Unit+2

=Unit 2 - Cool Tools=

There are a number of great things you can add to your wiki. Below you will find a few. Please explore them and do the assignments below.

** Cool Tools **
===**Announcements** === You can add short announcements to your wiki that get kids attention. These are two examples of these tools (great to use with students as well!) ===**Presentations** === ===**Wiki Discussion Thread** ===
 * Voki
 * Blabberize
 * VoiceThread
 * Prezi (Not so much for the wiki, but great presentation tool!)
 * Nabble

**Video**

 * YouTube - You can embed a video from YouTube right into your wiki. Find your video and locate the embed code underneath the video. Copy the code and go to your wiki. In the edit mode, add a widget and select Other. In the middle of that dialog box, paste the code in the white box and save.

Mindmapping
===**Photo Videos** ===
 * Bubbl.us
 * Cacoo
 * Animoto
 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Animoto <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">for Educators
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">PhotoPeach
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">FAQ's

Interactive Posters
===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Brainstorming/Formative Assessment** === ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Articles with more options ~** ===
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">Glogster
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Literature
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Life Science
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Middle School
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Math
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">History
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Current Events
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Art
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Administration
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Earth Science
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Fitness
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; padding-right: 10px;">Projects
 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Register for free EDU account <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">here.
 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">What is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">GlogsterEDU?
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Wallwisher
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0.5em;">15 Free Tools for Web-Based Collaboration

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">TIE is working on our own page to highlight many cool tools as we find them. On each page you will find an explanation of each and how you might use them. Check it out at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ad0000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding-right: 10px; text-decoration: none;">The 5

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Assignments ~ ===
 * === After looking over the tools above - as well as any other tools that have caught your interest - select two to use with your wiki, in your class, or with your students. ===


 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Answer the Discussion portion for Unit Two