Web Tools and Tips, April 27-May 1

http://jremmereid.glogster.com/webtoolsandtipsfortheclassroom/
Key Tip:
GET ORGANIZED
Tools:
1. glogster.com – interactive web poster
2. doppelme.com – create avatars
3. animoto.com – short picture slideshow, with music
Post your results here http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dkk48xq_26jx9z9xfp

Ms. Remmereid’s NCAA Tournament Bracket Competition

Fill out your bracket and note your points in the shared Google spreadsheet
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqmxxe7yQ26zidYd78ma1Tg

Fun Multimedia/Interactive/Podcast-ish Sites

glogster http://jremmereid.glogster.com/edit/21st-Century-Skills/

posters
advertisements
home pages

Audio podcasts

vocaroo
gabcast

polleverywhere -polls
xtranormal.com – animated comics

animoto.com
pixton.com
makebeliefscomix.com

alice.org, scratch.mit.edu – digital storytelling
blender.org
scribblar.com – white board, upload photos, online collaborative environment
skrbl.com – only 5 on at a time – teams or small groups
dabbleboard.com
twiddla.com
dimdim – open source
voicethread.com – open collaboration, comments, audio, pictures
Picasa / Flickr – post pictures and videos online
chacha.com – question and answer site

More Web Sites

if you have teachers or students working together, this might be a great web 2.0 tool for you. http://www.wiggio.com/
Just found this presentation tool and have worked with this a little.  Would be very cool tool for students! http://prezi.com
Another site that collects news per curricular area; similar to the last post but with different disciplines. http://classpress.net/
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Video Conferencing Web Sites

Video Conferencing Database Sites:
http://tinyurl.com/vcsites
Global and distance connections are very popular right now due to it being an inexpensive way of taking a field trip.  The following sites are great resources for connections that can be made using distance learning equipment.  Several of these you could also connect to using http://skype.com or other video connections.
http://www.vccontentproviders.org/searchprogram.php
http://news.twice.cc/
http://projects.twice.cc/
http://bcisdvcs.wordpress.com/
http://cilc.org/
http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/services/educational_technology/.field_trips.htm
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/fave/http://www.kn.att.com/wired/vidconf/vidconf.html
http://globallean.edublogs.org/2009/02/09/the-global-lean-music-video-project/
From: http://tis.esu10.org/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=614

Favorite web sites this week

http://Glogster.com – create interactive posters, set it as your home web page
http://Voicethread.com – record audio
http://Animoto.com – animated comic