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=Technology Sites:=


 * [|Kidblog] - kidblod.org - Great way for schools to have kids blog. No student email is required and everything is monitored before being posted online.
 * [|Cacoo] - cacoo.com - Nice site for creating online charts and graphs with a built-in chat feature for collaboration.
 * [|Education Eye] - [|www.educationeye.org.uk] - site for brainstorming with this visual search engine.
 * [|Shwup] - [|www.shwup.com] - Great site for making collaborative slide shows.
 * Pr[|eZentit] - prezentit.com - Very similar to Shwup, a nice looking site for making collaborative slide shows.
 * [|MeMoov] - memoov.com -Very user-friendly site for digital storytelling that allows users to record their voice for narration.
 * [|Zooburst] - www.zooburst.com - Great site for for digital storytelling, where a user can make an online 3D pop-up book.
 * [|Splashup] - www.splashup.com - Looks like Photoshop and is a great way to edit photos and manipulate layers and effects.
 * [|Comic Master] - [|www.comicmaster.org.uk] - Fun site for digital storytelling that has a drag-n-drop interface.
 * [|Googlios] - sites.google.com/sites/googlioproject/home - A way for students to create digital portfolios online using Google Tools.
 * [|We are Teachers] - [|www.weareteachers.com] - Social network for educators where lots of ideas and lessons can be found.

Search Engines:
[|Top Safe Search Engines by David Kapuler] Keep in mind when dealing with students and surfing the internet that no site is 100% safe -- even when using filtered search engines. That being said, when choosing search engines for students' use, consider starting with following sites: > >  >  >  >  >  >  >
 * 1)  [|Sweet Search] - [|www.sweetsearch.com] - A group of experts, including librarians and teachers, evaluates all content from this search engine.
 * 1)  [|Top Marks] - www.topmarks.co.uk - A great site developed in the UK by teachers who approved everything on this site.
 * 1)  [|Quintura for Kids] - - quinturakids.com - An innovative search engine for kids that displays results in a cloud-based style. Also, has apps for mobile devices.
 * 1)  [|Kid Rex] - [|www.kidrex.org] - Wonderful search engine designed around Google's safe search. Very nice visual appeal for kids.
 * 1)  [|Ask Kids] - [|www.askkids.com] - Search engine designed for kids ages 6-12.
 * 1)  [|Yahoo Kids] - kids.yahoo.com - Previously known as Yahooligans, Yahoo Kids is a fun site for kids to gather information on the internet.
 * 1)  [|Famhoo] - famhoo.com - Family-friendly search engine that filters all content.
 * 1)  [|One Key] - onekey.com - Developed in 1996, One Key, in collaboration with Google, does a nice job of creating a safe search engine.