Exploring 21st Century Tools

Wikis

• PBworks - https://plans.pbworks.com/academic
  • WWII Propaganda SS Activities - http://instructionalactivity1.pbworks.com/
  • NC - LMC - http://nc-lms.pbworks.com/
  • Plurk 4 Teachers - http://plurk4teachers.pbworks.com/
  • NC Intel - http://ncintel.pbworks.com/
  • NC Service Learning - http://ncservicelearning.pbworks.com/

• Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano and Web 2.0 - http://tinyurl.com/ywj82h
• Wikipedia - http://wikipedia.org/
  • 21st Century Learning Centers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Community_Learning_Center
• Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
  • 21st Century Collaborative - http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/
  • Innovation Exchange - http://innovationexchange.wikispaces.com/
  • TeKnoHow - http://teknowhow.wikispaces.com/
• WetPaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

Blogs

• Blogger - http://www.blogger.com/
  • The Ethical Blogger Project - http://ethicalbloggerproject.blogspot.com/2008/02/web-20-accessibility-and-disability.html
  • Instructional Technology - http://ouida.blogspot.com/
• Class Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/
• Edublog - http://edublogs.org/
• ePals School Blog - http://www.epals.com/products/esb/
• WordPress - http://wordpress.org/ (software) http://wordpress.com/ (Free blog site)

Online Applications

• Google for Educators - http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
• Zoho - http://www.zoho.com/
• BubbleShare - http://www.bubbleshare.com/
• Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
• Skpye - http://www.skype.com/
• DimDim - http://www.dimdim.com/
• Project Gizmo - http://www.gizmoproject.com/
• TeacherTube - http://www.teachertube.com/
• YouTube -  http://www.youtube.com/
• Yugma - http://www.yugma.com/
• Glance - http://glance.net/
• Voki - http://www.voki.com/

Podcasts

• iTunes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes
• Education Podcast Network - http://www.epnweb.org/
• PBS Podcasts - http://www.pbs.org/podcasts/
• Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_genres.php?pod_genre_id=7
• Odeo - http://odeo.com/
• Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Other podcasting resources - http://etips-podcasting.pbwiki.com/

Other Free or Open Source Applications

• Animoto - http://animoto.com/?ref=ofacrbjw&gclid=CKnvhve5npwCFQxM5QodwzaNfg
• Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu/
• Tux Paint - http://www.educational-freeware.com/freeware/tux-paint.aspx
• CMap - http://cmap.ihmc.us/
• Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/
• Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
• Zamzar (file conversion) -  http://www.zamzar.com/
• Moodle -http://moodle.org/
• Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/

Lesson Plans and Professional Development

• NC Intel - http://ncintel.pbworks.com/
• eBistro - http://ebistro.org/
• Kaleidoscope - http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/
• SAS in Schools - http://www.sasinschool.com/about/stateprojects/pages/northcarolina.shtml
• LearnNC - http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/
• IMPACT for Teachers - http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/impact/
• Verizon Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx