Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology Department

Learning ToolsCommunicationsOrganizers

Social NetworksWikisConversations

http://wikisd.pbworks.com/

Handout: Wikispaces Setup and Guide

Recommended Providers: PBwiki and WikiSpacesWiki sites, other than PBwiki and WikiSpaces, should be disabled immediately and email the Educational Technology Coordinator the websites.

Student Photo & Fort Bend ISD Logo Use:The student photo permission section of the AUP form does not pertain to any outside websites including PBwiki and/or WikiSpaces. Campus staff members should not post student photos to any site outside of the District Website, Campus Website, and In-House Campus video presentations.The Fort Bend ISD logo, Fort Bend ISD name, and school campus names should not be used on Wiki sites. Teachers can use his/her name and the course or grade he/she teaches.

Communication: Please make sure the principal understands that this is an external website that students will need an URL to get to the Wiki.Students’ should use the Spell Check and correct grammar when using a Wiki.

Handout: Using Blogs and Wikis in FBISD

http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs

Handout: Blogger Setup and Guidelines

A Web logTextImagesLinks

http://www.gaggle.nethttp://www.blogger.com/home

Recommended Providers: GaggleGaggle & BloggerBloggerBlogging sites, other than Gaggle and Blogger, should be disabled immediately and email the Educational Technology Coordinator the websites. GaggleGaggle should be the first recommendation to teachers which has built in securities, parent letter, online safety pledge, and student email accounts.

Student Photo & Fort Bend ISD Logo Use:The student photo permission section of the AUP form does not pertain to any outside websites including Gaggle and/or Blogger. Campus staff members should not post student photos to any site outside of the District Website, Campus Website, and In-House Campus video presentations.The Fort Bend ISD logo, Fort Bend ISD name, and school campus names should not should not be used on Blogging sites. Teachers can use his/her name and the course or grade he/she teaches.

Communication: Please make sure the principal understands that this is an external website that students will need an URL to get to the Blog. Students should use the Spell Check and correct grammar when Blogging.

Teacher communicationDialogue generationStudent blogsTeacher blogs

Daily JournalReading Response JournalOnline Debate Gathering DataOnline Voting

Post (the entry)CommentsThe Sidebar

The RSS FeedAbout the AuthorLicense

Pre-Cal 20S http://pc40s.blogspot.com/

Blogs on Educational Blogginghttp://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers

Resources for EduBlogginghttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec700/BL/resources.htm?enc=UTF

http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

Go to http://del.icio.us.Sign up.Add buttons to your browser.Tag

Backflip: http://www.backflip.com

•Self-reflection•Assessment

•Summarizing•Illustrating

http://www.wordle.net/create(Do not take students to this site without this complete

address.)

Flickr is perhaps the best known of the free online photo management and sharing applications. TeachersTeachers can upload images photographed by students.

http://bighugelabs.com/

http://www.flickr.com/

Make free, full-length videos using your photos using your Animoto educator’s account

Librarians, teachers and students may sign up tocreate free videos

Easily create content for lesson plans, assignments or as a primer to a subject you’re about to cover.

http://animoto.com/education

Skype is software that enables the world’s conversations. Use Skype to make freevideo and voice calls.

http://www.skype.com

http://prezi.com/

•Create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, amaze, convince, take the day.

Citation Builder http://citationmachine.net/Concept Mapping http://www.bubbl.usGraph Creating http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraphPhoto Editing http://picasa.google.comVideo file converter http://www.zamzar.comRubric Creators http://rubistar.4teachers.orgSurvey Creators www.surveymonkey.com

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