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Digital Tools

Digital media may be used in the classroom in a variety of ways.  Digital images can be used in a PowerPoint presentation, inserted in to Word, Excel, and even SMART Notebook.  Digital video can also be used in a PowerPoint or Movie Maker presentation.  Student-produced video can empower students with the tools, skills and confidence to take creative control of their research and presentation projects.
Blogs
Collaboration Online
Digital Storytelling
Digital Video
Google Earth
Movie Maker
Photo Story 3
Online Polls
Web Based Shows
Web 2.0 Tools

Blogs

Blogger Blogger Tutorial
Blogger Create and manage blogs powered by Google (blogging tool)
Bloglines Read Blogs and news in one location
Google Reader Read Blogs and News in one location
Technorati Blog search engine
Example Blogs
2010 Edu Blog Awards Award winning Blogs 2010
Corey's Book Talk Book reviews and discussion
John Woodring - teacherbytes blog Instructional blog for teachers
One Trick Pony Mr. Brigg's first grade Blog
Scholastic Top 20 Teacher Blogs
Top 100 Classroom Blogs List of outstanding classroom blogs
My Favorite Online Discoveries Share classroom links
Mr V's Crusade Discussion of historical topics  

Collaboration Online

eBoard
WTPS eBoard Local eBoard help site
eBoard Web Tools eBoard's Help website
eBoard.com eBoard help and tutorials
Moodle
Moodle.wtps.org Teacher/student collaboration and interaction site (requires login)
Moodle.org Description and tutorial
Moodle Commons A place to share Moodle courses
Moodle tutorials Video tutorials to watch, upload, share
NJIT Moodle tutorials Tutorials created by Instructional Technology and Media Services.
SharePoint
SharePoint Inside the District SharePoint access
SharePoint Outside the District SharePoint access (requires login)
SharePoint Services Tour Windows SharePoint Services
SharePoint Getting Started Take a tour of your SharePoint site
SharePoint Upload Lesson Plans .avi video tutorial to upload lesson plans to SharePoint
Miscellaneous
Scribblar Create and edit text based documents online
Type with Me Online document collaboration

Digital Storytelling

Digitales Tips and tricks for creating a digital story
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Learn about digital storytelling and download an e-book
Digital Storytelling Resources Collection of resources by Meg Ormiston to help educators create powerful digital stories; Curriculum integration
Drawing Together Make a storyboard and animate your drawing
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Instructions, suggestions, resources, ideas
Evolver Create an online animation
Kitzu Digital story kits for the classroom
Kerpoof Creative tools for animation, drawing, and movie creation
Making Movie Storyboards Procedure for making a movie storyboard
Myths and Legends Create animations of myths and legends
Read, Write Think Student Tools Many interactive tools which may be used with storyboarding
School History Create, print off and play historical storyboard
Story Jumper Create and discover online stories
Zimmer Twins Register and make a movie  

Digital Video

Digital Video in Education Video production in the classroom

Ideas for Classroom Video Projects

Video lesson ideas in PDF format;  Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the file 

Kids Vid Instructional website to help teachers and students use video production in the classroom
Multimedia Seeds Everything you need to know about editing a video
Tube Chop Easily chop funny or interesting section from You Tube  
Digital Video Convertor
Safe Share Remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube video, and crop the video before sharing it with others
KickYT Convert Video files You-Tube
View Pure Remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube video, and crop the video before sharing it with others
Zamzar Convert Video files like YouTube  
Digital Video Search
History Channel Collection of history videos
PBS Search PBS programs from A to Z
Teacher TV Teacher videos sorted by key stage, subject or role
Teacher Tube video sharing of ideas relevant to educators
You Tube Online video collection  
Kids Video Search
Kideos Kid friendly video search
One Minute Wonders 2 Minute videos on a variety of topics for kids, quizzes etc.

Google Earth

Atomic Learning Tutorials Google Earth 5 (two free)
10 US History Tours US History Google Earth Tours
26 Ways 26 Interesting ways to use Google Earth in the Classroom
Google Earth Download Google Earth
Google Earth Gallery Gallery of Google Earth Tours
Google Earth Tour Tips Handouts and tips for using Google Earth
Google Earth Tutorials Google video tutorials
Google Earth Lessons Google Earth lessons
Google Lit Trips Google Literature Trips  

Online Polls

Poll Daddy Polling and survey widgets
Poll Junkie Multiple questions and answers no registration required
Survey Monkey Online surveys registration required
Vizu Add images to your questions registration required

Movie Maker

Georgia Movie Academy for Movie Maker Tutorials, information and production tools to use with Microsoft Movie Maker
Information Technology Lab School Windows Movie Maker 2 Tutorial
Movie Maker Tutorial Tutorials on Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker(for Vista or Windows 7) A few tutorials on Windows Live Movie Maker  

Photo Story 3

Jacksonville Printable, step by step Photo Story tutorial
Microsoft Photo Story 3 Tutorial Wow your teacher with stunning school reports using Photo Story 3
Photo Story 3 Online Photo Story and Movie Maker tutorial  

Web Based Shows

Animoto Create and Share 30 second video
Flixtime Create and Share 60 second video
Museum Box Build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box
One True Media Create slide shows with video and photos
Prezi Create astonishing presentations live on the web
Slide Share Upload and share PowerPoint's
Voice Thread Online media album, make and share comments  

Web 2.0 Tools

Author Stream Share PowerPoint anywhere (registration required)
Blabberize upload a picture of a person or animal and easily record a message that the picture speaks (registration required)
ClassTools.net "create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash"
Community Walk Create a map with photos, videos and comments
Convert a document to .pdf Instantly convert many of the file formats that are used daily to PDF.
Delicious.com

Search the biggest collection of bookmarks in the universe...

Digital Vault Use National Archives resources to create movies, posters, and what it calls “Pathway Challenges"
Dumpr Create special effect wit photos, puzzles, Rubik's cube etc.
ESL Video Take  any video off-the-net and create a quiz to go with it
Glogster A collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom
GoAnimate Allows users to create animations quickly and easily
Jog the Web Create an online web tour
Lino it Online stickie notes
Media Converter Free site for converting media files
Mixbook Create a photo book online
Quiz Star A free quiz-making tool to create, manage, disseminate, and automaitcally grade online quizzes
Rubistar An interactive online rubric generator to help teachers create quality rubrics
Send it Home Send your project home to your personal e-mail address
Screen Cast-O-Matic The original online screen recorder for one-click recording from your browser
Taxedo Word Clouds
TimeGlider Timeline maker
TimeToast Timeline maker
Type with Me Create a collaborative document with up to 17 users
ViewPure Gives educators the ability to show YouTube videos without advertising.
Voice Thread Create online conversations through Voice Thread; Links to the education version
Voki Text to speech generator
Wallwisher Online notice board maker
Web 2.0 Tools for Schools Many web 2.0 tools for education, categorized by use
Weblist A tool that aggregates different resources under one URL
Wordle Word Clouds
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