Contents

1. 1 Background:
2. 2 Other great resources:
3. 3 Agenda:
4. 4 Survey:
5. 5 Tools:

Background:

Web 2.0 tools are dynamic and result in sharing of content that cannot be found in static web pages. This promotes creativity, collaboration, and sharing of content before not possible.

Other great resources:

Cool tools for schools

Agenda:

Survey questions
Speed round #1
Using tools in the classroom issues
Speed round #2
Sharing and use in the classroom

Survey:

Live form

Tools:

Studio software for younger grades:
Kerpoof (an example can be found here.)
Photo editing:
Picnik
Big Huge Labs (an example can be found here.)

• Easy to use and make trading cards, magazine covers, posters, billboards, etc. No account is needed but the project must be completed and saved to your computer. Use the saved images by inserting into documents or a web page. Make trading cards to get to know each other, posters for projects, etc.
  

Powerpoints:
Slideshare (An example can be found here.)
Online noticeboard maker:
Wallwisher (An example can be found here.)
Poster maker:
Glogster (A video tutorial for using Glogster and examples)
Storytelling:
Gizmoz (an example can be found here.)
Mixbook (an example can be found here.)
Blabberize  (an example can be found here and here with directions.)
Voicethread  (an example can be found here.)

• Create a class account and then create identities for each student. Ideas for voicethread: Upload a mystery picture and have students record thoughts about it, peer review of artwork or artists pieces, review a video or commercial, use it for "my favorite..." activities, have students explain the experiment, create a running story that changes with each child, use as a digital portfolio,

Book maker:
Tikatok
Word mashups:
Geogreetings
Wordle  (an example can be found here and also here.)

• Ideas for wordle: all about me essay, discuss reports, post your syllabus or expectations, most important ideas from a passage, use instead of a survey (each student types in a favorite food and can see the most favorite), use for poster contests, foreign language vocabulary, make a unique gift, curriculum mapping, look for bias in articles, enter a text ot create writing prompts, make a poster of spelling words, enter reflection essays to see if you have strayed off-topic.

Comic strip:
Pixton
Toondoo
Bubblr
Comiqs
Comic creator
Mind mapping:
Bubbl.us
Virtual tours:
Mapwing
Charts and graphs:
Chartle
Games:
Jeopardy (example can be found here.)
Classtools (an example can be found here.)
Organize and share information:
Evernote
Simply box
Museum box
Timelines:
Dipity
Capzles
Video production from photos:
Stupeflix
Backchannel chats:
Chatzky
Coveritlive
List maker:
Tadalist (an example can be found here.)