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NOTE: This page is very oldI leave it here as a time capsule to 2009 edtech :) Where to StartThe best website for education technology is http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Get on Twitter! Here's help. Here's a good list of educators to follow to get you started. Bloom's Taxonomy has changed. How does Google fit in? What about web 2.0 tools? Class CommunicationEdmodo - Social networking for school. Private, secure collaboration Schootube - Collect videos in a safe spot and share with the world TodaysMeet - Backchannel with a clean interface Corkboard - Class bulletin board Mr. Thread - Another backchannel site GamificationYoutopia provides challenges and rewards for gamifying your class Socrative is a cool, mobile-friendly quiz and feedback system. It fits well with a BYOD approach. Quizstar's free online quizzes work well with the gamifying concept by allowing multiple attempts PollingPolleverywhere - Poll with text messages; instant update CreativityVoicethread - Your voice, your images Jaycut - Combine images and text. Uses webcam, too Creaza - Suite of video and sound creation tools
Glogster - Virtual posters Stupeflix - Connect video, pictures, and audio into a presentation Flixtime - Cool image and video presentation Wordle - Use words to create designs Tagxedo - Similar to Wordle, but can make shapes Aviary - Suite of creativity apps for music, pictures BigHugeLabs - Suite of creativity for images. Fun. StorytellingStorybird - Art and narrative, by you SimpleBooklet - Virtual brochures and postcards PresentationPrezi - Dynamic, next-generation presentations Sliderocket - Slick presentation site 280 Slides - Create dynamic online presentations CollaborationGoogle Docs - Free, collaborative office suite PBWorks - Wikis to consolidate knowledge Bubbl.us - Brainstorming and mind-mapping Titanpad - Write something together OrganizationLivebinders - A tabbed, collaborative collection site Evernote - Saves anything web-based from your browser Diigo - Social bookmarking Soshiku - Student organization site TrackClass - Another student organization site StudyingQuizlet - Flashcards with innovative ways of studying them StudyBlue - Notes and flashcards Web ToolsTinyURL.com - Shortens unwieldy web addresses KnowURL - Helps to resolve shortened URLs CheckShortURL - Resolves short URLs before you click Critical Thinking and ArgumentaMap - Map your argument |
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