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= Web 2.0 Teaching Tools -- Wikis, Glogs, and Beyond =

Presented by: John Goldsworthy
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= Wiki Samples From St. Kevin's High =

Careers in Oil & Gas Created by 100+ Career Development students during Feb. 2011.

Computer Hardware & Software Created by Communications Technology 2104 students during Nov 2010.

= Wiki Samples From Around the Globe =

Greetings from Around the World Created by a teacher from Zagreb, Croatia. Awarded "Best Educational Wiki in 2010". In addition to the global perspective, the use of Glogster posters is very impressive.

A comprehensive list of educational wikis we can learn from A collection of literally hundreds of educational wikis created by teachers and students from around the globe. Many have involved collaboration at an amazing level.

= Web 2.0 Teaching Tools = ====These websites offer free tools that you and your students can use to CREATE things online. Most sites will provide "embed code" to enable the product to be placed on a Wiki page. ====
 * ====[|GLOGSTER] Develop digital posters using graphics, images, and even video and audio clips. Use Glogster EDU to set up a teacher account so students do not need to create accounts. ====
 * CLASSTOOLS Create free educational games, quizes, and diagrams in seconds.
 * VOKI Create personalized speaking avatars.
 * AVIARY Create graphics, edit images, create audio, and much more. Teacher can setup an education account so students do not need to create accounts. For example: @http://www.aviaryeducation.com/StKevinsHG/login
 * GROOVESHARK Listen to virtually any song in the world. Embed code is available from your playlist.
 * [|ANIMOTO] Upload pictures, add text and music and this site will put together an exciting slideshow. Set up an educator's account for unlimited full length slideshows for your students.
 * [|TOONDOO] and [|COMIQS] Create digital comic book style cartoons.
 * [|KERPOOF]--a more sophisticated version of the above...even allows students to create a comic movie.
 * [|DIPITY], [|XTIMELINE] and [|TIMETOAST] are timeline creators that allow users to create multimedia web-based timelines. Great for history projects.
 * Create online quizzes with sites like[| SURVEYMONKEY], [|QUIZSTAR], and [|YACAPACA.]
 * Have your students start a blog at [|EDUBLOGS] or [|21CLASSES] (not sure what a blog is or how you might use it in your classroom? [|Check out this article.)]
 * ======** this list has no end..... **======

= Any questions or comments? =

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