Cool+Tools


 * [|Google Books] -- Read books online! (Note: Sometimes previews are incomplete, but still pretty cool!)


 * [|Wordle]-- Create free, aesthetically-pleasing word clouds! Word size is proportional to number of repetitions. (Possible use beyond the obvious: Paste in a student essay and see how many times she uses the word "they.") Here's an example (Can you guess the poem?):




 * [|Visuwords] -- A visual thesaurus that shows word relationships. (Very cool and amoeba-like.)


 * [|WordSift]-- Combines Wordle and Visuwords, plus gives academic list. (Note: be careful if you show kids -- this links to Google Images, and some are not appropriate.)


 * [|BibMe] -- Online bibliography maker


 * [|Animoto]-- Make 30 second "Music Videos" for free!