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TimetoastTimetoast is a great way to share the past, or even the future... Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be. This service is free! You create an account, have the option of creating multiple timelines, can upload pictures, option to embed, upload to facebook, etc. For students, this is a great tool to use in a history or social studies class to document events. In young students they could add an event several times a month to see the timeline develop, or they could do a personal project showcasing their own life. Perhaps, a first grade class could create a timeline to document their observations of a life cycle (ex. plants or embryology)

Wordle- Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. There is a link to get started as soon as you land on the page. Hint: To make a word appear larger in your cloud, you must type is several times in your list. Students as young as first grade can use service to make brainstorms, concept maps, or describe themselves.

Teachers can utilize this tool to construct personalized rubrics (great for Differentiated Instruction) and also share created rubrics with others. To access this tool, register at []. Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can also access them from home, school, or on the road.
 * __RubiStar__** - A free online tool to help teachers create quality rubrics for project based learning activities.

Students at different educational levels are expected to not only understand and interpret graphs created by others, but also create their own graphs of data and explain the trends and implications of their graphic products to others. Microsoft Excel, included as part of the Office software package, has traditionally been the software tool of choice for most students and teachers graphing data in the classroom or at home. The US Department of Education has made a new resource available, ([]). To access this tool just simply navigate to the site. No login or registration required.
 * __Createagraph__** - This web-based graphing tool allows users (for free) to select a desired graph type, enter data, and then format the resulting graph as desired so it can be saved or printed for subsequent use. No special software is required, just a web browser and an Internet connection. This is the web 2.0 in action.