eduflections: Resources

Empowering Students with Web 2.0 and Social Media to Foster Student-Directed Learning

Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?

Are you Integrating or Innovating in the Classroom?

Shout It Out Loud: Tools and Apps for Amplifying Student Voices through Formative Assessment

The Global Read Aloud: One Book to Connect the World

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Here are the tools (plus a few extra goodies) that we discussed at my NMSA/AMLE presentation: "Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?" Collaborating in Class and Online

Skype free video calls. You can find experts and authors to Skype into your classroom.
Wikispaces a place to collect and publish collaboratively- teacher can request ad-free spaces. You can find examples of the wikis that my students collaboratively created with over 300 other students here: Coast to Coast Chronicles 5th Edition , Coast to Coast Chronicles 6th Edition and Coast to Coast Chronicles 7th Edition.
Wallwisher a digital post-it board; great for collaborative brainstorming. Another tools that works similarly is Linoit.
StoryJumper publishes digital storybooks. My students used it to create Math-terpieces.
Surveys can be created on Poll Everywhere. These surveys can be taken via computer or cell phones.
Online quizzes can be created on ProProfs.
Voice Thread collaboration made simple. Here's the example that I shared: Exploring Our Heritage
Digital Storytelling on Photo Story 3
Digital Comic Strips on Toon Doo
Podcasts on Audacity
Kid Blog is a great place for students to reflect and teachers can read posts and comments before they are published. A great lesson on teaching students how to blog can be found at Notes From McTeach.