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Activities Calendar

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Professional Development Opportunities

Knowledge Source Institute
Professional Development Opportunities for Educators in Asia
http://www.ksithailand.com/

EARCOS Weekend Workshop 2010 - 2011
Click on the link below to find the latest workshop information.

ISE Database Links

Worldbookonline.com
www.worldbookonline.com

ISE WEB 2.0 Links

Freeware Application

Audacity

This is not strictly a web 2.0 resource but supports the use of web 2.0 applications by allowing users to create sound recordings and editing multiple sound files, files are exported as either wav or mp3.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Motionbox

Supports video streaming and editing offers stronger security than You Tube.  School account created for staff and students.  Videos can be embedded into home pages.
http://www.motionbox.com/

Animoto

Fast way to create slide shows to music.  Can be embedded into home pages and published to a selected audience.
http://animoto.com/

Zoho

Offers multiple web 2.0 solutions for education.  The school used Zoho Show to allow students to either embed existing PowerPoint slide shows into their home pages ( or create their own).  Later on replaced by Slideboom and Google Docs.
http://www.zoho.com/

Slideshare

Creates editable slideshows from images which can be published on a webpage.  Users can customise sequence and timings
http://www.slideshare.net/

Photostory3

Offers extensive opportunity for development of digital literacies in the use of images, text and sound. When used with Motionbox video can be embedded in a home page giving students access to an audience and feedback.

Bubbl.us

A concept mapping tool which creates visualisation of ideas.  Individual elements can be easily linked and colour coded.  Concept maps can be published on a webpage and editor rights can be shared with other students and teachers.
http://bubbl.us/

Google Earth

Accessible to students of all ages; allows them to visualise locations and terrain.  When used with portable GPS, students can add their own place marks along with images.  Content can be published by creating kmz files.  Supports enquiry skills and publication.
http://earth.google.com/

Del.ico.us

A social book marking tool which allows users to publish and share websites. Can be used to create shared class libraries to support knowledge sharing and enquiry
http://delicious.com/

Voicethreads

Equivalent to an audio visual Forum where subscribers can leave either a text, audio or video post.  Focus of discussion can also be audio visual.
http://voicethread.com/

Toondoos

Allows for the creating and sharing of comic strip to represent events, conflicts etc.  Students have access to an extensive library of characters and backdrops as well as can add their own images and create their own. http://www.toondoo.com/

Jing

Captures images or videos of desktop.  These can be annotated or edited and then published as videos or images onto webpages.
http://www.jingproject.com/

Google Wave
Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation
and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html

Google Docs
Create and edit web-based documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Store documents online and access them from any computer.
http://docs.google.com

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/

TeacherTube
A great resource for teachers looking for educational videos or how to videos for their classroom.
http://www.teachertube.com/

Video Downloaders

KeepVid
Joeseph Scheivert Workshop
http://keepvid.com/

Youtube Downloader
Software to download and convert YouTube video. http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/

Learning and Training

Language Arts
www.quizlet.com

Microsoft Training

Microsoft Office
Tutorials and video’s on how to use Microsoft products, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access. It also has some great classroom activities and lesson Plans using Microsoft Office.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102255331033.aspx

Presentation Software

Prezi
A new way to create presentations, to deliver your idea, easy to use, has a 30 day free trial.
http://prezi.com/

Podcasting / Vodcasting

Learning in Hand is an educator's resource for using some of the coolest technologies with students.
http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html

PodCast
A useful how to plan and produca a podcast web-site
http://faculty.philau.edu/kayk/KKay/podcasts.html

Wiki Spaces

These were deployed through the Learning Platform and used to support collaborative learning and allow students to give feedback to each other.
Useful wiki space on It resources, How to’s and technology information for the classroom
http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/

Digital Natives – Teacher resources from Teachers using ICT in the classroom
http://flatworlded.wikispaces.com/Digital+Kids

Technology Information and news in the education sector
http://www.eng.think.org.pl/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

WebQuest
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.
http://webquest.org/index.php