Sylvan Technology Leadership Blog

http://workflowy.com/

http://FoldingStory.com

“FoldingStory™ is a game in which players write one line of a story, fold the paper, and pass it to the next person. Write. Fold. Pass.™ It’s as simple as that.”

www.zondle.com

Interesting strategy of using instructional content as “plug-in components” in computer games. Watch the video tutorials to get a full picture of the tool.

http://www.rapidtyping.com/

A nice comprehensive web site dedicated to learning to type (some commercial tools). Their free software is RapidTyping and is for Windows computers only.

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/

Basic typing exercises that can be downloaded and printed. (Nice example of a “home-grown” solution, simple but effective.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Free, web based, elementary school age typing software.

http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/index.php?lang=EN

This is free web based software that helps to teach the fundamentals of typing.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/create-a-bibliography-ha010067492.aspx

This guide provides direction on how to use the Citations & Bibliography tools within the Reference tab in Microsoft Office.

http://noodletools.com/

A series of tools that provides students with innovative software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process. (some commercial tools and some free tools .i.e. NoodleBib MLA Starter)

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

“This service simplifies the often tedious task of compiling an accurate bibliography in the appropriate style by formatting the given data on a source into a reliable citation, eliminating the need to memorize minute details of style for multiple kinds of sources.”

http://easybib.com/

Yet another free tool to help create bibliographies and citations.

http://secondary.oslis.org/resources/cm/mlacitationss

MLA citation maker for books, magazines, websites, newspapers, etc.

http://citationmachine.net

Online tool to help generate bibliography and citations.