Education in the Cloud with Web 2.0 tools

Zamzar is an awesome tool for educators who are going the extra mile trying to use technology in the classroom.  Too many times educators receive files from other schools or colleagues that just don't work on their computer because of different operating systems and software platforms.  With Zamzar you can take files of many different file types and have them be converted to another file type.  There isn't any software that needs to be downloaded; just internet access.  Click here the link to find out what file conversions you can do with Zamzar.

Smartboard:  Tips and tricks using the Magic Pen tool.  You might not know, but the Notebook’s magic pen tool does three awesome things that can enhance any lesson using the Smartboard.

Hohli charts is a simple method of creating dynamic data sets that then display as charts and graphs.  This web 2.0 tool would be great and simple for students to use in a k-12 educational setting.

This is a Smartboard Notebook tutorial on how to create an interactive study game board in which students can move game pieces along the board if they answer the questions correctly.  This gameboard use tiles that on one side has the answer and on the other side has the question.

Edistorm is an excellent site for creating and using educational virtual sticky notes. Students can collaborate with the teacher on project ideas.  They can vote on those ideas and make comments to eacher other.  Use Edistorm as a means of brainstorming ideas.

Create interactive and informative educational timelines in an extremely easy manner.  Students will love being given the option of creating a timeline.  Use Timerime for history, art, science, social studies or just about any subject in which they are required to understand the time frame at which events occurred.

Socrative is an awesome tool used in Education to gain a better understanding of what our students have learned or are learning during a lesson by getting.  In this post about socrative we see how it can be used assess writing in the classroom.

My favorite URL shorteners.  These are used to take those long annoying URLs and shrink them down to a managable size.  This tutorial will demonstrate the difference between Google URL shortener, CiteBite, and TinyURl.  These all have their unique uses for the educator.  Click the link to learn more.

PBS Learning Resources is an excellent site for teachers and students to find educational films as well as other media types such as sound, images, and lesson plans.  This site has a couple thousand videos for you to see.  These videos are all free.  Click the link to learn more.

Chartle is an awesome site that allows students and teachers the ability to create dynamic and graphic charts based upon data collected in the classroom.  This site is extremely easy to use and can be easily used across most grade levels.  Click the link to view a short tutorial and example of what Chartle is.