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Authors: Kaufman, Belcher, Knowles, Duffy (Group 4) Tool Name: Blogger Tool URL: http://www.blogger.com Category: Blogging Tags: Blogging, Blogger, All Levels, English, Science, Math, Social Science, Technology, Journalism, Writing, Music, All topics Grade level use: All Levels Topic/discipline: English, Science, Math, Social Science, Technology, Journalism, Writing, Music, All topics Tutorial Information: Help Links located at bottom of page for all users Possible uses: Blogging Basic explanation: Users can create and customize a blog to detail information they wish to add to it, can also read and comment on others blogs. Positives: Easy use, customizable, large community, can connect it to other sites (login using google user name instead) Negatives: May be blocked by some districts, have to set up blog how you want it (can be time consuming)

Group Name: Group 4 (Belcher, Kaufman, Knowles, Duffy) Category: Web application that produces videos from user-selected photos, video clips and music Grade level use: All Topic/discipline: Video production across the curriculum Tutorial Information: blog with FAQ's on homepage Possible uses: digital storytelling, reports, book promotion, trailers Basics: This application uses pictures, music and text to create a video. Positives:free full-length videos for educator accounts, ease of use, no two videos are ever the same, ease of exporting, posting of videos is under teacher account Negatives: must apply for educator account which can take a few days