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Summarize Articles, Editorials and Essays Automatically. Text 2 Mind Map - Simple mind mapping online. The 30 Best Web 2.0 Tools For Teachers (2012 Edition) Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It’s time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you!

The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now. In fact, I’ve personally used more than 90% of these tools in higher education. They’re useful, most are free (some are freemium), and true time-savers. See Also: The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You Each slide in the below presentation by Rafael Scapin contains the name, description, link, and screenshot of what each tool looks like and does. Edudemic’s Recommendations If you’re looking to try out some of these tools, here are the top 5 tools we recommend you try out (if you haven’t already). Slideshare - Get the credit and audience you deserve for your presentations!

Scoop.it - A stellar social bookmarking service that is being used by a ton of teachers right now. Collaborative Writing. Why Collaborative Writing?

Collaborative Writing

Group writing assignments have traditionally been confined to a word processing program where one group member would attempt to record all of the group's ideas into one coherent product. However, having your students write collaboratively online allows them to share ideas in real time, peer edit, contribute to the writing process from any computer with internet access and they can share their live edits with you with a unique web address for their paper.

Online, collaborative writing is an outstanding platform for a group writing assignment because it allows all group members to participate in the writing process. Whether students are working in a computer lab or from a computer in their home, the writing process is extended beyond the classroom with online, collaborative writing. Some of the key advantage of online, collaborative writing include: Live, real time feedback. Prezi tutorial for writing. In my last blog post, I tried to explain what Prezi actually is and how it should be (or shouldn't be) compared to PowerPoint.

prezi tutorial for writing.

In this post, I will try to explain some of the basics of using Prezi. Signing up: The sign-up process is pretty easy. All you have to do is to decide which license you need. Prezi offers three licenses: Public, Enjoy and Pro. The Public license is free. After you have received your confirmation e-mail, you can log on to the site and start creating your own Prezis. First steps: After clicking the "New Prezi" button you will be asked to give a title for your presentation. The Editing "Canvas": Now you are at the editing area of your Prezi. After this point, you will start creating your presentation. Click here to continue reading Part 3. Gd Compilation: ICT and English Resources :) Edu Blog Sites (Many Gd links) The Top 100 Bloggers of 2013: Ten Niches, Ten Bloggers!

Edu Blog Sites (Many Gd links)

Welcome to this compilation of the top 100 bloggers of 2013! I’m going to go through ten separate categories and take a quick look at all the best and brightest from those markets. Ranging from health and fitness to SEO and internet marketing, there’s a lot of fantastic bloggers. This list won’t be the be-all and end-all of the ultimate blogging enthusiasts, but it will feature many bloggers who have stood out and are pretty recognisable in their respective niches.

So without further ado, let’s dive right in! Top 10 Social Media/Internet Marketing Bloggers Jeff Bullas – Jeff Bullas is a very popular social media blogger, who runs a popular blog all about social media and online market (bet you weren’t expecting that!. Jason Keath – Jason founded Social Fresh, a social media company that has grown exponentially since its inception back in 2008. Kim Garst ­– Kim runs both a personal blog as well as Boom! Stanford Smith ­– Mr. Web 2.0 Resources.