Web 2.0 Tools Blogging Assignment

http://www.sliderocket.com/blog/

SlideRocket is a presentation tool.  You can access your site from anywhere and make your presentation available. It has the capability of themes, layouts, shapes, charts, tables, etc. that are amazing. This is a tool that I may use if I have to be absent for my substitute to use. I could also use as an in-class teaching tool.

http://freepptresources.com/

Free Power Points Resources has several different options to choose from. It has free music, PowerPoint templates, photos for presentations, advice, and all sorts of other free PowerPoint stuff. Steve Hards developed this site because of his job needs. I feel like this site will be helpful in my classroom. I can use this information to set up several different types of lessons.

https://filefreak.com/#manage

FileFreak is a site that you can share your files with anyone. One of it's many components includes safe and secure file hosting. The downloads are extremely fast. I could use this tool to interact with my students or their parents. This could be a good way to share my lessons with the students, other teachers, or the parents.

https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Jing lets you capture what you see from an image on your screen. It is also capable of recording for up to five minutes what you do with your mouse. You can share your activities through IM, email, social media, and more. This would be a cool tool to create a project. I could do a task and send it to my students with recorded instructions.

http://www.findhow.com/

FindHow is a site that basically helps you learn to do virtually anything. It is a good tool for kids and adults alike. You can ask it about anything from A to Z. I could use this when doing class projects. If I find myself teaching science it would be helpful for science projects for sure.

http://schoolwaxtv.com/

SchoolWax is a learning library. It is designed for school, students, teachers, and parents in mind. It is a safe and school appropriate site for students who may need a little help in their studies. This would be a great site for homework. I could use this for guiding my students through difficulties.

http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm

Holt is an interactive graphic organizer. It lets you choose many different ways to organize your ideas on paper. You can save as a PDF and print out your final product. This would be good for monthly bulletins. I could also use this for lesson plans and group assignments.

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/

ExploraTree is a site that has many different bracketed outlines. You can choose from solve problems, explore, map your ideas, etc. It helps you choose a route to do a task or project. I could use these different options in many different ways in my classroom. I could give the students a project and let them choose between the options on this page in which to enter their work. I think this site would help the student get their ideas out on a bracketed form and create different ideas and angles to their thoughts.

http://www.toodledo.com/index.php?ref=td4a65c0782eb98

Toodledo is a set of powerful tools that increases your productivity and helps you organize. It has places for long notes, structured outlines, and tracks your habits. You can talk with your friends, classmates, and teachers while it's all safely stored and synced. This would be a good tool for group projects. I could use this tool for lesson plans, homework, and communicating with the parents.

http://www.flipsnack.com/

Flipsnack lets you transform your PDF documents into online flip books. It lets your audience have interactive experiences. Its digital platform is engaging and it looks great. This site is mainly for sales and marketing but I could use this many different ways. I could use any type of lesson using this tool. Like many others mentioned above, this tool has many different aspects allowing me to integrate a lesson plan through it. I could create an activity that was accessible for my students to use.

http://picasa.google.com/

Picasa is a tool that lets you manage photos. It lets you organize, share, and edit your photos. You can transform your photos with effects as well. I could use this for fun in my class. We could keep a photo diary of things that we do for fun, what we eat for dinner, and share our pet pictures. This would be a good tool for show and tell presentations. I could also learn more about my students and hopefully help the ones that I find in need when it came to nourishment!