What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » Instant Poetry Forms Choose from over 70 types of poetry. Then just add words to generate a customized poem of your […]

PDF to Word is a nifty web utility that allows users to do just what the url suggests—Convert PDF files to fully editable Microsoft Word documents. It works something like this: Go to the PDF to Word site, upload the desired PDF, select the output (either .doc or .rtf), enter your email address and click […]

Ever wish you could take a really cool image, infographic and/or flyer and transform it into a classroom poster?  If so, your wish just came true!  That’s right!  With Block Posters, a free web-based tool, educators (and students) can create any size wall posters from images using a standard inkjet or laser printer. Just upload […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » MentorMob A user-friendly and visual tool for creating and curating digital playlists that include articles, videos, web sites and more! » […]

I recently wrote a post about ZoomIt, a nifty zoom and annotation tool that enables users to magnify their desktop with the mouse or the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard. Ironically, I just learned via the Free Technology for Teaching blog that there is another “Cool Tool” with the same name, yet […]

Don’t let your past stories go to waste!  That’s right…  Make sure visitors to your blog stay engaged by utilizing LinkWithin, a thumbnail widget that appears under each post, linking to related stories from your blog archive. Not only is LinkWithin free and ad-free, but no sign-up is required.  Even better— it only takes a […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks?  Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » Storybird Create short, art-inspired stories made to share, read, and print. They’re curiously fun! » Zimmer Twins A site for creating […]

Whenever you need a quick and easy way to resize an image without having to use a full-size image editing tool like Gimp or Photoshop, then be sure to check out  Scale Your Image.  This utility allows users to upload an image, specify the desired dimensions and then download the resized image.  Scale Your Image […]

Tube Chop is a neat utility which allows users to clip a section from any YouTube video and share it with viewers/students. It is as simple as locating a video on YouTube and then copying and pasting the URL into the Tube Chop search box. Once the video has been loaded to the Tube Chop application, the timeline tool can […]

Print Friendly is a nifty service that optimizes and formats web pages for a perfect print experience.  This Web 2.0 tool removes ads, text, navigation information and images so the user can save both paper and ink when printing necessary documents.  The best part is that this application is free and super easy to use!  […]