RILINK Schools: John F. Horgan Elementary School Library: Teacher Toolbox

Getting Started with Destiny Collections

The above collection, prepared by Jim Monti, has extensive information on using this useful curation tool.

The above Libguide created by Kristen Mitchell, SLMS at Deering Middle School, has information on using Destiny Collections.

Blendspace
Blendspace allows educators to blend their classroom with digital content. Can also share and view other educators' content.
Wiggio
Wiggio is a completely free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups.
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Make group work easy. Allows you to poll groups, share files, host virtual meetings and create tasks.
Diigo
Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community.
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This cloud-based site allows you to bookmark and organize websites from any computer. Jot down notes from websites to help organize your research.

You can also transfer your Delicious account to Diigo.
Skype
Stay in touch with your family, friends and colleagues for free on Skype. Video call software.
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Video Conferencing
EdTech Toolbox
A place to share e-learning and Web 2.0 tools for education. Computers and laptops in education are important only when used with good pedagogy. Digital content and creation is an important part of the process for educators in the 21st century.

SAS Curriculum
A wealth of web lessons, interactive tools and audio tutorial lessons for English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Spanish. Ideal for experimenting with the "flipped classroom" approach/assignments.
Sophia
Teacher created tutorials for all disciplines. Tutorial making software to help you flip your classroom and enhance student learning.

Copyright and Fair Use Guide from Bern Dibner Library
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The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology's LibGuide is full of links regarding the laws of copyright, fair use and education.
Creative Commons
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License your own creative work for free. Six different license levels are available.

You can also browse others creative works for legal use in your own project.
How to Recognize Plagiarism: Univ. of Indiana

Google Slides
Create a new presentation and edit with others at the same time. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection.

Here you will find a list of various presentation softwares. Please explore and find one that is right for you!

Prezi
Cloud-based, meaning you can present from your browser, desktop, iPad, or iPhone and always have the latest version of your work at your fingertips. Create or edit on the go, then auto-sync across all your devices with ease.
Powtoon
Create free, fun animated videos as an alternative to normal presentation formats.
Haiku Deck
A template-based platform that allows for people to create elegant looking presentations. The software comes with 35 many templates and over 35 million stock photos that can be used within the slide templates.
Easel.ly
Create and share visual ideas online.
Smore
Want to promote something online but don't know how? Smore makes it easy. It's also fun, for a change. Create flyers to promote or present anything.
Projeqt
Projeqt gives creatives the ability to weave together stories dripping with style and personality from Flickr photos, RSS feeds, tweets, YouTube or Vimeo videos, and any media stored on your own computer.
SlideDog
With SlideDog you can combine almost any media into one seamless multimedia presentation.
Animoto
Make great videos. Easily.
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Easily create videos from photos, video clips and music.
MakeBelief Comix
Make your own comic strip.
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Create your own comic strip.
Audacity (for podcasts)
Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
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Record and edit sound for podcasts and other digital projects.