25 Tools For the 21st Century Classroom
Tools Highlighted in Session:
www.go2web20.net
lots of web based networking sites
www.edu.glogster.com
online poster tool
text, photos, videos
used to be free but now a small fee
www.storyjumper.com/main/teacher
writing tool
primary in nature k-3
A tool to help tell a story in a complete way
http://prezi.com
Alternative to powerpoint, lots of engaging additives to the basic slide show
Age 13+
you can embed links into
www.xtranormal.com
3d movies
education site - special student site
Monthly cost …. $10 per teacher plus $.50 a kid per month
Instead of a book report …. two people can chat about the book
www.google.com
GoogleApps
Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Talk, Sites, Video
http://storybird.com
Grades 1 - 4
Short stories, can print, share digitally
FREE Accounts
www.youtube.com
Online video’s streaming
Private youtube channel
www.teachertube.com
youtube for teachers, search by topic/theme
www.ning.com
Grades 7-12
Similar to wiki, themes and templates, public or private, customizable
FREE for educations
example: http://techandteaching.ning.com/
www.wikispaces.com
instead of google docs
free for educators, cost for the public
post and share work, privacy options
more interactive then just a website
www.polldaddy.com
Free accounts - 100 responses per month, 10 questions per quiz, 1 user account
Paid - with more responses/quizes
similar to Suverymonkey.com polleverywhere.com fluidsurveys.com
response.smarttech.com - how can you use cellphones/ipad/itouch in responses
www.slideshare.net
Free - limited features PAID - more features
upload powerpoint, word, keynote, pdf
embed onto a website - ning or wikispace
tag each thing - index
www.ed.voicethread.com
use it to call voicemail - leave message
record something they want to share, reading
educational version
Grade 3+
www.podomatic.com
Free
Create podcasts and vodcast
www.picnik.com (Moving to Google)
Google is buying this
Upload photos and you an edit them - you can tie into facebook, picasa
No download required
http://pixlr.com/
grab your photos from anywhere and store them
FREE photo editing
No download
www.zamzar.com
Free online file conversion
www.dropbox.com
web-based storage tool
www.animoto.com
create professional looking videos
Free & Educational side
www.wiziq.com
online tests, online classrooms, tutorials
FREE - up to 500 kids
www.smugmug.com
14 day free trial
photo editing, geo-tagging
www.twitter.com
www.tweetdeck.com
a companion to twitter … helps organize
www.edmodo.com
hand in assignments, portfolios, teachers are moderators for own group, facebook feel
FREE
www.facebook.com
