Movie Maker allows users to turn home movies into feature films of sorts. The user has the ability to add a soundtrack, narration, text, and other graphics to their home movies. This is an effective tool to use for digital storytelling because users have access to turn their words into so much more.

Amimoids 3D has a free one month download. This software allows individuals to create cartoon movies of stories they want to share. It is effective because students can effectively tell their story using media technology.

Skype has become very popular because of the easy (and free) access to video and audio conferencing. It can potentially be used for conferencing calling a presentation. Also, students could work together closely from home because of the ability to hear each other while surfing the Internet looking for resources for the project.

Wikispaces allows users to create pages for sharing. The user can present to many individuals without having to leave the house. It creates an online setting where users can participate in online learning with each other. Students may work together in teams on pages within the Wiki. It is an effective tool because of the ability to post work in an organized manner.

Teacher vision has many activities at your fingertips that are ready to print out. I use the site to look for various graphic organizers to create handouts for students. It is effective because I do not have to reinvent the wheel and most of the graphic organizers work well with what I teach.

Bubbl.us is a graphic organizer builder that I use not only for Walden activities but also in my own classroom. Bubbl.us is effective because it is a quick way to create a graphic organizer for any topic. Also, it can be used to create a mind map for students to demonstrate their understanding of a topic.

Brain Pop will show intructory cartoon videos of various topics. This is a quick and easy way for students to get a glimpse of what is being covered in class. Brain Pop also has quick quizes at the end of the video to check for understanding. Brain Pop is a great pre-training activity that students can look at to get a better understanding of the topic.

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With Google participants can begin researching the topic covered and can get a basic understanding of what will be covered in the course. Google is an effective resource tool. Also, with a Google account users may create a cloud classroom to begin discussing the topics.

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