WEB 2.0 Tools Part 1

Here are some great technology tools to use in the classroom:

	TodaysMeet: Known as backchanneling, this allows you the opportunity to set up a meeting before a lesson, have your class join the meeting, and then allows students to make comments, ask questions, and help each other out during the lesson. Helps to engage learners, encourage total class participation, and give immediate feedback on depth of understanding!(Learn More)		Remind101: allows you to text message your students about upcoming tests and important information. It is safe, free, and a very effective means of communication in our cell phone world! (Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!
	Newseum: Allows you to access 979 front pages from 88 countries!Can be used across the curriculum; many instructional uses! Can browse by date, subject, etc. (Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!		GeoGuessr: a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.(Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!
	Tube Chop: Allows you to snip and cut only the portions of a youtube video you want to show your students instead of watching the entire video! (Learn more)		View Pure: Allows you to take a youtube video and take out the comments, ads, and related videos. It creates a link to "pure" video on plain background. (Learn more)
	Cube Creator: Students can create 3D cubes of key elements of a concept/topic/book that can be printed out and displayed. Great alternative to ppts! Students can save drafts to pin folder, email, and print them... (Learn more)		Socrative: Goodbye clickers! Students can now use a phone or other personal device to answer all kinds of teacher generated questions; gives immediate feedback in a fun way! (Learn more)
	Screenr: This is a web-based tool that lets you create screencasts without installing any software. You just click the record button and your screen activity is recorded along with narration from your microphone. Screenr then publishes your screencast in high-definition Flash format. Maximum record time is 5 minutes. Great for both teachers and students! (Learn more		Screen Castomatic: This is another online screen recorder for one-click recording for free. Maximum recording time is 15 minutes. You can upload the video or save it as an MP4 file. Great for both teachers and students! (Learn more
	Smore: Teachers and students can design free flyers to print, email, or share online. You can add pictures, video, audio, and text-great alternative to ppts! Students can print, email, send link, or share flyers on social media. (Learn more)		Writer Igniter: Set up like a slot machine, this site randomly selects a character, situation, prop, and setting-great for student writing prompts! (Learn more)
	Big History Project: This is an online free course that can be used with advanced 8th grade social studies/science classes; comes with units of study, videos, lesson plans, etc. Great site! (Learn more)		Wolfram/Alpha: Computational knowledge engine that allows you to put in what you want to calculate or know about; information at your fingertips; would be fun and interesting for both teachers and students! (Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!
	Kahoot: A game based classroom response system that engages learners and lets you assess depth of knowledge and ask questions in a game-like environment; students can even have their own accounts and set up individual kahoots! Love this site! (Learn more)		Wordle: Create word clouds from text-great to use as a brainstorming tool, review of key concepts, etc. Wordles can be printed and shared. (Learn more)
	Tagxedo: Take a word cloud one step further with designs to fit your concept-lots of variety and fun to create! (Learn more)		Study Blue: Teachers can create flashcards for students, and students can create their own notes and flash cards-they can study anywhere there is Internet service or right on their phones! (Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!
	Storyboard That: Allows students to create storyboards of potential written pieces or actual comic strips; storyboards can be printed, viewed as ppts, and shared with either a link or embedded in website-great site to enhance writing skills! (Learn more)		LMGTFY: This little site will do a google search and give you a link that you can send to someone who needs an answer to something, complete with the links they would get if they just googled it themselves! (Learn more) Yes, there's an app for that!