Web+2.0+Tools

=**WEB 2.0 Tools**=
 * For A Few Of My Favorite Web Tools Go To [] and click on the Web 2.0 Resources tab**

http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/

Take the Web 2.0 Quiz

[|Go2web20]

[|ClassicGo2web20]

Web 2.0 Curriculum Links
[|Wordle] [|Why Wordle?] [|Wordle Ideas]

[|TutPup] - Compete with students from around the world (Math)

=Skype=
 * Review by Isaac - [|Getting Started Tips]
 * [|Video Conference Permission Form] - Shared by Isaac Bancroft from SHES
 * Recommended External Microphone - [|www.bluemic.com]
 * [|Using Skype in the Classroom]
 * [|Quick Start Tips For the New Skype User]
 * [|Skype in Schools - Find Skype partners]
 * [|Skype an Author Network] - Find authors who are willing to skype
 * Around the World in 80 Schools Project - Connect with 80 different schools next year - keep track on Google Maps
 * [|50 Awesome Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom]
 * How Can You Use Skype - Let's brainstorm some ideas
 * Read to another student - Reading Buddies
 * Have students discuss their favorite books with another class - Have students recommend books to read
 * Present a project to another class - If all of a grade level is doing a project based unit, share presentations with another class rather than just doing the presentation for your class
 * Bring an expert to your classroom (Scientist, authors, community worker, etc.)
 * If you know someone that lives in another country Skype with them
 * Find someone at a museum to Skype with and do a virtual field trip
 * When doing a weather unit, skype different places (countries they are studying) and have students record the temperatures in a spreadsheet and graph results

=Google Docs= [|Ideas To Inspire - Google Docs] - 21 Ways to use Google Docs in the classroom [|Quick Start Guide]
 * [|Documents Tutorial]
 * [|Spreadsheets]
 * [|Presentations]

In a nutshell

 * Docs: Each doc can have a maximum size of 500K, plus up to 2MB per embedded image.
 * Spreadsheets: Each can be up to 256 columns, 200,000 cells, or 100 sheets--whichever is reached first. There's no limit on rows.
 * Presentations: Files in .ppt and .pps formats can have a maximum size of 10MB or 200 slides; files uploaded from the Web can be up to 2MB; emailed files can be up to 500K.
 * PDFs: You can store up to 10MB per PDF from your computer and 2MB from the Web in your Docs list, up to 100 PDFs.

Google Earth
[|24 Ways to use Google Earth in the classroom] =[| All About Wikis]=

[|8 Ways to Use School Wikis] [|11 Ways to use Wikis in the classroom]

=Wikispaces=
 * [|Directions]

=**[|Doodle]**=
 * [|Free Features]
 * [|How To Schedule An Event]
 * [|How To Make A Choice]