This is one of my newest favorite apps. So many different possibilities for students and teachers. I have seen students use this app to do a full research project. My son has used it for reading maps assignments. Mind maps anyone!? If you want to see an actual example of popplet in the classroom just ask me about it.
This tool will help you create quality rubrics. By registering you can save and edit rubrics as well! Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Visualize your Writing with FlickrPoet! This cool little web app creates a visualization of your original poetry (or any other text you enter) by fetching Flickr images that match each word and displaying them in a collage with the text floating over each image.
Engage the class! Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
The Vision behind WatchKnowLearn is simple:
To provide a world-class, online domain on which educators can store, categorize, and rate the best, K – 12 educational videos on the Internet today. And to make this service FREE so teachers, parents and students everywhere may have access to those videos. (From the website)
GLOSSI: Your Passion On Display
Students can create online magazines as a project. This can be used in any class as an alternative to the old fashioned posterboard.
A site giving you a list of handy little tools like: seating chart creator, counters, group makers. Fun games where you control the content such as: Jeapordy, and Who Wants to be A Millionaire.
A community built guide to cross-cultural etiquette & understanding. Nifty little site where you can select any country in the world and learn quite a bit about their culture, ask experts or even add your own expert information.
Convert Center
A handy little cheat tool for math/science students and teachers alike. Convert just about anything you need.
My son has used this site more than once this semester for various school projects. Teachers can make this an option for projects, extra credit, or even create their own for instruction.
Make Amazing Animated Videos!
Use our Video Maker to create videos for free.
- Make a viral video.
- Create an animated lesson for your class.
- Make a demo video of your product, a promotional video for your business or a training video for your staff.
GoAnimate is the fastest, easiest way to make a video!
GREAT site for your students to do projects on. It is EASY to use.
A cross between creating webpage and a blog. Easy to add pictures and information Please drop by this one and check out the possibilities and some of the featured Squidoos.
Gzaas will allow you to create a message on its own web page in mere SECONDS. It's fun, easy to use and can be useful.
Screenbird will allow you or your students to record what they do on their computer screen. This can be great for tutorials, instructional videos or extra credit assignments.
Use Yodio as a teaching tool or as a possible tool for student projects. Allows you to create audio narration for your digital pictures.
Students texting in your class? Use it to your advantage. Use this site to post texts electronically in your classroom. Has a nice How-to video.
Using this site students can set up a fake social networking site for person who maybe a topic of study. This works great for history. Students can create messages on the wall from other people who maybe their friends or enemies. Great project idea. As of this writing it is blocked but shouldn't be, I have requested it's unblocking.
With Prezi you and your students can create online presentations that are amazing. Power points can become a thing of the past as for being how every presentation is done. Click on the image above to check it out and consider how you can incorporate them into your class.
Survey Monkey makes gathering data a snap. Students can create surveys for research or you can survey your students.
This blog site is considered the premier place for creating educational blogs or any blog for that matter. To learn more about educational blogging click here and check out the rest of the site for other information on using web 2.0 in the classroom.
Todaysmeet.com allows you to set up a temporary chat room for classroom projects, meetings or whatever you might need. Very handy time saver.