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Download page for the Freedman book - Web2.0 Projects

social studies teachers should play with this on their iwb

Really cool-looking web 2.0 way of visualizing debate topics. Would work GREAT on an IWB. 1) a wiki debate visualization tool 2) a web-based, creative commons project 3) a global graph of all the debates

Zoo Project UpperMarion

Parody of Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (example of student project)

The features on this Web site enable educational communities to: * Browse primary sources that teachers have used with students. * Teach primary source-based learning experiences from the Teaching Materials Collection. * Design learning experiences using MyPortfolio. * Share discoveries with others through field-testing and publishing. * Use our professional development programs to uncover the breadth and depth of LOC.gov resources. * Learn through primary source-based online activities and samples of student projects. * Create digital documentaries using University of Virginia's Primary Access or make a handout for students.

A network of educational professionals that are looking to make global connections, including a directory of videoconferencing projects.

A one-year, ongoing, job-embedded professional development opportunity built around emerging social Web technologies that connects: * 20 schools from around the state (or world) * 5 educators (administrators/teachers) from each school * 10-21st Century Fellows (Champions) selected from participating districts ...Finally, it prepares schools and districts to move forward in systemic ways after the one-year commitment ends by laying the groundwork for three and five-year community building project plans.

Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. The seeds of Instructables germinated at the MIT Media Lab as the future founders of Squid Labs built places to share their projects and help others.

StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening.

WikiMapia is a Web 2.0 project to describe the whole planet Earth. It was created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev, inspired by Google maps and Wikipedia.

Muse is an Internet2 K20 project. MAGPI members should check this out. Join the network to connect with videoconferencing opportunities.

Invest in a project, get updates about that venture, and then get your money back.

Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado. Teacher ideas and activities are also available.

Find a local school project (using written descriptions), pledge some money, hear how it's going. Great!

What a great idea to get seed money!

These WingClips inspirational movie clips can be downloaded to use in your church, school or other non-profit organization for FREE. Read their subscriber agreement, and you'll find that schools are allowed to use these clips from popular movies for projection, as long as nothing is altered, etc. etc.

First, we explore using cell phones as data collection tools: audio recorders, digital cameras, and digital camcorders. Additionally, we consider how classroom projects can be developed for cell phones: creating ring tones, text messaging, mobile WebPages, and mobile surveys. Finally, we contemplate the future features of cell phones and how those features play a role in learning.

Crappy graphs is a quick graph maker for CONCEPTS (not fancy excel type graphs with numbers). This is great for making a fast graphs that demonstrate trends, projections, relationships...

AdLit.org All about adolescent literacy, multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers