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Web 2.0 Information

 * Check out this [|amazing list] of Web 2.0 sites
 * [|Alphabetical Listing of Web. 2.0 tools]
 * [|Digital Research Tools]
 * Cool Tools for School
 * [|Joongel] - nicely organized list of Web 2.0 tools
 * Web 2.0 Guru - listing of tools by subject area
 * New Tools Workshop - great wiki with tons of information!

There are 1000's of Web 2.0 tools available. If you see one listed below, there is support available in the district if you want to use one of them.

For many web 2.0 sites, students might need email accounts. Here is a list of sites where you can have kids sign up using "disposable" email addresses.

Google Docs
Google Docs is a free web-based alternative to Microsoft Office. It has functional (if less powerful) versions of a word processor, presentation application (PowerPoint) and spreadsheet application (Excel). Google Docs also allows you to create Forms in webpages or emails to administer surveys or gather information. An extension of this is the ability to create Google Sites - websites in a variety of formats linked to your Google Docs Username. This makes a lot of sense for educators since: If you would like to learn more, a [|full tour] is available from Google.
 * 1) Students can collaborate on technology projects in an asynchronous format and send the teacher their work electonically without the use of email.
 * 2) Students can work on school documents at home.
 * 3) You do not need the Office Suite to work on these documents but you can save them to the computer in a format readable by MS Office.
 * 4) All documents are backed up to Google's servers automatically so students don't lose their work.
 * 5) Through the use of our domain (cypanthers.org), students can safely share their information.

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Central Docs
Students should use the district educational site for Google Docs. All students in grades 3-12 are given accounts. If you have a new student move in, please contact tech support to get them set up with an account.
 * The URL is [|http://docs.cypanthers.org].
 * Students will use their fileserver user names and passwords. They cannot change their password. If you need to see what they are working on, you can login as the student.
 * Teachers are already added. The user name at the above URL is your first initial in capitals and your last name (example - Jsmith) The password default is "Panthers!" Once you log in the first time, you will be prompted to change your password.
 * Students can share documents with you by using your Teacher Docs Address (example - jsmith@cypanthers.org)
 * Once the class is set up the students will all have an address consisting of their username@cypanthers.org.
 * If they want to share docs with other students, they invite them with the studentusername@cypanthers.org (08tjones@cypanthers.org).
 * You will not receive an e-mail letting you know someone has shared a document with you at your cypanthers account, the document will simply show up in your list the next time you log in or refresh your screen.
 * They will be able to create documents, spreadsheets, forms, presentations, and sites using their Google Docs account.

Websites
[|Edicy] - easy to create websites. Templates provided. [|Glogster] - [|great tutorial for it]

Collaborative Planning Tools
Google Docs [|Dabbleboard] - online white board

Discussion Boards
Please go over these guidelines before having your students use a discussion board: [|Moodle]. Get a Moodle class set up and use the forum activity. [|Free Forums]. Want to have classroom discussions but not set up a Moodle class? This is will let you set them up. Email is needed.
 * Always respond with good spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
 * Give some detail to your response. "I agree" is not an appropriate response.
 * Keep the discussion on the subject of the discussion thread. If you want to change the subject, begin a new discussion threat.
 * Watch the tone of your responses. Remember, people cannot tell if you are kidding.
 * Be sure you click the appropriate REPLY button.

Digital Storytelling
[|Voicethread.] This is one of the better sites on the web for telling stories/reports. It is easy to use, 3-step process, and does have an education side to it, which is not open to the general public. Students can create projects with video or still images, text or audio/video files. [|Nice tutorial for VoiceThread.]

Using Web2.0 tools for Digital Storytelling.

Other sites: [|Flowgram] allows you to take webpages, photos, or PowerPoint presentations, put them into a linear sequence and add audio narration and notes. The result is somewhat like a screencast. It is free, does not require a download, and Flowgrams are embeddable in your blog, or can be shared in other ways. 50 Ways To Tell A Story [|Animoto for Education] - sign up to get a code for your classes. They can make multiple videos, any length and then download them.

Blogging
School Center. You can set up blogs - classroom or individual students. There are some limitations but it does work.

You can use iWeb. Students can load their blogs into the sites folder on their server so that it is posted to the web.

[|21classes.com] [|Class Chatter] [|Edublogs]

Blogs for Kids to Subscribe & Read Blogs for Teachers to Subcribe & Read [|100 Best Blogs for Tech Savvy Teachers] [|Blogs.pdf] List of Blogs by Subject Area [|Check Out Class Blogs]

Wikis
Educational Wikis


 * Wikispaces.** Want to create a classroom wiki? [|Wikispaces is offering teachers free sites]. You can make your site totally open to the world, have it open but setup for only your students to edit it, or make it private. Wikispaces will set up student accounts so no email is needed, although the students can certainly have set up their own accounts if they have an email address.

If you create a wikispace and forget to make it ad-free for education, follow these steps 1) Go to your space 2) Click "Manage Space" 3) Click "Subscription" 4) At the bottom of the page, under "Request a complimentary upgrade to Plus for K-12 education" click "Request yours now"

Check out this site for some cool ideas! Fall 09 Wikispaces Workshop

Timelines
[|X-Timeline] is a free web-based timeline. Easily create and share timelines with pictures and videos. Powerful and well designed. Attach images or embed media to any entry, provide source info (for historical timelines?), tags. Can import data from Excel/CSV files.

[|Our Story] Write a 'story' which is what happened on a date in time, add pictures, video, and OurStory creates a timeline. Imports flickr photos.

Video Editing
[|Wildlife Filmaker] from National Geographic provides you with the video clips, sounds, and tools to create very cool and informative videos on animals. [|Jumpcut] is a video editing tool. Upload your video clips and start editing on the fly...Works with flickr and facebook.

Image Editing
[|Picnik] is photo editing awesomeness, online, in your browser. It's the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. "Premium" paid version is available to those who want more options. [|Be Funky] allows you to take photos and change them to cartoon-type pictures. Very fun. [|Block Posters] - Create large posters from your images [|Rasterbator] - Create large posters from your images

Cartoon Makers
[|ToonDoo] [|Pixton]

Share your slides
[|280 Slides]

Share your videos
[|Teacher Tube] is an online community for sharing instructional videos created for or by students. There is a Central York School District channel created. See tech support teacher for details.

Publishing
[|Letter Pop] is an excellent site, full of templates to create professional looking newsletters with the drag and drop ease of Web2.0 tools.

Other Cool Sites
[|PicLits] - this is a great site for vocabulary building or poetry. Students use words to describe pictures. [|Speechable] - add quote bubbles to your own pictures. [|Wordle] - take any text and make an interesting graphic of it, emphasizing the various words from the text.