Web 2.0 tools for teachers

I love how this article is framed.

"Still, is this shift in pedagogy and policy worth the effort? Will sound, traditional writing instruction still suffice, or do we need to reframe the way we teach students to write due to the global, online spaces they will frequent more in their lives?

In an August 2009 Wired article, Andrea Lunsford, professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University, offered her own research to suggest that students are writing in environments far removed from those from even a generation ago. "I think we're in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization," she says. According to her five-year study of student writing, technology is pushing writing literacy in new directions that educators must begin to make sense of. "

Unleash your creativity and make your digital film for free!\n\nChoose a background scene, characters, animated actions, dialog,\n\nintroduction, and ending credits. Put your name as the producer\n\nand email the movie to your friends! You can also signup for free\n\nas a registered user, which gives you access to more advanced\n\nfeatures, such as being able to save or edit the movies that\n\nyou create.

dotSub is another site beyond YouTube that makes available a wealth of video resources. This one is unusual in that it offers the facility for those who upload their videos to create subtitles in any language.

Mr Picassohead is a fun website. It allows users to create their own 'Picasso' by selecting different types of faces and facial features, colours and so on and dragging them onto a canvas. It is a great way to begin a unit of work on Picasso, Cubism or abstract art with students.

A facinating site on 'Words' (British. It offers more than 2100 pages on the origins, history, evolution and idiosyncrasies of the English language worldwide. .

Really cool application for Web 2 using Geo teachers. Similar to youcube - search engine with visualization and click and watch/listen to each square.

Mainly American but Possum Magic does feature. A novel way to make literature come alive!

Our math teacher made this video the for eInstruction makeover contest. If you can please vote for them!

Comparison of blogs, wikis and google docs. Covers areas such as collaborators, organization, updates, and more

Create frame-by-frame animations using 4 geometric shapes.

The UK elearning community ?

Tom Barrrett's collection of Interesting Things google docs. Ex: Interesting things to do with visualizer, wordle, etc.

"Technology in classroom is perfect for engaging students, expert says"

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