web tools for the 21st century
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Web Tools for WCASD
February, 2012 by Nancy Caramanico
Animoto
www.animoto.com
Create videos easily and share online. Add photos, music and more.
Diigo
www.diigo.com
Online bookmarking. Access your bookmarks from anywhere. Easy sharing. Social functionality.
Downloadhelper
www.downloadhelper.net
Easily convert files and videos to various formats. Download videos from online sites.
Edmodo
www.edmodo.com
Online community creation. Add students to groups. Chat, discussions and more. Join teacher communities.
Flickr
www.flickr.com
Online photo and video upload. Edit online. Create photo sets and tag photos for easy retrieval. Full sharing functions.
Google A Day
http://agoogleaday.com/#date=2012-01-31
Search practice with a variety of creative and almost magical tools
Google Alert
Set up simple daily alerts to your inbox
http://www.google.com/alerts
Google Reader
www.google.com
Read online content in feeds. Great for blog reading.
Hootsuite
www.hootsuite.com
Allows for collection and distribution of various social media accounts. Download Software.
Museum Box
Create special pages on people and events. Add facts, images and videos. http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
Screenr
http://www.screenr.com/
Instant Screencasts. Just click record. Share online.
Scoop.it
Create your own newspaper based on keywords. Presented in an easy to read style
http://www.scoop.it/
ToDoist
http://todoist.com/
Create online to do lists by topic, project. Color code to dos. Email lists.
WWW.twitter.com
Microblogging. Chat. Instant news and feed curation. Hashtags and more. Follow educators.
Twitter for Teachers Directory http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage
Wordle
www.wordle.net
Create word clouds. Variety of formats. See how your words appear.