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= Web 2.0 Tools: Wikis and Glogs = = PD Session April 8th, 2011 =

Presented by: John Goldsworthy

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= Wiki Samples From St. Kevin's High =

Careers in Oil & Gas Created by 100+ Career Development students during Feb. 2011.

Computer Hardware & Software Created by Communications Technology 2104 students during Nov 2010.

= Wiki Samples From Around the Globe =

Greetings from Around the World Created by a teacher from Zagreb, Croatia. Awarded "Best Educational Wiki in 2010". In addition to the global perspective, the use of Glogster posters is very impressive.

ArrrrPirates Created by elementary level students on the topic of Pirates. The "look & feel" of this page is clean and consistent. An important design characteristic.

A comprehensive list of educational wikis we can learn from A collection of literally hundreds of educational wikis created by teachers and students from around the globe. Many have involved collaboration at an amazing level.

= Web 2.0 Teaching Tools = ====These websites offer free tools that you and your students can use to CREATE things online. Most sites will provide "embed code" to enable the product to be placed on a Wiki page. ====
 * [|GLOGSTER] Develop digital posters using graphics, images, and even video and audio clips. Use Glogster EDU to set up a teacher account so students do not need to create accounts.
 * CLASSTOOLS Create free educational games, quizes, and diagrams in seconds.
 * VOKI Create personalized speaking avatars.
 * AVIARY Create graphics, edit images, create audio, and much more. Teacher can setup an education account so students do not need to create accounts.
 * GROOVESHARK Listen to virtually any song in the world. Embed code is available from your playlist.
 * [|ANIMOTO] Upload pictures, add text and music and this site will put together an exciting slideshow. Set up an educator's account for unlimited full length slideshows for your students.
 * [|TOONDOO] and [|COMIQS] Create digital comic book style cartoons.
 * [|KERPOOF]--a more sophisticated version of the above...even allows students to create a comic movie.
 * [|DIPITY], [|XTIMELINE] and [|TIMETOAST] are timeline creators that allow users to create multimedia web-based timelines. Great for history projects.
 * Create online quizzes with sites like[| SURVEYMONKEY], [|QUIZSTAR], and [|YACAPACA.]
 * Have your students start a blog at [|EDUBLOGS] or [|21CLASSES] (not sure what a blog is or how you might use it in your classroom? [|Check out this article.)]
 * this list has no end.....

= Any questions or comments? =

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