IT Cohort 2014

Very comprehensive list of a ton of presentation tools/platforms on the web. Many of these are new to me, many we have used. There are short desriptions of each and a link.

"Must have" Web 2.0 tools for every classroom!  

Great resource!

This is a web 2.0 tool used for mind-mapping or formative assessment

Speed read things off the internet

show videos with questions built in. 

I laugh at the idea of somebody disagreeing with this resource. I am totally going to use this! I like to incorporate online discussion during movies that I should in my science classroom. One issue I have run into is how to get the conversation to flow and stay on topic. Problem solved! This is definitely a mix of teacher and student usability depending on how you define those 2 types of usage, but I think creation on the part of a student could take place with thi resource as well. Great find!

Shanan Miller's blog

Check out all Angela has to offer with digital learning.

I've had the privilege to work with Angela in a previous job as part of our science department professional development. Her work is meant mostly for teachers to help them with digital learning in the classroom. I do wish she would update her work more often.

A list of teacher favorite Web 2.0 Tools

A compiled list of favored Web 2.0 links.

Store documents in Dropbox and share them with colleagues.  They can edit the documents and save them in Dropbox and it will update on everyone's copy.  

Dropbox has been a life saver for me with my 8th grade science kids. We do a weather photo project and they must digitally send it to me. Well, the photo projects are usually too large for email so Dropbox to the rescue. This product is one that both teacher and students can use. Perfect for collaboration as others can edit what you share with them. A similar product would be Google Drive.

Great presentation tool that is pretty dynamic.

Great presentation tool that is pretty dynamic.

Storify allows users to create stories by importing content into a timeline. I've seen Storify used to archive tweet chats, such as #iaedchat. I haven't used it personally can certainly see potential uses, such as archiving a class hashtag follow.

QR code generator. Has some options other than plain B/W. Pretty cool!

I like QR Stuff so much I have even paid for its use. I like that they keep track of your history in a paid subscription. I've used QR Stuff to create vocabulary scavenger hunts, to make a poster of sites to share with other teachers and post a video of the scavenger hunt to share. I've even made my own audio book recordings through QR Stuff. I see this resource as one to be used by students and teachers. The site has so many options for teachers to create codes for their classrooms. Students can link documents to digital portfolios, QR Creators are popular, but I haven't found another one that offers as many choices in codes and personalization features as QR Stuff. Ben you should look into Aurasma, an augmented reality app that adds a 3D component. And Socrative can be used for formative assessments.

QR codes are great for students, teachers and community members. I would guess many students and adults are familiar with them and if they don't know how to use them, know someone who is. Renee and Ben, I know some teachers use QR codes as a link to their Aurasma pages. I like this site because it offers more than the first-generation QR code generators. I can see many uses - I'd love to try one of the t-shirt or visual AR codes. I'm a fan of Tagxedo, which reminds of of the visual AR codes shown on the website.

Great pile of information for making use of Twitter as an educator. Wow! Tons of stuff here to help you dig through the tons of stuff in the Twittersphere.

Voice Thread is a way to create a presentation that can be a collaboration with others.  You can use text or audio to comment on a presentation.  You can also view other presentations. 

Holt Interactive has a collection of graphic organizers created for teacher use.  There are also teaching notes with lessons and tips on how to use them in the classroom.

This is a place where teachers can share lessons with each other and get paid for it!  There are lessons for any topic imaginable for most content areas. 

Edpuzzle allows you to take any video, either one you created or found, and customize it.  You can add comments to the video, stop it and ask questions, insert a quiz the students must take before moving on, etc. Great for a flipped classroom!

Canvas is another learning management system designed to allow a "one stop shop" for teachers and students to provide and find any information necessary for a course. 

Scott McCleod's blog

This is an excellent resource for nonfiction texts on current news. It will adjust the reading level for differentiation, connects to Core standards, and has reading quizzes. You can set up classes through which students can work.

This is an excellent resource for nonfiction texts on current news. It will adjust the reading level for differentiation, connects to Core standards, and has reading quizzes. You can set up classes through which students can work.