first.Web2.0

Web 2.0 Tools
There is absolutely no way you can use every tool all the time. What is essential is that you choose one or two that you want to use and introduce them at a pace the students can cope with.

Essential questions
> This is an important question to ask yourself. Anything you do - whether digital or otherwise **MUST** relate back to your students learning.
 * What does this tool do?
 * How am I going to introduce it?
 * Why do I want to use it?

Tools
//This list is **NOT** exhaustive - I will add to it as more come to mind!// >> My class's Kidblog home base >> Here's an interesting blog post about blogging on paper first media type="custom" key="7053883" >> Ways to use wallwisher in education - on a wallwisher wall!
 * Google Apps - includes mail/docs/wave/sites //(but a class gmail account will also gain you access to google docs)//
 * Edublogs
 * Blogger/Blogspot
 * Kidblog
 * Wikispaces - K12 free plus accounts
 * Skype - not strictly online software but an online app
 * Comic Life - not online software but great for kids for creating their own comics or posters - NZ schools can get it at a special price - contact Innes Kennard for pricing
 * Audioboo - site that hosts audio files - good for podcasts - example below
 * Twitter
 * Flickr - online photo hosting
 * Picnik - online photo editing
 * Wallwisher - online sticky bulletin board
 * Voicethread - collaborative conversations
 * Edmodo - education messaging platform similar to twitter but closed & safe


 * List of free resources for teachers compiled by David Kinane
 * Another site with LOTS of resources compiled by Andrew Churches
 * The resources listed here are grouped by category thanks to Lenva
 * Jacqui has been a real source of inspiration for me
 * Jacqui's Literacy and eLearning wiki


 * Glogster - my first glogster is below

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Student Picks
I asked my students which apps they thought were important for teachers to introduce into the classroom. Here's their list:


 * Google Apps
 * Comic Life
 * Kidblog
 * Wikispaces
 * Some kind of word processing software (we use Google Docs)
 * Some kind of painting program
 * iMovie/iPhoto - they prefer the mac apps but photo editing and movie making software is a must
 * Excel
 * Skype