Cool+Web+2.0+Tools

__Extreme Web 2.0 Makeover: Education Edition__ by Steve Dembo, Discovery Education/ United Streaming http://goo.gl/pvzu dencommunity.com teach42.com

Here are a few simple tools and resources that are FREE and easy to use:

1. [|Wallwisher.com] This program becomes a digital poster board that adds sticky posts to a wall How to get started: Once on the wall:
 * Build a Wall
 * Choose an url (ie Wallwisher.com/wall/istenewbie)
 * Type in your name
 * Type in your email
 * Click "I want to approve every post before it shows up on the wall" (if you wish)
 * Double click anywhere on wall
 * Type in your name
 * You can add an image/audio/link
 * You can move the notes around/ classify/ organize your notes
 * **You must register to delete postings!**

2. [|Let Me Google That For You] This program is for your lazy students who can't seem to find anything on the web. It sends them an email that types in the search words into the google search engine. Once at the site:
 * Type in the search phrase or words
 * click create URL
 * Right click on the URL to copy it
 * Go to your email and send a message to your student
 * paste the URL onto the email you're sending

3. [|Blabberize.com] This site is a simple way to animate images (think JibJab.com) to make them move their mouths to your recordings You may use almost any image Once at the site: Applications:
 * Discovery Education Images
 * Google Images
 * Click make
 * Browse for images
 * Open
 * Arrow (next)
 * Circle over the mouth and move it around to create the animation
 * Click next
 * Insert audio
 * Use your computer's mic or your own phone
 * Click allow
 * Use for historical speeches
 * Use for presentations
 * Add to power points
 * Students can use it to demonstrate their understandings
 * Can be used as an .mpeg or in zamzar convert files

4. Blogs [|Edublogs.com] These can be used as a journal: 3-4 sentences about what we do each day Keep it simple Edublogs.org is free once your at the site:
 * Click on Make A Blog
 * Type in your username
 * Type in Yes to the agreement
 * Click next
 * Create a URL (___.edublogs.org/)
 * Google Yes/No
 * Go to your email for verification
 * Gives you a password
 * Copy (right click)
 * Log into Edublogs.com
 * Go to users
 * Go to authors/users
 * Click on user name
 * Paste in your given password
 * Go to change password
 * Click Update

5. Pod Casting [|ipadio.com] A way to record your thoughts, stories from your phone to the internet Once at the site:
 * click on Give it a Go! Phlog Here
 * input your phone #
 * email
 * go through the verification process
 * (don't forget to hit 'end' call on your phone otherwise it keeps recording!)
 * download it
 * edit it
 * or delete it
 * can be posted to iTunes or Facebook