Technology+Tools

[|21st Century Technology Tools Revised] Book by [|Liz Davis - Free Download]

[|Flickr] - web based photo sharing. Create a free account. To search for images that have been tagged with [|Creative Commons] license use the [|Advanced Search] option. Provide your keywords at the top and select Creative Commons at the bottom of the page.

[|Bubbleshare] - a popular photo sharing site. Create a free account. This is a great digital storytelling tool as you can add speech bubbles on the images. Samples of uses:
 * [|Canoeing] - example of procedural writing
 * [|Field Trip to Treaty Four]

[|VoiceThread] - A place to combine photo's or slides with commentary through voice and/or text comments Samples of uses:
 * [|Frog Dissections Gr. 6/7>]
 * [|Field Trip] Gr. 4
 * [|Identifying Bias and Stereotyping in Literature]
 * [|Teach Digital by Wesley Fryer]
 * [|Educator Discussions Around Reading] (Illustrates how the larger community can contribute to a VoiceThread)
 * [|Instructions on how to use VoiceThread (pdf)]

[|Google] - Google hosts many excellent programs including Google Docs, Google Reader, Google Maps

[|Ning] - Ning houses social networks for almost any interest
 * [|Popular Educational Nings]
 * [|Classroom 2.0]