Web+2.0+Tools

** Tools to use with students ** === Flixtime – Quickly Create Short Videos by Free Technology for Teachers. I haven’t played with Flixtime yet, but it sounds similar to PhotoStory, except you don’t have to download a program – you upload your images or videos and music. I’m hoping this will inspire some young videographers to further their skills and introduce the concept to others.=== **Tech Sites for Learners to Web 2.0 Tools** From “Tech & Learning:” **Tech It Easy** with Learners. Sites recommended are
 * Listed below are links to some Web 2.0 Tools **
 * The Awesome Highlighter is Awesome by Free Technology for Teachers. I plan to introduce a variety of research skills with this one. From highlighting the main ideas in articles about their favorite ideas, to commenting on paragraphs written by fellow students in Google docs, this tool will make reading fun for students.
 * Have Students Use the Big6 to Solve Problems by Instructify. This one’s not a tool, just inspire me to get my students blogging reflections about what we do in class.
 * Find free images at Flickr: Creative Commons by Instructify. I love using image collections in assignments, but have had a difficult time finding high resolution, brand-free, creative commons images in mass quantities. I’m hoping this will meet my needs. When I had 4th grade write a paragraph describing their favorite food, the only thing that kept me from publishing their incredible creativity was the quality of the pictures we were dealing with. Now new doors have been built to open – yay!
 * 19 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, and Tools by Teacher Reboot Camp. I featured Tagul in a previous post as a more complex Wordle. I just learned through a Goo-der news bit that Wordle, my prior favorite word cloud generator, is indefinitely off-line so thought I’d best remind myself of all these other options. It’ll be fun exploring them.
 * [] CREATE STUNNING VIDEOS …… FREE. Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy!
 * Voki – animated speaking avatars - []
 * Voicethread – digital storytelling - http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/
 * Edugloster – interactive poster - []
 * Animoto - []
 * Toon Doo []
 * Bubblejoy – create video greeting card with your own video [|www.bubblejoy.com/]
 * Moshimonster – create a monster game []
 * Shidonni – create an animal []
 * TalkingPets []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Kerpoof – tell stories and created animated movies and greeting cards []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">StoryBird – write a story and add pics []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Fotobabble – make photos talk []

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