Student+Tools

 =**Welcome to the Student Tools Page!** = = = This page is intended to provide students with web tools which will them achieve in their classwork, but will help them learn skills which will be vital in the 21st century.

My Goals:
 1. To create a collection of resources which will allows students to stay up-to-date on technology trends and resources. 2. To assist students with skills necessary in the global economy of the 21st century. 3. To help students inderstand the role of technology in their lives.

Blogs:
 [|TED] Blog containing webinars about new ideas and concepts in a variety of content areas.

[|Scribd] Free online publishing and sharing.

Educational Websites:
 [|Smithsonian Education for Students] This website provides students with information provided by the Smithsonian Museums.

[|Nasa Quest] NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes es.


=2.0 Tools: =

Blogging:
[|Blogger] Free blogging host/tool powered by Google.

[|Edublogs] Free blogs for educators.

[|Tumblr] Basic blogging tool; creates RSS feed of misc. items.

Bookmarking:
[|del.icio.us] Free, easy-to-use social bookmarking service.

[|diigo] Social annotation: seamless integration of social bookmarking, web highlighter, sticky-note & clipping.

[|Scholar] Free social bookmarking tool from Blackboard.

[|StumbleUpon] Discover and bookmark sites, videos, pictures and more — all according to your interests.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Collaborative Authorship/Wikis:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Google Docs, Spreadsheets, & Presentations] Collaborative online creation & editing by <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google

[|Listphile] Create and share community-powered lists, databases, and atlases | education journals | educational psychology journals | educational technology journals |

[|Zoho] Online office, word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and more.

[|Zoho Writer] Online word processor - write • share • collaborate.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Concept Maps / Diagrams:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|bubbl] Free web application that lets you brainstorm online. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Gliffy] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Draw and share / embed create diagram s.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|MindMeister] Online mind mapping tool supporting all the standard features of a classic mind mapping tools; allows unlimited simultaneous users. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Mindomo] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photos:
[|Flickr] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Upload photos to share online or embed; RSS feeds for photo collections.

[|Picasa Web Albums] Online photo sharing, hosted by Google.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Presentations and Slidecasts:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|SlideShare] Upload PowerPoint slides, share with a link, embed in a blog, tag, & comment; ability to create slidecasts.

[|VoiceThread] Add voice narration and to a slide show composed of photos; asynchronous discussion and annotation centered around images or diagrams.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reference:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|CiteULike] Free online service to organize academic papers.

[|EndNoteWeb] Free web-based research tool.

[|Zotero] Free, easy-to-use Firefox extension for collecting, managing, and citing your research sources.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Search:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Google Blogsearch] Find blogs and blog postings / current events by topic. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Google Scholar] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Search of "academic" sources indexed by Googl e.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video Conferencing:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|ooVoo] Free video conferencing with up to 6 people simultaneously.

[|Skype] Free VoIP calling and one-to-one video chatting.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Google Video] Free online video viewing and sharing service; videos can be downloaded for viewing offline.

[|TeacherTube] Online video sharing and viewing service oriented toward education.

[|Ustream] Platform that provides live interactive video for everyone; anyone with a camera and an Internet connection can use Ustream to broadcast to a global audience.

[|Viddler] Upload, enhance, and share video.

[|YouTube] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Free online video viewing and sharing servic e.