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Bubbl.us is an online, idea-web creater. It is simple to use, and can be shared and edited with others.

Bubbl.us is an online, idea-web creater. It is simple to use, and can be shared and edited with others. My students love using Inspiration but they cannot work on assignments at home since they do not have the software. This site does not have the robustness of Inspiration but it can be used at home and shared between a group.

can use in the classroom to share powerpoint presentations among students

Students around the world study a local water habitat. They collect data, a suggested list is provided, and share their findings with others. The idea is to promote understanding of the various impacts on water habitats and to take action to improve and sustain quality habitats based on scientific understandings. This project includes mentoring from a university environmental scientist.

Brain Pop lesson on Stocks and Shares

Free, online flashcard maker that allows you to combine sets and share with others. Teachers can even create sets for there students without them having to create their own login.

Using Blabberize to share poetry.

Summary article explains need to integrate technology in education to create students ready for today and tomorrow's work world. Technology integration also needed to develop creative and critical thinkers able to collaborate with others locally or far away to create authentic products shared with interested audiences outside the classroom. Article also discusses value of portfolios for assessment.

Richard Wanderman, a dyslexic adult, shares his story about how technology helped him become a successful teacher, software developer, writer, and renowned consultant. Richard has experienced first-hand how access to technology truly can showcase a learning disabled child's real intelligence and transform his or her life.

Anna Adam interviewed Amy with Inspiration Software. She shared a little about what Inspiration and Kidspiration are - both mind-mapping software applications - and specifically about some of the new features of Kidspiration 3 which includes new symbols, new prepared teacher activities, and a whole math view with new math applications.

Cherokee County, GA's program for getting technology tools to teachers who are motivated to use them. I listened to a podcast of their presentation at GAETC 2007. Sounds like a great way to use limited money to put technology into classrooms where it will be used. Teachers have to commit a lot of time to training, implementing lessons, and sharing what they did.

Students began by studying biomes then divided into groups of five. Each student in the group drew one of the five major biomes. Using books, cds, and the internet they had to find out the physical features, wildlife, vegetation, climate, and problems confronting their biome. Each person in the group contributed information, video footage taken at the zoo or aquarium, and additional graphics when needed to teach others about their chosen biome. The project was put together in iMovie and shared with all students in the class.

Students are encouraged to discover what makes their environmental area unique (wildlife, natural resources, landscape, terrain, plant life, history, special events, culture, etc.) and then to choose a means to share their presentation with the world. The ultimate goal is to have students from all over the world contribute their slice of the world using whatever presentation format they feel is best so that we can understand our world better from those who have firsthand knowledge.

Lesson: Students from around the world can share essays on what morals are important to them and respond to the essays of others.

Use two fun Web 2.0 sites: LibraryThing and Goodreads. Both are fantastic book-oriented and library-oriented social-networking pages focused on something simple -- the books you love to read. Students can use sites to share book recommendations with one another.

Dipity is a free, online timeliner. For each event created, students can added a description, a picture, an online video, and a map where the event took place. The timeline can be shared and worked on by a group collaboratively. The timeline can also be added to a blog.

"The project goal is to introduce students to the State or National Parks in their local area by investigating their park, gathering information, and sharing the information with others.

Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, share and present 3D models. Whether you want to design a new deck for your house, build models for Google Earth, or teach geometry to your fifth-graders, you can use SketchUp to see your ideas in 3D. And when you're done, you can export an image, make a movie or print out a view of what you made.

From the website: Vanishing Georgia comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history. The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes. The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs. Designed primarily for preservation, the project located, selected, and copied historically significant photographs held by individuals who wanted to share their pieces of the past with future generations.The Georgia Archives joins with the Digital Library of Georgia to present the Vanishing Georgia images as a digital resource. Support for the project is provided by a Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through Georgia HomePLACE.

This is outdated, but it is fairly similar to my own project, so I thought I would share. It is a webquest dealing with Fahrenheit 451 and propaganda.

Scratch is a Web 2.0 programming environment for beginners, where kids can use a simple programming syntax to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art, and share their creations on the web. Students use built-in sprites or they can draw their own. Once the student finishes the game or animation, they can publish it online.