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Ed Tools|Web 2.0 Tools
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Educational Tools
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Following is a list of sites that are available for teachers to evaluate and/or purchase. I am not personally recommending any of these titles, but have just collected them so you can try them out! Be sure to check out my Icing on the Cake page listed below with links to over 50 tools for teachers and learners.
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Advanced Survey
...a free, basic, online survey creation tool
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Assign-A-Day
...a free, online calendaring site that can be used to post school, activity, or class calendars
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Aviary
...a powerful set of online tools for image and audio editing
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ePrintableCalendars
...easy-to-print out caldendars by month or year, in various sizes
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Exercises, Quizzes, Tests
...hundreds of links to online exercises, quizzes, and test makers as well as as well as a subject-arranged list of links to assessment tools
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Game-O-Matic
...a suite of wizards to create simple Web-based activities for language learning and practice
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Icing on the Cake: Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
...a collection of many online tools for teaching and learning
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Jing
...this easy-to-use, cross-platform screencasting program can be used for creating tutorials, screenshots, and much more
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Teacher Tools
...an extensive overview with support materials to help teachers better use the "typical" classroom technology toolset
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Nicenet's Internet Classroom Assistant
...a free, well-done, Web-based classroom environment giving teachers and students a secure forum to collaborate and share ideas
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Photoshop.com
...an online version of Photoshop with many powerful tools for image-editing
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Pixlr
...an easy-to-use online image-editing tool
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Puzzlemaker
...create word searches, cryptograms, math squares, and other types of puzzles to use with your lessons
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QuizCenter
...this site allows you create and correct online quizzes without requiring any knowledge of HTML and automatically posts them on a server so they may be used by students
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xtimeline
...a web-based timeline creator that allows one to add images and videos; you can even have a timeline created by importing an RSS feed
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Zoomerang
...a online survey creator that allows 20 questions and 100 responses for free
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Web 2.0 Tools
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Following is a list of no-cost Web 2.0 sites that are available for teachers to evaluate. Many of these tools are on the open Internet, so look at them carefully before using with your students! Be sure to check out my Shedding Light on Web 2.0 page listed below with links to over 100 tools for teachers and learners.
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Aggregator: Bloglines
...a great aggregator for skimming the titles of blog posts from many different blogs
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Aggregator: NetVibes
...an easy-to-use Web-based aggregator which allows you to collect all of your RSS feed on a single Web page
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Aggregator: Pageflakes
...a Web-based aggregator that allows you to create a page for you and a page for students, and includes "flakes" to add in, such as a calculator
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Blog: Blogger
...one of the best online blog-creation sites; easy to use, privacy features now built-in, and it works well
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Blog: Class Blogmeister
...a blog site set up specifically for educators and students with many privacy controls built-in
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Blog: edublogs
...free blog-hosting site for educators and students of all ages
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Bloomin' Google
...Google tools arranged by Blooms Revised Taxonomy levels
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Bloomin' iPad
...no cost iPad/iPhone apps arranged by Blooms Revised Taxonomy levels
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Collaboration: Mindmeister
...an online, collaborative mindmapping tool
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Collaboration: PiratePad
...an easy-to-use, no password needed, synchronous shared notepad (built on the Etherpad platform) with all revisions stored
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Collaboration: Wallwisher
...although described as an online notice board, this tool is wonderful for students to collaborate with short little summaries or ideas
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Common Core Curriculum Maps: Digital Resources
...online digital resources and tools for creating, collaborating, researching, and sharing
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Cool Tools for Schools
...a large collection of Web 2.0 tools arranged by Web 2.0 category
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Database: Zoho Creator
...an online database application that can be used for surveys, inventories, data collection, and much more
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EduTecher
...a list of links, mostly Web 2.0 and online activities, for educators and students
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Podcast: ipadio
...an easy-to-use phlogging (phone blogging) tool that creates the podcast, hosts it, supplies a shortened URL, and includes an RSS feed
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Podcast: Podcasting Tools
...a well-done overview of the process of creating a podcast
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Presentation: VoiceThread
...online presentation site that allows you to attach audio and video and users to leave audio and video comments
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Shedding Light on Web 2.0: Diigo List
...my presentation support site with links to information and Web 2.0 tools
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Social Networking: del.icio.us
...save your bookmarks online, share with viewers, and search, via tags, others' links
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Social Networking: diigo
...save your bookmarks online and easy organize and share them with others
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Social Networking: Flickr
...a social networking site for photographs; a great source of material for students to access
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Social Networking: FURL
...an online Web page storage site which allows users to save their personal favorite sites in an online archive and also search, via tags, the archives of others
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Social Networking: twitter.com
...an application allowing you to instantly post and receive short messages called "tweets"
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Synchronous Collaborative Environment: Adobe Connect Now
...have a 3-person or site conference with this online conferencing system with file sharing, a whiteboard, audio, video, and much more
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Synchronous Collaborative Environment: BigMarker
...an easy-to-use, no-cost Web-conferencing system where teachers can offer entire classes, supplementary lessons, tutor sessions or office hours
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Synchronous Collaborative Environment: Cacoo
...an online diagram maker with an extensive library of shapes and icons, added features such as shading and gradients, and the ability to collaborate in real-time
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Synchronous Collaborative Environment: WiZiQ
...a "a virtual classroom application that is fully equipped with 2-way audio, text chat, whiteboard, PowerPoint and PDF document sharing capabilities"
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Synchronous Collaborative Environment: Yugma
...a "free web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software"
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Video Hosting: JayCut
...not just a video-hosting site, Jaycut allows you to edit your upleaded video and store it online
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Video Hosting: Vimeo
...this video-hosting site has a clean interface, includes HD video uploads, and videos can be kept private
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Web 2.0 Tools to Support the NETS
...a nicely arranged list of sites to start with
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Wiki: PBwiki
...an easy-to-use wiki site that allows you to create a classroom wiki
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Wiki: Wetpaint
...another popular wiki-creation site
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Wiki: Wikispaces
...create a public, online wiki for free; great for class collaboration
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Wiki: Writeboard
...a place to create shareable, Web-based text documents
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