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.