Web+2.0+Tools+for+Teachers

=Web 2.0 Tools to Support Lesson Planning = Descriptions provided by Michelle Dabbs

==Pinterest - Pinterest is a virtual pinboard filled with incredible resources for anyone, anytime! Virtual boards can be shared by a group or built by one person. Further, the lessons being curated in an "open source" manner are easy to access and integrate into your planning. Recommended pinners include: ==
 * Laura Candler
 * Angela Watson
 * Edutopia

== [|Edcanvas] - Here's what the Edcanvas team has to say about their tool: "Edcanvas is the one place for teachers to create and deliver lessons digitally. Teachers and students can use Edcanvas to organize their work and present knowledge." Through the use of canvases that you build and create following simple steps, you are organizing, presenting and sharing online resources with your students and colleagues in a way that's vibrant and unique. == ==Here's an example of a canvas already created by Anthony Evans on Sentence Writing. Lastly, here is a short 38-second video that shows how easy it is to create an Edcanvas. ==

==LiveBinders - Livebinders were created so that anyone, but especially educators, could do with digital information what we typically do with the papers on our desk -- organize them into nice containers like three-ring binders on a shelf. With these online binders, you can also upload your documents and easily combine them with your links in a neat and organized way. The beauty of LiveBinders is that you can organize a lesson there, collaborate with a colleague in writing that lesson on a binder, and share it across many spaces. You can even have students work collaboratively on binders. == ==Once you’ve created your binder by filling it with links, resources, photos or videos, you can share it via email, link it to anything, embed it in a blog or view it in presentation mode. Many educators are using LiveBinders to support their going paperless. Creating a LiveBinder to support your lesson planning will save you time and become a living document that you can update anytime. ==

=Click on the link below to access Web 2.0 Project Tools websites. = = = =Web 2.0 Project Tools =



=Click on the link below to access video tutorials of the featured Web 2.0 Project Tools Sites. = =[|Video Tutorials] =

=Teachers - If you would like help setting up accounts or using any of the above tools , please contact me =

=stacy.moran@ottumwaschools.com =