Check out these links to downloadable files that can be used to integrate apps, library resources, and web 2.0 technologies in the classroom. (All files in pdf.)

• Boolean Search- Explanation on searching
• HomeworkNYC – Using New York City library databases
• Classroom 2.0
• Copyright- Teach students about copyright
• Curriki- A non-profit empowering educators to deliver and share curricula
• Dictionary- Dictionary.com
• Edublogs
• Ning- Create your own social website
• Online Calculators- HomeworkNYC Powerful Online Calculators
• 2 Polling softwares for the classroom: Everywhere &  LetsGoVote
• Puzzlemaker- Make a puzzle for free

Content Collaboration

• Debategraph- a visualization tool to help groups think through complex topics by building and sharing dynamic, collaboratively-editable and ratable maps of subjects from multiple perspectives
• Museum Box- This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
• Our Story- Create a collaborative timeline for anything
• Primary Access- A suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

Content Resources

Lesson Plans & More

• EDSITEment- the best of the humanities on the web
• The National Archives- resources for teachers
• Teacher Takeout- Recommended databases and instructions on how to access them, especially for teachers.

Curriculum Sharing

• Exploratree- free online thinking guides
• NSDL- The National Science Digital Library

Digital Storytelling

• Animoto- Create Videos
• Jing- Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor
• Storybird- Collaborative storytelling
• NYPL.Voicethread.com- Get the instructions Find thousands of historical New York City images and maps. Create narrated online presentations using VoiceThread. Learn how to use it.

Manage & Organize

• Evernote- Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see
• Jog the Web- Create, read and share a new online media
• LiveBinders- Organize your resources in an online binder
• Pageflakes- Create a  page personalized with your interests
• Weblist- Create a list you can easily share with your friends using a single URL. A list can include anything from a collection of web pages, images, documents, videos and more

Media Sharing

• Glogster-  is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom
• Masher- Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos all for FREE!
• Prezi- Create game-changing presentations online
• Professor Garfield
• SchoolTube
• WatchKnow- Videos for students to learn from