Technology+Tools

Tech Tool Box
Here are tools you may use to help you create and enhance Technology rich lessons. The tools listed below are from Duval County Public Schools, the State of Florida, Web 2.0 and other Technology resources. Please add other resources or tools to this list as you find them. Also, to learn how to use the features of a wiki try the wikispaces help.


 * Mathematics Specific Sites:**

Web 2.0 Tools
A Blog is a web log. It can be a set of personal commentaries on issues. the author thinks is important. They are easy to read, write, and it can promote discussion and collaboration.
 * Blogs**

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[|Blogger] - Create your own Blog using Blogger. This is a great easy to use site from Google. [|Class Blogmeister]- David Warlick created this site specifically for classroom educators who want to have control over the blogs created by, read by and used by students.=====

[|Edublogs] - An easy to use blog creation site that includes templates for educators.
[|Technorati]for posts on your subject: e[|ducational%20blogs|Educational Blogs] Read the Top Education Blogs

Blog Examples
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**Wikis** A [|wiki] is a web page that allows readers to collaborate with others in writing it and adding, editing, and changing the Web page's contents at any time. Very easy to use [|Wikispaces for Educators] Free Wikispaces for Teachers [|WetPaint] Create your own Wiki Free [|Pbwiki] As easy as making a peanut butter sandwich. [|Using Wikis in the Classroom]a teacher's experience with wiki For Teachers New to Wikis- information on how to incorporate wikis into your classroom

Wiki Examples
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Podcasting is a way to share multimedia files such as music, short audio, or video commentary on a subject.l The term Podcasts come from “iPod + broadcast” [|Audacity-] A free recording software Your will need a encoder if you use this software. LAME is available from www.sourceforge.com **Social Bookmarking** Share your favorite Internet bookmarks with others [|Delicious] - This is a bookmarking site that allows you to share and store bookmarks from any computer with Internet access. **Photo Sharing and Editing** Search for images, or share images you’ve produced [|flickr] [|Photobucket] [|Google’s Picasa] [|Apple’s iPhoto] [|Microsoft’s Photo Story] [|Flow Gram]
 * Podcasts**

Share and search for Videos to enhance classroom instruction. [|Voicethread]A Web-based digital-storytelling application that enables me to share my stories or slideshows through audio, images, videos, or text with others online [|YouTubeTeacherTubeGoogle Video]
 * Video Sharing**

**Web 2.0 Desktop Tools** Share and collaborate your documents with others - word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations [|Google Apps] [|Calendars]Create and share your calendar with others
 * Web 2.0 Management Tools **

Other Instructional Technology Resource
[|Thinkfinity] is FREE and offers more than 55,000 state-of-the art educational and literacy resources for K-12 teachers, students, and parents. National content partners in English, Math, Social Studies, Science, Economics, The Arts and Humanities provide standards-based content lessons, resources and engaging interactives! [|ISTE] International Society for Technology in Education - National Educational Technology Standards [|Lesson Planet] Free online lesson plans that are teacher-review and correlated to state standards. [|Internet4Classrooms] Great ideas for teachers to use the Internet effectively. [|Kids Know It] Totally free chidren's Learning Newwork [|Busy Teacher's Cafe] Great website for teacher resources, free printables, theme activities. [|Education World]Wonderful website for educators. iThis site includes, Lesson Planning, Professional Development, Administrator's Desk, Technology Integration, and other school issues. [|Siemens Science Day Learning and Doing] This website has hands on science activities for grades 4 through 6. You will find videos, tools, experiments, and home extensions. [|Turn your board into a whiteboard using a Wii Controller]