Web 2.0: Online Collaboration
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Web 2.0 Online Collaboration This site is designed to provide teachers with current infomation about what kind of assets are available on the web and beyond that, what is it that kids are actually doing when they spend hours each day on the computer! |
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| Audio Tools | Video Tools | Image Tools | Collaboration Tools | Educational Tools |
| Communication Skype - free communication through downloaded program Recording Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows |
Animation GoAnimate - create your own cartoons and animations Kerpoof - make video, cards, etc Developing Jing - develop and share through flickr, website, IM, email Viewing iCue - current and historic videos from NBC Sharing Jumpcut - upload, edit, share videos and pictures TV surf the channel |
Photo Editing
BeFunky - turn photos into incredible art with one click Picnik - crop, rotate, resize, add font pikifx - add some spice to your pics FotoFlexer - "world's most advanced online image editor" Fun photo editing Big Huge Lab - do fun stuff with pictures Stitching Hugin - for the creation of panoramic pictures Photo Storage Slideshare - upload/share PowerPoints and documents Flickr - upload, organize and share photos Comics PikiStrips - create comic strip from your pics Find Images Internet 4 Classrooms Graphics Word Clouds Wordle - generate word clouds TagCrowd - paste page text for a word cloud Tagxedo- generate word clouds with shapes |
Research
Evernote - create, clip and find notes online EasyBib - bibliography and citation maker Diigo - highlight the web and share Shared Documents
Google Docs - share documents for collaboration Zoho - online document use Office Live - Online document use Graphic Organizers
Argumentative - software for manipulating argument maps Free Mind - mind mapping software ClassTools - create and embed templates into websites or blog Gliffy - flow chart organizers Text 2 Mind Map - text to map converter Webspiration Bubbl Xtimeline Freemind Word Use Wordle - generate word clouds TagCrowd - paste page text for a word cloud Delicious Social bookmarking 10 other word clouds other than Wordle! |
Social Studies
TimeGlider - web-based timeline software Google Earth News Map - most popular daily US and world stories Gapminder Statistics of the world in interactive maps. Polls and surveys PollDaddy - online polls from your website Survey Monkey - easy online survey Poll Everywhere Shodor - java math and science activities Other Tools mynoteIT - online note taking to track and share Kahn Academy Online lessons especially math- An amazing ammount of content including History. Online Notetaking
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| Web 2.0 Sites web 2.0 sites Go 2 Web 2.0 Creating Podcasts - Instructions for creating video podcasts using Garageband (MAC) or PhotoStory 3 on the Windows side. |
Telescopic Text An exploration of scale and levels of detail in an interactive format. Make your Own Telesopic text An exploration of scale and levels of detail that you can manipulate. Scholastic Story Starter Ready to write? This Story Starter machine generates creative writing prompts. You never know how your story will start. Fridge Magnet Poetry Today, you plan create magnetic poetry online. Piclits is a really neat creative writing site that provides pictures and a word bank for students to create literary images. Teachers.tv Education video resources, lesson plans, inspiration and ideas to use in classroom. Madlits is good for teaching younger children grammar skills. |
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| Organization Text2Mind Map Convert your text or list of keywords to a mind map instantly Visuwords Look up words in the Visuwords online graphical dictionary and thesaurus to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts |
Wiki
Class Announcements vokiStorybird You may want to try this! I just found it the other day and I love it!!
Waiting for Spring on Storybird Discussion Topics  Web 2.0: Online Collaboration Wiki: Restaurant Recomendations Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM Class Contacts Class Web Pages Classes at the PDTC who are creating fun Web 2.0 Projects
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Class Links Links here will help you think a little "out of the box" on how to present your curriculum materials. These links will help you learn more about Web 2.0 and how to use it effectively. Before you try to reinvent the wheel, try using some of the many collections of resources available online. Free Interactive Applications Web 2.0 Tools for use for teachers and students Many people believe that Wikis are for upper grades however you may be surprised at what can be acomplished in the elementary classroom using wikis. Find out more about using Wiki's in the Elementary Classroom.  A Vision of k-12 StudentsA video that describes students today and explores why we should use technology in the classroom. Common CraftThis is an amazing site with videos to explain everything you ever wanted to know about Web 2.0 in Plain English. Our favorite: Wikis in Plain English! Online Course for Media SpecialistsA great online class for the Media Specialist who is interested in leaning more about the new uses of the web. Using your Class WebPage to Teach! Great article on providing differentiated instruction on your class webpage! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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