Free+Educational+Software+and+Web+2.0+Tools

=== Teachers can find many websites and software that are free on this page. One will find games, activities, and technology integrated ideas. It is very important to incorporate technology into your lesson plans because students can relate to technology. ===

====** [|Educational Freeware]- This site includes many links for educational games, exercises, games for special needs students, how to graph, and even how to learn different languages. This site can be helpful and useful to parents who homeschool their children, students who want to play fun games, and teachers who want to integrate technology into their curriculum. This can be useful to science teachers on how to teach about plant science as well. There are many links that are useful to continue to help students learn more about the world around them. **==== ====** [|Free Software for Teachers and Students]- This website provides links to software for math, science, language arts, social studies, and more subjects. This can range for all grades and can be a useful tool for all subjects for teachers. Students can learn how to animate stories, create 3-dimensional space simulations, see where the planets are located, create the world in 3D modeling, and many more activities. **==== ====** [|Free Technology for Teachers]- This is a slide show that goes over 64 tools that will help teachers, parents, and students. This slide show ranges from making music, playing age appropriate games, kid friendly search engines, creating a grade book, and mindmaps to audio book tapes. There are a variety of different websites. Computer teachers will especially find this slide show very helpful to allow their students to try something new. **==== ====** [|Top 10 Slides for Creating Slide Shows by David Kapuler]- This site goes beyond creating slide shows with Power Point. This site shows many other links that will allow students to create slide shows with music, transitions, animation, and even how to create a quiz to put in their slide show. Teachers can use this for all grades and they can have their students choose what type of slide show they want to create. Teachers can use this for lectures and add a pop quiz at the end to assess the students on the content of the lecture that was presented. **==== ====** [|Picture Book Maker]- This website allows students to make their own picture books. The students are able to add context and pictures that will tell what the story is about. Teachers who are teaching the beginning, middle, and end of stories can find this useful. Teachers who are also teaching characters, plot, and setting can have their students create their own at this website. **====