Web+2.0+Tools

[|www.wetpaint.com](added by Tony Salvatore) This is a great wiki page that can be used for all kinds of projects and assignments. Students can create and design the page any way they want. They can add pictures, music, and videos to the page. This is a great tool for the classroom.

[|www.voicethread.com](added by Tony Salvatore) This is a great site for making presentations. Voicethread is an evolutionary step up from power point presentations. You can upload your power points or create your own. You can design the presentation to look any way you want and on top of adding pictures, text, and videos, you can actually add your voice to each slide. You can add your voice by using a microphone or by calling a voicehtread phone number. I have made a presentation for school using voicethread and it is fun and very easy to use. [|www.gamequarium.com] (Added by Stephen Reck) Fun learning site for teachers and students featuring thousands of free educational games and activities that are organized by subject, topic, theme, and grade level.

www.wallwisher.com (added by Alyssa) Wallwisher is a tool that can be used in the classroom while teaching. It can be sort of like a Tweet. You can create a wall with a question, have all the students post to it and then refresh to see what the responses are.

[] The following page from my PLN offers the latest music news. (added by Steve S.)

[|Picasa] is a software download from Google that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. It's free, and easy to use. (Added by Jana)

[|Poll Everywhere] allows you to conduct live audience polling. You ask your audience a question; they answer using SMS text messages, twitter, or the web; and you see real-time results in your Web browser. (Added by Jana)

Moodle A free and open-source platform for the electronic classroom (sort of Blackboard Lite). I'm using it in my classroom and enjoying the results for collaboration (Added by Peter Greene)

mind42.com and exploratree.com are both great sites to create concept maps.

questgarden.com is a site where teachers can find many ready-to-use webquests, as well as create their own.

googlelittrips.org can take students on a real-life tour of the locations featured in various pieces of literature.

[|MSN Health] (Added by Rick Wilson) MSN hs a health and fitness site which explores the body. In particular this site show you various organs that are healthy and diseased. It's a very good site for older students. Middle school students like it too, but they keep talking about how yucky the comparisons are.

[|UofM Anatomy] (Added by Rick Wilson) I found a site on anatomy that I have used for years! It's from the University of Minnesota and the site is linked above.