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Here's a great site, hosted by Discovery Education, that summarizes and provides links to many of the Web 2.0 tools we discussed and/or used in the Summer Institute. Just click on the various categories (e.g., Presentation Tools, Video Tools, etc.) to see listings/links of those types of tools.

"This was one of the best presentations at the #140conf! The reason it resonated with everyone there is not only because of Chris' passion and drive, but because the points he brings up are right on target! Our education system is so badly broken and our kids are not getting the education they deserve. They are also not given the tools they need to make it out in the real world. Our schools are stuck in the dark ages, while we are living in a time of great enlightenment. Watch this video! Get inspired! Create change! "

Handy tool for obtaining guidance on copyright issues - what's in the public domain and what's not.

For your summertime entertainment, but also to encourage your thinking on the role of creativity in our classrooms. Can tools such as Animoto, Aviary, BigHugeLabs, xtranormal, etc., be justified as a means to master what will be on the test, while also fostering creativity?

Helps teachers integrate technology into instruction. Features various tools for teachers: one for creating quizzes that students can take online; another for organizing and annotating websites; a third for developing rubrics; and more.

In your Classroom Encourage student-centered learning.  Even young students can build web pages, embed images & video, and post documents.    For your Library Provide access to information sources, book lists, and links to good articles.  Have the resources stored for future use.   Throughout your District Host and share information between students, faculty and staff. Encourage staff development and shared resources across schools.   

Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually. For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world.

A collection of online interactive manipulatives, organized in grade bands (PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) and aligned to national math standards. Provided by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

Great Interactive Math Site

xtranormal's mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century. Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill-typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop.

Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing.

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab