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Awesome Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:02:00 GMT

Find and share your favorite Web 2.0 tools on the new TeachHUB Recommendations Share Wall!

This weekly feature will have a new theme for recommended resources every week. You can also tag for grade level and include links, pictures, videos and more.

Just roll your cursor over the blue box in the right hand corner to grab your Post-Its and add your favorite Web 2.0 tools to the bulletin board.

Find Awesome Web 2..0 Tools for Teachers

Second Life Lessons & Classroom Activities

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:29:00 GMT

There is a shift afoot in education. The wind is changing. This new digital wind is haling from a virtual world.

Students today need to be immersed in what they are learning - not dealing only with static things like pictures, books, and to some degree even movies. An immersive world allows the student to move, talk, build, and connect with the very information that they are learning - they can be surrounded by it and then they can contribute to it.

In real life (RL) you can’t take students out and let them swim in the ocean, listen to whales singing, touch sharks, see the Monterrey Bay Seashore National Park as only a few have seen it, but, in Second Life (SL) you can.

In RL, you can’t have a Native American come and talk to students, walk us around to all the different habitats, homes, and areas that they inhabit or did at one time, in Second Life you can.

Dabbleboard: Teacher Website of the Week

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:13:00 GMT

Dabbleboard is a free basic Web 2.0 tool - part of the read-write web, meaning that you can read the website and also add to it, or write on the page. This site is a combination of a mindmapping tool, a collaborative tool, and an easy-to-learn online whiteboard.

Here are some ideas to get you started using Dabbleboard in the classroom - both for instruction and for student projects.
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Web 2.0 Tool of the Week: VoiceThread

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:22:00 GMT

Give your classroom and your students a global voice with VoiceThread!

You can use this Web 2.0 tool to share your classroom experiences in a very easy and useful way. VoiceThread combines images, videos, text, documents, audio and YOUR voice into an easily published multimedia slideshow. You can also comment in 5 different ways, so it's great for all learning styles!

Beginner's Guide to Web 2.0

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMT

Just beginning your online presence and feeling overwhelmed by all that blogging, twitter, facebook, etc. have to offer?

Here are some strategies to keep you organized and your information secure.