Cool+Web+Sites

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 * Note: These sites have not been check in ages...they may or may not even exist but there is an abundance of places to check out. Good Luck!**

** Appleton Weather Map Radar Loop by [|Accuweather] or [|Intellicast] **

** General "Help" Pages ** [|http://rubistar.4teachers.org]A great site for constructing Rubrics the painless way! [|http://teachers.teach-nology.com] Another site for Rubrics [|http://4teachers.org] This site allows you to create many teacher aids, such as a website, an online assignment calendar and MUCH more! If you teach you can't miss this one! [] A collection of teacher constructed websites (done very well) = = = CLIP ART ** for your web pages and PowerPoint & Prezi! ** =

[] Templates, backgrounds and loads of others! [|www.webdeveloper.com/animations] Animated Gifs [|www.animations-galore.com] More Animated Gifs [|www.animfactory.com/index.html] Great Animated Gif Site (Sign up for free animated gif of the day) [] Flickr-A site that searches the web for pictures of letters that you type. [|www.animationlibrary.com] Another great site. [] 3-D Animated Text Generator! [|www.mediabuilder.com] Loads of material for Web Sites (FrontPage) [] Graphics, lines, backgrounds etc. [|www.4yeo.com] Fantastic site for PowerPoint elements, templates, buttons, bullets, graphics etc.. Well organized. [|http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com]free PowerPoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc [|www.aaabackgrounds.com] FrontPage [] Great Backgrounds for Webs http://www.graphicsland.com/powerpoint- templates.htm Free templates for PowerPoint [|http://www.bellsnwhistles.com] Free stuff for FrontPage and PowerPoint [] **School related for** Web & PowerPoint & Word [|www.ditto.com] Good graphics [|www.barrysclipart.com] [|www.microsoft.com/clipgallerylive/] Slow but good (for Microsoft...) [|www.graphsearch.com] Many links, Animated Gifs also has **Graphic Search Engine** [] More Animated Gifs, Good Site [] [|www.altavista.com] Search for Images, Audio, and Video etc. [|www.google.com] Search for Images, Audio, and Video etc. [] Spell with pictures...flickr To **Edit** your animated gifs try [|www.gifworks.com] Loads of online tools to **modify** animated gifs, plus collections of banners, backgrounds, lines etc. For the Advanced Webmaster--Try this for extra "bells & Whistles" [|www.dynamicdrive.com] [] PowerPoint FAQ - You'll find great PowerPoint tips at this site.

**SOUND** > [__|www.moviewavs.com__]Another nice little site for all kinds of crazy wave files from movies & TV > > [|www.findsounds.com] Search for specific sounds...   [|www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/sun-sounds] Sounds for PowerPoint or FrontPage-Web pages [|www.a1freesoundeffects.com] Loads of sounds!!! [] Another Crazy Site!

[] Free Sounds @http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html Free sound effects


 * Soundzabound.com, (for use in PowerPoint, PhotoStory 3, Windows Moviemaker, websites, podcasts, etc.) as of Spring 2010 included on Badgerlink; @http://www.soundzabound.com/frequently-asked-questions

Text to Speech []

Sound (moods) slacker.com Mee.Mix

Sound editor

www.Audacity.com

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@http://animoto.com/sample-videos

@http://www.glogster.com/

@http://www.yearbookyourself.com/

@http://www.zamzar.com/ Free On-line fine converter

@http://screencast-o-matic.com/

** Check out the latest Internet hoaxes, viruses, tricks and pranks ** [|www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax/html] [] [|www.snopes.com]

** Fun Sites ** [] On-line Teleprompter [|www.dmarie.com/timecap] What happened on the day you were born? [|www.geocaching.com] High Tech Hide & Seek for Adults...

[|www.imdb.com] The absolute **__best__** Internet Movie Data Base! You gotta see this! [|www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookup_zip+4.html]. . . Need a Zip Code for a city? [|www.555-1212.com] Phone number search and reverse search
 * Movies **
 * General Information Sites **

[|www.howstuffworks.com] [|www.learn2.com] [|www.findtutorials.com] [|www.vickiblackwell.com/classrm.html] Site has lots of links and stuff for educators! [|www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics] Amusement Park Physics [|www.sandlotscience.com] Illusions [|www.teacherpathfinder.org/School/school.html] Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators [|www.quia.com] interactive online games that you create [|www.funbrain.com] Ditto [|www.mrdowling.com] another site to help teachers teach [] Wisconsin **Department of Public Instruction** [|www.focol.org/edu-lib.html] listing for local schools. [|www.50states.com] info on US States [|www.bess.com] Many educational links [|www.microsoft.com/education/curric] Great educational site! [|www.pbs.org/teachersource] 1000's of lesson plans! [|www.funbrain.com] Ready made or Create your own Online quizzes (results emailed to you) [|www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/homepg.htm] The busy teachers' Web Site [] by teachers, filled with facts, pictures, activities for K-5 [|www.lightspan.com] Free service to 115,000 grade-appropriate and educator-reviewed Web sites for class use. Also can create portfolios and post homework assignments!
 * Learn to do just about anything! **
 * Great Education and Research Sites **