IT Cohort 2014

A place to store articles and videos from Twitter, your browser, etc. I use it as a storage for things I want to read later and/or use later

Mecka, this seems like a great alternative to RSS feeds. What are your thoughts about that? I like having a place to store all my articles so I don't go crazy!

Shmoop offers teachers a place where they can collaborate with fellow teachers online as well as find educational support services for students, teachers, parents, and districts.

"Digital Is" is a great place to find great content collaboration sessions with fellow professionals and offers other resources for teachers to use.

Skype in the classroom gives students and teachers a free and safe way to communicate with other students, educators, authors, or others who want to have input in the classroom!

I didn't know this existed! As Skype accounts are so prevalent, I could see as a teacher using this to Skype with a sister classroom somewhere else in the country (or world!) for project collaboration. Also it would be useful for interacting with an 'expert' in the field somewhere, using their desktop or smartphone Skype app. Other possibilities are Facetime, Google Hangout, and Zoom, but I believe Skype is the easiest one to configure.

Flickr offers students and teachers a great way to share photos or for educational purposes such as projects or research.

A specific list of Web 2.0 tools for schools Ex. Presentation Tools, Image Tools, Collaborative Tools

Digital Citizenship lessons for students and teachers

Thanks, Mekca! We spend very little time teaching Digital Citzenship. I think it needs to be embedded in every teacher's curriculum. There are so many "teachable" moments that present themselves that could be linked to proper social media usage. This is going to be an excellent resource for me to share with my fellow educators.

This is an excellent source for me to use in my Teen Insights classroom. We started with a unit on bullying... then cyberbullying... I think we're missing the point- students just need to learn to be good digital citizens! I will use this source to build my curriculum. I appreciate that the curriculum is geared towards students but that it gives teachers and parents good background as well. Parents are a huge part of cyberbullying problems. Much of the conflict we have in school has to do with something students do online at home and then carry those hard feelings with them to school. I do not have resources similar to these. The video that my curriculum used to show warned students to avoid chat rooms and to only choose names that gave no indication of their age, gender, or location. It's good for students to stay safe, but the world has become much more familiar and personal with technology. Our curriculum needs to adapt to keep up.

An easy way to share infographics and data. It is professional looking and interactive

Fun easy way to share information in a poster/flyer form online

I love Smore posters! I used it to publicize my Bakery Business project and it was nice to have the social media outlets built in. My students also used it to make individual posters to print and hang around the school. It was nice to have a choice of mediums. I added Canva to this list but it is not as well adapted for online use. Smore is unique in its ability to forward through various social media networks and embed in email but still look so nicely done in print.

Very easy to interact with. A way to share great information with your PLN

Type in a topic and Scoop.it! will find resources that are related to the topic you entered. You can then share that information via Twitter, facebook, etc.

This is an awesome student source for beginning researchers. I spend a lot of time with my 9th graders vetting websites and this is a tool that can lead them to ideas faster. I see this being a great option for students in my class who need information but don't know where to start. Are there any other sources like this?

A convenient way to blog, search blogs of interest and stay connected with your PLN. Similar to Facebook. Offers great tutorials.

Tumblr is a photo blog that allows students to tell a story through pictures. It is like instagram but has different properties.

I think I will give this one a try! I watched the tutorial and looks easy to organize work, personal and school to-do lists.

I just signed up for this application. As a busy teacher, and now a busy graduate student, I need a place to compile all of my thoughts. Without a 1:1 initiative this would be hard for students to use. It seems best adapted for laptop and computer use. It does teach good skills, however, like breaking up big tasks into smaller tasks, and writing an outline. This system reminds me of Getting Things Done, which is based on a series of file folders. I have tried creating something similar with Evernote. Maybe this program and Evernote would play nicely together? I will give it a try and write a blog post about it if it works.

This is a new organizing tool that I was recently introduced to through reading a fellow cohorter's blog. I LOVE IT! A great way for you, your students, and your PLN to organize your reading lists or even the books you want to read.

GoodReads is a social networking site used to share book recommendations.  Users can write reviews, look at recommendations, and share in group discussions about certain books.  

Another source for blogging in your classroom. Easy to use

PowToon offers a great way to make PowerPoint presentations more engaging offering new graphics and a slick interface that's easy for users to dabble with.

This is a way to make presentations without the boring slides that seem to be the norm. This is visually pleasing in the learning environment.

Great storytelling/presentation tool/platform with some fresh content and animations.

A blog about wiki in education. Has great ideas!

Pinterest offers teachers a great place to find classroom preparation materials such as classroom, test, or bulletin board ideas.

Although Pinterest can be a social networking site, many teachers have "boards" filled with "pins" of different curriculum ideas, videos, materials, and more.

This would be a good communication tool to use to keep parents and students updated on a variety of sites/media without having to post to multiple locations.

This would be a good communication tool to use to keep parents and students updated on a variety of sites/media without having to post to multiple locations.

This is the web version of Inspiration/Kidspiration.  It's a tool to help students and teachers organize information.  There is a free trial offered, or districts may choose to purchase.

"Animoto is one of the marvels of Web 2.0. It is a wonderful initiative and a true benefit to teachers and students. - Discovery Education"