Web20Tools

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Your name (last name, first name) - list in alphabetical order Web 2.0 Tool (tool name and URL link to tool) Link to example of how it is being used in classroom (if applicable) Note: first come, first serve on tools. If someone else has listed the tool - select a different tool.

Bradshaw, Tyler [|GlobalScholar] Global scholar is an online tutoring service for any subject concentrating in secondary core curriculum. It has instant tutoring, scheduled tutoring, and general homework help available from a multitude of tutors 24/7.

Bowlin, Morgan [|Roxer] Roxer provides an easy way for teachers to create a webpage devoted to their class. Teachers can post assignments, and upload handouts on to the website for easy student access.

Burke, Shannon [|Slideshare] SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar.

Busick, Megan [|Gliffy] Draw and Share Diagrams Online. Application that provide platform independent Internet applications with rich user interfaces for collaboration. Diagrammming in your web browser without donloading additional software.  Drown, Rachel [|Drown Family Network] [|Ning in Education] [|Ning Homepage] Ning is a free social networking tool to create any kind of network. They can be public or private and have all newest network features. Educators use Ning as a forum, network, collaboration platform and many other integrated networking communication. A few education networks powered by Ning are: Ning in Education, Educatoin 2.0, Education 3.0, IT in Education, etc. There are over 200 educatoin networks and many network across the globe. The above links are the NIng network I created, the Ning main page, and Ning in Education. Early, Theresa [|Remember the Milk] Helps students organize their assignments and sends them remimders to various places including e-mail, instant messengers, and via text messages. BTW its free!

Folkestad, James Google Reader ([|www.google.com/reader]) I am using Google Reader in Educ 331: Learn more here: http://educ331.wikispaces.com/RSS Feed

Hernandez, Daniel [|Answers.com] This website acts as an answer engine, with dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, bios, tech terms, news, sports, weather, and other important data relating to any school topic taken from a plethora of reliable sources. It also has the benefit of being easy to use.

Jensen, Scott [|Takelessons.com] This is a community based website that allows students and teachers to connect. Many times, young musicians and artists have a hard time finding a teacher to meet with them privatly. Many times there are no ways to read other people's feelings and experiences with a given teacher, leaving no way for someone to know about the person they are entrusting their child with. Here there are ways to leave feedback as well as read a biography about each teacher.

Korbach, Cheryl Webook ([|http://www.webook.com/)] Webook is a ground-breaking online resource for aspiring authors. Achieve your lifelong goal of publishing a book. This site has the potential to generate imagination for students to advance their writing skills.

Mazza, Aly [|VoiceThreads] Examples on wiki VoiceThreads is interactive media albums that allow the viewer to comment on any slide, picture, or video by typing a comment, recording audio, or drawing on the object itself. Teachers can use this in the classroom to generate discussion topics online about photos, cartoons, videos. Students can access it on their own time and it has increased participation in classrooms.

Melahn, Liz [|Google Calendar] Google Calendar is a tool that allows people to create calendars that help to solve many problems. You can create calendars for anything you want, and then turn them on and off, which allows you to see every one you have or just a few. This can be important in the classroom, as we can create calendars for each class, and share those with students on a web page. Further, if the students have their own calendar, they can add your calendar into their own.

Potthast, Nicole Wikispaces Lisa Burden shares about how beneficial using Wikis is in the classroom. She has her students using Wikispaces with eachother and corresponding with other students in other countries. She talks about how it is helping her students in the Theatre Arts and Journalism areas connect and learn about other people and places. Her students are currently working on a film using iMovie in which they are connecting with other students in Spain for further creative ideas and experiences for their film.

Reilly, Elizabeth [|Google Documents] Google Documents is a important tool that allows teachers to communicate with students via the web. Grades, articles, and other important documents can be placed in this site space which allows students get the information off the web. Essentially, this can be a virtual homework inbox, and also a folder that can help teachers organize information.

Reynolds, Chris [|A.nnotate] A.nnotate allows users to upload documents in various formats to their own account and/or email uploaded documents and screen shots to any number of people. This could be useful for peer editing or active reading on homework articles and excerpts. The educational applications for this technology seem endless.

Siegel, Lynne [|Chalksite] Chalksite lets a tecaher communicate with his or her students and their parents on the web. This tool lets a teacher post grades and assignments and send messages to his or her class.

Taylor, Brett [|Blogger] Blogger would be wonderful tool for collaborative learning. It opens a possibility for whole classes to post and read others responses and ideas to content.

Tilmant, Erika [|del.icio.us] del.icio.us is a Social Bookmarking tool for collaborative learning. Classmates are able to share research with each other and with the teacher. This is a way to orgainze and store tags, as well as a powerful social network built around it.

Velasquez, Christie [|Elluminate] Elluminate engages more students in more ways. It gives real-time interaction and expands the boundries of the traditional classroom. [|Demo]

Wichern, Matthew [|Google Maps] Use of Google Maps in history and geography, to help students visualize places they are learning about.

Winder-Chavey, Elizabeth [|Audacity] Audacity allows teachers (or anyone) to record audio for a podcast and save it as an mp3 for no charge. These mp3 files can then be uploaded through applications such as ourmedia.org which hosts podcasts and creates RSS feeds to connect them to other websites.

Winslow, Lisa [|Bubbleply] Bubbleply allow teachers to edit video, creative commons of course, and add bubbles which include text and infor they want to draw attention to. Similar to "Pop-up Video" which used music videos to include historical facts and behind the scenes stories.