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New Sessions coming soon! Check out my Moodle page for new and exciting free Web 2.0 sites and samples.
== Come to an introductory presentation or attend all the hands-on sessions! Learn how to create incredible teaching materials the easy way – ON YOUR COMPUTER! Learn about free online resources, useful templates and Web 2.0 sites. In the sessions: You will be able to create a variety of teaching and learning materials for your classroom including flash cards, rubrics, quizzes, certificates, books, newsletters and calendars using Internet resources. You can utilize Web 2.0 tools to promote 21st century learning by creating projects that align with school and district goals. ==

=**ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL **= Not all the resources in these workshops will work for you. Not everyone comes to the workshops with the same classroom experiences or expectations. There isn't one perfect tool or one right way to utilize web 2.0 tools in the classroom. I think it it is important to look at the usefulness of a Web 2.0 tool for yourself before you can really think about how to bring it to your students.So, my hope is that you learn something new today and want to explore at least one of these resource. If you have any questions or comments, the discussion tab is open and my email is available to you.

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Please note that all of these sites are free. Some of these sites are for students, while others are for teachers or/and for personal use. They may not be appropriate for all grade levels. Many of these sites can help to enhance the curriculum directly or indirectly, so if you can't use them at school they are still quite helpful from home or other locations.
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 * FREE INTERNET TOOLS FOR TEACHERS **

In general, Web 2.0 recognizes that we have moved from the Web being a place to find information to it being in environment where we can work with others to think, create, collaborate and contribute to our world.

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 * Quick Link List **

Animoto - http://animoto.com/ Create your own music videos (free for educators) Audacity - [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net] Free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder Comiqs – [|http://comiqs.com] Create comic strips based on their own photos CreateAGraph – http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Create five different graphs Del.icio.us – http://del.icio.us/ Online bookmarking (favorites) tool Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/ - Favorite blogging site (no advertisements) Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/ Photo storing site (neat creative tools) Flickr Toys - http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ Gcast - [|www.gcast.com] Create via phone podcasts to share and store Gimp - [|www.gimp.org] Open source program features mimic Adobe’s PhotoShop Glogster- edu.glogster.com - check out the education section. Over 200 of my students have created glogs! Google Docs – [|docs**.**google.com/] Top Web 2.0 tool allows the user to share and collaborate Hot Potatoes - http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Create six different kinds of quizzes Jing – [|www.jingproject.com] Instantly captures and shares images and video Mindmeister - [|www.mindmeister.com/] Collaborative mind mapping tool for brainstorming. Mindomo [|www.mindomo.com/] Free Web-based online mind mapping software Jumpcut - [|w] [|ww.jumpcut.com] [|/] Use online when film editing programs are not available LetterPop – http://letterpop.com/ Create creative newsletters. It’s simple, fun and fast. Math.com – [|www.math.com] Generate hundreds of printable free math (K12) worksheets Meebo [|www.meebo.com/] Access IM from anywhere with no download Ning – [|www.ning.com/] Start a social network for your class Picnik [|www.picnik.com/] Edit all your photos online, from one easy place PodsafeAudio – [|www.podsafeaudio.com/] Audio you can legitimately use Polldaddy – [|www.polldaddy.com] Create your own poll or survey Quizlet – http://quizlet.com/ Fast way to memorize vocabulary lists Read, Write, Think - [|www.readwritethink.org] Student Materials to support literacy (K1 2) Remember the Milk – [|www.rememberthemilk.com] Manages your tasks and receive reminders Rubistar – http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Generate your own rubrics Rubrics4teachers – [|www.rubrics4teacher.com] Ready made and do-it-yourself rubric generator Skype – [|www.skype.com] Computer to computer plus telephone calls for free Slideshare - www.slideshare.net/ Best place to share slideshows Surveymonkey - [|www.surveymonkey.com] Create custom surveys and view results quickly Teachertube – [|www.teachertube.com] O nline video sharing site for educators and students Teachnology - [|http://teach-nology.com] Free and easy to use resource portal for teachers VideoConverter – [|www.youconvertit.com] Converts you tube videos to downloadable versions Videos for Math - [|www.math-videos-online.com/] - large collection of free animated math videos Virtual Mathematics - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html A variety of interactive manipulatives and concept tutorials for every grade level Voicethread – www.voicethread.com Group conversations around images, docs, and video Voicethread Experience: http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/Voicethread Wikispaces – [|www.wikispaces.com/] Best Wiki site for educators. No Ads! Wordle – www.wordle.net A fun tool that generates word clouds from your text Zamzar - [|www.zamzar.com/] Free online file conversion that will convert videos for offline viewing, converts PDF to word, lots of other file conversions Zoomerang – [|www.zoomerang.com] Another online survey tool. This one includes templates

Google Maps is a free and easy online tool to incorporate math, visual arts, social studies, science, reading, and writing. It is web-based, and easy to use. Check out these links at http://fittools.wikispaces.com :
 * Special Features: **
 * Maps across the Curriculum **

· [|Google Maps] · [|Google Maps Overview/Tutorial] · [|Classroom Example of Google Maps in Action - Oral Histories] · [|100 Things to do with Google Maps] · [|http://earthquakes.tafoni.net]

Podcasting is, at its most basic form, the sharing of digital audio files. A podcast is usually an audio commentary designed to share information. They are generally stored online in an mp3 format online. Listeners download the mp3 and listen to it either on their computer, or on a portable mp3 player or iPod. You need a microphone to record. We used Audacity (free) for the software program to record student podcasts and a place like [|www.podomatic.com] or [|Gcast] (free, no ads) to host your podcasts. You'll find tons of podcasts at [|Odeo] and in the iTunes education area. Here's a great blog you may want to check out: [|Podcasting in the classroom]. You can also visit the iTune podcast library and do a search for Miscoe. You will find at least twenty podcasts created by our students. Look for our Miscoe Podcast Channel on iTunes.
 * What are Podcasts? **

**Blogging** Blogging is becoming a way for our students to develop reading, writing and critical thinking skills to attract, sustain and connect with all audiences. Blogs are used by educators throughout the world. Blogs can provide teachers and students with a wealth of information about endless topics. Blogs can be utilized as a tool to increase communication with parents, students, fellow teachers and others. Just think of how convenient it would be to update your own information, anytime, anywhere without going through a webmaster. If you are thinking about blogging, a good start would be to take a look at some blogging sites. Here are a few examples:

Math Blog,