Prezi: Presentation Software!

This presentation software is awesome! It is like Power Point on steroids!

"Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery."

What is moodle ppt

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What is moodle ppt

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Glowing with Glogs!

Glogster is a super cool website that allows you do create posters in the cyber-world. This tool isn't only tons of fun - it also allows for tons of creativity. Have your students create a glogster page about themselves as an introductory activity or about any important figure and/or character you learn about throughout the school year.

Comics are Cool

Comics are cool again with Toon Doo! Have students create comics for all sorts of purposes! Have a laugh with characters solving math problems, a comic strip surrounding the Bill of Rights, the plot to a story, analyzing problems and so much more! The possiblities are endless, and students will claim that they are actually enjoying themselves while producing work for your class! Yay!

Text-to-Movie

Xtranormal is an awesome Web 2.0 tool that is Xtracool! With this neat application students can turn any text into an animated video. Want the students to tell a story? Why not do it visually with animation, sound, and various features! I am having my students retell short stories with this tool - Kate Chopin's stories will be viewed in a whole other way! The best thing about this Web 2.0 tool is that it is VERY easy to use. I learned how to manage it within minutes. Try it out - you can't help but have fun!

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Here is an awesome website with a list of some amazing resources. This is the place to go to learn about integrating great Web 2.0 tools into your curriculum.

Don't be afraid - go out there and learn as much as you can. Our students are yearning for these tools! Enrich your curriculum with Web 2.0 tools! Click on "Web 2.0 for the Classroom" and it will direct you to the wonderful website created by fellow educator, Sue Somerford.

PODCASTS: Personal on Demand

PODCASTS - What a great idea!
Watch the video below to learn what a podcast is and how one uses a podcast.

How did I use podcast as an educator?

At the beginning of the year I was on maternity leave and podcasts were an amazing tool to utilize during my leave. I was able to create lessons, post them on my podcast website, and leave it to my long term substitute teacher to simply press play or direct my students to my website.

I have also used podcasts to create "radio shows" with my students. My eleventh grade English classes created stories and then recorded them using the free downloadable program called "Audacity" and then we uploaded those stories to my podcast website. The stories were available for all to hear and I was able to create lessons based off their own stories - and the best part they didn't have to be in class to hear them! They could simply go to my website and download them onto their mp3 players. The possibilities are endless - what's your ideas?