Download - Educational Tools for Technology
Easy Web Tools for Educators
Presented by Shari Nelson and Kari FransenMarch 12, 2012
Web 2.0 Facts
• Did You Know???
• The web is changing so fast, the information you are learning today, may already be changing!
Common Terms for Web 2.0
• Document• Events• Wiki• Music• Pictures• LiveCasting- Video and
Audio• Bookmarks• Reputation• Crowdsourced Content
• Blog Platforms• Blog Communities• Blog Conversations• Micromedia• Lifestreams• Vocab Specific to Twitter• Video Aggregation• Social Networks• SMS/Voicethread• Video
Good Sites and videos
• http://sites.google.com/site/educationalweb20tools/
• http://www.slideshare.net/woscholar/60-sites-in-60-minutes
Student Project Sites
• Glogster.com and edu.glogster.com
• Storybird.com
• animoto.com
• Prezi
More Presentation Sites
• Empress Me!• As we all are familiar with Powerpoint, but
maybe would like to make a more permanent presentation, this website will convert your PP to a web-ready flash video!
• Cartoon Makers– And toondoo.com
Teacher WebsitesCreating your Own Classroom Space
• Wikispaces.com and pbworks.com: (Collaboration sites)– mrsfran.pbworks.com
• Weebly.com– mrsfransen.weebly.com
• Shutterfly.com– (music website here)
Other Teaching Tools
• Need a Timer? • Live Binders• Using a YouTube video, but don’t want any of
the extras? Use Safe Share to remove offensive material and crop the video screen!
• Just About Any Topic…about.com
English Websites
• Word Clouds: make interesting word shapes with student writing, poetry and more!– Wordle– Tagxedo– Tagul: Teacher
• Teaching Historically? – Death in Rome– Create a Museum box– Timelines
Writing Websites
• Online Typing: – Full Screen with darkcopy.com
• Journaling: – Private Journaling Site
• Plagiarism? Track it online!• Writing a Graphic Novel in class use
Comic Master
Science and Math Websites
• Graphing? – Draw Function Graphs
• Astronomy Charts– Starry Night Sky Charts
• Biology and Anatomy– Teaching Tools
Art and Media Websites
• Photo Editing Tools: – www.aviary.com– www.befunky.com Johnnie
• Collaboration Site for drawing
Health and Psychology Sites
Elementary Sites
• If you have a smart board, there are so many things you can do on this website. You will be able to sign up and download all kinds of pre-made smart board activities, or make some of your own. This also allows you to work with smart notebook when you are at home.
• Awesome activity makers! (previously seen on the prezi.com site)
Collaboration Sites
• As we have already mentioned, a large venue for collaboration on a website would be wikispaces.com or pbworks.com.
• Something that I have found which I think would work great for “meeting” when you can’t really meet, is creating a private chatroom.
• Board room wall sharing ideas and working together!