File Hosting
- Drop box
- DROPItTOme - Perfect for droing files to teachers without email addresses.
Screencasts/Screenshots
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. The term screencast compares with the related term screenshot; whereas screenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on a computer screen, enhanced with audio narration.
Multimedia/Media Creation
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vuvox -create multimedia slideshows, collages, interactive panoramas.
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OpenZine - Make your own magazine
- Media Collage - is a free educational website for all forms of electronic media. We have hundreds of exclusive tutorials covering video & television production, audio work, photography, graphics, web design and more. You'll also find utilities, reference material (e.g.
user manuals), industry news and a helpful forum.
Everything here is 100% free with no strings attached — we only ask that you respect our terms & conditions. Have fun!
File Conversion
Animation
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Xtranormal- create movies with real characters (needs a login now)
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Flip book Maker - Create your own flipbook!
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Zimmer Twins - create a movie
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Go!Animate 4 Schools -GGoAnimate state-of-art animation tools are perfect to complement your teaching and get your students to put learning into practice Animate state-of-art animation tools are perfect to complement your teaching and get your students to put learning into practice.
Bibliography
Wikis
Blogs- Please see your administrator and have your AUP updated to include Web 2.0 tools
- Blogging Etiquette
- Plurg - like twitter, but more of a PLN that social.
- edmodo - super networking site especially created for education. It is awesome!
- Twiducate - twitter for education, slick and intuitive.
- edublogs tips and tricks: getting started on your class blog.
- Jottit - a blogging site without frills: see my example below
- Blogs - Select for more information - see below for my class blog site and other examples.
- Class Blogmeister - classroom blog page that is geared specifically for schools, safe
- 21Classes -Host and manage blogs for your students; Use a Class Homepage to communicate with students; Reviewing capabilities of entries; Advanced privacy
Post-its
Documents
- google docs - Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online. tutorial
- Penzu - easy online journalism
- Etherpad - real time text doc where multiple writers can work simultaneously (acquired by google for google wave)
- Type With Me
Graphic Organizers
Timelines
Search Engines
- all searches have been reviewed by educators
- Technorati - search engine for blogs
Graphing
Photos/Images
- Flickrstorm - online photo search with creative commons/attributions
- BigHugeLabs - Do fun stuff with your digital photos. Create motivational posters, movie posters,
magazine covers, badges, mosaics, collages, calendars, frames, and a lot more
- Picnix - photo editing - easy, fun, different than iphoto.
- ide@s - Imageide@s offers high-quality, copyright-free digital images for Wisconsin educators.
Visual Literacy
Cover it live
Social Networking
- Mashable Top Ten social networking sites
- Ning - social networking, you choose who an visit the site. (We are experimenting with this for a literature circle) I'll keep you posted!
- edmodo
Social Bookmarking
Research Tools
- Diigo - highlight, bookmark, collaborate your web page
- WolframAlpha - computational knowledge engine
- Doodle - Schedule an event such as a meeting, conference, or any other group event.
View example
- Prezi - create astonishing presentations
Student e-mail
- Gaggle free email accounts for students
- ePals - Safely connect, collaborate and learn using our leading protected email and blog solutions for schools and districts
Online Surveys and Forms
- Wofu - Free strives to be the easiest way to collect information over the Internet.
Our HTML form builder helps you create contact forms, online surveys, and invitations so you can collect the data, registrations and online payments you need without writing a single line of code.
Best Practices
Keyboarding Lessons
I would be happy to facilitate an in-service/professional development workshop !
Contact: Sheri Ebert
ebert_s@af.k12.wi.us
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