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=Welcome to the LISD Teacher Tech Tools Wiki!=

Welcome! This Wiki was set up to give teachers a resource bank of easy-to-use Technology Tools - tools that you can use in your classrooms tomorrow with very little muss or fuss. These tools are web-based, so they work on both Mac and PC.

=General resources= Need some fantastic photographs for a project? Would you like an easy-to-use seating chart maker? Would having the computer randomly group students be helpful? If you said yes to any of these, check out this list of awesome resources. =Language Arts resources= This collection of resources is Language Arts specific. These tools can make projects pop and sizzle with little effort. =Social Studies resources= Check out these links to primary source documents and photos that you and your students can use to bring history alive! =Math resources= This list of Math specific resources is a gold mine. These sites have wonderfully easy-to-use tools for algebra, geometry, probability, etc... = =
 * Group Makers
 * Seating Chart Makers
 * Random Name Generators
 * Online Stopwatches
 * Class Web Page Makers
 * Wikis
 * Creativity/Productivity Websites
 * Royalty-Free Image Websites
 * Flash card/study tools sites
 * Backchanneling
 * Word Clouds
 * Kerpoof
 * VisuWords
 * Magnetic Poetry
 * The Library of Congress American Memory Collection
 * Footnote Primary Document Finder
 * Map Puzzles
 * The CIA's World Factbook
 * Interactive History Games
 * Interactive Timelines
 * Practice activities
 * Interactive demonstrations
 * tutorials
 * conversion and calculator tools
 * worksheet/test maker

=Science resources= These tools cover many areas of science - Earth Science, geology, chemistry, biology, etc... = =
 * Vocabulary Hangman Game
 * Science podcast, videos, and virtual museum exhibits
 * Discovery Education
 * Exploratorium
 * Interactive problem-solving activities