Technology+in+the+Classroom



==**Welcome to technology in the classroom. Here you will find online tools that can be used in many ways. You can use them to advertise new books, introduce a new genre or use them as a creative alternative assessment with students. **==

Animoto Create easy educational videos or presentations. Create a visual book shelf of books you or students are reading and then write a review. Create a 3D visual box using pictures, text and sounds. Create a Voki or avatar to introduce a topic, yourself, or for students to synthesis information. Make Beliefs Comix Make your own talking comic strip. Blabberize Upload a picture, select a mouth and make that picture talk. [|Fodey] A newspaper clipping image generator. Can be used for all ages from serious to silliness. Mad Glibs:) Mad Libs online. Good for brushing up on PSSA skills. Storybird Storybirds are short, art inspired stories that you make to read, share or print. Edmodo Set up a safe environment to communicate with your students or parents through a blog. Diigo Bookmark websites either for yourself to use or for your students to refer to. Zimmer Twins Students can create and share their own animated stories. Prezi A zooming presentation editor. Wordle Visual word cloud. Introduce a topic with this tool. Tagxedo Another visual word cloud that you could shape. See example at the side of the page. Dipity Find or create an interactive timeline. Poll Everywhere Create your own poll. Have students vote for their favorite books or whatever you like. Myths and Legends Create your own stories or listen and watch stories created by someone else. Fakebook! Use a fake Facebook profile for educational purposes. Quizlet Make flashcards or use preloaded cards on all subjects.
 * Shelfari by Amazon **
 * Museum Box **
 * Voki **

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid See how Web 2.0 tools fit into Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid.