Web+2.0+Tools

** Web 2.0 Tools to use in the classroom.  **
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=__**Cool Tools **__=

These websites offer free tools that you and your students can use to develop presentations, enhance lessons with multi-media, and differentiate instruction.


 * **[|GLOGSTER]**--develop digital posters using graphics, images, and even video and audio clips. Use **Glogster EDU** to set up a teacher account so students do not need to create accounts.
 * **[|ANIMOTO-]**-upload pictures, add text and music and this site will put together an exciting slideshow. Set up an educator's account for unlimited full length slideshows for your students.
 * **[|TOONDOO], [|COMIQS],** **[|MAKE BELIEFS COMIX]**  and **[|Read Write Think]**(more for elementary) -Create digital comic book style cartoons
 * **[|KERPOOF]**--a more sophisticated version of the above...even allows students to create a comic movie.
 * **[|DIPITY], [|XTIMELINE]** and **[|TIMETOAST]** are timeline creators that allow users to create multimedia web-based timelines. Great for history projects.
 * **[|CHATZY]**  and **[|COVER IT LIVE]** will allow you to create a safe, private chatroom for use with your students . To view a sample room and "chat" with each other about this workshop, log on to [], sign in and click "JOIN CHAT."
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**[|SEARCH CUBE]**--a more visual way to sort internet searches. This would be a great for elementary students.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**[|BOOLIFY PROJECT]**--another elementary search tool that teaches how to do effective searches using boolean logic.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**[|GO2WEB20]**--The most comprehensive collection of Web 2.0 resources on the web.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create online quizzes with sites like**[| SURVEYMONKEY]**, **[|QUIZSTAR]**, and **[|YACAPACA.]**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**[|GLIFFY]** **is** a free web 2.0 tool that will do graphic organizers, concept mapping, flow charts, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Have your students start a blog at **[|EDUBLOGS]**or **[|21CLASSES]** (not sure what a blog is or how you might use it in your classroom? [|Check out this article.)]
 * [|http://www.wordle.net] –insert text from any printed document and this site will create a word cloud based on the frequency of word use. Great for discussing main ideas and thematic concepts.