Web+2.0

[|Teacher Resource Exchange] [|Sites for Teachers] Hundreds of sites for teachers by subject area [|EPN] Educational Podcast Network [|Class Tools] allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams [|Slide Finder] Search for PowerPoint slides with key terms. Also displays entire presentations if you should choose. [|Number Quotes] input a number and the site provides comparable data (//“Last year our industry changed by 50 billion dollars – that’s the GDP of Serbia.”)//
 * ** INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES: **

Graphic Organizers
[|Online Graphic Organizer Templates] FREE! (also has worksheets, games, journal topics, quote posters, teacher forms, certificates)

Collaborate with another teacher/student from - anywhere.....
[|Epals] connect with classes and students from around the world [|Taking it Global] youth interested in global issues, classes can collaborate on projects and project development [|Skype with other Classrooms] ideas for using Skype with other classes and where to find connections

Virtual Field Trips:
[|Vicki Blackwell's List] links to virtual field trips for multiple disciplines

Powerpoints/Keynotes/Slideshows to Use:
[|World of Teaching]

Random Team Generator:
[|Team Maker] copy and paste lists of names, customize how many teams and size of teams -- poof - teams are created.

Grants/$ Requests:
[|Donors Choose] Submit your classroom project idea for which you need funding and people can log in and give whatever amount they choose.

Trivia Resources:
[|Knowledge Master] [|Questions Unlimited] [|Jeopardy Archive] =Additional Reading on Web 2.0 =
 * //[|Creating and Connecting:Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking]// by the National School Boards Association
 * //[|Science 2.0: Is Open Access Science the Future?]// from __Scientific American__ Online
 * //[|Is Google Making Us Stupid?]// From __The Atlantic.com__
 * //[|What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models For the Next Generation of Software//]// by Tim O'Reilley
 * //[|Educators Assess 'Open Content' Movement]//--an article in Education Week about the growing trend of Web 2.0 resources in the classroom. ||  ||   || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/_/2009072900/i/c.gif width="1" height="600"]] ||   ||
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