TimeToast allows a user (sign-up required) to create interactive timelines that can be viewed in a Flash environment or a text-based list. Students can enter text, images and links for any event on the timeline and there is a function to create a span of time for longer events. Once the timeline is published, it can be shared. For younger students, it might be good to have a classroom account.
We want to ensure student safety as well as monitor and filter their online behavior. As Web 2.0 becomes more popular and educational technology online sites replace desktop software, this has become more of an issue. A lot of subscription-based or ed tech sites require a student email address to create an account which can become a BIG issue when dealing with CIPA compliance, because a majority of students to not have a school email account. Here are 20 Web 2.0 sites that do not require a student email address to create an account. This list is in alphabetical order.
list of the Google Docs which Tom Barrett has set up for people to add "interesting ways to" ..... [fil in the blank], e.g., use web conferencing in class, use wallwisher in class, use audio in the classroom....