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Classroom Blogs & Wikis This site provides a list with links of blogging and wiki sites, links to examples from the classroom and tips for teachers.
 * Research Supporting 21st Century Technology Benefits in the Classroom**

Click here to view a very informative slide show by Vicki A. Davis of Westwood Schools. She presents reasons to wiki, defines and illustrates wikis, and pedagogical uses of wikis in the classroom. If you go through all the slides you will find links to plenty of actual projects, rubrics and tips.

WIKIS IN EDUCATION: You will find examples of classroom wikis, student created wikis, group project wikis plus much more. This would be a good resource to present to illustrate the effectiveness during staff development with the variety illustrating how all teachers could incorporate wikis in both the classroom as well as for professional development.

Tools for the 21st Century: Read this handbook created by Michael Zimmer that provides quick and helpful descriptions of 21st century tools for the classroom teacher

Technology and Education: This website provides a huge amount of information on the importance of using technology in education. It explains the many benefits for all students at all levels. []

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 * [|My Fake Wall] allows users to easily create fake facebook wall profile pages. Students can create fake pages for literary, historical, etc. characters and other people to post comments on their wall. Set up is free and easy. Check out this [|example].


 * Zoey's Roomis an award winning online community for girls in middle school, which encourages creativity through science, technology, engineering, and math.


 * Poppletallows you to collaboratively create mind maps or graphic organizers with multiple users. There's even an App for it.


 * Polleverywhereturns cellphones or computers into classroom response systems.


 * Technology in Eductionis a free social network where various resources are shared in order to help facilitate the use of technology in the classroom.


 * Flat Classroomfosters new ways of learning, using Web 2.0 and global collaborative practices and providing a resource for educators to connect globally.


 * Quizlet is a free flash card building site that moves beyond the usual study tool by allowing users to create custom flashcards complete with audio pronunciation when needed, various study modes, and embeddable links to games to support learning. It also has a mobile version.


 * Wetoku is a great face-to-face conference recorder. Users can invite other guests (teachers, students, authors, or other professionals) to an interview via the internet that records in side-by-side fashion both people. I don't think my explanation does them justice so check it out.


 * Prezi is a great way for students to create presentations that are not PowerPoint.


 * eNLVMis an LMS for developing online lessons and assessments that utilize the interactive math tools from the NLVM (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives)and other websites. Unique aspects of the eNLVM are that it allows teachers to organize course materials using sources from anywhere on the web, write and adapt content and student assessments, and configure interactive tools. Teachers can view student responses including work they have done with interactive tools.


 * DimensiouUis an online video game where students compete, collaborate and practice their skills using the latest in educational video game technology. Students from elementary to middle grades can practice in all content areas while interacting with other students in a virtual game environment.


 * Classroom 2.0is a free, community-supported social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education.


 * ePals is a safe collaborative technology for schools in over 200 countries and territories to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network.


 * Valley Sim is an interactive e-textbook on the American Civil War that allows students to immerse themselves online into actual events of the Civil War as characters based on the lives of actual residents who experienced the Civil War. Why just read a book when you can participate directly in the narrative?


 * Twitter History allows students or volunteers to pick historical figures who were at a well-documented historical event, create tweets based on original source documentation and then schedule the tweets to be broadcast in real time. The end result is a virtual reenactment of a historical event, broadcast in real time.


 * The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom tools.