Sprixi is an image search tool that lets you find free images to use in blogs, websites or whatever you want to publish. It handily gives you the option of automatically including an embedded subtitle credit to the original owner of the image, (often a proviso of free or creative commons licensed images).

Using Comic Books in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Comic Creation Online is my latest article for Bright Hub. It is written to account for the popularity of comic book use in teh classroom, give examples of some comic book tools, and round up a few ideas of how comic books could be used as part of your curriculum.

Richard Byrne has posts 15 Tools to Help Students Get Organized. This handy article could be a great way of getting your middle or high school students engaged in organizing their busy schedules.

This Digital Storytelling wiki has lots of great resources, slideshows and more. If you are exploring Digital Storytelling in your classroom, then you should definitely check out this useful resource.

If, like me, you are a fan of Vocaroo's online audio recorder, you may be interested in this limited time offer. Between now and December 26th, you can snag a free copy of Vocaroo Express, normally $9.99. Vocaroo Express is the desktop version of the online tool. Click here to download your free full version of Vocaroo Express!

MrHolshoe.com is a resource I came across on Classroom 2.0. This teacher is in the process of compiling free to use Interactive Whiteboard Resources for use in the classroom. There are resources here for K-5 teachers. Well worth a look.

Teacher's Domain is a site I came across by accident, but one that I intend to visit more often. Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development. While searching for a video on the construction of the Channel Tunnel, I came across this resource. Check it out to see what it has to fit your curriculum. Browse as a guest or register for free. You can download, share or save resources.

FreeTechnology4Teachers has a link to CityData.com. It has stats about all US cities, and many other demographic stats. CityData can boast that it is visited by 12.3 million unique visitors in October 2009, featured in 121 books, on CNN, WABC in New York, Bay News 9 in Tampa Bay, and USA Today's Hot Sites. It could be a useful addition to a Social Studies teacher's toolkit.

Although not specifically aimed at education, there are lots of great brain games at Luminosity that would be good to use with gifted and talented kids. 2 million members can't be wrong, right?

Spreeder is a speed reading tool that may have good applications for fluency work with elementary students. You paste a text into a box and set the number of words you would like it to flash up in a minute. Try pasting in some Fry's phrases and let your students practice their high frequency reading words.

EasyDefine comes via Technology Tidbits. This dictionary and thesaurus is lightning fast and easy to use. It even lets you define multiple words, so you can paste in a spelling or vocabulary list and get definitions or synonyms for all.

The award-winning FreeTechnology4Teachers has a link to Wordslike.net. WordsLike.net is a free service that allows you to find words and phrases that are similar or related to each other. Type in a word or a phrase and Words Like.net will come up with a list of related words and their corresponding definitions.

Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day has a list of iPhone Apps for Education. So, whether you use the Touch or the iPhone, there are a great selection of apps here that have an educational use.

Finally, are you thinking about creating a class website as part of your New Year's resolutions? Well, you may want to check out my latest article on Using Weebly for Education to Create Classroom Websites and Student Blogs. It has lots of ideas and tips on how to use Weebly for Education.

There are a lot of 'best of' Wordle articles around, especially on Slideshare and various other blogs. So, I decided to take the best of what I have seen, combine them with ideas of my own, and produce the Top 10 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom. Feel free to share it with anyone you think will find it useful.

Need a free Photo Card Maker? Download this free tool for Windows XP and later. It allows you to add photos to a variety of pre-loaded templates. There are cards for all occasions.

Special Education teachers may be interested in reading the 50 Best Blogs for Special Education Teachers. Follow those in the know and pick up the latest tips, tools and trends.

Classroom 2.0 has an archive of its webinars online. There is a great collection of interviews with some of the brightest minds in education technology today. Click here to access the archive and begin your online training!

100 Amazing Writing Tools You Never Knew You Needed is not directly aimed at classroom teachers, but there are plenty of good websites here that could be used with an educational purpose. If you teach writing, particularly to older students, you may want to browse the list.

Finally, NCS Tech point out a useful resource from Harcourt Publishers called Think Math! This useful tool is great for interactive whiteboards and has resources for K-5 Math.

I got an email from Dan Veltri at Weebly for Education today to tell me about a video they have created for new users, and a feature update that means teachers can now moderate all comments posted on student blogs. A welcome addition. Click here to see the video.

While reading through the forums on Classroom 2.0, I came across the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. This K-12 Math tool is aimed at users of interactive whiteboards, but can be used by anyone with an LCD projector. It has a great variety of teaching tools for all kinds of Math topics.

The Teacher's Hub has an article on how to use Scholatic's Story Starters. This fun tool randomizes characters, settings, and plots to give you a brief outline of a story that students can work on. It takes care of the "I don't know what to write" student, and can be differentiated by grade level.

Olli Bray has this week published his iPhone Apps for Education. This useful guide lists all the likely apps you may use on an iPhone or iPod Touch in the classroom.

Tired of wasting paper with your school printer? Save money, and the environment, with printfriendly.com. Make any website into a print friendly page, edit it to remove sections you don't want, and even save it as a PDF. What school does not need this handy free tool?!

Finally, FreeTechnology4Teachers has Five Ways to Build Your Own Educational Games, and a 7th Easy Way for Students to Create Videos. Both highlight some really useful classroom tools.

Pixlr is another great free online photo editor. The standard version looks and feels very much like Photoshop Elements in the way it is laid out, and with the features it has. It would be an excellent classroom editing tool for older students. For younger students, there is Pixlr Express which is a light version of the original Pixlr. Less complicated but with all the basic editing tools you might need for simple photo adjustments.

Try ScribLink if you are looking for a useful online interactive whiteboard tool. There are lots of options on how to use this great tool, including the ability to save, email, print, or invite others to see your work.

PhotoPeach is a useful slideshow tool that is similar to the likes of Animoto. Share via Facebook and email, and embed in blogs or websites. Signup is free, and there are sample videos to watch on their site.

FreeTechnology4Teachers includes a review of FlockDraw this week. Like ScribLink,  (above), you can share your efforts via a website generated URL, but you can also embed your content into a blog or website.

Finally, if you like or use Posterous, you may be interested in 6 Cool Tips To Get More Out Of Posterous, from MakeUseOf.com.