Tool+Resources

This list of digital tools and resources was generated on two main ideas: the Web allows for interaction, collaboration, and co-creation AND multimedia production allows students to deepen understanding and provides them with a range of modalities through which to express their knowledge.
 * The Big Ideas **

Web 2.0 You've been using the internet in your classroom for many years. The internet has moved beyond being a tremendous, albeit static, resource for information. It has become a place of collaboration and creation. This is what is meant by Web 2.0. Wikis, blogs, Google Docs, mashups, and social networking are in this category. Cool Tools for Schools is a well organized wiki that can also serve as a Web 2.0 resource for you.

Multimedia Production Research has shown that we better remember information when we both hear it and see it. What implications does that have for our teaching? What implications does that have for students when we ask them to present their understanding or point of view through multiple modalities? The Center for Integrating Technology in Education has a good, readable article on this topic.

[|Wikis] - customizable, quick-to-make websites to which others can contribute [|Skype] - web-based video conferencing [|Google Docs] - collaborative writing tool Ning - a customizable social-networking site [|Blogs] - a website with regular entries of commentary || Delicious Ning VoiceThread || Podcasts Screencasts Digital Stories || Promethean Board PowerPoint VoiceThread || RSS Feeds and Readers Media on Demand || Survey Monkey Poll Anywhere Poll Daddy Schoolwires ||
 * On-line Collaboration** ||
 * On-line Collaboration** ||
 * The** **Social Web** ||
 * The** **Social Web** ||
 * Multimedia Making** ||
 * Multimedia Making** ||
 * Presentation**
 * Tools & Software** ||
 * Tools & Software** ||
 * **Research and Inquiry** ||
 * **Suveys & Polls** ||