The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web article by W. Richardson (you will need to use your NU login and password to get to this article)
WIKIS & BLOGS & WEB SITES
Examples - Elementary:
-Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki (Seattle)
-Mr. Tepley's 5th Grade Classroom (Mukilteo, WA)
-Mrs. Abernethy's Global Gorillas - 5th Grade (Greenville, PA)
-Cathy Francis' Class - Ages 10 & 11 (St. Thomas, Keith Scotland)
Examples - Secondary:
-Mr. Stafford's Life Science Website (Chehalis)
-Elizabeth Fullerton's English Weblog (Columbia, TN)
-Geometry Blog
-Mr. Armstrong's U. S. History Wiki (Korea International School, Republic of Korea)
Wiki Tools:
Wikispaces
- Wikispaces for Teachers (Free for K-12 teachers)
PBwiki
- PBwiki Educator Videos
Educational Wikis
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: You used a wiki when you signed up for your SMART Board Group and Individual sessions. I have created a new page at http://educ3302web2.wikispaces.com/ Think about how you could use a wiki in your class and play around with some of the features. Feel free to create your own wikis account in one of the tools listed above.
PODCASTS
A podcast is an audio recording that is saved as an mp3 file and distributed on the web, making it available for others to listen to or download.
Examples:
RadioWillowWeb from Willowdale Elementary School, Omaha, NE
Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom (8th grade American History) from South Valley Jr. High School, Liberty, MO
Tools:
Audacity
Freecorder
-- Toolbar Quick Start Guide
Ourmedia (free podcast hosting)
Box.net (free online file storage)
Resources:
Podcasting
Podcasting Tools
"iPod, upod" by G. Butterfield, 2007
"Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom" by M. Smart, 2008
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Download the Freecorder Toolbar to your computer. Record a message, save it as a mp3. To post to your blog you will need to create an account at box.net or Ourmedia and they will provide a link that you can add to your blog. Think about how you could incorporate podcasts into your classroom.
PHOTOS & IMAGES
Examples:
Elementary Art Group
Jane Goodall's Camp (Created by a 3rd Grader)
Lewis Elementary School
Tools:
Flickr
Picasa
Photobucket
Animoto - create a 30 second professional trailer using your photos
YouTube (Video)
TeacherTube (Video)
Microsoft Photo Story
Microsoft Movie Maker - Movie Maker: How-to-Center
Resources:
FlickrEdu: The Promise of Social Networks by D. Baird, 2008
My Friend Flickr by A. Standen, 2007
Flickr Photo Sharing (U Tech Tips on YouTube)
Picasa in the Classroom
Flickr Mashups- Spell with Flickr -Trading Card Maker - Flickr Sukoko - Tag Galaxy
Also see list at Flickr Tools and Flickr Bits
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Create a Flickr account or download Picasa to your computer. Then create a album of your pictures that you can post to the web. Think about how you could use Flickr or Picasa in your classroom. Have fun with Flickr Mashups.
IMAGE GENERATORS
Tools:
Cool Text Graphics Generators
Generator Blog - "Blog about software that creates software"
FD's Flickr Toys - "Producers of fine toys and amusements for your digital photographs"
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Have fun using one or more of these web sites. Think about how you could use image generators in the classroom.
RSS & NEWSREADERS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) enables people to subscribe to web sites and with the use of a tool called an aggregator or newsreader receive notification when information is added to the web site.
Tools:
Bloglines
Google Reader
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Find two or three blogs or websites that you look at on a regular basis (see list on Class Blog). Use Google Reader (login with your google email & password) or create a bloglines account and add your selected blogs/sites.
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Blinklist.com - "For all the web sites you want to get back to... "
del.icio.us
-"Simply del.icio.us: Online Social Bookmarking" by D. Muir
-"5 Things you Need to Know before using del.icio.us" by R. Newburn
Furl - "Your personal web file"
Stumbleupon - "Discover new sites"
WEB START PAGES
Pageflakes - "Personalize your homepage..."
igoogle - "Personalized Google page..."
ONLINE APPLICATIONS
Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"
Map Builder.net - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
Google Maps - "Explore the world using interactive maps"
- Professor Sorenson's 50 States Walking Map
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View Larger Map
FREE INTERNET CALLS
Google Talk
Skype
CREATE A PERSONAL SEARCH ENGINE
Google Custom Search - "Create your own search engine" Example: Mrs. Gray's Research Sites for Kids
Rollyo - "Roll your own search engine"
VISUAL SHARING
Gliffy - "Draw and share diagrams on the web"
Skrbl - "The complete web whiteboard"
OFFICE 2.0
Google Docs
Zoho Office Suite
Spresent (free trial)
CREATE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING GAMES
Classtools.net
edCreate.com (free trial)
MISC
AirSet - "Organize busy work & family lives with shared online calendars, contacts & lists"
LibraryThing - "Catalog your books online"
TaDa Lists - "Simple, sharable to-do lists"
AssignADay - "Teacher-created calendars to manage classes and assignments"
Calendars Net - "Free online web calendar hosting"
Twitter -"What are you doing?"
- "Using Twitter as an Education Tool" by R. Jones, 2008
- "47 Awesome Twitter Tools You Should be Using"
VoiceThread - "...powerful new way to talk about and share your images, documents and videos" Wordle - "Generating word clouds from texts"
PIC-LITS - "Inspired Picture Writing" (see Lesson Plans in Learn-it tab)
OTHER RESOURCES
Web 2.0 Tools by K. Schrock
Shedding Lite on Web 2.0 by K. Schrock
updated 2/3/09ls
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