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Welcome to Web 2.0 in the classroom
This scoop.it has been created as a resource for everyone who attends my workshop on Cool Tools for the Classroom AND for anyone who is interested in enhancing their teaching with new, interesting, clever, efficient, fun, smart, engaging ideas. I can't promise that everything here will add value to your classroom but I'm sure you'll find at least one idea to try. ENJOY! Image: 'Web 2.0 icons' http://www.flickr.com/photos/7363465@N08/3925513417
Resources for teachers interested in integrating Edmodo into their curriculum
A collection of free tools using maps to simplify tasks
The iPad has simplified our lives in many ways. And it has changed the way we work and get things done. I use my iPad daily at work and in my personal endeavors. Often, I am asked for iPad app reco...
It starts with an image. Present ideas. Pack it full of content. Create links to amazing sites. Explore, share and create with ThingLink in the classroom!
In this guide you'll find directions for using the measurement tools in Google Maps, directions for creating your own maps, directions for sharing maps, and links to additional resources about using Google Maps in education.
CAMPBELL Walsh was sick of waiting for his NAPLAN test results. ''I wanted to know how I'd done. In another era, Campbell might have been told to sit down and be quiet. Instead, his teacher, Bec Spink, suggested he post the question on social networking site Twitter. Campbell had an even better idea: why not tweet to the Prime Minister? Spink didn't skip a beat. ''Righto,'' she said.
"Skype in the Classroom" was created for teachers so that they could introduce their pupils to cultures and experts worldwide in real time...
Tagxedo turns words - famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters - into a visually stunning word cloud...
The handy flowchart style poster should help you decide whether or not you can a particular image on your website. If yes, the poster also suggest way on how you can properly credit the original source of the photograph.
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Tricider is a great web tool that allows users to collect ideas, spark discussion and vote on any topic they want.
Welcome to ImageQuiz, a website that uses the power of images (1 image = 1000 words) to help you learn. The website contains a variety of quizzes, tagged according to topic: just select a topic that interests you from the sidebar, then select a quiz. The best thing about ImageQuiz is that you can make your own.
This eBook features some of the best web tools teachers need in order to effectively integrate technology into their work
Suitable for teachers and students. [You will need to explore for yourself to work out which ones are best for your classroom environment.]
If you have an absolute, favourite web tool that you use to support inquiry-based learning, I’d love to hear from you. Click here to share your web tool and I will add it to the list below.
The inquiry phases referred to below come from: Information skills in the school New South Wales Department of Education and Communities Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School by Carol C Kuhlthau, Leslie K Maniotes and Anne K Caspari.
ChronoZoom is an open-source community project dedicated to visualizing the history of everything.
Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more!
Throughout history, people have learned through stories. The metaphors and hidden messages help us to understand difficult concepts and themes. Additionally, stories help us visualize material and help us tie knowledge with our experiences. Educators now have 100s of fantastic free online tools to help their students create and learn through digital storytelling.
The education technology revolution has been fantastic in helping teachers get closer to students and communicate with them better, but another commonly overlooked benefit has been its ability to get students collaborating successfully and productively with one another. Check out these great tools for electronic student collaboration…
Pinterest is about a lot more than fashion and food when it comes to teachers. Here's a few simple ways teachers can use Pinterest.
Jennie is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.
We've all seen what the invention of the computer has done for education. Now with the emergence of on-the-go apps and other tech tools that are making learning less of a process and more of an activity, learning truly never stops.
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