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=Web 2.0 Tools=

[|Weebly]

 * site for creating web sites with templates
 * student can create web sites and have links to other sites, wikis, nings, etc
 * could serve as a digital portfolio of progress for material studied
 * links for language study could include all skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking and culture

Pikistrips

 * The students can create a slideshow of Holocaust photos to go along with a presentation that they have created.

[|Quizlet]

 * Pre-existing applets useful across the spectrum of education (Spanish is the number one way it is used but there are tons of resources for all languages and subject areas in the humanities and math/science
 * Very compact and easy to use
 * You may create your own, borrow from others, or use someone else's (in a pinch I suppose)
 * You can create study groups for your students and they are able to also communicate via live chat
 * You have the ability to make the groups public or private and to administer who may or may not be a member of groups
 * Not only can you create flash cards, but you can create short answer, multiple-choice, matching, and true/false questions
 * Finally, you can create an interactive speed game to help students master what they are memorizing
 * You can give this link to your students so they can make their own study guides - encourage being responsible for their own learning

[|Xtranormal] **(bradleyj22)**

 * Type text and manipulate characters, setting, music, etc. to develop movie
 * Easy to use in a short period of time to complete
 * Create a walking word problem in math or science for students to solve
 * Visual aspect can help students understand and picture the problem
 * Can be used across all disciplines from MS to HS, and a lot of fun!
 * use program to turn a myth into a movie
 * Take scripts written by students and turn into movie
 * Edit expressions to show proper reactions to events in a script
 * Allow reluctant actors to perform their original works

[|BeFunky]

 * could be used as a way to talk about different effects with different mediums (what are the inherent aspects of drawing with charcoal? ink? colored pencils? etc etc)
 * super tool for making slide shows (for a multitude of purposes) with varying visual effects depending on purpose - great tool for creating visual mood
 * great way for students to explore different effects used with pictures, great for slideshows
 * good tool for showing digital art students ideas for them to duplicate.

[|SimplyBox]

 * Clip content from websites to share with colleagues
 * Teach website evaluation skills by having students comment directly on content of web pages
 * Organize information for research projects
 * fabulous tool for finding info and then saving to use at a later date.
 * keeps students from printing entire websites when they are only needing a small amount of data.
 * also allows students to save info and then go back to site sources.
 * helps keep information organized for future reference.

[|Timetoast]

 * Create timelines from scratch
 * Edit already created timelines
 * Add images to descriptions to make them more meaningful
 * Plenty of uses in social studies but also sciences
 * use to create timlines for units

[|LetterPop]

 * Newsletter Generator / Compiler
 * Improve communications to students and parents
 * Variable theme templates
 * Upload your own photos
 * Embedable product can be shared in email, blog, or wiki
 * Add some spice to a cultural introduction or test

[|Wordle]

 * Showing samples of parts of speech
 * Book reports
 * Listing features in a geographic region
 * Presidential speeches that are "wordled" show, by the size of the letters, how often a word was used - great for getting the essence of the speech
 * introducing new concepts and vocabulary
 * paste a famous speech onto Wordle to create a cloud to see what the speaker was emphasizing
 * Paste parts of __The Diary of Anne Frank__ to see the dominant ideas or characters of that particular part of the play.
 * Students demonstrate reading comprehension by creating a poster of key words pertaining to story/novel/article/nonfiction they have been reading.
 * vocabulary study from a book or story
 * Students favorite words
 * Student introduction activity- describing words about self
 * Paste essays and evaluate word choice
 * Rank items in order of importance and paste them in wordle accordingly.

[|ToonDoo]

 * Use this application for students to create their own political cartoons
 * Students can use this tool to show reading comprehension
 * Students can use this tool to make up and solve math stories
 * Students can use this tool to show sequencing of events such as changing matter
 * Students can create cartoon versions of personal narratives
 * Students can use this tool as an alternate way of doing reading responses.

TaDa List

 * Help keep students organized on long-term research projects
 * Help younger students and students with organizational issues keep track of assignments

[|Glogster]

 * A tool to enhance the wiki experience
 * Use for class or group projects especially history, geography and social studies
 * Integrate with social networking to encourage "life-long learning" attitude
 * Collaborative book report "poster"
 * Self expression
 * creative alternative to essays and written reports

[|Voicethread]

 * Use for anything that can be shared
 * Use to promote interaction among students - can be fun and brief!
 * Use to promote understanding/revision - commitment of material to long term memory

[|Screentoaster]

 * screentoaster can make little videos of what you are doing on your computer screen
 * you can add sound
 * great for a way for people to review something that was explained in a seminar, etc at their own pace

Sites we like...

English / Reading / Language Arts
[|Daily Analogies] - I use this site each morning with my fifth grade class. It is a wonderful tool for practicing analogies and learning about the relationships between words.

Mathematics

 * [|KenKen Puzzles] - This website hasn't been blocked yet in our school, but it has new KenKen puzzles that are updated daily. This is a great math/logic puzzle activity for students. Very similar to sudoku.

Social Studies / History / Current Events

 * Reachtheworld.org -The website has geography games

Science / Health/PE
[|PE Central]-This site provides great information about physical education. It includes lesson plans, assessment ideas, job information, adaptive PE, etc.

Arts / Music / Performance
[|Art Education 2.0 Ning] This website is a professional Learning Community for art teachers.

Technology (including Assistive Technology)

 * [|White Board Games] - This website has a number of incredibly fun math games that are great for the Promethean ActivBoards. I suggest doing Sum Sense or Speed Grid.
 * [|Jeopardy Labs] - This website allows you to create (and save!) jeopardy games to use as review in your classroom. This is another great resource for the whiteboards. In addition, you can browse saved games from other teachers.
 * Prezi.com -Website allows for a different type of presentation versus PowerPoint.
 * [|Puzzlemaker*]-This site is a free site that allows teachers to create puzzles. It is fairly reliable, but not 100%. There are several puzzle choices including crosswords, word scrambles and word searches. It is a great place to create puzzles to help students review before a test.

Other / Multi-Disciplinary

 * [|ALA] Great Web Sites for Kids-The American Library Association provides websites for all disciplines and all ages.
 * [|Discovery School Education] - Free site with many interactive activities and lesson plans
 * [|Mastery Club] - This is something that I implemented with my class this year. It is to inspire lifelong learning. The class was really excited about learning new information on their own and then sharing it with our class.