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Today's Document from the National Archives. Web 2.0 - SSD. Collaboration Chatzy Create free online chat rooms for discussion and collaboration.

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This professional learning network (PLN) allows for collaboration with distant colleagues. Ask questions, engage in discourse, and search for ideas. A social book marking site that allows for keeping, sharing, and discovering interesting Web content. Collect, highlight, and share Web resources. Collaborate with others as you learn Spanish, German, or French. Create online lessons and learning environments. eduClipper A digital clipboard designed for educators. A PLN for educator collaboration and discourse. Search for and create collaboration opportunities with classroom from around the world. Free Beautiful Online Survey & Form Builder. 43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms.

In the middle of October, we invited educators to tell us about the "apps, games, and websites that are helping to tranform their classrooms this year.

43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms

" We asked that you submit your responses in the form of Field Notes and we received more than 700 submissions! 43 products emerged with several votes and strong, detailed Field Notes to explain just how they are being used effectively at school. So here is our (albeit unscientific) list of apps, games, and websites transforming classrooms this Fall. We are also pleased to announce the winner of the $250 Amazon gift card. To qualify for the drawing, educators had to submit more than one qualifying Field Note during this campaign. What apps, games, and websites are transforming your classroom? Related Posts: 5 Easy Steps to Writing a Great Field Note. Here it is: The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013.

My Students Favorite 14 Avatar Creators. Posted on January 27, 2011 by eduhowto This past week I moved my students in to the blogosphere to start participating in the great conversation.

My Students Favorite 14 Avatar Creators

One of the big things we talked about however was privacy and keeping all personal information and images off of their blogs. So I had them create an Avatar to represent them online. At first my students seemed genuinely bothered by the fact that they could not place their own pictures on their blog but after some conversation about safety and the purpose of the blog most agreed that using an Avatar would be just fine.

The following list seemed to be the most popular avatar creators among my students. Like this: Like Loading... Storify · Make the web tell a story. Welcome to Pickaface.net free online avatar creator, profile picture creator. The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You. If you’re not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world.

That’s because @ chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms. The Best of the Best You can view the live stream of #edchat here and see what people are saying at the hashtag #chickenweb2tools here . We scoured hundreds of responses and have come up with the following list. The following tools have not been verified and are simply based on the number of times each was mentioned on Twitter during this hashtag discussion.

The List Added in the comments and via Twitter: Add To This List Have another recommendation? EdTech Tools. Graphing Calculator- Free online tool graph functions, finds intersections, table of values. Implicit equations, pan, zoom, & export as image. Smore - Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly. Write In Private: Free Online Diary And Personal Journal.

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Creation. Collaboration. Communication. Presentation Tools. Timeline JS - Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy, and intuitive to use. EduTecher. Video and Flipped Learning. Free Online Textbooks, FlashCards, Exercises, RWA's, Simulations. QR Codes. Evernote - for organizing teachers & students. Evernote: A great tool for organizing teachers & students By Jennifer Carey via Voices from the Learning Revolution If you are not familiar with Evernote, now is the time.

Evernote - for organizing teachers & students

Evernote is a free web tool and application that helps you to organize your notes, emails, images, and, well…. everything. It’s hard to describe, but this 50-second video highlights some of the key features and abilities. Evernote can be a great application for teachers, both to keep yourself coordinated and to facilitate student learning. First, if you need to familiarize yourself with a quick tutorial, try out the “Getting Started Guide For Teachers.” Organizing myself Teachers have tons of “stuff” on our plates. The key to Evernote success is that you set up some basic parameters first. Using Evernote with students Evernote is also a great tool for students to organize all of their own content. Another great feature that enhances the student-teacher relationship is that Evernote notebooks are shareable. MentorMob - Great Minds Share Alike - MentorMob. Mathletics.com - Love Learning - USA's Number 1 Math Website.

TodaysMeet. ThingLink - New App Enables User to Make Any Image Interactive. Access your bookmarks anywhere. Presentation Tools.