Online Safety is important. Classroom rules apply to anything put on the Internet. It must be educational and appropriate. Please remember that you need written parental permission to use student photos, voice or student work. Remember you can make wiki's or blogs private or public. All material produced by students must be monitored by the teacher before it is allowed online.
iGoogle
iGoogle is your personalized Google page. Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page. www.google.com/ig
Free online software to help you and your students become Digital Natives:
http://music.podshow.com/Podsafe
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http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ "Podsafe is a term created in the podcasting community to refer to any work which, through its licensing, specifically allows the use of the work in podcasting, regardless of restrictions the same work might have in other realms. For example, a song may be legal to use in podcasts, but may need to be purchased or have royalties paid for over-the-air radio use, television use, and possibly even personal use."-Wikipedia |
A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them.
Animoto videos--music videos for your images and pictures. With high production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music,...
Graphic organizer
Vozme.com-text aloud
Natural reader downloaded.
Pay for natural voices.
Text to speech
http: www.natural readers.com
Free 30 days
PhotoStory 3
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
“Ceate
slideshows using your digital photos. Add stunning special effects,
soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then,
personalize them with titles and captions.
Share your stories”
Google Sketchup- http://sketchup.google.com/
Free need to download“Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it.”
Fun site where you can put your voice inside a talking animal
PBS Surveys.org
http://www.pbssurveys.org/pages/Home.aspx
“PBS Surveys is a web application that enables schools implementing positive behavior support plans to monitor progress, solicit feedback from teachers and other staff, adjust to local needs and challenges, and identify accomplishments”
retrievr - search by sketch / search by image Sketch • Image. “Please upload an image! Search for similar images by. uploading an image file; or entering the URL of an image. http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr”
“Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”
Freepath
Presentation software
Welcome to Freepath
FREEPATH:
presentation software for business presentations, online meetings, sales
presentations, training, PowerPoint control, video playback, ...
www.freepath.com
Create your own wiki by going to:
Wikis to Check out:
http:// web204u.pbwiki.com
Web 2.0 Class –August 2008
Find links, samples, projects,
http://kidsvoice.pbwiki.com
6th grade teacher and BCEMS Librarian’s Wiki- to put kids podcasting book reviews on our library catalog
“This BSU WIKI is a resource and collaboration space to evaluate options and develop guidelines and procedures for Barre staff interested in using Web 2.0 apps with students. Any staff member interested in these tools should be invited to participate.”
Blog-Use to have monitored discussions and to create theme related content
WordPress is the free software you can use to create your blog.
http://www.teachersdomain.org
Teachers' Domain. Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Main_Page
“Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved.”
Edutopia.org
-magazine and online
Social Networks
vtcite.org
Youtube
“Hosts user-generated videos. Includes network and professional content.” (Blocked from school but can use educational videos downloaded (following copyright rules at home) and brought to school on your thumb drive.
http://www.teachertube.com
for downloading and keeping videos
1. highlight url
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS. S)
21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
Access, Analyze, Act
A blueprint for 21st Century Engagement
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008/blueprint/
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
Essential Learning with Digital Tools, the Internet and Web 2.0
http://www.classroom20wiki.com/space/showimage/Essential+Learning+Functions+4-3-08.pdf
Joyce Kasman Valenza