10.28.2008

Web 2.0 Tools - dynamic, free, interactive tools online

What is Web 2.0?
  • Platforms and tools on the Web that increase communication, collaboration and connection
  • Software built around communities
  • User-generated content or data creating two-way exchange

    Basically - dynamic, two-way interactive websites that are ever-changing.
  • Bloglines
    Subscribe to your favorite websites and have the headlines delivered to bloglines. RSS Feeds at their simplest!

  • Flickr
    Share, store, and find photos.

  • youtube
    Believe it or not, youtube is a prime resource for finding documentaries and learning about other cultures.

  • Blogspot
    Create your own blog.

  • Skype
    Free Internet phone and video service

  • Google Docs
    Create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online! Real time collaboration and GTalk.

  • Senduit
    File sharing - easy!

  • Doodle
    Scheduling tool.

  • Voicethread
    An amazing new tool for sharing photos, voice, comments, and video.
    Excellent application for online education.

  • Dumpr
    Edit photos with a variety of effects - very cool!
  • Lesson plans & more

    Lesson Plans


    • CERF
      Check it out - a subscription database of thousands of dynamic lesson plans and much, much more! See library staff for password.

    • Discovery.com

    • EdSiteMent
      From the National EndowmentS of the Humanities, this site has lesson plans and curriculum ideas to meet your standards.

    • The Educator's Reference Desk

    • Enchanted learning
      Lesson plans, teaching tools, and more.

    • MarcoPolo NY
      Lesson plans designed to match New York State learning standards.

    • Oswego City School District
      You won't believe the education resources on this page! Regents Prep, lessons plans, and so much more.

    • PBS Teacher Source
      Dynamic lesson plans on a variety of subjects.

    • The Web Quest Page
      Exciting and motivational interactive, team-oriented lesson plans which pose an essential question and require higher-level thinking skills.

    For Interactive or online lessons...be sure to check out :

    • WHYVILLE.NET
      A virtual town for children from all over the world who come to learn, create, and have fun together.

    • The Global Schoolhouse
      “Clearinghouse of more than 900 online collaborative projects, organized by topic, grade, and project date. Find partners or join projects from around the globe.” Dynamic, free, online lesson plans.

    • The global virtual classroom
      (GVC) project is a collection of free, on-line educational activities and resources.

    • Best Practices of Technology: Integration in Michigan
      This is an excellent source for effective, student-directed lessons which use technology as a tool in the classroom. Sponsored by the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators, the REMC Association of Michigan, and the Great Lakes Educational Network (Glen).Standards: Aligned with Michigan's standards, covers all core content areas.

    • eMints National Center
      eMints is a resource base of online, technology driven lessons and activities for Missouri schools, including webquests and themed units. It is a collaborative education program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri System Office of Academic Affairs. Standards: Aligned with Missouri's standards, covers all core content areas.

    • WebQuest News
      WebQuests, as defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, are "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."The www.webquest.org page links to numerous exciting and motivational, team-oriented lesson plans which pose essential questions and require higher-level thinking skills.

    • Virtual High School
      A leading non-profit organization which offers an extensive course catalog of online classes for high schools.

    • Slam-Dunk Digital Lesson Planning for Teachers
      Examples of online lesson plans and how and why to write them. Practical tip: Write a web page in Microsoft Word or other word processing program. You can create active links while not having to upload your page to the server.