Creative+and+Cool+Web+2.0+Tools

Audacity
This is a free program that allows students to make audio recordings.
 * **Free software for using a computer as a recorder.**
 * **Download [|Audacity]:**
 * **You will also need the [|Lame] plugin.**
 * **Free [|tutorials] in abundance on the web.**

VoiceThread
Voice thread allows students to use images or video and make comments on them. Comments can be text, audio, or video. There is also a tool to allow you to make on the slide.

[|HOW AND WHY]
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Glogster
[|Glogster]- Glogster is an electronic poster - a replacement for the trifold Embed video in the poster, add stickers, art objects Add text Add audio files [|History Report Example] [|Science Project Example]

Social Bookmarks

 * **[|Social Bookmarking in Plain English]**
 * **[|Delicious Tutorial]**
 * **[|Diigo Tutorial]**

Many-Eyes
[|Many-Eyes] Visualizations of data - both words and numerical. Upload a text passage and create a wordle Upload a spreadsheet and determine how to display the data Connect the data to maps easily.

Chart Gizmo
[|ChartGizmo] An Example: media type="custom" key="3128552"

Embedding PPT.PDFs, Docs
[|Slideshare] - Create a powerpoint, upload it, and get an embed code to include it in a wiki or blog. An Example media type="custom" key="3128628"media type="custom" key="3128638"

(alternative is [|authorshare])

Graphic Novels
Upload and create a magazine with[|Issuu.]

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Online Whiteboards
[|Sribl] [|Vyew]

Timelines
[|xtimeline] media type="custom" key="3128886" [|dipity] media type="custom" key="3128866"

[|Mnemograph]

Broadcasting Online
Broadcast events for an at home audience Record things for later viewing - use to critique student presentations. [|UStream] - example of [|student presentation]

[|Mogulus]

RSS

 * **[|RSS in Plain English]**
 * **[|Google Reader in Plain English]**
 * **[|Using Google Reader]**
 * **Blogs to consider putting in your new reader:**
 * **[|It's Not All Flowers and Sausages]**
 * **[|Drape's Takes]**
 * **[|ASCD SmartBriefs]**
 * **[|Why Teachers Drink]**
 * **[|The Line]**
 * **[|Bellringers]** **(Well-known because the blogger, Carol Richtsmeier, was the first teacher to ever receive the [|Courage in Student Journalism Award] from the national Newseum, Student Press Law Center and National Scholastic Press Association in 2005.**
 * **[|Mr. Meyer's Blog]**
 * **[|Mr. Meyer's Blog]**

Screencasting
Record a process as you do it on your screen. Puts audio explanation with a visual of the steps. Great for creating how to tutoirals.

[|JingProject] [|Screentoaster]
 * Sample Jing
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 * Web 2.0 Tools - Its Always Fun To Play!
 * [|Web 2.0 and Marzano's Classroom Instruction]