Internet Tools
Wordle
Wordle is a program used for generating "word clouds" from text you provide. All you need to do is paste or type in a bunch of text. Words that are used more frequently in the text are larger in size. a nice feature is that there are different fonts, layouts, and color schemes you can use. The images you create are yours to use however you like. You are not required to give credit to wordle.net but you can if you want. You can save your Wordle to the Public Gallery. When you save to the Gallery anyone can use your Wordle. However, you can't control how other people use it. So it you don't want others to use you Wordle, print it without saving it.
Wordle is a great way for students to share their ideas. It is a way for teachers to see if students understand the concepts being taught. Wordle can be used as a formative assessment tool to see what students know or what they have learned. Wordle is a very effective resource that teachers can use in the classroom.
Information Source: http://www.wordle.net/
Weebly
People are able to easily create personal websites and blogs or create websites for business, classrooms, and portfolios with Weebly. Weebly makes it so easy to build a website. Content like text, photos, and videos are added by simply dragging and dropping into place. There is nothing to install or upgrade. Weebly offers over 100 themes to choose from. Each theme can be customized by changing the fonts, size, and colors. Weebly also has a form builder that you can use to collect information. Weebly also offers domain hosting. Your website can be published for free under Weebly.com, register a new domain for a price, or set up a domain you already own.
Another feature is that Weebly can easily track how many people visited website, which pages they visited, and what search terms they used to find your website. In addition, Weebly does not force advertising, so no banner advertisement and pop-ups. If you want more features, you must upgrade and pay a monthly fee.
Weebly is a very effective resource for a teacher. A class website is able to provide a central location for students to locate class information and it is a way for parents to keep up with what is happening in the classroom. With Weebly, a teacher is able to quickly make a high quality website that is easy to maintain that can keep students engaged and excited about learning.
Information & Image Source: http://www.weebly.com/#home
SlideShare
SlideShare is a website for sharing presentations. It also supports documents, PDFs, videos, and webinars. You can upload PowerPoint and OpenOffice to be viewed publicly or privately. You can also downlard presentations found on SlideShare to resuse it or change it to fit what you need. SlideShare can be embeded on blogs, wikis, and websites. YouTube videos can be embeded also. SlideShare can be added to social media sites like Facebook and Linkedin. You can also sync mp3 audio with slides to create a webinar called a Slidecast. It is a way for teachers to share lesson plans.
The basic SlideShare plan is free. You can upgrade to the Silver Plan for $190/year or $16/month, this includes been able to upload ten videos and share five presentations. The Silver Plan is the most popular and the least expensive of all the plans. For educators and schools there is a 50% discount on any upgraded plan. In order to obtain the discount you must submit proof from your school within seven days of upgrading or sign-up using your school's .edu email account and then buy the plan.
SlideShare has so many features to jazz up your presentations and engage the audience. If you create many presentations, it is worth upgrading especially with the 50% discount.
SlideShare allows students and teachers to share their work, view other students' and teachers' work and to make comments. This website has so many resources that a teacher can use. Presentations on many different topics can be found. Presentations can be uploaded and then embedded into class blogs and other websites. SlideShare is a very effective resource for both students and teachers.
Information & Image Source: http://www.slideshare.net/?ss
YouTube Source: http://youtu.be/CJKlFUwQE8o
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