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Teachers First |
http://www.teachersfirst.com/ | . Collection of units, lessons and activities to incorporate Web 2.0 tools in your classroom and with a focus on the safe use of these tools. Stop here first to get the basics as well as some great resources. |
BLOGS |
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Imbee |
http://www.imbee.com/teacher | Blog designed for the pre-teen crowd but with special features for educators.Password protection provided. |
TakingItGlobal |
http://www.takingitglobal.org/tiged/ | TIGED Blog designed for education with a focus on global perspectives |
Haiku |
http://www.haikuls.com/ | Blog & Teacher Web site creator designed for educational settings to connect parents, students and teachers. |
Class Chatter |
http://classchatter.com/ | Free Web Logs for the classroom. A safe haven for teachers and students on the web. |
WIKIS |
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PBWiki |
http://www.pbwiki.com | Set up a Wiki where students can work together on projects or a web page and yet have it be password protected. |
WikiSpaces |
http://www.wikispaces.com | Another free Wiki service where students can work together on projects or a web page and yet have it be password protected. |
Wet Paint |
http://www.wetpaint.com | Another free Wiki - Web page service where students can work together on projects or you can set up a web site. Allow others to view, edit or provide invitations only. |
Productivity Tools |
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Google Docs |
http://docs.google.com | Create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations |
Zoho |
http://www.zoho.com | Create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. |
Preezo |
http://www.preezo.com | Create PowerPoint like presentation online and allow students to collaborate |
Voicethread |
http://voicethread.com | Create documents, comment with voice or text and share with others. Consider using in a language classroom for students to practice English, foreign language or expression language about a particular image or topic. Post and discuss images, concepts, diagrams or case studies. |
SlideShare |
http://www.slideshare.net | Share PowerPoint presentations so students can acccess and review at any time.. |
SlideShare |
http://www.screencast.com | Create those screencast videos to demonstrate tools and post for students to view directions. |
MindMeister |
http://www.mindmeister.com/ | Collaborative web-based mind-mapping graphic organizer tool. . |
Trailfire |
http://www.trailfire.com | Make a trail of web sites with annotations for students to browse and use anywhere. |
Jing Project |
http://www.jingproject.com | Use this tool to make up to a five minute screen capture of a web page, activity or directions for students to review. Files can be stored on Screencast |
Teacher Tube |
http://www.teachertube.com | Even if you don't feel like making a video, someone probably has already created a short demo or skit to help your students practice or review information at home. |
| Waiting for more FREE Web 2.0 tools to add here, ones considered are those that offer potential in the classroom, are free and easy to use. |
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