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Apple Learning Interchange: AppleWorks
Educators and companies share their educator-specific templates for use in the classroom.
http://ali.apple.com/ali_appleworks/templates.shtml

Discovery Channel School's PuzzleMaker
This puzzle-generation tool helps create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your own word lists.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

Free Education PowerPoint Backgrounds and Templates
A frequently updated collection of free PowerPoint templates geared toward students and educators.
http://www.websiteestates.com/education/templatesindex.html

Free Newsletter, Web and HTML Templates
Download free custom-made newsletter templates that will save you time and spice up your work.
http://www.free-newslettertemplates.com/newsletter_templates.html

Hewlett-Packard - Office Templates
This site from HP allows educators to create professional images with free and easy Microsoft Office templates.
http://www.hp.com/sbso/productivity/office/index.html

Jeopardy PowerPoint Template
The Jeopardy PowerPoint is an excellent tool to use in the classroom to review and/or learn new content.
http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/tech/jeopardy_instructions.htm

Microsoft Office Template Gallery
This site offers more than 1,000 free templates for calendars, resumes, greeting cards, business plans and more.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx

PowerPoint Games/Activities
The following links include templates and examples of Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and Hollywood
Squares games and other lesson ideas that were created using PowerPoint.
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm

School Web Page Templates
These templates provide pre-designed layouts that can be used to create Web pages.
http://www.massnetworks.org/resources/sun/schools/template/Template-OV.html

TecEds (Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students)
This site has game templates for PowerPoint that allow you to take review questions and answers and turn
them into fun classroom activities.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TecEds/training/materials/index-PPTGameTemplates.html#PowerPoint%20Game
%20Show%20Templates

WebQuest Design Patterns
A list of patterns derived from existing WebQuests.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm

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© The Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, and Illinois State Board of Education, in conjunction with a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, funded this project to infuse technology into the core curriculum at Illinois Community Colleges and Universities.