Web+Tools

Web Tools
[|Wallwisher] So simple, yet so powerful. Create a post-it wall for yourself.

[|Wordle] Wordle allows you to create "word clouds." Wordle is quick, easy and applicable to many lessons. Learn more about Wordle at [|Mansfield's Tool of the Month].

[|Word Sift] Word Sift takes the most used 50 words of the passage you insert and allows brings up Google images that correspond to any word that you then click on. You also get to use the Visual Thesaurus word-cloud web on that page, as well as see the words that you select in their original context. The possibilities for word study using this site are endless. Word Sift is a great educational tool and a fun learning toy as well.

[|Glogster] Glogs are presentation posters that are online and interactive. A free resource (or pay for more services), you can create student accounts for classrooms that are private. Visually engaging, students select background, graphics and text. Students can link to web pages, videos and more. Safe and secure with free educator accounts, students create a "Glog" -- a page with text, graphics, links -- it's an online, interactive poster. Very splashy, yet easy to use.

Students should have their information/research before they set up their Glog. They can bring in their own images, sound, and videos and link to web pages. It’s a good alternative for a presentation, perhaps instead of a formal typed report or PowerPoint presentation.

[|VoiceThread] Easy to use and popular with teachers. Inexpensive educator accounts, but you can use for free. Create pages to share with others. Pages can have graphics, text, narration, and movies. VoiceThread is easy to use and it’s educational impact is that students and teachers can comment on each other’s VoiceThreads. Comments can be done via a microphone on a computer, text, or you can even phone in the comments! Voice Thread Examples at Motivating the Plugged In Generation

[|Delicious] Popular social bookmarking site free of charge, Delicious.com is used by many educators. Check out [|Shelly's Delicious Account]

[|Edmodo] Edmodo is a web 2.0 tool where teachers not only create a safe educational environment, but an online community where students can learn collaboratively and easily exchange information. Teachers can sign up for the service in just a few moments and design a virtual classroom where students can access from their internet enabled device.

[|Blabberize] Learn about Blabberize and Xtranormal in education at [|ISTE Connects].

[|Xtranormal] If you can type text, you can create a movie with one or two actors.

[|Voki] Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.

[|GoAnimate] Create a story using characters to make a cartoon.

[|Animoto] Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy.

[|PhotoStory 3] Make Show and Tell Cool again

[|ShareTabs] ShareTabs is an online tool that takes a bunch of links and gives back a single URL where all links are conveniently displayed in tabs.

[|Posterous] An easy way to create a free web presence.

[|Museum Box] Museum Box provides you with the tools to showcase descriptions of an event, person, historical period of time, or anything you can imagine into a virtual box! Maybe your class is studying Henry VIII, Solar Systems, Picasso, or even geometry, Museum Box will allow your students to present their research, their case (for or against), and their opinions about various topics.

EASTCONN's Tech Council Dec. 3, 2009 Meeting
 * More Web 2.0 Tools for Education**
 * **Cool Tools For Schools** - http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
 * **Go2Web20 Index** - []
 * **Kathy Schrock's Web 2.0 Presentation on 4/24/08** - http://eastconntechcouncil.wikispaces.com/4-24-08
 * **Kathy Schrock's Web 2.0 Tools Web Site** - []
 * **[|Kidblog] Free, and teachers can set up a class-no student emails needed**