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Sites listed below were mentioned in the following article:

DiBianco, Phyllis. "Powering Up Teaching and Learning with New Web Tools and Resources." Information Searcher 17.3 (Apr. 2008): 6-15.

Many of these sites are blocked by Websense so you will need to access them from home.

TOOLS and RESOURCES

Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

 

ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?Itemid=33&id=31&option=com_content&task=view

Literacy maps for K-12

 

Classroom 2.0
http://www.classrooms.com

Social network site for educators

SOS

SOS for Information Literacy
http://www.informationliteracy.org

 

Learning Now (PBS Teachers)
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now

 

APA

Online

“Using the New Bloom’s Taxonomy to Design Meaningful Learning Assessments”
http://www.apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html#

(APA Online)

K-12 CURRICULUM RESOURCES

TeacherTube
http://www.teachertube.com

 

You Tube
http://www.youtube.com

Of course it is blocked by Websense.
 

Kerpoof (K-3)
http://www.kerpoof.com and http://www.kerpoof.com/teach

PODCASTS AND VIDEO

Podcasting 101 for K-12 “Librarians”
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml

Education Podcast Newtork (EPN)
http://www.epnweb.org/index.php

TED
http://www.ted.com

This site has the best talks and performances from the world’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers available to the public for free.

 

Gcast.com
http://www.gcast.com

Gcast creators make personal broadcasting simple.

Of course it is blocked by Websense.

Video in the classroom (K-8)
http://www.needleworkspictures.com/vic

Tools for creating and viewing video in the classroom

 

Motionbox (Video)
http://www.motionbox.com

Students can upload videos online in a flash and organize them.

Of course it is blocked by Websense.

COLLABORATING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

voicethread

VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com

This site allows you and a group (remember collaboration is a 21st Century skill) to create, comment and publish work.  Beyond PowerPoint

Ning in Education

Ning in Education
http://education.ning.com

A community devoted to helping teachers build and use social networks in their teaching

 

Edutagger
http://edutagger.com

Allows you to categorize and store your web links online and share them with other educators.

Google apps for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

Develop classroom activities and collaborate with colleagues

 

Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/

Social bookmarking website whose primary ues is to store your bookmarks online

WIKIS & BLOGS

WikiSpaces for Educators
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

 

PBWiki for Educators
http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki

Software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link pages together.  Often used to create collaborative websites  Examples of educational wikis can be fournd at:  http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

Blogger
https://www.blogger.com/start

Educational blogs can be found at http://educational.blogs.com and http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs

Of course these are blocked by Websense.
 

Wordpress
http://www.wordpress.com

Blogging software available for free download

Of course it is blocked by Websense.

MULTIMEDIA

 

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com

Free online photo editing and management site to share photos

Of course it is blocked by Websense.

Picasa
http://picasa.google.com

When you install Picasa, it instantly goes to work, organizing all the pictures on your hard drive by date in the "Folders on Disk" collection. If Picasa finds folders you don't want, go into Tools > Folder Manager to tell it which folders to scan once, scan always or remove. To remove individual pictures from your library, simply select a photo and right-click to delete it permanently from your computer or hide it from Picasa.

 

Animoto
http://www.animoto.com

Upload a group of photos and this stie automatically generates professional produced slide shows using their own technology and hig-end motion design.

 

Tumblr
http://www.tumblr.com

An easy way to makle the transition to Web 2.0. You can create a personal or collaborative site that functions as an oline scrapbook.

Of course it is blocked by Websense.

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