Tools of the Trade
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The Internet is currently undergoing a shift. Currently, over 6,000 web-based publishing tools exist. These tools are being used by educators to help students to explore their world, collect and analyze data, publish, develop learning networks, and engage in collective action. This list contains only a few of our favorite tools currently being used by schools. We encourage you to explore these tools and their applications to your 21st Century classroom.
Aniboom
-watch or create animated cartoons using the online "shapeshifter" tool.
Animoto
-create high production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music.
Author Stream
-share PowerPoint presentations and slide shows online. The software also allows you to podcast over your presentation.
Blogger
-a free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video.
Chatzy
-create your own free private chat room and invite people by email.
Delicious
-the world's leading social bookmarking service.
Flock
-a free social web browser.
Geogebra
-a Geometry package providing for both graphical and algebraic input.
Glogster
-use it to poster yourself.
Google Docs
-share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online.
Google Earth
-offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches...helps students to visualize information.
Google Notebook
-browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location.
Jing Project
-use it to capture anything you see on your computer screen and share it instantly...as an image or short movie.
Ning
-an online service to create, customize, and share a social network.
Pageflakes
-the easiest way to read, see, discover and share your favorite things on the web.
Pixton
-fast easy way to create comics about class content.
Sketch Swap
-draw cartoons, art, brainstorms, anything.
Teacher Tube
-provides an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos.
Twitter
-a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time.
UStream.tv
- a place to chat and broadcast yourself live.
VoiceThread
- a tool to ransform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.
Webware
-Keep intouch with the latests social media applications.
Wikispaces
- is a fast and easy way to share class content between users.
Zotero
- is a powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.
WizIQ
- offers free online e-teaching and e-learning using web conferencing with document and whiteboard sharing, teacher resumes and presentation sharing.