Thinglink is a Web 2.0 tool which allows users to add digital content (social media, video content, photos, etc.) to an existing picture. A picture all of the sudden becomes so much more, open to the creativity of each user and opening a single picture to content far beyond one picture alone.

Twitter is among the most powerful tools at our disposal for not only connecting our students with an entire world of information and human resources, but also for connecting our parents and community with the daily learning, events, and activities within our district.

Online stopwatch offers a free, easy to use, and visually appealing stopwatch to use for timing everything from cooperative learning activities to independent work time in class. The site/tool offers many varied options, including such varied timers as an "egg" timer.

A powerful online graphing calculator that allows students to evaluate and graph functions, as well as plot a variety of data. Useful at all levels of math and science, from Pre-Algebra to Pre-Calculus or Physical Science to Physics and beyond! And the best part....totally free!!

A wonderful app that allows for simple video creation by students with their own devices or classroom iPads. Students use pictures or videos, include their own voice overlays or annotations, choose a sound track, and produce wonderful HD quality videos in a matter of seconds. Get started with the excellent free plans and if you like what kids are creating, you can consider paid plans that simply let you do more.

Showbie allows teachers to create a location, accessible via an Ipad app and online (cloud-based), for storage of class materials and student assignments, projects, assessments, etc. Each student in a class will have a "digital folder" of sorts where they share materials to their teacher, who has access to the folders of all students in a class in one nice & neat location.

This IPad app allows teachers and students to record written notes and complete forms, etc. as if they were writing on a traditional piece of paper. The app is useful in the most significant sense for making a classroom "paperless" as students use it to take notes, complete assignments, answer questions on a test, etc. You can really do almost anything you would traditionally do on paper in class now using this app!

Pinterest is an online 'pinboard' where teachers can "organize and share things [they] love." A great tool to group resources, video links, lessons, etc

This application allows teachers to send reminders using mobile and email formats to students and/or parents about upcoming class information such as assignments, projects, assessments, etc. Students and parents can sign themselves up for the service, making the task of communicating easier for every teacher.

Simple Diagrams is a free download desktop application useful to create diagrams and flowcharts. This easy-to-use tool turns ideas and concepts into a visual explanation.

Ever have kids keep a binder with handouts, assignments, readings, or other classroom materials? Well, here is a digital opportunity to do the same. Create and manipulate binders of all of your class materials online in a user and student friendly format. Easy to use sections and tabs make it a great organization tool, as well.

Have a lot of online bookmarks from all of the great websites you have found to use in the classroom or learning environment. Use Diigo to have all of your bookmarks accessible at anytime online, from any computer you may be working at.

Doing a vocabulary review? Want students to work together cooperatively and produce a product which will uniquely share the results of their brainstorming with the rest of the class? Having a large group discussion that might lead to a concept map on the white board? Wordle, which produces professional looking word clouds, can be a 21st Century tool to help facilitate all of these activities and more.

A useful tool for having students make simple, quick animated videos. Students input the content, choose characters and a setting, and the video production process is complete!

Jing gives you the ability to capture and share anything on your screen. You can quickly and easily share content with others via an email, chat message, website or blog post, Twitter feed, etc. The possibilities for communicating information, placing lesson information online in flipped classroom format, etc. are truly endless!

This is a useful tool for brainstorming online. Students and teachers can very easily create colorful mindmaps to print or share with others.

Easy to use and a true student favorite, Poll Everywhere allows students to respond to either a multiple choice or a free response question via their mobile phones. Students simply use a "short code" and text response code to respond and can almost immediately see responses as an entire class in real time. A wonderful, student-friendly, engaging tool.

Very similar to PowerPoint, Prezi allows teachers and students to creat online presentations in a simple, engaging manner. One great tool is the ability to seamlessly include Google Images or You Tube videos via embedded Prezi resources.

Educreations is available as an app for Ipads which allows teachers and students many functional applications similar to "Paint". Users can free write or draw, which makes the program particularly useful in math and science courses where problems can be worked and shared among students or with the whole class using mirroring. In addition, the app also allows users to take pictures, which is helpful for teachers who would like to assist students in scaffolding, revising, or correcting their work.

A wonderful tool for teachers across content areas wishing to integrate literature, geography, history, etc. Google Lit Trips offers a visual guide, via Google Earth, to both classic and contemporary novels.

Looking for a tech tool that will make the stories of old come alive for kids? Look no further! Not only does this site include everything from videos and primary sources to pictures and documents related to or enriching stories both old and new, but it also has many resources, such as lesson plans and activities, to support teachers as well!

A tool that is well, COOL, for learning a foreign language. Acessing everything from everyday sports scores to science and technology news, students can access self-paced language instruction with vocabulary development that is differentiated. Also is collaborative in allowing students to network with other users...language fluency is at hand!!!

An awesome app and web-based tool for teachers and students to use to share commentary and further discussion and engagement with pictures, videos, political cartoons, artwork...YOU NAME IT!!! Even cooler, students can create their own Voice Threads in just a matter of minutes!

Useful for all things related to digital citizenship and digital safety, especially pertinent, easy to use lesson plans and resources regarding these timely and critical issues.

Here is a simple Web 2.0 tool and app that allows users (students OR teachers) to create a digital book on a I-device. Students may engage in project-based learning to demonstrate a concept by creating their own digital book, complete with their own photos and recorded audio. The app is mostly free, but there some add-ons you may purchase relatively cheaply.

Want to liven things up a bit in your classroom? Surprise your students with something out of the ordinary? Look no further than Flocabulary, which creates hip-hop instructional content, most of it complete with lesson activities and resources for easy implementation in many curriculum areas.