Here are some more Web 2.0 Tools, widgets and resource pages to add to the list .
This is the Learning Activities.org page on widgit and I would have to say there are some nice tools on this page that are well worth using. [http://learning-activities.org/widgets/].
The rest of the site is also worth looking at to as [...]
http://www.commoncraft.com/show
Commoncraft has produced another excellent resource for professional development. This one is looking at photo sharing, tags, flickr and sharing.
Excellent work and well worth a look
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Here are a couple of useful tools, articles and sites for educational gaming
http://sploder.com/ - online flash game creation
http://www.axeuk.com/quest/ - Text based game tool
http://www.yoyogames.com/make - gamemaker
http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604915 - an excellent article on tech learning by Larry
Ferlazzo
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http://education.jlab.org/
This is a science resource website. Created by the Jefferson Lab this site has materials on chemistry - particularly the periodic table, atoms (general chemistry stuff) also some other material on electromagents etc
The site has
Teacher Materials and Resources
Games and puzzles
Student focused materials and resources
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http://www.visiblebody.com/Start
This is a great site for the science, physical education and health.
This is a visual anatomy site - 3D very cool - best in internet explorer.
Here is what they say about themselves:
Features:
Complete, fully interactive, 3D human body model
Detailed models of all body systems
Dynamic search capability
Easy-to-use, 3D controls
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http://librarystream.wordpress.com/about-the-learn-more-series/
This is a very cool series of tutorials on web 2.0 technology.
The site has tutorials on
avatars
Flickr
YouTube
Delicious
tags and tag clouds
LibraryThing
wikis
social networks, pt 1
social networks, pt 2
Twitter
Thanks Derek - nice find
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http://www.myglife.org/
This is a site I will be visiting time and time again. Stuffed full of resources, this is a global project which allows students to create and share in the development of online games. While doing this they are breaking down barriers of race and creed.
The site is clean, well laid out and fun. It [...]
Podcasting is an activity that can be achieved by students of all ages with limited resources. Using tools like Audacity or Garageband students (and teachers) can create high quality products.
I have drafted a rubric for developing podcasts. This a higher order thinking task - Blooms creating level of activity.
publishing-podcasting-rubric.pdf
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Feel [...]
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
This is a cool site with lots of cool toys to play with - try these
or
http://www.fodey.com/generators/movie/clapper_board.asp
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7130325.stm
Article: Students ’should use Wikipedia’
A while ago (2 years round about) I would have clearly said that students should not use wikipedia because we want facts not opinions. However, times they are a changing, and with them is my opinion of wikipedia.
While Jimmy Wales obviously has a vested interest in students using wikipedia “Jimmy [...]
