MailChimp
• Screen Capture/Sharing: Jing, Skype
• 3D: Google Earth, Google Sketchup
• Programming: Scratch, Alice, Droid Apps
• MUVE – Multi-User Virtual Environments: SecondLife
• Data Collection: Wufoo, Survey Monkey, Google Forms, Wallwisher, Doodle, Poll Everywhere