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[] This is a free blogging site suitable for ages K-12th grade. The glog is simple to understand and navigate. It can be as simple as adding a text message to post or as sophisticated as adding graphics, animation and audio.Teachers can use it to post assignments or simply to leave a message.It is adaptable to any curriculum and students can be creative making posters that reflect their current learning. Sign up and adding is students quick and easy.

[|Kidblog] This is suitable for primary students. It is an easy way to introduce students to blogging. It can be used for responding to other student's blogs or to use as a tool for posting news. It is simple to use, sign up is fast and easy. First sign up as a member and add your students.Students can publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom environment. It provides an authentic, interactive and fun experience.

[|voice thread] This is for levels K-12. However, it is a web 2.0 tool that requires a subscription. According to the website, “ A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds __ __**images, documents, and videos**__ __ and allows people to navigate slides and leave __ __**comments in 5 ways**__ __ - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). __ __**Share**__ __ a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.”

After reading about it, it resembled the prezio, that another classmate had introduced to the group.

[|Animoto] I used this web 2.0 tool for one of the presentation earlier in class. It allows you to upload pictures and music and then it creates a short “music video” based on the uploaded pictures and the music. i would use this with grades 4 and up. A downfall is that the free version, only creates 30 second videos.

[|Bighugelabs] This site is full all different things that you can do with digital pictures. You can blabberize, make a cube, a poster, a trading card, a puzzle, a magazine cover, a photobooth, etc. I have used this with high school kids, but plan on using the photobooth option of it with my 4th graders in about a week so they can create what type of face they want to physically do in art class the following week. Kind of like they are making a template for what they plan on drawing/creating in Art class.

 [|Fat Class] It is a social networking (facebook type) that I doubt gets blocked in districts. It is designed solely for educational purposes and it is FREE!!!!!! It offers everything that facebook offers but educationally and school friendly. The sign up process is relatively painless :)

**Slide Share** (url: [|http://www.slideshare.com] ) **Description:** is a website that will allow people to post and share a variety of files online. You can post Word files, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations and enable the files to be accessed publicly or mark the file for private use. This is one of the top Web 2.0 productivity tools. **Educational Use**: Students and Faculty can use this tool to share their presentations or papers with one another. In addition to posting the file, this service allows you to add audio files that can be added to the files that you post online. This tool can be used from grades 9 and up. **Getting started:** You do have to create an account in order to post materials. Once you create the account, it is easy to post materials.

**Del.icio.us** (url: [|http://www.del.icio.us] ) **Description:** this is a social bookmarking website that allows you to ‘tag’ URLs (web addresses) and then share your tags with other people. It is one way for you to categorize information that can be found online. You can tag a URL about 21st century learners and you can share your tags with others. **Educational Uses**: Faculty can tag relevant links to information about lessons and share them with students. There is a great article that provides ten great reasons for using delicious: [] This tool can be used from grades 9 and up. **Getting started:** great step-by-step directions can be reviewed using the following link: []

**Voki for Education** (url: [|http://www.voki.com] ) **Description:** this website offers teachers and students the ability to create avatars and then post them to blogs and in email messages. **Educational Use:** Voki was specially created for educators. In addition to the personalized avatar, Voki offers teachers different lesson plans (see: [] ) that can be used together. They also stated that “You are (or are now becoming) a 21st century, technology-forward creative educator who introduces new and fun applications to your classroom. Our community is the perfect place for you to share your thoughts and learn from other educators like you.” This tool can be used from 1st grade and up. **Getting Started**: Before you can use Voki, you must register for an account. Once you establish an account, the user interface is pretty easy and straight-forward to navigate and use.