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The main objective is to ensure that Web 2.0 tools make an impact upon teaching and learning in the classroom.

website for collecting text, image, etc.from web pages. Might be usful for students doing research on the web. Very visual, drag and drop interface.

Create an entry for your location

Help build a catalog of authentic experiences around the world by contributing what you love to do. Would make a great action for a local area unit.

great site for teaching vocab and activating students' prior knowledge helps with word associations in a multimedia way

Today's activity is about talking about your city and the things you love, and was inspired by a YouTube video that tells a short love story. The Story is set in Beirut in Lebanon and tells the story of how two young people meet and fall in and out of love. The video though is also a tribute to the city that they both love and the things that they like about it.

"It's simple: Markup ideas on embeddable "slates" and collaborate in real-time. Sign up absolutely FREE and build yours today. "

from NCS-Tech Picture Book Maker is a super-simple, super-flexible, super-easy tool for creating … picture books! The interface is intuitive, it loads fast, and there are many, many different story elements that can be brought into each book. It would probably help for a teacher (and students!) to go through the tool in advance to see what elements they want to include, to make sure they have what they need. From there, simple storyboarding in advance should be all that's needed to develop a high quality, PRINTABLE, finished book!

Chets Creek Elementary's annual literary pumpkin festival. Each classroom decorates a pumpkin or pumpkins to represent their favorite book. These pumpkins are displayed at the school all week long.

Video is the perfect vehicle for an inspiring story because it can make the story come alive like no other medium.

Mr Picassohead is a fun website. It allows users to create their own 'Picasso' by selecting different types of faces and facial features, colours and so on and dragging them onto a canvas. It is a great way to begin a unit of work on Picasso, Cubism or abstract art with students.

posters (for purchase but gerat for ideas, too!)

Avatar creator Meez is back in the news this week, but there are dozens more avatar creation tools gunning for this market. Today we attempt an overview of that market: please add more suggestions in the comment section.