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Dangerously Cool Web 2.0 Links for Educators

 


 

Animation Software

Create your own animated movie easily and free http://www.xtranormal.com/ For a well done video on Xtranormal: http://classroomnext.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-your-own-animated-video-with.html

 

http://goanimate.com/ - some nice stuff on this site.

 

Blogs

Blogs in Plain English - from Common Craft

http://blogger.com - from Google. Automatically sets you up on the Google search engine.

http://classpress.com - not free at $29.95 per year - but you can gain free months by referring.

http://edublogs.org/ - great choice for educators. Educator Sheri Higgs has this to say about it, "The free mode (which we are using) has 20MG storage.  Once you become a "supporter" (various levels) you can add and tie in student blogs."  Nothing better than a recommendation from a fellow educator.

http://wordpress.com - easy to use and rather sophisticated templates

 

Collaborative Work Tools

http://google.com/apps - Links to Google Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Google Talks (IM for Google) and Sites (wiki for Google) 

 

Concept mapping software

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page - Free download for nice concept mapping tools. Can be used as framework for students to begin a project

http://mind42.com/ - collaborative online

http://mindmeister.com - free version - but for academic, only costs $15.00 per year.  Now that's a sweet deal.

 

Digital storytelling

http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu - One of the best sites for educational use of digital storytelling out there by my mentor in digital storytelling.

 

Downloading videos (like YouTube)

http://keepvid.com/ - download streaming videos with a click

http://mediaconverter.org/ - converter

http://vixy.net/ - Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!

http://zamzar.com/ - multipurpose tool to convert files and download videos online. No need to download software.

http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html - Top YouTube downloader and links to others. This will download as mov files; converter is below

http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html

 

Game Templates for PowerPoint, Excel and more

http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm - EXCELLENT site for many, many, game templates for the everyday classroom teacher; check out the template for Matrix.

 

Just Cool Stuff

http://doodlebuzz.com - don't know how to describe it - just go try it

http://www.wordle.net/ - a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide; great for brainstorming and discovering key ideas

 

Multimedia Web 2.0

http://glogster.com - a multimedia blog that can be imported into PBworks and other wikis. You have got to see this one.  Check out the educator site: http://www.glogster.com/edu/

Storybird is great for teaching reading concepts. Storybords are short, visual sotries that you make with family and friends to share and print:  http://storybird.com/. Take a look at some of the example books created by writers and start your own stories today. This one is rather good: Just a Girl

http://voicethread.com - great multimedia tool for collaborating and communicating

http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ Nice, very nice and abundant examples of Voicethread in education.

 

Music and Sounds - copyright free (more sources under Podcasting and Audio Editing)

http://ccmixter.org - ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Unlike freeplaymusic (which is often used as a source of music for educators), this site offers open source music that can be used in podcasts, on websites, etc.

http://www.freesound.org/ - The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/sdml/sdml.asp - Super dooper music looper is great for looping short clips of music.

 

Online Quiz and Survey Tools

http://google.com/apps - use Google spreadsheet to develop a quiz or survey and view results instantly in Google spreadsheet.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/ - nice source for educators and students to build interactivity with statistical analyses included

http://surveymonkey.com - brief quizzes and surveys with statistical analyses included

 

Podcasting and Audio Editing (more sources under Music and Sound)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net - open source audio editing software; popular, but much more complicated to use than Wavepad (below).

http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/kb/free.html - easier to figure out than Audacity; can buy master's edition, but the free one works well with many features available.

 

Social Bookmarking Sites

Social Bookmarking in Plain English - from Common Craft

http://diigo.com - also allows you to: annotate pages for group, set up groups to share bookmarks, collaborate on research projects via communication tool.

http://del.icio.us - on of the most popular social bookmarking tools

 

Social Networking Sites

Social Networking in Plain English - from Common Craft

http://ning.com - seems to be the one used in education

 

Twitter

Twitter in Plain English - what the heck is twitter and how/why do you tweet?

Twitter Search in Plain English from Common Craft

http://twitter.com - that thing they have been talking about everywhere.

 

Voicethread

http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ Nice, very nice and abundant examples of Voicethread in education.

 

Video, Photo, Multimedia Presentation

http://video.kidzui.com - They say that all the videos have been approved by parents and teachers; may be a solution for "unsafe" videos on other spots.

http://edutube.org/ - educational videos

http://schooltube.com

http://teachertube.com

http://youtube.com

 

Photo Sharing in Plain English - from Common Craft

http://flickr.com

Some free photos - Some are free and some cost (but are cheap). Photos are high quality and large so do not pixelate on photo stories, etc.

http://sxc.hu - one of my favorite copyright free photo sites; great quality and resolution.

 

Take a look at this powerful story about today's world and the impact of technology on education.  Download the Windows Media Player version or the Quicktime version of the movie and take a look.

 

http://slideshare.com - upload your PPTs or download others; some nice slideshows can be found here.

 

Webconferencing Tools

http://skype.com

 

Webquests and links about Copyright, copyleft, and Creative Commons

WebQuests for learning about plagiarism and copyright:

From the Trunk of the Old Elm Tree is a WebQuest for 5th and 6th grade students by Ellis.

Excellent WebQuest for high school students by Janice Cooper. Liberal copyright permission is granted. For details, see bottom of WebQuest page.

Plagiarism, How to Cite Online Sources is another WebQuest for grades 6, 7, and 8.  Built by Jocelyn Kagan and Susan Victor, the WebQuest also has liberal copyright permissions.  You may have to make some modifications as some links need to be updated.  It provides a nice foundation to build upon.

This nicely laid out Copyright Website provides an excellent overview of copyright and includes a section on Open Source, GNU and GPL licensing, fair use and more.  It also provides some prime examples that students will enjoy looking at and discussing. Samples from music and movies in major copyright lawsuits are included.

10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained provides information about the common misconceptions of copyright in layman's terms.

This Crash Course in copyrights will provide a good overview of copyright law.  Also has a quiz to test your knowledge.

The Creative Commons website provides easy to understand licensing that generally allows others to use your work and/or modify.  Various licenses are available under Creative Commons and on this site you can generate your license for posting on your website or on work you have created.

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Webquests - Miscellaneous

While we are on the subject of WebQuests - check these sites out for many examples of WebQuests - all subject areas/all levels:

Bernie Dodge's site provides links to a multitude of Web Quests. This site by the "Father of WebQuests" includes a forum, links to an article database and a new WebQuest garden to help you build your WebQuest.

 

Best WebQuests provides links to many WebQuests - all subject areas, all grade levels. Tom March has the best 194 WebQuest reviewed out of 1191.  His focus is on the "true" WebQuests that endeavor to promote critical thinking rather than gain knowledge or learn facts. He focuses on WebQuests that support a New 3Rs: Real, rich and relevant.

TechTrekker WebQuests provides multiple sources for WebQuests. Covers a large variety of subject areas and grade levels.

T-spider net is an interactive site that will step you through creating your first WebQuest - with students involved.If you have any outstanding links to WebQuests or other emerging technologies that would benefit MTT candidates or teachers, please contact Janice Butler.

 

Wikis

Wikis in Plain English - Common Craft's easy and understandable video explaining wikis

http://pbworks.com - One of the best free wikis going; allows you to edit html for more precise editing and is ad free for educators

http://wikispaces.com - Another popular wiki for educators

http://wetpaint.com - free, but limited in size.  Upgrade is relatively expensive. (Relative to me is more than free. Although I have upgraded this wiki because of the additional features that come with a paid subscription.)

 

Wikis in education

Science of Spectrosopy - wiki with information and examples of wikis

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis - exceptional link of many, many, many wikis used in education

 

YouTube (or other tubes) Video Downloading

http://keepvid.com/ - download streaming videos with a click

http://mediaconverter.org/ - converter

http://vixy.net/ - Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!

http://zamzar.com/ - multipurpose tool to convert files and download videos online. No need to download software.

http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html - Top YouTube downloader and links to others. This will download as mov files; converter is below

http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html

http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html - Top YouTube downloader and links to others. This will download as mov files; converter is below

http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html

 

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