SCISA Teachers’ MeetingNovember 6, 2009

My Favorite Web 2.0 Tools and Websites

Mary M. Silgals, MLIS, M. Ed. in Technology

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ETV Streamline – Free!: http://www.scetv.org/

BrainPop – Subscription basedhttp://www.brainpop.com/

• Calendar - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/blog/curriculum-calendar-august-2009/?month=aug&yr=2009

• Graphic organizers - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/graphic_organizers/

•Short videos that explain basic math, science, English, and more concepts•BrainPop Jr.•BrainPop Espanol•Activities and Quizzes

BrainPop, Brainpop, Jr., Espanol

Quia – Subscription basedhttp://www.quia.com/web

• Flashcards• Multiple choice tests• Surveys• Shared Activities• Create your own activities

– Match games– Concentration– Word Search– Many more

Survey Monkey• http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Photo Sharing

• Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/– Embed on websites

• Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/

Trident Academy Library Gridhttp://marysilgals.tripod.com/newlibrarygrid3.html

Home of SupermanMetropolis, IL

RubiStar – Free!http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

• Rubric generator

• Drop down choices

• Variety of subject areas

• Short registration

Wordlehttp://www.wordle.net/

Visuwords• Visuwords - http://www.visuwords.com/

Newspaper Article Generator – Free!

• http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Big John

Bubblesnapshttp://www.bubblesnaps.com/

Make Believe Comix.comhttp://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Teachers’ Resources and Writers’ Prompts

Big Huge Labs – Free!http://bighugelabs.com/

• Fun stuff to do with your photos

• Badge Maker• Motivational Posters• Magazine Covers• Jigsaw Puzzles• Calendars• Trading cards• Much more

Poster Generator – Free!http://wigflip.com/automotivator/

• Order printed posters

• Or save as jpg and print yourself

Flash Card Machinehttp://www.flashcardmachine.com/

• Share address with your students• Integration with iStudyToGo for studying cards

on the iPod – Application $14.99-$19.99 http://www.istudytogo.com/istudytogo/default.aspx

• Database of cards already created

• Can add photos to cards

• Free

Whitehaven – 1860 – My old KY home

Imagination Cubed

• http://www.imaginationcubed.com/

• Use on Smartboard

• Records Steps

• Can Email

• Can save file

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

• Oldie but goodie

Communication

• Google Docs – Share with a group

• Embed on iGoogle (more later)

• Templates available

• Send back and forth with revisions

Chat• http://www.chatzy.com/ Free and Upgrades

Open Office• Free! http://www.openoffice.org/

• Own versions: Write (Word), Database and Calc (Excel), Math, Draw, Impress (PPT)

Storage/Organization• Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/

• iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig

Organization

• SpringPad - http://www.springpadit.com/• EverNotes -

http://www.evernote.com/about/what_is_en/video/

Social Bookmarks• http://delicious.com/ - Delicious

http://delicious.com/MarySilgals/?page=1

Reminders

• StickyNotes - http://www.sticky-notes.net/windows-sticky-notes-free.html– Basic notes free, upgrades available at

subscription cost (forward notes, etc.)

WebNoteshttp://webnotes.net

• Free Register• Download toolbar• Allows you to highlight text on page• Allows you to create sticky notes on page• Allows you to create folder to save notes in• Allows you to share by email/permalink/twitter• Saves links and notes on webpage to reopen• Will tell you if any changes have been made since

last accessed• PDF uploads for annotating

Cam Studio

• Record your desktop actions and create an instructional video or tutorial

• Free shareware• http://

camstudio.org/

Blogging sites – Free!

• Possibilities for creating student/teacher blogs– Edublogs http://edublogs.org/– Blogster http://www.blogster.com/– Ning

http://www.ning.com/main/createyourown– Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com/

English Companion Ning

• http://englishcompanion.ning.com/

• Conversations with other English professionals via Ninging

• Topics vary from literature to technology to classroom instructional tips, etc.

ZinePal.com

• Use www.zinepal.com– create your own magazines and eBooks. – select content from blogs, Atom/RSS feeds and other

websites– zinepal.com reformats the content into a printable

PDF and an eBook for use with the Amazon Kindle and other eBook readers.

– Read your zine during your commute, in the park or your favorite coffee shop.

– e-mail it to your friends or just let them subscribe to your zine feed on zinepal.com.

Where are blogs of interest?http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/Google Blog Searchwww.google.com – Drop Down menu

Bookshare.org – Free with application http://www.bookshare.org

• Downloadable books which come with free text reading software – Don Johnson

• Must apply with a reading based learning disability

Many Eyeshttp://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/

• Free data visualization tool• View, create and share any

type of data• 16 ways to present data

including bar charts, diagrams, and word clouds

• Can comment on data

Audacity – Free Downloadhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

• Free download/simple to use and edit

• Can be used with Photostory or Movie Maker3

Guitar Websitehttp://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php

• Chordbook.com– Guitar Scales– Guitar Tuner– Guitar Chords

Jam session

JamStudio.com – Free!

• http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

Animoto

• Video maker• Upload photos• Select music• Caption photos/Add text• Program animates the photos itself• Play from website or receive an email of

video• http://animoto.com

Voice Thread

• http://voicethread.com/#home.b409.i848804

Pulse Pens – Not free, but a great assistive technology tool

• Software downloadable

• Pen 1G = $149.00 at Target

• Great for students entering college

Adobe Reader 9.0• Easy way to have text read to students.• Scan documents or• Convert documents• Let the Read Out Loud software read the pdf.• Free Download!• http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/

Where do I keep my stuff?

Many more links to excellent websites/tools:http://marysilgals.tripod.com/mystuff/id2.htmlSee other presentation handouts on Reluctant Readers and Assistive technology at this URL

Smartboard links Excel sheet:http://marysilgals.tripod.com/smartboardwebsites2.xls

Library Website with links: http://marysilgals.tripod.com/libraryhomepage.htm

Need help?

• Contact information:– Mary M. Silgals– Trident Academy– msilgals@tridentacademy.com– 843-884-7046 ext 25

New Technologies:Whatever makes the workload lighter….

• URL on the back of my card

• http://marysilgals.tripod.com/mystuff