11+-+Web+2.0+Sites+Teachers+Should+Know

Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers and Students:

If you are a teacher or a student, you can use these for having FUN while learning! These are completely interactive and most are FREE!


Tikatok.com

This site will allow you to create a teacher account and also student accounts by uploading your class list. Students can then, log in and create narrative stories using their own photos and story lines.

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Storybird.com

This site is also for narrative writing and the art is provided to inspire the story. The teacher creates an account for students by uploading a class list. You can also post assignments, topics for discussion and even have a fund-raiser event to sell their stories to their own parents!

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This is a Student's Storybird from last year - inspiring!

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quizinator.com

This site is also FREE and allows teachers to create quizzes and tests from a bank of uploaded questions. You can also input the questions one at a time, if you can't find the document to upload. This link will take you to the tutorial.



Sweetsearch

This is a search engine for students created to protect the interest of their research. "Sweetsearch searches only the 35,000 Web sites that its staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved. It constantly evaluate the search results and "fine-tune" them, by increasing the ranking of Web sites from organizations such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, PBS and university Web sites." (GO2WEB20.NET)



Planbookedu.com

This Web 2.0 site allows you to open a free account to create and store lesson plans for the entire school year. You can upgrade your account for $25 per year - or get a group discount for those of your team who would like to join. Then, you can share your lesson plans and collaborate if you are working in PLC's.