Twitter is a networking tool that can be used for business or personal use. There is a limit of 140 characters per post or tweet. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, more men than women use twitter between the ages of 18 to 29 and mostly those with a college degree. Jack Dorsey began Twitter in March of 2006. Twitter could be used to send reminders to students regarding homework assignments. You can access Twitter at www.twittter.com.
YouTube or Teacher Tube provides an online community for sharing lesson plans, instructional teacher videos or student presentations. Teacher tube is used by educators and was launched in March of 2007.
TeacherTube was created by Jason Smith, a teacher from McKinney, Texas, his wife, Jodi, and brother, Adam. It would be great for students to use to do a classroom presentation and have a tool to use to view themselves and make any changes to perfect it. You can access TeacherTube at www.teachertube.com.
Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. People of all ages use flickr for personal and business. Flickr was founded by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo in w2005. Flickr would be a great tool for art projects. Flickr can be accessed at www.flickr.com
Picnik allows you to edit all of your photos in one place. Google will be closing Picnik in April, 2012. Picnik was founded in 2005 by Mike Darrin and Jonathan Sposato. Picnik is used by everyone for personal and business uses. This could be used by students to incorporate creativity into a project. Picnik can be accessed at www.picnik.com.
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Wikipedia was launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Singer. Wikipedia is used by all ages, but should not be relied on as accurate, because it can be edited by everyone. Wikipedia could be used to gather beginning information that would have to be further explored to find out all the details. Wikipedia can be accessed at www.wikipedia.com.
Jing is used to capture screen shots or create up to five minutes of an online video. Jing is used by students, teachers and others in the business world to make communication easier. Founded in 1987 by William Hamilton, Jing can be accessed at www.techsmith.com. Jing can be used to make comments while grading papers, capturing a screenshot to be reviewed in the classroom or for students to create questions for the teacher.
Slideshare offers the ability to share privately or publicly, PowerPoint, Word Documents and PDF files.
Wordle generates word clouds from text that is provided. Wordle is used by students, teachers and anyone doing a presentation. John McGrath founded Wordle in January 2006. This would be an excellent tool to use for some classroom presentations to keep the students interested. It could be used as a study tool by having the students create a Wordle using the vocabulary from the unit. You can access Wordle at www.wordle.net.
Museumbox provides the tools to build an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. This can be used by educators at all levels and students, too. This is a great tool for students to study by or do comparisons, etc. Museumbox was inspired by Thomas Clarkson from 1780. Musembox can be accessed at museumbox.e2bn.org.
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