summer11tools

= = **30boxes ** [|http://30boxes.com]
 * **Web 2.0 Tool "Reviews" - Summer 2011 **Add your ideas for using the Web 2.0 tool you explored to support classroom learning (or other professional or personal learning) and/or productivity. === ===

**Gliffy ** [|http://www.gliffy.com]
 * Can help two or more people make their schedules work together
 * Can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet
 * I can keep up with ARD's, important meetings, and teacher birthdays to send out birthday cards.


 * After the study of a country have student teams create a jigsaw of a point of interest for classmates to solve, include questions.
 * Create a puzzle using a sentence so that students can learn to read and create sentences at the same time.

**JigZone ** []


 * incentive/reward for students
 * aid young children in developing skills to manipulate a mouse
 * create newsletters to email to parents.

LetterPop
[|http://letterpop.com/]


 * Create original stories to tell through picture book format.
 * Use digital cameras to take pictures that represent a story and recreate it as a picture book
 * Take pictures of math, science, or social studies concepts found in the real world and create picture books of student's discoveries.

MixBook
[|http://www.mixbook.com]


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students can make illustrated books about themselves
 * Ability to "invite" collaboration from other students (or parents)
 * Students can collaborate on an illustrated book about a chosen topic or about the class, school, etc.
 * Students can "scrapbook" a novel from one character's point of view.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">**TimeGlider**
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://mnemograph.com]


 * By V. Westlake and Natashia Delossantos
 * Editing pictures with ease
 * User friendly tools
 * Easily saves and uploads to hard drive or other online destinations
 * Interacts with major social networks
 * Doesn't require an account
 * Free for student use
 * Can change photos from color to black and white... good for history
 * Very user friendly

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Picnik
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.picnik.com]


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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">**PollDaddy**
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have students put words and definitions to help with vocabulary in any subject
 * Teacher can easily create tests that give instant feedback as well as aids in further study
 * iTouch apps to create a quick practice station
 * Ability to email flashcard sets
 * Students can play games to help learn and review
 * Can create groups so students can work together

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Quizlet
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://quizlet.com]


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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">SketchCast
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://sketchcast.com]


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students can make a list of to do's for their paper.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Ta-da List
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.tadalist.com]


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Review summaries or story elements
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">create a scene from a history lesson, science discovery, or a book character
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Create an icebreaker cartoon to grab students' interest.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">ToonDoo
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.toondoo.com]


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">create websites to explain a process or present a research project
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">have students create online learning portfolios to chart progress throughout the year
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">students can also maintain a blog in conjunction with the website

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">**Weebly**
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://weebly.com]


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Classroom website replacing a paper newsletter. Could include homework/essay/project requirements and rubrics and student work examples

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Writeboard
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.writeboard.com]

when finished all stories would be a class creation
 * I could also see the students creating Wordles to share, and the class having to determine what the connecting factor of all the words would be.
 * This would be a much nicer way to introduce the vocabulary for a given lesson than just listing them on the board.
 * Have students work in groups to create the beginning of a story, all the groups would then "switch" to another group's story and add the next part;
 * Students can use it to learn various instruments in orchestra families.
 * Students can make a wordle of a circle map
 * Students could create a Wordle to describe themselves and their favorite things, "All About Me"
 * Use this as a preview for everything you know about an upcoming unit in any subject (The "K" for a KWL chart)
 * Use this as a review for everything you learned about a unit in any subject (The "L" for a KWL chart)
 * A wordle could also be used as a spelling review. They can type all their spelling words in and then make a wordle from them.
 * Students could use this to summarize a story, artist, or a poem.
 * You could copy and paste students' written compositions to a Wordle and discuss word choice by font size.
 * use this as a way to introduce vocabulary for each unit
 * at the beginning of the year homeroom teachers can use it to display the names of students in their homerooms-mainly elementary teachers

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Wordle
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.wordle.net] >
 * Let the students type on of their writing selections to search for overused words.
 * I can see so many uses for this in the classroom. Character analysis, plot, setting, summarization - the list is endless!
 * Summarize a chapter from an expository text with words they recall from the lesson
 * Describe book characters from chapter books that are read in class

**<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Blabberize ** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|**http://blabberize.com/**] * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students could express their feelings through their voice using their own pictures or have fun expressing others feelings. Magmypic http://www.magmypic.com/ is a great photo editing tool to make covers on a magazine. Students can create fake magazine cover stories.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students could study various composers and make them come to life by sharing their biographies.
 * Teachers can also get students attention quickly by creating a quick intro to the book they're going to read; if they will be learning about safari animals, maybe a talking giraffe can ask them to come to the carpet and sit quietly. ||