Web+2.0+Tools

= **Web 2.0 Tools for Differentiation** =

 Articles

[|Moving Toward Web 2.0 in K-12 Education]
[|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts - Will Richardson] [|World Without Walls] [|Footprints in the Digital Age] [|David Warlick - CoLearners] [|Technology and Primary Grade Students] [|One Hundred Helpful Web 2.0 Tools for Every Kind of Learner] [|Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction] by Vicki Davis

Social Bookmarking Diigo or Delicious will help you keep track of all the great information and ideas you find on the web. If you share your bookmarks with colleagues who teach at the same grade level and curriculum, you will increase your library of teaching ideas.
 * [|CommonCraft Video]
 * [|Delicious]
 * [|Diigo]

Sharing Documents Online & Other Writing Support
 * [|Google Docs]
 * [|Scribd]
 * [|Bubblus]
 * [|Essay Map]
 * [|Awesome Highlighter] Awesome Highlighter helps you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page.

As in sharing bookmarks, sharing documents is another way to collaborate with a fellow teacher.

Tools  [|CommonCraft Video WWW] [|Web 2.0 in Education] (try the resources listed on the left) [|Go2Web20] (Excellent listing of Web 2.0 Tools and Applications) [|TechTools for Middle School Students] (Outstanding list of proven tools used by Sherie Ebert Adams Friendship) [|Weaving WebTools] (Jennifer Casper - WEMTA presentation) [|Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009]Annual list compiled by surveying learning professionals worldwide

Wikis
 *  [|CommonCraft Video]
 * [|Classroom 2.0]
 * [|PBWorks]

Blogging
 * What is Blogging?
 * [|CommonCraft Video]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|ClassBlogMeister]
 * [|Blogging for Beginners]
 * [|33 Ways to Use Blogs in the Classroom]
 * [|Reflections on Practice]

Media Create an interactive poster. Collect multimedia: videos, sounds, text, giffs, and graphics. This is the educational version of glogster and allows you to create a roster of student accounts.
 * [|animoto for educators]
 * [|toondoo]
 * [|flickr]
 * [|VoiceThread] [|Voicethread for Educators] [|Digital Library on k12 Voicethread]
 * [|Glogster for Education]
 * [|Kerpoof]
 * [|Sketchcast] media type="custom" key="5297367"
 * [|tikatok]
 * [|Photostory 3]
 * [|Voki]

Social Networking  Others (Curriculum support etc.)
 * [|CommonCraft Video]
 * [|About Ning]
 * [|Ning]
 * [|Facebook]
 * [|2nd LIfe]
 * [|MySpace]
 * [|ePals]
 * A Sample Wiki - discussing an ePals Project
 * [|BabelWithMe]
 * [|KidsZone]
 * [|Thinkfinity]
 * [|Free Tools for Teachers]
 * [|Skype]
 * [|Classroom tools]

Resources [|Web_2.0_Projects.pdf] [|OnlineFlashCards] - an interesting review of several online resources.

[|Soshiku] The smart way to keep track of your homework. Soshiku is a simple but powerful tool that manages your high school or college assignments. Soshiku keeps track of when your assignments are due and can even notify you via email or SMS.

[|Spoken Text] Online text to audio converter. You can create recordings from plain text files, Acrobat PDF or Word files, [|emails], a web page or enter text directly to be recorded.

Ed Origami Web Site http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/