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WEB 2.0 Glogster EDU
Middle/High School
http://edu.glogster.com/
TPD 01
Challenge:
Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond. We empower educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more. ---------------------------------------------Create a Glog about a topic in your curricular area, or one just for fun. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is.
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Sample
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Uses in the Classroom • • • • • • •
Project presentations Create a poster Condense collected data Collaborative Poster Create Timeline of events Compare & Contrast Showcase an experiment in class. • Create a biography of someone. • Family Tree
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WEB 2.0 Kidblog
Elementary/Middle School
http://kidblog.org/
TPD 02
Challenge:
Kidblog allows students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs.
Blogging Websites: www.edublogs.org www.wordpress.com www.blogger.com www.tumblr.com
Blogging?
It is a type of website developed and maintained by an individual using easyto-use online software or a hosting platform with space for writing. Blogs feature instant publishing online and invite audiences to read and provide feedback as comments.
Uses in the Classroom • • • • •
Forums Discussions Personal Journal Writing Opinions and Facts Ongoing conversation on a topic, theme or concept.
Examples:
Fifth Grade students interact, giving their opinions about topics. -http://kidblog.org/ MsRodinskysClass/author/ srodinsky/ *How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Edmodo
Elementary/Middle/ High School
http://ans.edmodo.com/
TPD 03
Challenge:
Edmodo is an educational site that takes the ideas of a social network and refines them and to make it appropriate for a classroom. Using Edmodo, students and teachers can reach out to one another and connect by sharing ideas, problems, and helpful tips. --------------------------------------------Begin your Edmodo site. You would be amazed with the networking you can do with other teachers and discovery users.
Social Network? Uses in the Classroom It is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections
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Student Writing Project Back channel Discussions Language Practice Grammar and Punctuation Communicate with Parents Book Clubs Planning Committees Tutor Connection Project Based Learning Reading Critiques Share ideas, files and assignments. • Talke class polls • Store and share files
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Voicethread
Elementary/Middle/ High School
http://voicethread.com/
TPD 04
Challenge:
Voicethread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. ---------------------------------------------Take some classroom activity photos and narrate what is going on in the photo.
Great Sites
Free music for the classroom --------------------------------http://freeplaymusic.com --------------------------------http://jamendo.com/en
Uses in the Classroom • Perform a poem • Create Digital Portfolios • Analyze a photo, document or Piece of Art • Document a field trip. • Comment on characters in a book. • Describe an event/story • Voicethread about famous author or historian that they researched.
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Scoop.it!
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.scoop.it/
TPD 05
Challenge:
Scoop.it is a tool that lets people gather and distribute content from around the Web based their interests and passions, is launching publicly. It’s a useful and powerful tool for students to collect, sor, analyse, and curate and publish information on the web. ---------------------------------------------Have your students research a topic and post different resources and information on their scoop.it.
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Sample
Visit the following link: http://www.scoop.it/t/ classroom-use-oftechnology
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Uses in the Classroom • • • •
Publish Magazine Articles on certain topic Class magazine. Bibliography.
Resources App for iPhone and iPad.
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WEB 2.0 Voki
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.voki.com/
TPD 06
Challenge:
Voki enables users to express themselves on the web by using a character to talk for them or their own voice. Avatars (characters) are customizable so they look like people, characters, animals, anime, monsters, etc. ---------------------------------------------Introduce yourself to students, using Voki.
Sample
View the following Voki: http://timezoneexperiences.wikispaces. com/Zero+O%27Clock
Uses in the Classroom • Students can create avatars that are similar in looks or personalities and record a message that tells about themselves. • ELL students can use the speaking avatars to practice and listen to their speech. They may use the computerized voice first then record their own voice when they feel more comfortable.
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WEB 2.0 Symbaloo
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.symbalooedu.com/
TPD 07
Challenge:
Symbaloo is a visual Bookmarking and Sharing tool on the web. By creating their own favorite webmixes, people can easily access their favorite websites, news feeds, search engines, radio stations and/or widgets. By sharing and publishing their webmixes others can find the best information about all different subjects. ---------------------------------------------Have your students research on a certain topic, make a symbaloo with resources on the topic.
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Sample
View the following link: http://www.tony-rodgers.net/2011/11/30/ symbaloo/
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Uses in the Classroom • Resources for investigations. • Organize websites by subjects.
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WEB 2.0 MindMeister
Middle/High School
http://www.mindmeister.com/
TPD 08
Challenge:
MindMeister is a collaborative mind mapping tool built on the principles of Web 2.0 to allow people from around the world to work together on their mind maps with nothing else but a browser and an internet connection. MindMeister supports all the standard features of a classic mind mapping tool - only online, and with as many simultaneous users as you like! With MindMeister you push visual thinking to excel in problem solving and creativity.
Sample
View the following link: http://www.mindmeister.com/143794908/ how-to-create-greatmind-maps
Uses in the Classroom • Brainstorming for a story • Organize ideas for an essay. • Organize online resources, information, etc.
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WEB 2.0 Picasa Web
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://picasaweb.google.com
TPD 09
Challenge:
Google Picasa photosharing, upload and organize your photos and edit them. Make slideshows that can be embedded into a website or Google Site. ---------------------------------------------Upload photos of your class, then place a slideshow in your Google Site.
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Sample
Visit the following link: http://elementary.ans. edu.ni/
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Uses in the Classroom • Share your pictures with parents and students. • Students share pictures on a subject/topic.
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WEB 2.0 Wallwisher
Elementary/Middle School
http://wallwisher.com/
TPD 10
Challenge:
Wallwisher an online notice board maker; an online collaboration tool to share ideas, resources, and thoughts on a particular topic.
Sample
View the following link: http://wallwisher.com/ demo
Uses in the Classroom • Writing activities: collaborative projects, essay plans, poems, etc. • Brainstorming activities • Vocabulary/Grammar activities • Speaking activities • Notifications
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WEB 2.0 Storybird
Elementary School
http://www.storybird.com
TPD 11
Challenge:
Storybird are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. ---------------------------------------------Let your students write a story, and put into the web, through storybird.
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Sample
View the following link: http://storybird.com/ books/dont-judge-abook-by-its-covereven-though-this-is/#
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Uses in the Classroom • Let students create their own story. • Writing a story. • Read friend’s stories. • Share stories. • Writing fables.
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WEB 2.0 LiveBinders
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.livebinders.com
TPD 12
Challenge:
LiveBinders is a content curation site that, in simple terms, is a 3-ring binder for the web. ---------------------------------------------Create a livebinder with the resources you use for a certain subject/topic.
Sample
View the following link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_ edit?id=365641
Uses in the Classroom • Collect your resources • Share all your documents in an easy presentable format • Update information conveniently without having to resend links • View links like pages in a book instead of URLs on a page • Student’s assignments/ projects. • Student’s resources (classroom procedures, study guides, how-tos)
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WEB 2.0 Weebly
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://education.weebly.com
TPD 13
Challenge:
Weebly is a website creator that allows you to create pages with template skins and content widgets. Users can easily dragand-drop content widgets like pictures, text, video and Google Maps ----------------------------
Sample
View the following link: http://docevoces.weebly.com/
Uses in the Classroom • Classroom websites. • Student e-portfolios. • Websites for assigned projects. • Have students help contribute content to the website by writing a summary of what happened through the week. • Have students create their own website to learn about the activities adn events our students are interested in.
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 SideVibe
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.sidevibe.com/
TPD 14
Challenge:
SideVibe Sidevibe is a floating toolbar which can provide students with a list of tasks and links, allowing them to visit and interact with multiple web sites, while not using the flow of the assignment. SideVibe is a breakthrough Web solution for teachers that lifts the traditional paper handout to a online interactive guide taking students through explorations of learning with Web content.
Interesting Info. SideVibe educational version is free.
Sample:
Uses in the Classroom • Web resources with classroom reasearch. • Distance education. • Tutories. • Online interactive guide (handout replacement)
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WEB 2.0 Popplet
Elementary/Middle School
http://popplet.com/
TPD 15
Challenge:
Popplet is a place to engage in visual conversations on any topic of your choosing, quickly and easily, with your friends, family and colleagues on both the internet and mobile web. ----------------------------------------------
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Sample
View the following link: http://popplet.com/ app/#/489
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Uses in the Classroom • Brainstorming • Gathering information. • Project presentation
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WEB 2.0 Timetoast
Elementary/Middle School
http://www.timetoast.com/
TPD 16
Challenge:
Timetoast is an online, interactive timeline creation tool. ---------------------------------------------Let your students make a timeline of the mayor events in their lives.
Sample
Visit the following link: http://www.timetoast. com/timelines/charliechaplin--6
Uses in the Classroom • Timeline on mayor events. • Events sorrounding certain time period.
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WEB 2.0 Prezi
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.prezi.com
TPD 17
Challenge:
Prezi is a tool that can help you create amazing presentations and are unique. This is an up to date way to present your information. -------------------------------------------Change MS PowerPoint for Prezi, and start presenting in a different way.
Sample
Visit the following link: http://prezi.com/-tsh6fvynrsc/blogging/
Uses in the Classroom • Project presentation • Tell a story using Prezi • Creat a non-linear presentation with a variety of templates.
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Projeqt
Middle/High School
http://www.projeqt.com
TPD 18
Challenge:
Projeqt presentations never remain static. Grab your old dusty presentations, or create one from scratch with our user-friendly dashboard, and let your stories free. By pulling live tweets or blog feeds, inserting an interactive map, adding audio notes or simply streaming videos that you’ve found on the web - they can all live in real-time and be shared for everyone to see. Let your presentations be as dynamic as you are.
Sample
View the following link: http://projeqt.com/seanrenner/seven-daystour-2012
Uses in the Classroom • Project presentation
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Skype
Middle/High School
http://museumbox.e2bn.org http://education.skype.com/projects
TPD 19
Challenge:
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chats over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debitbased user account system.
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Tips
What do you need to connect your students via Skype? • Computer, iPod, Smartphone, etc. • Internet Connection • Skype app. • Webcam • Microphone • Projector (Datashow)
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Uses in the Classroom • Video conferencing. • Collaborate with other schools. • Make interviews. • Show and Tell • Virtual fieldtrips • Teach foreign languages • Professional Development • Support special needs students. • Guest speakers. • Career exploration
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WEB 2.0 Wordle
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.wordle.net
TPD 20
Challenge:
Wordle is web based tool for generating “word clouds”from any text that you provide. The mrore often a word is used, the bigger the word becomes, in a word cloud. You can also change the font, layout, colors, and more in wordle so that when you are finished, you have a neat litttle poster o image that you can use in other projects or display. ---------------------------------------------Create a wordle of some sort.
Wordle?
It is much more than just about creating pretty pictures with words. It is a great visualization tool that can become a cataly for discussion and insight. it is about understanding and discovering patterns in text and generating conversations among students and teachers.
Uses in the Classroom • Summarize concepts from an article or video. • Review vocabulary words • Summarize characters in a story. • Condense data from a survey • Creat a poster for a poem or an essay. • Create visual poetry.
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WEB 2.0 Podcast/Vodcast
Elementary/Middle/High School
Challenge:
Would you like your students to share their knowledge and expertise with an audience wider than your classroom? If you have students read stories, write and share information or experiences, they might want to take the next step and turn those into podcasts/ vodcast. Students have so much to offer in terms of expertise and information. Give them tha opportunity to share it with the world.
http://www.podomatic.com http://www.audioboo.fm http://www.youtube.com
Podcast?
They are audio files (like radio programs) that are available through the Internet. Useful tool: Audacity
Vodcast?
A type of Podcast that incoporates video as well as audio. Useful tools: MovieMaker, PowerDirector, Camtesia, etc.
TPD 21
Uses in the Classroom • Podcast a lesson each week on something new you have learned. • Interview a community member. • Have a classroom radio show. • Have a guest speaker each week. • Interview a teacher or classmate.
*How-to available
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WEB 2.0 Google Apps
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://www.google.com
TPD 22
Challenge:
Google Apps all google products for educational institutions. Mail, Contacts, Documents, Drive, Calendar, Picasa, Sites, Web Search, Chrome, Blogger, News, Groups, YouTube, Maps, Talk, Play, Books, etc.
Google Apps? Productivity products that help you do your job easier and faster.
Uses in the Classroom • • • • • • • •
Collaborate on Documents Share events. Email parents and students Create Google Sites. Share photos. Surf the web. Search for information. Share videos.
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WEB 2.0 Museum Box
Elementary/Middle/High School
http://museumbox.e2bn.org
TPD 23
Challenge:
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
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Sample:
Visit the following link: http://museumbox. e2bn.org/creator/ viewer/show/293290
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Uses in the Classroom • Museum Box allows students the opportunity to complete creative projects. • Students can incorporate video, audio, text, PowerPoint presentations, and external links within a Museum Box project.. • Allows for persuasive writing projects, and compare/ contrast arguments.
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WEB 2.0 Kerpoof Studio
Elementary/Middle School
http://kerpoof.com
TPD 24
Challenge:
Kerpoof’s multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant to be fun, but we’re serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities while meeting a range of educational standards.
Info.
Visit the following link and learn more about Kerpoof: http://www.kerpoof. com/teach
Uses in the Classroom • Create stories and scenes without text for other students to fill in. • You can use any of our nature scenes to create intricate worlds that will test your students’ powers of observation.
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