Staff Resources
Below is a list of Web 2.0 tools that can be used in any curriculum.
What is a Backchannel?
The backchannel is everything going on in the room that isn't coming from the presenter.
The backchannel is where people ask each other questions, pass notes, get distracted, and give you the most immediate feedback you'll ever get.
Tapping into the backchannel lets you tailor and direct your presentation to the audience in front of you, and unifying the backchannel means the audience can share insights, questions and answers like never before.
- Common Craft: Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
- Be Funky
- Big Huge Labs
- Blabberize
- CompFight
- Creative Commons
- Flickr By: Yahoo
- Fotopedia: Collaborative Photo Encyclopedia On-Line Photos and Mobile App Suggestions
- Google Advanced Image Search Select Under Useage Rights: Free to Use or Share
- Morgue Files: Public Image Search Engine
- Picasa By Google
- Pics4Learning
- Wikimedia Commons
- Evernote: Note-Taking Tool
- Flip Snack--Create FREE Flipping Books
- Fodey: Newspaper Clipping Generator
- Glogster: Interactive Poster Tool
- Pocket (Formerly Read It Later): Saves Webpages to Read Later
- Quizlet: Flash Card and Study Games
- Remind 101: Safe Way to Text Students
- ScreenLeap--Share your screen to any device and browser
- SplashTop--Remote Desktop Tool & Turns iPads into Interactive Whiteboard
- Storybird: Artful Storytelling
- Type with Me: On-Line Collaboration Tools
- Voki: Speaking Avatar Creator
- WeeblyP: Create a website or Blog
- Wordle: Word Clouds
- Access to Learning: Assistive Technology and Accessible Instructional Materials
MA DESE Publication, November 2012 - Bookshare
Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, from the U.S. Depart of Ed Office of Special Education Program (OSEP). - eSped
- Dipity
- Our Timelines
- Preceden
- Tiki-Toki
- Time Glider
- TimeToast
- You can also create timelines with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Share them or create them in Google Docs.
- Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
- Facetime
- Skype
- Top 7 Virtual Field Trips, Plus 7 Tips to Getting Started
Simple K12 Resource - Virtual Field Trip: Panoramas 7 Wonder of the Worlds
- Virtual Fieldtrip: Panamoras USA Virtual Tours
- Virtual Fieldtrip: Google Arts Project
- Virtual Fieldtrip: Google Sky
- Virtual Fieldtrip: Inside the White House
- Virtual Fieldtrip: National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Virtual Fieldtrip: The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Animoto Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video.
- Go Animate Make Amazing Animated Videos
- iMovie Turn your school videos into your all-time favorite films.
- Khan Academy Learn almost anything for free.
- Photo Story Bring your digital photos to life.
- TeacherTube The best videos uploaded by teachers.
- Vimeo Community of people who love videos. You can make connections with people by following them, which means you subscribe to their videos or upload.
- Windows Movie Maker Quickly add photos and footage from your PC or camera into Movie Maker.
- YouTube Watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe.
Student Help Desk Links
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