Tool URL: Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroh - Group #5 -Tool Name: Go Animate -Tool URL: http://goanimate.com/ -Category: Creative Art -Tags: Animation, eCard, flash free, web 2.0, cartoon, comics, create animations -Grade level use: (Jr/Sr High School) -Topic / discipline: Can be used for any school topic -Tutorial Information: There is a help tab on the main page of the website. Click on that link and it answers commonly asked questions, video tutorials, and a blog. -Possible uses: Animate stories that are written by students. -Positives: Very interesting, and it allows students the opportunity to be creative and bring their stories to life. Do not have to download software. The best part is it is free.Very comprehensive and detailed site. People have joined this site from all over the world which creates great social networking opportunities -Negatives: Site is fun, but some of the characters are probably not appropriate. Blogs can be seen and may not have appropriate material.

-Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Delicious -Tool URL: www.delicious.com -Category: bookmarks, social bookmarking -Tags: Favorites, -Grade Level Use: K-12 educators, 7-12 students -Topic/discipline: Would be useful for all subjects. -Tutorial information: There is a blog tab. There is also a support tab at the bottom with a tutorial/FAQs -Possible Uses: For classes to build a favorites that they can have access to from the web. -Positives: Keep, share, and discover the best of the web for sharing with the entire class. -Negatives: I really couldn't come up with a negative for this one because you can use it anywhere there is web access.

-Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Glogster -Tool URL: http://www.glogster.com -Category: Interactive Poster -Tags: images, picture, pics, pix, photos, text, music, video, clips, poster, -Grade Level Use: High School and College -Topic/discipline: history, art, english -Tutorial Information: There is just a tab at the bottom for FAQs -Possible Uses: Class presentations, Posters for Clubs -Positives: Posters can be made quickly and easily for presentations. Free -Negatives: This site has no "crowd patrol". It might be too "open" for the education field.

- Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Teacher Tube -Tool URL: www.teachertube.com -Category: video -Tags: YouTube, video, audio -Grade level use: K-12 -Topic/discipline: Definitely any subject could use this -Tutorial Information: Help Site at the bottom. It has a lot of questions with help, but the questions aren't paired up with the answers. The questions are at the top of the tutorial, and the answers are at the bottom. -Possible Uses: Teachers can use this as supplemental to teaching. Students can access and use for in class projects. Online community for sharing videos or watching student videos. -Positives: Videos you can get to because YouTube is blocked. You have audio, video, photos, and just about everything You Tube has to offer. Free -Negatives: Tons and tons of information and it could be overwhelming to some.

-Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Edmodo - Tool URL: www.edmodo.com -Category: social networking -Tags: Skype, blogs -Grade level use: Middle School and beyond -Topic / discipline: Most all classes could use this for -Tutorial Information: There is help link at the bottom with great tutorials. They are text and visual directions. There is also a blog available to read. -Possible uses: Free hosting, classroom communication. Basically, a classroom blog. -Positives: Services are free, website easy to use, posts look like facebook. -Negatives: Site is very plain and teacher must take the time to sign in and make one. Who is to say that a student couldn't set one up as a teacher and abuse the privilege.