Digital+Tools

= __Web 2.0 Tools__ = Explore the many Web 2.0 tool that many educators have implemented and found useful! media type="youtube" key="CKzCfPLyhho" width="318" height="244" align="left" 

Cool Tools for Schools is an awesome wiki that lists a ton of Web 2.0 tool links

Wordle Make “word clouds” media type="custom" key="6092953" width="160" height="160" align="left" Why Wordle
 * Forty-Six Interesting Ways to use Wordle in the Classroom

Wallwisher - Online Parking Lot

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Blo​gs
//Blogs are web logs that are personal commentaries by one author which contains text, images, links, web pages, and media. Readers can reply and participate in discussions. It promotes open dialogue and encourages community building. //

Blogs are grouped by blogger's role and function. Every educator can find something of interest to start reading and following.
 * [|Links to School-related blog]**

Tips on tools, safety, and getting students involved in blogging.
 * [|50 Useful Blogging Tools]**

Author of //Blogs, Wikis,// //Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms// __ Class Blogmeister __ ** - This is a great way to blog with your class.
 * [|Weblogg-ed](Will Richardson)**
 * - Great example of sharing professional development with in your school

**Wikis**
A wiki is a Web page that anyone with a Web browser and an internet connection can access. Collaborators can write, add, edit, and change its contents at any time.

[|Wiki Resources]  Why you would want to set up a wiki in your school More Educational Wikis [|Using Wikis in the Classroom] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">a teacher's experience with wiki For Teachers New to Wikis- information on how to incorporate wikis into your classroom <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools [|ISTE Wiki] [|Wikis in Education] [|Wiki Wiki Education Cool Cat] Wiki Cool Cat <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher 21CTools - Integrating 21st Century Tools into your teaching technology tutorials for Teachers -Wiki eduwikius - Great resources for teachers [|21st Century Wiki] - 21st Century Learning <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Nets-Implementation Wiki] Here comes Learning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 21st Century Learning
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wiki Resources and Examples: **

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Podcasting
<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PodCasting- [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A great presentation from FETC on podcasting with tips, ideas and resources to do it with! One very clever idea was to have students read pieces of your newsletter, but don't let the parents know when or what part they will be doing. This way, they have to listen to the whole thing and parents will actually hear the whole newsletter.


 * iTunes U<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: Cambriamso-ansi-language;"> Look under the K-12 area on left menu. Search under the category you are interested in. Be sure to set the Parental Control and disable the iTunes store. Go to the Preferences and Parental. In the top right, Beyond the Campus is for art museums, etc. You can search for a keyword with ,FL to narrow your search.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Audacity <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> - No video camera needed, just a microphone and PC. You can have students share their original stories and practice fluency.
 * Windows Movie Maker - program on your PC to upload video clips to make a movie!
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Vimeo <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> - free tool!!! You save your video to computer and upload to Vimeo. It will give you an embedded code so that you can embed it into your wiki, blog, or website.