Today's+Tools

Here's a quick rundown of the tools shared and investigated in today's workshop: Video tutorials have been placed on this page for your convenience. However, you can find good tutorials to almost any product by going to CommonCraft, Learn It in 5, or YouTube. Please feel free to explore other tools not listed here. You will find additional resources on the @Web 2.0 Resource Links page of this wiki.

Wikispaces Collaborative website that works well as a course organizer or project "parking lot". for collaborative work. Visit Angie Rimm's Third Grade book recommendation wiki (which also uses voicethread) to see one way wikis can be used. Try wikispaces video tours to learn how to use this tool. Other notable wiki sites are PBWiorks and EditMe.

Diigo Social bookmarking site. Some folks prefer delicious, which performs a similar function. Diigo will require a download if you want to use the browser add-ons.

StumbleUpon Random, customizable search engine and bookmarking site. Take a tour by clicking here. StumbleUpon requires a browser add-on, which you must download.

Google Docs Create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys and tests, all in a collaborative format. Documents are saved "in the cloud." No more flash drives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BnsD9hRiw

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Wallwisher Create a virtual bulletin board and invite others to add content.

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Here's a link to an 11th Grade student's wallwisher entitled "Spaz and Jazz." Want more features on your virtual wall? Try LinoIt Glogster Create a virtual poster and imbed audio, video, and other interactive components. Example of a glogster: http://bellastellina.glogster.com/revolutionary/

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Example of a glogster rubric: []

Goanimate On GoAnimate you can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations. (Note: you will need to spend some time discussing the content on this site and educating students regarding their choices when using this product.)

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ToonDoo Create online comic strips and comic books.

Kerpoof Create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. Sign up for an educator account (can take up to two days for approval) which allows you to assign students to your account. Here's a link to Kerpoof How-Tos.

Pandora Here's a free music station that you can customize to match your interests. It's free, but there are brief ads every ten songs or so. Like a song? Click the "like" button. Dislike? Click "dislike." The more information you provide, the more likely the music you hear will match your taste.

MuseumBox Originally created for the History classroom, this web 2.0 tool allows users to formulate hypotheses, collect "evidence", store it in virtual boxes, draw conclusions, and create presentations. Move over, traditional research projects! There are lots of examples on the site. Click here to see what one class did with their virtual rock collection

Wordle Make word art from any text. The more times a word is repeated, the more predominantly it appears in your wordle. Check out an 11th grader's wordle summary of Chapter 15 of The Invisible Man below.

Storybird Online picture book creator. Or, if you prefer a photo book, try Mixbook.

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Here's a link to a critical analysis of The Invisible Man shared by one of our 11th grade students on Storybird.

Edmodo This learning management tool is GREAT for allowing students to discuss issues, something they're reading, even a film. It can be used in real time as a backchannel, or as a response to reading, researching, or viewing. Create groups, model for your class the type of responses you are looking for, and sit back and watch the learning explode!!!

Voicethread Create a "slide show" of files and record or type commentary on each item. Then, invite others to participate in the conversation. Click here to view a voicethread entitled, "What's a Voicethread, anyway?" Click here for a library of school projects for lesson plans and examples of voicethreads from all grade levels.

Gapminder Manipulate interesting, interactive representations of statistical data. Click here and then click on the How to Use button at the top of the chart/map screen to learn how to use Gapminder World.

Prezi Design unique presentations. View a Prezi entitled, "Thoughts on Using Prezi as a Teaching Tool" here.

Voki Make your own animated avatar, and record speech. You can embed a voki, which makes it a bit more complicated than blabberize, but also makes it more useful. media type="custom" key="6646449" [|Animoto] Create beautiful movies using videos, images, and music. Be sure to sign up for an educator account, which permits you to make videos of any length for free.

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Rubistar Create a wide variety of rubrics to measure student performance and evidence of learning.