2.0

2.0 Tools....Some Old.....but some may be new to you!

1) Fotobabble [] Add your voice to your photos in seconds

2) GoAnimate [] On GoAnimate you can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations. It's easy, fun and free!

3) SlideSix []

4) Pic*Lits [] A free drag-and-drop literacy tool, to encourage your English learners to create sentences inspired by pictures. Or they can add inspirational or humorous captions to pictures. Learn It provides learning opportunities and examples for creating captions, compound sentences or paragraphs. Advanced lesson plans for teachers appear under the Learn It tab as well. Under View the Gallery, students can see already created PicLits as well as comments and ratings. After selecting a picture (or using the one provided) and dragging a word onto the screen, they can choose different forms of the word by using the drop-down menu next to the word. They can move their words anywhere on the screen for creative writing. Or they can click “freestyle” to type in their own words instead of choosing from their list. The wordlists change, depending on the image students select.

5) Photo Peach [] Fresh new way to create slideshows.

6) FlixTime []

7) ClassTools []

8) DropBox [] Online backup, file sync, and sharing.

9) DropItToMe [] Securely receive files from anyone to your dropbox.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">10) ScreenToaster [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Online screen recorder. Captures screencasts instantly.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">11) ScreenCastle [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">One click screencasting

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">12) Digital Goonies http://digitalgoonies.com

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">13) Symbaloo - online pictoral bookmarking <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://www.symbaloo.com/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">14) CNN student News []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">15) Don't Buy It from PBSKids Go - media/shopping literacy aimed at younger kids - http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">16) Kerpoof - easily create simple books and movies - http://www.kerpoof.com/teach

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 17) Learn Central - webconferencing - http://www.learncentral.org/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 18) Bookemon - make a book that is nice enough to buy on Amazon, then buy a copy - http://www.bookemon.com/