<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This page is for Educators that want to know more about Web tools. Below are some great tools that I use or have investigated.</span>

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Join a PLN (personal learning network) and expand your learning to improve your teaching.

Great PLN's:

Check out D.E.N. Discovery Educators Network! A great network of Educators interested in exploring the digital world with their students.
http://community.discoveryeducation.com/
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Discovery Education as tons of resources and tools! Check them out: http://www.discoveryeducation.com


Join a Ning:
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Join Twitter! Twitter is the best way to connect with Educators around the world. I get at least 5 hours a week of informal professional development from Twitter.
http://www.twitterforeducators.com/


Social Bookmarking. Share and explore the web with others.
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Great digital tools for teachers and students.

* Private Wikis
** Using Private Wikis with students:
>> Power of the Wiki!
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
** Private wiki instructions from our Tech Coaches:
>> http://pluggedin.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/Private+Wikis+Help

* Glogster
** Glogster!
>> Students love Glogster and it is very user friendly.
>> http://pluggedin.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/Glogster
** Tutorial Video from Glogster.Edu
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NISdsoouE
** Glog made with webcam in classroom: [[Video example of glogster -muscular system|Click here]]
** Glog made at home with own equipment. This glog is featured on Glogster.Edu! [[Circulatory System Glog 1|here]]

Possibly the best way to share pictures and images: [[http://www.cooliris.com/|www.cooliris.com]]

Worlde http://www.wordle.net/
Here is a wordle of the 6th grade Science Curriculum
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* Super easy podcast option.
Vocaroo: http://www.vocaroo.com/

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An EdTech success story: Mr. Winston has been teaching for 30 plus years. When he began teaching he was given his EdTech tools: 1 black pen, 1 red pen and 1 box of chalk! Now he can do a vocaroo! Check it out: [[awinston:home|http://awinston.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/]]

Wall Wisher
www.wallwisher.com

Example: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/testforrcdb

Need a great way to do a webquest? Check out "Jog The Web" at www.jogtheweb.com
Here is an example I put together for Volcanoes, Earth's crust and Pangaea: http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/MKjjV4O6vX34/Volcanoes,-Earths-Crust-and-Pangea


**Embed a powerpoint** by using http://www.slideshare.net/

**A digital story board!**
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IziAudOyPUk]]
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===Prezi The Zooming Presentation Editor===
__[[http://www.prezi.com/|www.prezi.com]]__
[[http://prezi.com/3188/|example]]

===ANIMOTO - **Present using pictures or videos**===
===[[http://animoto.com/|http://animoto.com/ ]]===
Check out the home page for examples and explanation.

**Ustream -** broadcast your own TV show. You can broadcast live or record you video and embed it into a website
**[[http://ustream.tv/|ustream.tv ]]**


**xtranormal -** if you can type you can make a movie!
**[[http://www.xtranormal.com/|www.xtranormal.com]]
[[http://mmsroom207.wikispaces.com/cartoons|example]]**


**Voicethread**
[[http://voicethread.com/]]
http://pluggedin.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/VoiceThread

Tutorials and resources for Voicethread:
Wiki for educators http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/


Bookmarking and resources:
__//**Here are over 30 different sites that can be used for student presentations!**//__
Delicious is a very easy social bookmarking website that can help you keep track of all your bookmarks, no matter where you are.
Here is a link to all of my bookmarks that are tagged with "presentations".
[[http://delicious.com/rcdbrannon/presentation]]
[[http://delicious.com/help/quicktour/ie]]


I love Google Docs and all of their tools. Check them out: http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html




Help after the session is over:
Feel free to contact me if you have problems along the way: [[mailto:cbrannon@hoover.k12.al.us|cbrannon@hoover.k12.al.us]]
Also, our tech coaches know a great deal about these tools. Contact them for trouble shooting. Here is the district tech page http://pluggedin.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">While you are here I encourage you to check out my [[Student Examples]] page. On this page you will find some examples of students using Glogster to create projects. I highly recommend using Glogs in education. My students absolutely loved this project. They kept working well after the due date to improve their product. That is rare treat for me.

Something that has changed the way I look at the world of education is Twitter. Twitter may not be for everyone, but it has given me a paradigm shift in the greatest of ways. In short, it is a virtual teacher lounge where you are in control of the conversation. It has put me in place with other Science teachers all over the world. It has allowed me to view other kids work and share my own experiences. Twitter can also help you troubleshoot and solve problems quickly. Almost all companies have a twitter presence. Want to find someone or something on Twitter? Use: [[http://www.twellow.com/|Twellow]]

Why Private Wiki? I don't know why you wouldn't. What I have found is that some teachers just don't like to teach with technology. That is fine, you better bring it everyday and I hope one of your student's teachers does. A well rounded tam of teachers is huge!

Running a private wiki gives me a little more work, but once you get into it you will see that the rewards far out weigh the effort. Go and request membership to the private wiki yourself. Tell me who you are, what and where you teach</span>....and you are in.