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Kisito, F.M. (2011). “ESL Vocabulary Games” Retrieved from []. This site contains a plethora of interactive vocabulary games geared toward ELLs. The games are organized by theme or unit. It is a great resource for ESL teachers or any teacher who wants to help build vocabulary background for ELLs or students from Language Reduced Environments. --Melissa Kliegle

ALTECH: Advanced Learning Technologies project at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. (2008). // Web poster wizard. // Retrieved from: [] I thought that this poster building tool would be a resource for me to create visually appealing areas to bring learners in to a web 2.0 site. As I develop my skills, I believe this might be of use, although it seems not a complete site or area, I did attempt to “play” with it and created an example page [] This is a free site and could be used as a draw for people that might be intimidated with blackboard. I'm thinking it could be incorporated into a blog or wiki. ~ Cheryl Lovlien

Audacity. (2011). A free, cross-platform sound editor. Found at [] Use this site to download a free, open-source software program used for recording and editing voice using a microphone. Audio can be used with MP3, CD, iTunes and IPods, Windows, Vista, Mac OSX and Linux systems. I would use this program to add voice to a written lecture, assignment, or other educational lesson to add understanding and reach students who may have visual problems. The site has a good tutorial page with user tips and troubleshooting answers found at [] Valerie Bright (2)

Bitstrips for Schools. (2011). // Unlocking the educational power of comics. // Retrieved June 29, 2011 from []

This is a great educational site that allows students to create comic strips about what they are studying. Students get so engaged in this process that they don’t even realize they are learning! It can help students work on their writing skills while allowing them to collaborate at the same time. There is nothing to install with this website, but a downfall is that it is not free; you do have to pay a monthly fee of $9.95. This website helps teach a wide range of critical skills and motivates students by making learning fun! I think we are always looking for new ways to engage our students in reading and writing, and this site sparks creativity in our students and ignites their passion for learning! I really believe students would take this knowledge from school and carry it home with them and continue using this site! The reviews for this site were astounding and so many teachers recommended it because their students get so excited about reading and writing. I would recommend this site for any teacher looking to engage their students more in the learning process! Holly Petrich (1)

bubbl.us. (2006). // Brainstorm and mind map online //. Retrieved June 29, 2011 from []

Bubbl is a really cool brainstorming tool. This would be great for teachers with an interactive white board (smartboard) and internet connection. If you had a wireless keyboard it would work well too. Bubble is an easy to use tool that is free for everyone to join, but you don't need to be a member to use it. You're able to create and edit "Sheets" of visually mapped information. It's a great tool for visual learners. You could have a student operate the pens that allow you to work and select new bubbles and drag things around to organize them, while you type in information you get from guided questions. It's a great way to have the class participate in creating notes for review. And when you're all done, you can share the notes with all of your students and colleagues with a handy email or direct link option. You can even embed it into a blog. I've been exploring uses for it and it's a great way to help students who've been absent because they can see the different thoughts that led up to the conclusions made. And it would be a good study tool as well. Visual mapping like this would be great for complex plays like "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Twelfth Night." There are also plenty of applications for science, social studies, communications, and math teachers/students. I think it's a great tool and it will help engage students in ownership of learning as well as participation. (Casey Boroski)

Chirbit. Retrieved from [|www.chirbit.com]

Chirbit is an online tool that allows the user to record, upload, and share 120 MB of audio files (which is up to 2 hours of content) using the computer's microphone or webcam or any smart phone with a voice recorder and email (like the VoiceMemo app on the iPhone or Blackberry). Audio can be uploaded in a variety of file types--mp3, wav, aiff, wma, ogg, and m4a files, making it compatible with almost anything. The files can also be uploaded to Facebook, Twitter, or a blog. I would be able to use this in my classroom for assignments with an audio component. For example, I could have students record themselves playing a particular excerpt of music and email it to me or to their peers for critique, or perhaps post them onto the class blog. I have not used this tool yet, but am excited to see how well it works.

Annalise Elenz

Class Tools. Retrieved from [|www.classtools.net] This site for web 2.0 tools for teaching is recommended for those students in high school or post high school. The site is free to use, and the items created can be used on websites, blogs, and wikis. The templates created are saved forever and never purged. The site offers templates for arcade games, twister, keywords, graphs, and puzzles. I can create templates and post them on my Angel learning management site for my school as well. Excited to try! Sonya Witmer

Clustr maps. (2011) Found at [] This site offers the user a tool to count visitors and view a world map showing where, in the world, that visitor to the site is from. Not an interactive tool, but would add interesting numbers and visual appeal to an educational blog. Val Bright (1)

Counseling Techniques Podcasts from Portland State University - James Andrews & Mary Andrews. Retrieved from []. The podcasts created by Jim and Mary are introductory and perfect for my Intro to Counseling course. There are 8 recorded from 2007. I like using the podcasts in class because students can listen before we meet and participate in discussion during class time. The podcasts explore basic counseling skills and occasionally relate them to the speech pathology curriculum, which is fine for the class I teach at CSS as most of the students are in the health majors. Dina Morrison

// Cover It Live //. (2011). Retrieved July 2, 2011, from Cover It Live: []

This is a tool that would work well with savvy Web 2.0 users. It is a Blog tool that allows the users to be interactive in real time. It is used for blogging during sports events, etc, but it can be used by educators free of charge using the basic plan which is indicated during the registration process, which is extremely simple. I picture using it maybe as a review session. If there was a video of a class streaming, using this tool would allow the students to ask questions as they occur and have them be answered either instantly or allow them to accumulate to be answered later. What a great online tool. The downside, of course, is that the instructor would have to be willing to record his/her presentation. (Lucinda Neville)

Diigo Diigo. (2011). Educational Bookmarking. Retrieved from [] This Web tool is a “free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool created to mimic the ease of taking notes while providing a network for sharing and discovering information” (Manolovitz, n.d.) Diigo is short for “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff” (Diigo, 2011). This Web tool can be used as a way to highlight and make sticky notes about specific parts of a web page that you found most useful to you. This tool can be used as a way to personalize your web research in a convenient location that can be searched, accessed, sorted, and shared from any PC. Diigo also allows users to collaborative their research with other users to find other relevant resources. I will use this Web tool as a way to organize my web research and my teaching resources in an easy to access location. I will also use the tool as a way to help generate new ideas and activities into the classroom. I may also use this tool as a way to collaborate with other co-workers to share ideas and resources. I found Diigo to be well organized and easy to access. I am still experimenting with this new Web tool so I have been using some of the tutorial videos to explore the many features this tool has to offer. The Web tool uploads pictures and links very quickly. Overall, I recommend this tool as great way to organize and share resources that are useful. Manolovitz, Tyler. (n.d.). // Highlight and Share the Web: Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community // [PDF document]. Retrieved from [] Megan Hastad

Doodle. (2007). // Doodle: Easy Scheduling //. Doodle AG. Retrieved on June 29, 2011 from []

Doodle is another neat tool that works as a scheduling tool. It's great on a number of levels: Administrative, teacher, and student! You can set up an account for free or just use it without an account if you want. All you have to do is follow the super easy instructions: 1. Set up your event. Where is it? What will happen? 2. Select your date from a calendar overview. 3. Select a number of times that work for you for a poll that will allow you to see who can make it and finalize your time frame. 4. Send the survey/information out and wait for a response! It's easy, convenient, and would allow students to work collaboratively outside of school if they're able to set a time for the meeting while still in school or on their cell phones. Teachers and parents or even teachers and other teachers can find times for meetings that work for them. And administrators can work to set up team building or developmental events. (Casey Boroski)

Dorman, Jennifer (2009). Wikispaces in Education: a Comprehensive Tutorial.

This for anyone looking to start your own Wikispaces site. It is a full tutorial of 61 slides without audio. Teachers and students can learn how to edit pages and add media, set up your account and the permissions of your space, invite members to your space, manage your subscription, and more. It tells teachers how to get your own Wikispaces Plus account for free. Retrieved July 1, 2011 from[] Rob Whinnery (1 of 2)

Exploratree. (2007). Futurelabs. Retrieved from [].

A collection of thinking flow charts that can show complex ideas through graphic organizers. Several existing templates to choose from or custom make one to fit specific concepts. These can be very beneficial in science classes as complex ideas often build on smaller concepts. Organizing these ideas can clarify and streamline thinking. Ideas can be shared digitally with these online as students build thoughts and ideas on top of each other.

Dustin Randall

Farmer, J. (2011). Edublogs. Retrieved on October 27, 2011 from []. [|Edublogs] This site allows an educator to set up a blog for professional use or for use in one’s classroom. There are currently over 1 million users of edublogs using the site for a variety of reasons. This site allows teachers (all educators) to set up a blog for one’s classroom, or for one’s personal/professional use. There are many links that allow access to examples of other blogs and creates easy links to other social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Edublogs are free, but do include a cost for an upgrade to pro or campus. These costs are fully explained within the website and the cost is fairly reasonable and is __ optional __ given an educators needs. The site gives simple instructions to set up, but will require time to create a fully functioning blog that is useful. The fact that the site has an “org” domain, combined with the many credible institutions that support edublogs (i.e. Stanford and Cornell University) show that edublogs is a reliable source that should be used by educators in our Web 2.0 world today. Eric Borndal (2)

Feinberg, Jonathan. (2009). // Wordle. // Retrieved from: [] I found that this site was very interesting and creative. I thought that to spice up a page or powerpoint, this might bring to life the character of the content by having words as a graphic representation. One of my favorites: []. ~Cheryl Lovlien

Flipsnack This website will take pdf files (even more than one) and put them into a cute book that can be shared on twitter, facebook, or just with a link. I took my syllabus for my Medical Terminology class, class policies, invites to my online orientation, and etc. that I would normally put as links in an email at the beginning of a course. I melded them together into this cool flipbook that I could send a link in an email or put it out on a class blog. I could also see students putting their papers up on this. Fun! Look at my flipsnack book. It only took a few seconds to make. (my pdfs took hours :) [|My FlipBook] Michelle Whitman

Flickr, is a photography based site that allows the user to upload photos. Once the photos are uploaded there are several options of the user. They are able to create albums for sharing. They are able to have them printed and shipped to them. Flickr also hosts millions of photographs from around the world that are royalty free and available for educational use. Flickr’s extremely large database of imagery can be searched using a wide variety of search parameters. This tool is particularly useful for social studies and geography courses. Accounts for Flickr are free.

Go to: [|__http://www.flickr.com__]/

John Gregor

[|Go2Web20] I found quite a few Web 2.0 apps here. This seemed like a great place to start looking for Web 2.0 tools. I bookmarked it for future use when I am looking for a tool for class. I liked many of the little apps from movie making to educational tools. Most are free! Michelle Whitman

Gunelius, Susan (2011). Tutorial: How to Create a Free Blog in Wordpress.

Follow this step-by-step // tutorial // to learn how to start a free blog in Wordpress. The author, Susan, has created a guide with 22 links about blogging. This is one of those links, a nine slide guide to getting started in Wordpress. A teacher could use this site to create or improve their own blog. Retrieved July 1, 2011 from [] Rob Whinnery (2 of 2) _ Glogster EDU - Poster yourself. Retrieved from [] This is a fun Web 2.0 tool to create original posters. Students can organize pictures, add text, and choose backgrounds. There are lots of clipart to make the posters their own. Then, the posters can be embedded in a web site, a blog, or shared through email. Submitted by Sofia Woyno (2)

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HLWIKI Canada (July 2011). Wiki page: Sports Medicine. Retrieved July 2, 2011 from [] this sight offers a wide variety of information and wiki collaboration. I only have been looking at the sports medicine discussion to this wiki, and found it to have some really neat information. As I follow the evalutation criteria: I don't really know how to understand the URL, if it is reputable or not. The information given and the collaborative sharing authors seem to be knowledgable of topics. I have not personally attempted to check the different authors credentials, I have just been reading the posts. The sources authors are mentioning are all very reputable sources. The HLWIKI sight has a disclaimer mentioning that this is a wiki for collaborative learning, and seems to be regulated quite well, with updates as recent as this month. Tom Nooyen

Holl, Bob (2011). Learning A-Z. Retrieved from [|http://www.learninga-z.com]

This is a great resource site for teachers in all core subjects. It provides educators, schools, and districts with effective, affordable, and easy-to-use tools that reach out to students of all ages and ability levels. My son uses the program [|http://www.raz-kids.com] at the Kindegarten level to develop reading skills. This program derives from a site found on Learning A-Z. I have found this program to be useful for my son and would recommend it to other elementary teachers or parents of elementary students. Submitted by Zach Schara

Kerpoof Scholastics sponsored by Disney retrieved from: [] This is a great application that I just found! Students are able to play a spelling game which when they spell a word right that picture comes up. They can create thier own comic stirps and movies, they are able to draw out different characters. The application opens the doors to more creative thinking while working on language arts. They also have premade lesson plans that you can tailor to your style such as working on life cylces, needless to say this application can be used cross subjects! The basics of the application are free but if you join with a fee membership (the cost wasnt bad) you open more doors and students can even chat with one antoher and begin collaborating if needed. I am thinking that this might be a great way to begin with digital storybooks, and more learner friendly for the younger grades. I would like to reccommend this application. Diana King 2

LeFever, Lee (2003). Common Craft. Retrieved from [|http://commoncraft.com]

This website provides educators with videos to use in the classroom as well as videos to support professional development. Furthermore, the site gives users instant access to their own online library of all current and future Common Craft videos. They have a vast selection of short videos that are perfect length for classroom use. It is an easy-to-follow site that I will use in a Language Arts setting to give visual aids to my readers and writers. Submitted by Zach Schara

LetsStartSmart. (2007, October 12). // Vowel Song. // Podcast retrieved from []

Podcasts have been described as one of the most useful Web 2.0 tools and can be easily downloaded and distributed. A podcast works great as a functional supplemental aid to help guide students’ learning towards an “instructor-free” approach of learning. “A student needs to be exposed to vocabulary eight to ten times before it is internalized.” Having students explore and learn vowels through a video podcast is another way for them to link and internalize the material being presented in the curriculum. This specific podcast serves as a fun and silly way to remember some of the vowel sounds that I practice with my students each and every day. By providing multiple chances to learn a given objective (such as vowels), students’ can further connect and internalize the subject matter. This podcast would work best with younger students who are being introduced to vowel sounds.

Youtube- Vowel Song

Laura Thompson

Little Bird Tales. (2011). // Little bird tales //. Retrieved from []

I had been looking for a site that allowed my Kindergarten students to create their own digital stories and this is it! It is built specifically for younger children and looks great! Kids are able to upload pictures or create their own drawings and add them to the slideshow. They can also add text while they narrate using their own voices. I would use it first to create class slideshows together and then have them make their own presentations. You can add students to a teacher account so that their activity can easily be monitored. The website looks valid, is up to date, and is free of advertisements. It is kid friendly and has mentions on a few blogs that I have heard of. (I also started following them on twitter so that I could learn more about the program!) I would say that this looks like an excellent tool for use in a lower elementary classroom! (Submitted by Sara Wendt)

// National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. // (1999). Retrieved from []

National Library of Virtual Manipulative is an amazing site. This site is for all grades K-12 and it will engage the students in what you are learning. You are able to pick your area (in math) and grade, then a whole list of games and interactive type exercises pop up. I tried this out on my daughter who will be seven and she didn’t want to stop playing. She was having a blast but at the same time it was reinforcing concepts she was taught during the school year. From this site I learned that even when you are older you still can be engaged and learn from these wonderful manipulatives online. For this site I used the Critical Evaluation of Website Elementary Level. This website looks credible because you are able to get back to the main page if you leave it, everything is spelled correctly, and it doesn’t take long to load. The title page was not to overwhelming and it was easy to find where to go next. After completing this evaluation I would highly recommend this site to all classroom room teachers, and even parents at home. I couldn’t find a single author for this site but there was information available about the site and when it was created as well as updated. (Mandy Huusko 6)

Mesko, B. MD, Midicina.com retrieved from []

Medicina is a free easy to use aggregator of quality information that lets you select your favorite medical resources. The creator of this page is a physician who believes that Web 2.0 technology should be used in medicine and would like others to understand how. I believe that the information given is accurate and user friendly for both the health care provider and the patient. I do have some hesitancy in this sight because it does sell advertising to businesses. Tom Nooyen

Mightybook. (2001). // Mightybook. // Retrieved from []

Mightybooks.com provides a large amount of free digital resources for educators, parents, and children. This website offers interactive games, books, songs, and puzzles for a variety of age groups. I looked at one specific interactive book, How the Cow ate the Cabbage. Something I liked about this book was that it allowed the user to pause it at any moment and take breaks to talk about the story or to reread for further understanding. My students would enjoy the animated graphics and sounds that come along with the story.

MightyBook

Laura Thompson

Mintz, S. (2007). // Digital history: Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research. // Retrieved June 29, 2011 from [|http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu]

This is an excellent site for social studies teachers that provides an interactive multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present. The site provides links to primary sources, active learning, multimedia presentations, interactive timelines, visual history, visual exhibitions, and a history reference room. It also provides lesson plans and handouts for teachers to use in their classrooms. One of the best links I found is called Do History and it allows students to identify a historical problem, discover and evaluate evidence, and then draw and present conclusions. I would recommend this site for social studies educators to use in their classroom because it allow students to conduct inquiries, create exhibits, listen to historical music, and many other valuable skills they will need to better prepare for their futures!

Holly Petrich (2)

Mixbook (2012). // Mixbook. // Retrieved from []

Mixbook is a website that I use with my Spanish 3 students to create an online flip book. I know there are other sites that do the same thing but this is the first one that I tried making an online book with. I really like the project I have my students do with this. They get to create something that stays on the web and they get to share it with their classmates. They are able to add pictures and text to the online book they create. It is neat when they present their books on the smartboard because it is like they are actually turning the pages when they swipe their fingers on the smartboard. The only downfall to the website is that you cannot view the book without logging into your account. For my purposes, this is alright because I have my students present their books to the class. It would be cool if they could be published to the web though because then different people could view their books and make comments on their books.

(Posted by Erin Olson)

// NEOK 12 Educational Videos, Lessons, and Games for K12 Students. // Retrieved from []

This looks like an awesome website with lots of good videos, games, and resources for integrating multimedia into your lessons. This site has a ton of videos, activities and ideas for science and social studies as well as some for English and math. As elementary teachers we tend to not have enough time for these topics, or not enough ‘fun’ information. I think this would be great to use to get kids motivated and excited about these subjects. I would use this site while in the computer lab during the time we are studying the topic. I used the 5 W’s of Web Evaluation to evaluate this site. While evaluating this site I did not find an author but I did find a page on who NEO12 is. I found out a lot when reading the about us, so I do feel comfortable using the site. I found this site very user friendly and the site was copyrighted for 2011. I was not able to find where the information came from, but I do feel the information on the site would be useful in an elementary classroom. After evaluating the site I would recommend it even though it did not pass all the aspects of my evaluation. Mandy Huusko (3)

Oddcast Inc. (2012) // Voki. // Retrieved from []

The website voki.com is a website that I recently found out about from another Spanish teacher at a conferences of local schools called A Gathering of Great Minds. The website allows a person to make animated talking characters for free. Students can record up to 60 seconds of themselves speaking and they can do so with either a microphone or by calling in on their phones and recording over the phone. I use it for students to record themselves speaking Spanish. It is great because then I can listen to everyone individually and give more feedback than I would when they are speaking in class. I like it because I can grade their voki work from anywhere and they like it because they get to record themselves and because they get to see their voice put to a video of an avatar that they create. (Posted by Erin Olson)

Panoramio (2011). Retrieved from [] Panoramio is falls under the Google platform. The website allows viewers to choose any location from around the world and then view pictures that others have posted from those locations. If you take pictures, you can upload them and add them to those locations. In a classroom setting this would allow for virtual field trips. Students could also post their own pictures to geographic locations. This would be great for a Social Studies classroom where students need to explore geography. (Cale Cripe)

PBS. (2011). // Podcasting – Sharing Your Ideas About Featured Topics and Issues. // Retrieved from []

This page is a lesson plan on podcasting. It could be used as a “how to” for podcasts themselves or could be used with specific content included. This lesson is broken in to three parts that could be used in sequence as an extended lesson or broken apart and used individually, depending on the teacher's objective in the classroom. I feel that this is only a creditable website, but a well written lesson plan to follow. It would make the topic of podcasts less daunting to teach/introduce. James Hoppe (3)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). (2011). Retrieved October 25, 2011 from []. [|PBS] This site allows access to a variety of materials that can be used in the classroom and at home. While many videos are available (at ease), the site also provides links to teacher lesson plans and other resources. The website is very intriguing visually as it gives examples of programs and videos that can be accessed. PBS offers an array of topics that can assist anywhere from science to social studies. The website allows for easy navigation depending on your interests. The content is consistently updated and the fact that its domain is in “org” form demonstrates that it is a reliable source that can be used both for “PBS KIDS, PBS Parents, and PBS Teachers.” Finally, the site allows for many easy connections to other Web 2.0 tools including, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, which provides an easy way to communicate and collaborate. Eric Borndal (1)

Pharmacology Games and Quizzes Page. Retrieved from []

I am so excited to use this game in my pharmacology classroom! The site is broken down into the different body systems. After the user clicks on a body system, there is a wheel to "spin" with questions coming up depending on where the arrow lands. The computer lets the user know whether or not the question was answered correctly. I went through several of the questions (okay...it was just fun to spin" the wheel!) and I found the questions to be very appropriate for my students and what I teach in the classroom. The site is big and bright and full of colors. Definitely fun to use during a review day. I could use this site over and over due to the amount of body systems on it. Very nice site! Sonya Witmer

Photo Story 3 by Microsoft [] [] @http://cnx.org/content/m32299/latest/ I have included 3 sites to use when exploring digital storybooks. These 3 sites I have looked at and have helped me become more enthusiastic about using this tool. Microsoft allows it as a free download to use, the other two sites show how this tool can be used in a classroom. I would also suggest watching a few of the examples found on the last site or even on teachertube. The only glitch I could find is making sure all the materials are set (meaning your school district has them) and ready to go for the project. This project is a great way to help students with their reading, and even writing and illustrating their own ideas and books. I am hoping to use this tool in the next school year. Diana King 1

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Picnik. Retrieved from [] This is an awesome site to upload pictures or take pictures with a webcam and add special effects. There are a lot of free editing tools that can be used to make your picture unique (text, frames, stickers, and other special effects). Students can also combine photos from friends and family into a collage of two or more pictures. Then, edited photos can be saved, inserted into power points, or shared with facebook.

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Popplet http://popplet.com This site contains small boxes that can be connected. The boxes can contain pictures, video, or just typed text. I saw this as a great way for students to brainstorm for papers. They could also use this for gathering materials about a subject. For instance, I could see giving my students the topic of diabetes and having them make a subject popplet about it. They could start out with diabetes and then shoot off from there with famous people with diabetes, videos about diabetes, links to other sites, etc. I also think the students would have fun making these and they seem to be very easy to use. Michelle Whitman

// Puzzlemaker //. (2011). Retrieved July 2, 2011, from Discovery Education: []

All educational processes are supported by repetition and multiple exposures to information. This site provides a great variety of free puzzles that can be created specific to class content, and then saved for future use. All students, including adults, appreciate work sheets, and a puzzle worksheet would be so much more fun than a completion sheet based on the text. The examples shown would support spelling as well as concept knowledge. (Lucinda Neville)

Health Data Management. (2011). Retrieved from [] (Dot McMillon 1)
 * Description: ** The Health Data Management website is a valuable resource for both the students and instructors. It is a collection of the latest news breaks in Health Data Management. This is a good resource for those interested in a particular area of health care. The channel index covers all of the major healthcare areas including coding, decision support, electronic health records and data security. Web seminars, research guides, white papers, polls, forums, pod casts, newsletters, and industry event notifications are also available.

How to Learn.com. (2011). Retrieved from [] (Dot McMillon 2)
 * Description: ** Their activities are there to help you learn faster using your personal learning style; diagnose and solve any learning problem you or your child has. Learning styles determine how you think, how you communicate and even how well you remember things during a written test.

Scribd. (2011). A free account can be established for publishing and downloading documents. Documents can be uploaded and shared or sent to mobile devices. There is a section on essays and homework. This tool can be used to enable learning as categories range from magazines and books to games and puzzles. Retrieved October 27, 2011 from [] SlideShare, Inc. (2011). SlideShare. Retrieved from: [] Carolyn Jordan 1

Scorio Music Notator. Retrieved from []

Scorio is a free, web-based music notation tool. Notes can be inserted by clicking the staff or by clicking on the desired key on a keyboard which shows up at the bottom of the screen. After the music is created, it can be played, printed (as a pdf document) or shared on the scorio website. Every spring, I have my junior high band students do a music composition project; in the past, students have only been able to work on the composition at school in the computer lab because I was unaware of this website. This year, I plan to have the students use scorio, so they can work on their compositions anywhere they have an Interent connection. We'll also be able to pull up the various compositions in class and listen to them as a group. Annalise Elenz

SEDL. (2011). Creating Podcasts. Retrieved from [] As a former after school program director, I was drawn to this lesson for podcasts. I remember the interest my students showed in cameras, computers and Moviemaker projects. I like the simplicity of the lesson for a slower paced, relaxed setting such as an after school program. This would have been a great activity for my middle school students to work on with our high school and college volunteers/mentors. James Hoppe (4)

// Shidonni //. (n.d.). Retrieved from [] Shidonni is basically a giant piece of paper that allows students to draw pictures of their favorite animals and their surrroundings. After kids have drawn their animal, it “comes to life” and allows for the kids to take care of it by deciding when and what to feed it, when to walk it, whether it should be sleeping or awake, etc. This could be used during an Animal unit or even during a storytelling unit because it would allow students to create their character/animal and then the setting/surroundings. I would defintitely use this website with my Grade One students during our Animal Unit. Contributed by Amanda VanderStelt

SlideShare is “the best way to share presentations, documents, and professional videos”. This a free Web 2.0 tool in which an user can upload original presentations and make their work available to the general public. There are many presentations available to view and increase knowledge on diverse subjects from a global community of contributors. I think students need to see the level of work that is now expected in terms of visual communication and collaboration and to have opportunities to flex their own intellect and creativity. (submitted by LeAnn Littlewolf).

SoundCloud, Ltd. (2007-2011). SoundCloud. Retrieved from: []

SoundCloud is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to upload sounds, from music to voices, and to share with others. The files you create can be shared via Facebook, blogs, Twitter, and other formats. You can search through existing accounts to hear what others have created. I would use this tool for students to collect oral histories and to hear oral histories already collected. SoundCloud allows for interaction, much like a blog, with space for comments and feedback. (Submitted by LeAnn Littlewolf).

Stixy. This is a fun site that teachers can easily set up free for students to view homework assignments, get links to for research, create discussion boards and share documents and information with parents and students. Teachers can set parameters of who has access to the board. Retrieved October 27, 2011 from [] Carolyn Jordan 2

Sutherland, Andrew. (2005). // Quizlet. // Retrieved from [] I found this site and thought it would be beneficial for just about everyone, so I thought I’d share. This is a site where you can either make your own flashcards for any topic or search the topic you are looking for and use the premade ones. Quizlet has flashcards in most content areas and would be a neat site to get students of all ages engaged. I used the 5 W’s of Web Evaluation to evaluate this site. While evaluating this site I found it a site I would recommend because I was able to locate all of the 5 W’s. I was able to find the author easily as well as an explanation to the purpose of the site. The site was also user friendly which helps because some people are afraid to try new things. Overall this looks like it would be a fun site to use while it is helping students learn in a fun mannered way. (Mandy Huusko 5)

Teachertube Smith, Jason. (2007, March 6). TeacherTube. Retrieved from [] This Web tool is a tool that allows you to share and upload videos similar to youtube.com. This Web tool provides educators videos, audios, documents, photos, groups, and blogs that can be used for an educational purpose. Teachertube.com is favored by many educators over youtube.com because many YouTube videos can be blocked by the content filtering systems. Teachertube not only provides educators with a convenient way to upload educational videos but users are also able to leave constructive comments and rate the videos that are on the website. This tool is also free for everyone to use. I will use this tool as resource to help me find relevant educational videos that can be used in my classroom. I will also use this tool as a way to help generate new ideas and activities into the classroom. I used the Kathy Schrock Critical Evaluation of a Web Site Guide for use by educators to evaluate this Web tool. The Web tool was very organized and easy to navigate. The website uploaded pictures and links very quickly. When I find a video to use in the classroom, I will use the Kathy Schrock Critical Evaluation of an online video to evaluate the content of the information. Overall, I believe that Teachertube.com is a great resource for teachers and I would recommend this tool for educators to use in their classroom. Megan Hastad

Teachnology, Inc. (2010). // Web quest maker //. Retrieved from []

I found this site when looking for a way to create my own web quests. “A Web Quest is a method used to engage students in inquiry based learning. A web quest is meant to guide students through a process of inquiry through a set of assigned tasks that lead them to a conclusion,or that results in a product” (Teachnology, 2010). It seems like a very straight forward outline that can be utilized for any sort of web quest. They provide a complete description of what belongs in each section. There are also a variety of ready made web quests to use right away. Once you have created your web quest, you will need to save it to your personal computer. There is no way to save it to the site. The site itself has many free aspects, but they do offer you memberships with additional offerings for a price. It was last updated in 2010 and all of the links work. It seems to be a great tool to use while getting started creating your own web quests. (Provided by Sara Wendt)

//Terraclues//. (2011, June 29). Retrieved from [|__http://www.terraclues.com__]

This website is interactive and can be used in a few ways by educators and students alike. It is a free interactive service that combines Google searches with Google maps for scavenger hunts and searches. Teachers and students can use existing searches or create their own search for students. The site offers a choice to search anonymously without log-in information or to create a user log-in name and record scores and progress on searches. It looks like the site I have been trying to find. It was interesting to me because it seems easy to use and easy to provide information quickly to students in a way that interests them. I believe this website could be useful for all the social studies disciplines that I teach. I could use it easily for Geography both United States and World. As well as in any History course. I am looking forward to using this website. (Jen Burroughs 4)

The Photographer’s Ephemeris

This application allows photographers to calculate sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times for a specific location anywhere in the world. Knowing the specific time for sunrise/set and moonrise/set as well as the beginning/end of Civil Twilight (when the sky has reflected light from the sun) is a valuable tool for landscape and location photographers. This site allows you to down load this app for free for use on your desktop. There is a $8.99 fee for use on your Iphone, Android, or Ipad. One of the advantages of this app as opposed to others is that it offers a variety of maps for selecting your location including satellite maps, and topographic maps.

Go to: [|__http://photoephemeris.com__]/

John Gregor

// Voice thread-conversations in the cloud //. (n.d.). Retrieved from [] Voicethread is a “collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos.” It basically allows people to combine words, pictures and voice to create a digital storybook for students. Probably the best part of Voicethread is that people can leave comments on the story through words, pictures, an audio recording or a video from a webcam. This would be a great culminating lesson for a unit on story writing unit because students could draw the illustrations for their written stories and then orally record their writing pieces. This would also be a new way for students to record themselves reading a story and for me and/or their parents and classmates to respond to them, give them directions or draw them a picture for those kids who are still working on their language skills. Contributed by Amanda VanderStelt

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Wiggio is a website that allows for collaboration between people. It allows for chat, file sharing, discussions, have meetings, poll, and create to-do lists. I used this website when I was working in a consortium of math teachers who needed to communicate resources and discuss them on a regular basis. It kept track of any group that I may have been in. So I could have created another group and worked there also, just as easily. It allowed for us to post to a general discussion board when we needed to share or discuss a concept. The platform was very simple to use and learn. You can also chat with others, similar to our Webinars. (Cale Cripe)

Xtranormal. (2012). Xtranormal Inc. Retrieved from []

This is just plain fun and really could be used in any class for a fun way of students presenting information and telling a story. It is a site that allows you to easily create animated movies that can be emailed or posted to spread information. Blogs are also available on the site for people to communicate and discuss (created movies).

Dustin Randall

Xtranormal. Retrieved from []. Concur with Dustin. Love this web 2.0 tool. My colleague teaches philosophy - students created fallacy discussions. I would like to use it with my counseling students. They could create videos utilizing basic counseling skills and relationship building. I would encourage them to interview real people and discover real counseling sessions - then translate into word and into xtranormal. I'm excited to use this in the fall! Dina Morrison

Zimmerman, B. (2011, June 29). //Welcome to makebeliefscomicx.com//. Retrieved from [|__http://www.makebeliefscomix.com__]/

This website look easy and fun for students. Again it is a free wbsites that offers students the ability to create a comic strip for free. Students can choose the length, characters, color, objects, etc. to include in the comic strip. The site also provides a teacher resource tab. Students can then email or print their creation upon finishing. I thought this would be a great site to include in my existing Civics curriculum, for I could easily have students take any topic area to create a unique comic strip. I also liked the first suggestion that they hace on the website itself, give them assignment the first day of class, and have students create a strip depicting a summary of what is the most important thing(s) in their life. What a great way to understand and “meet” your students instead of the traditional notecard with vital information on it. The site is also very user friendly and wouldn’t take a lot of pre-teaching skills for students to “get it.”

(Jen Burroughs 3)

Zimmerman, Bill (2006). // Make Believe Comix.com //. Retrieved from []

This is a neat site that will allow students to be comic writers. The site is set up for students to be able to pick the character they would like but then write about them. I think this would be a great way to start students writing and using their imagination to write. This would probably have to be a site for a bit older students since they have to read the directions and be able to write sentences and quotes. This site also has links for more resources such as information for teachers and printables. I would use this in language/spelling to reinforce and allow practice of using quotes, having a beginning, middle and an end and writing complete sentences. This could also be used to practice spelling words by having them use their spelling words in the comics. This site will excite students and let them use their imagination. To evaluate this site I tried a different evaluation called Critical Evaluation of Website Elementary Level. After reviewing the questions on the evaluation I would recommend this site. The page loaded quickly, everything was spelled correct, and you could access information about the author. Mandy Huusko (4)

English Companion. Retrieved from: []

I purchased Jim Burke’s book last semester while looking for a tool to brainstorm writing Language Arts Units and Lesson Plans. I found the book on Amazon. I now have found he uses his web-site to supplement his teaching methods. I like the site as a brain storming tool; he has a blog, and some classroom resources. Karen Kleinwort

Rubistar, Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities. Retrieved from: [] I learned of this site in an assessment class I am taking. The site is free and is tool for creating rubrics to be used for assessing various projects. It looks “nifty” and I look forward to trying it out. Karen Kleinwort