Web+2.0+Tools

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Animoto allows teachers to share classroom activities (think of a video newsletter) and allows students to create projects to demonstrate understanding. Animoto is easy to use, creative, student friendly, and can be adapted for many grade levels and content areas. You can also email the link or embed the video. ** Awesome Highlighter - [|http://www.awesomehighlighter.com]** Awesome Highlighter can be used as a web note taking or reading comprehension tool. It certainly can save thousands of trees with a digital note taking environment. Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page. Turn Photos into Artwork Create a Talking Picture Great Brainstorming Tool Allows the user to save bookmarks online so they may be accessed at any time, whether your computer is with you or not. = Diigo - [] = Diigo is a social bookmarking site to annotate and share sites. This tool allows teams of educators to share sites and build a community of learners. Flickr allows you to search for photos that use creative commons license. Not only are you respecting copyright by using Flickr's creative commons search, but you are able to sort your results by "Most Interesting" to find the best photos available... for free! [] Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic! = GoAnimate - [] = GoAnimate is an animated comic strip creator where you can add your own images, voice, and music to make a unique multimedia project. Great for student projects, recreate a scene from a book, tell a story. =Google Apps - []= Google Apps allows students and staff to: work anywhere at anytime, comment, correct, collaborate and share. ** Google Docs - [] ** Google Docs offers users online docs, spreadsheets and presentations that can be created, uploaded, imported, converted or exported from or into other formats. It is a great motivator with students because they can work anytime and with anyone. It breaks down barriers and gives all students a voice. Jing allows users to snap a picture of their screen, create a video of on screen action, and share immediately on the web or through email. Picasa is a tool for uploading photographs and storing them on the Picasa site. The Picasa software lets you organize, edit, and upload your photos in quick, easy steps. Picasa Web Album provides one GB of free storage that makes sharing your photos a snap. One can make photos into a movie as well as upload movies and images into a blog. ** Piclits: [|www.piclits.com/] ** Users pick an image from selection and then write. Use Freestyle choice in order to write in another language. Free. ** PodOmatic - [|http://www.podomatic.com] ** Create, Find and Share Podcasts ** Poll Everwhere - [] ** This is a great tool to get feedback from your audience or class without using expensive clickers. Just set it up on the website and have students text in their answers. It utilizes many features and has instant feedback, charts, etc. **Shape Collage -** [|http://www.shapecollage.com]  Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker  ** Storybird - [] ** Use Storybird to create short, visual stories that can be shared with family and friends. ** ToonDoo - [] ** Create Comic Strips  ** Wordle - [] ** Wordle creates word clouds without fuss. It offers choices for design, color, and some advanced features. Best of all, it's a free online tool. It's useful for teaching when students use it to create concept maps. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source document. ** Xtranormal - [] ** This software builds movies. Who needs actors, sets, and cameras? You supply the script; this cool site turns your words into movies. http://tigertown.wikispaces.com/Games
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 * Delicious - [|http://delicious.com] **
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**One True Media - []** Helps you turn your photos and video into slideshows and video montages for free. **PhotoPeach - [|http://photopeach.com]** Create a lively and vivid way slideshow by moving your photos like a video with your choice of background music, captions on each photo. **Yodio - [|http://www.yodio.com]** Use Yodio to add your stories to your photos or presentations by recording to your phone and then uploading pictures. Make an online book with photos for free.
 * More Free Tools for Storytelling, Moving Making and Book Writing **
 * Mixbook - [|http://www.mixbook.com] **

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 * Free Background Music (for in class use...fair use music) **