Students+-+Web+2.0

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 * improve student writing skills
 * comparison and descriptions ||  ||< [[image:wis21stcenturylearning/wordle.gif width="154" height="75" align="center" caption="wordle.gif" link="http://www.wordle.net/"]]
 * Create "word clouds" to create interest.
 * Use for vocabulary lists of terms and phrases

Click to see full size image of the First Ammendment ||  || Digital story-telling tool. New ways to make presentations, tell stories, or write reports. Contains a classroom management tool for teachers to set up protected and safe spaces, as well as assign user names and passwords.
 * Ideal for a variety of student projects.
 * Add music, text and photos
 * Powerful book reports
 * Product advertisement projects ||
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These applications require a free google account. Listed below are just a few examples. Log in to Google and make it work for you! Enhance classroom activities. For elementary and middle school students Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof: Students can build their technical skills while creating a movie to share. For example, do you want to create an assignment on bullying? Encourage students to bring their thoughts and ideas to life with this application. ||  || Create interesting presentations live and on the web. Free basic download. Keep the ideas flowing, emphasize specific ideas boldly.
 * free online paint tool ||  || [[image:wis21stcenturylearning/google.gif width="173" height="78" align="center"]]
 * [|Google docs] Create and share your work online and access from anywhere.
 * [|google earth] Explore the world from your desktop, laptop, or mobile phone.
 * [|google sketch up] Explore, explain, and present ideas in 3D
 * google goggles - A downloadable image recognition application. Use pictures to search the web. Snap a picture with your smart phone and use the free google app to research and learn more! Great for field trips.
 * google search stories ||  || [[image:wis21stcenturylearning/kerpoof.gif width="122" height="39" align="center" caption="kerpoof.gif" link="http://www.kerpoof.com/"]]
 * Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
 * Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
 * Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
 * Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
 * Tell a story
 * Make a drawing
 * Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made ||
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 * A Social Reading and Publishing Site** Anyone can be a writer, share information or ideas, and publish work for a global audience. A vast database of published materials.
 * students publish their original works
 * find original content, including "how-to's", government documents, and presentations among hundreds of other categories
 * [|Scribd 101 Handbook] ||  || [[image:wis21stcenturylearning/prezi.gif width="161" height="58" align="center" caption="prezi.gif" link="http://www.prezi.com/"]]

An easy way to connect in real-time || Sometimes 2-D just isn’t enough these days. **Moviesandbox** is an open-source, real-time **3-D animation tool** that allows you to quickly sketch and animate 3-D characters and props. Its focus is on ease of use and modularity. The idea is that you can simply draw objects in 3-D space and animate them later on with the built-in timeline. You can download the prerelease version at //no charge//. ||  ||<  ArtRage2 is an easy to use, stylish, intuitive painting and drawing package that makes it easy to produce natural looking artwork on your computer.It has a set of familiar painting and drawing tools like oil paints and pencils, and features like tracing images that make it easy for anyone to get in to painting. It’s ideal for kids, teaching art, and artists who want to dabble with painting. ||  ||  WiredKids is part of the WiredSafety family of sites and programs. Those include WiredPatrol.org, WiredSafety.org and Cyberlawenforcement.com. WiredKids is devoted to kids online issues and empowering children to use the Internet to make a positive difference in the lives of others. It is run entirely by unpaid volunteers from around the world. ||  ||   || An open source voice chat software that can be used for voice communication with a group ||   || Another voice chat software that can be used for voice communication with a group ||  || [|JING] Free software helps you make a narrated video of your computer screen, with simple screen shots or moving video ||
 * [[image:wis21stcenturylearning/MovieSandbox.gif width="183" height="45" align="center" link="http://moviesandbox.com/"]]
 * Write a story in just **7 steps**
 * Use their art or your own drawings & photos to illustrate your story
 * Share stories online for **free** or order a hardback ||
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