ELA+Tool+Resources

A variety of web-based resources for the classroom (this document was discovered using Diigo!)

**Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools** – a comprehensive site with digital tools galore (presentation, video, image, audio, writing, research, graphing etc.)

** Online Writing/Publishing ** Figment - a community where students can share writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Must be thirteen to join. Penzu – private online journal tool with sharing and commenting capabilities. TypeWith.me – a simpler version of a Google doc that allows for collaborative writing but doesn't require login information. PrimaryPad - collaborative writing platform for schools Make Beliefs Comix - create and publish comic strips in English and other languages PenCamp - publish pages online–no email address required. Group Zap - online brainstorming (individual or group) that can be exported to a pdf Yola - free and easy website platform. Kidblog - a blogging platform that allows students to post in a safe online community without an email address and teachers to facilitate exchanges and discussion. Blogger - Google's blogging platform Tumblr - another free blog platform WordPress - free blogging platform with a slew of free themes to choose from Evernote - powerful note-taking, content-collecting, researching tool

** Photo and Video Tools ** Picnik - free online photo editing, no registration required. Jaycut - free online video editor, a nice alternative to Moviemaker and iMovie

** Social Media (esque) Tools ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Today's Meet – Instant feedback, brainstorming, and back channeling. Chatroom with no email required. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edmodo - online class collaboration tool with an interface similar to Facebook's. No email/registration required. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter - social media tool with posts 140 characters or less. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter Search - search hashtags to discover who's posting about what in the world

** Other Classroom Tech Tools ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diigo - bookmark, share, and annotate online sources, a powerful research tool <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tagul - create, edit and publish word clouds <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dipity - find, create, and embed interactive timelines <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jing - free screenshot and screencast platform <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Glogster - have your students create cool digital posters for free <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prezi - create slick online presentations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LiveBinders - a free place to collect, store, and share digital information neatly and easily <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google SketchUp - downloadable Google app to build 3D models <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathy Schrock's Google Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - Google tools and apps that support and engage the various levels of critical thinking Blabberize - a free service (it does require that you create a login) where students can upload a photo that then speaks using their voice recording. Wordle - creates a word graphic, makes the word bigger depending on how many times it's used in the text.

** Digital Literacy Resources ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab18ab; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Root Zone Database - the delegation details of top-level domains. Using these roots in searches makes research more focused and can help zero in on sources from a particular country.

Video of Other Web 2.0 Tool Resources

**How to Annotate a text**