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Technology Integration


New IT - Web 2.0 Tools

Most of the items on this page are for teachers to use with their classrooms as part of a lesson.

 

Blogs

What is a blog?

10 Tips for Beginning Bloggers

http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-tips-for-beginning-bloggers.html

Blog Sites for Educators & Students

Blog Sites - General

Collaboration

Etherpad -lets people work together on creating a document.

Polls

Twiddla - Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas.

Vuvox - allows you to create interactive slideshows and presentations from photos, video and music from Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, etc.

Google

Google has many great tools - go to google.com - try the links - make sure to go to more and even more!

Google  - After you search on something in Google - click on show options.  Try Wonder Wheel.  Try some other options too.

Google Blogger - Create a blog

Google Books - Can do an online search through books online.

Google Docs - create and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with anyone

Google Labs - see some of the stuff Google has been working on

Podcasting

What is a podcast?

Audacity - record and edit sound

Photography

Editing

  • ImageChef - Creative site for adding animated frames, create word mosaics, etc.
  • Picasa - Edit images

Sharing

Presentation Tools

Prezi - put your presentation on one big page (instead of many PowerPoint slides) - works well with a IWB

SlideShare - upload and share PowerPoint, Word, and PDF documents.

Vyew - With Vyew you can conduct meetings in real time using a shared workspace, webcam, voice over IP (VoIP), free teleconferencing, text chat and desktop sharing. In addition to uploading, sharing and presenting content you can invite participants to annotate and collaborate on content during the meeting. Participants can be allowed to navigate the workspace independently to collaborate on different portions of the content. You can also record the meeting for playback.

Technology Integration

Video

CoolIris - easily find, navigate, and subscribe to shows you like most

LiveStream
Create your own channel or watch others.

UStream
Create your own videos or watch others.

Xtranormal - create movies with animated characters by typing in the words the will say. This is for teachers to create a movie - not for kids.

 

Vocabulary

 

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