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Information from thinkquest.org website:
Image Archives

If students are not able to create all of their images and graphics from scratch, there are many image archives available on the internet. Be sure to carefully read any copyright information and, of course, you must provide proper citations.

Cool Archive (free) offers clip art and a logo and button maker.
http://www.coolarchive.com/
ButtonGenerator (free)
http://www.buttongenerator.com/
Microsoft Clip Art and Media
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/
Classroom Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/
US Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
New York Public Library
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
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Other Tools

There are dozens of tools that you can use to add games, quizzes, animations, and other interactive features to your website. Interactivity can help enhance learning by offering alternative ways to approach a concept. For example, a paragraph of text about a car engine might be enhanced with an animation that demonstrates how the parts of the engine work.

It's important to caution students to use good judgment when adding these types of features. Putting too many flashy features on a page can easily overwhelm or annoy the user, make the page load very slowly, or even cause the browser to crash. Students should ask themselves: "Does this feature really enhance the educational value of our website, or do I just want to add this because it's 'cool'?"

It's also important for students to give proper credit if they use someone else's tools or code to create interactive features.

Note: Some of the tools listed below are commercial products.

Tools for creating online activities (games, puzzles, quizzes) :

Hot Potatoes (free)
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker (free)
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Game-o-Matic (free)
http://clear.msu.edu:16080/dennie/matic/
JavaScript Source (free)
http://javascript.internet.com/
Quia
http://www.quia.com/
Tools for creating surveys and polls:

Zoomerang (offers some free tools)
http://www.zoomerang.com
SurveyMonkey (offers some free tools)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
WebSurveyor (offers some free tools)
http://www.websurveyor.com
Tool for adding a hit counter to your website:

Site Meter (free)
http://www.sitemeter.com
Tools for creating animations:

Macromedia Flash
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/
SWiSH
http://www.swishzone.com/
CoffeeCup GIF Animator
http://www.coffeecup.com/gif-animator/
CoffeeCup Firestarter
http://www.coffeecup.com/firestarter/
Flashation (Flash buttons and menu builder)
http://www.flashation.com/
Tools for producing audio files:

GarageBand (for Mac computers)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
WavePad (offers a free version for Windows computers)
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html
Audacity (free)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Tools for producing videos:

Windows Movie Maker (for Windows XP)
http://www.microsoft.com/moviemaker/
iMovie (for Mac computers)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Adobe Premiere
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/main.html
Blaze Media Pro
http://www.blazemp.com/
Publishing Your Website

All ThinkQuest teams must publish their website files to the ThinkQuest web server. Teams have two methods for uploading files: the ThinkQuest web-based file upload tool and WebDAV. Read the Upload section of the Step-By-Step Guide for more information.

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last updated August 12, 2005