fall08reviews

**Add your ideas for using the Web 2.0 tool you explored to support classroom learning (or other professional or personal learning) and/or productivity.
 * Web 2.0 Tool "Reviews" - from Fall 2008 Participants

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[|http://30boxes.com]


 * Shared calendar showing due dates for assignments, tests, project planning, etc...
 * Great for keeping teachers and others lives in control. Plan appointments, projects etc.
 * Great for keeping my husband knowledgeable of events

**Gliffy**
[|http://www.gliffy.com]


 * Life cycle diagrams (butterfly, frog, etc)
 * Great site for "Thinking Maps"


 * JigZone** [|http://www.jigzone.com/]


 * "Mystery Reader" photo puzzles

**LetterPop**
[|http://letterpop.com/]


 * Use in place of weekly newsletter to parents. Send via email.
 * If students are absent and need to catch up on lecture, update a class newsletter that sums up all topics discussed within a six weeks.

**MixBook**
[|http://www.mixbook.com]


 * Create a field trip scrapbook.
 * Create a book of important activities throughout the school year.

Mnemograph
[|http://mnemograph.com]


 * Use in history class or current events class for creating time lines of important events
 * Use in Language Arts to show time line of a story or novel
 * Use to create a timeline for your own life (the child's own life).

**Picnik**
[|http://www.picnik.com]


 * Change the color settings in a photo to represent the four seasons.

PollDaddy
http://polldaddy.com/


 * Ask students to vote on topics of interest
 * Use surveys and polls for feedback
 * Gathering opinions of colleagues
 * Good for quick reading quizzes
 * Use for the election

**Quizlet**
[|http://quizlet.com]


 * Create reviews for vocabulary terms in any subject.
 * use to create vocabulary flashcards for content area classes for quick review.
 * students can also play games online with the vocabulary list. [|example]
 * math facts at your fingertips

**SketchCast**
[|http://sketchcast.com]


 * Draw and narrate simple math "word problems," e.g. "There were five cookies. I ate two..."

**Ta-da List**
[|http://www.tadalist.com]


 * Create shared task lists for group or class projects.
 * Create task list for classroom chores and upkeep.
 * Step-by-step list for big project, breaking it down into increments, with due dates for each section.
 * The ultimate "Honey-Do" list

**ToonDoo**
[|http://www.toondoo.com]


 * Cartoons as option for projects
 * Political Cartoons

Weebly
[|http://weebly.com]


 * Classroom website

**Writeboard**
[|http://www.writeboard.com]


 * Peer editing
 * announcements

**Wordle**
[|http://www.wordle.net]


 * Play with words, vocabulary words, homographs, synonyms, verbs, nouns...
 * Fun creative way to share knowledge and learning through the use of words.
 * Add to class projects that center around chunks of text
 * Character Analysis
 * Geography terms to describe a country
 * Get to know you activity as an acrostic