Links,+Tools+&+Resources




 * TOOLS & RESOURCES**

The following guidelines should be considered when choosing tools for online collaboration: > Ensure that all participants have access to the agreed upon tools i.e. Google Docs, Voicethread, Skype.... > For example, sharing information from a written report is best done via email or web publishing, and is not an appropriate task for live video conferencing. > Decide whether the project or task requires participants to use the tool during "real time" or if the same result can be achieved asynchronously. Examples of synchronous tools, requiring participants to be present during "real time," include chat, instant messaging and video conferencing. Examples of asynchronous tools include calendars, discussion lists, email, and surveys. > For example, multi-point video conferencing or graphic intensive applications do not work well on dial-up connections.
 * **Agree on which tools will be required as part of the collaboration**
 * **Select the appropriate tool for the task**
 * **Select synchronous and/or asynchronous tools**
 * **Select the appropriate tool for __each__ participant's equipment and bandwidth**

ThinkQuest.com is a free, protected, online platform for teachers and students. ThinkQuest provides students and teachers an online social environment perfect for producing multimedia projects. Students are provided web pages where they can publish their projects, and interact with others using message boards, polls, debates, and brainstorming tools. Using sites like ThinkQuest can help students practice reading, writing, and learn to express themselves more clearly. In addition, they promote communication and teach valuable computer skills. || Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning and improve academic performance through content driven collaboration. We engage educators and students in meaningful e-learning projects worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. || ePals is the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network. With classrooms in 200 countries and territories, ePals makes it easy to connect learners locally, nationally or internationally. || Mathletics is NZ most used educational website. Caters for the Yr 1 - Yr 13 curriculum. || One of the best educational links sites for teachers. Created and maintained by a NZ educator, Lenva Shearing. || Skoolaborate is a partnership that allows like-minded schools (innovative, creative, future thinking) an opportunity to transform teaching and learning within their schools by exploring blended learning opportunities. || TIGed is a community of globally-minded educators interested in empowering their students to think and act as world citizens, a collection of resources that facilitate the inclusion of global perspectives in the classroom, and a virtual classroom that allows students to use collaborative technology in order to connect with people from around the world and learn about global issues. || You can use Little Bird Tales to create your own story. You can insert photos, screen shots, google images........ || StoryJumper is a place to create and discover stories for kids. StoryStarter makes telling stories easy. Write a story in just 7 steps. Use the StoryJumper art or your own drawings and photos to illustrate your story. || Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun. || A digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. If you have a username and password you can log in and create your own books using the 'Login' link at the top right side of the screen. || Want to give your students a voice? A voice of leadership? A voice that needs to be heard? Help them shout! Shout connects educators with rich content, tools and expertise that get students to take action on global issues. || Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. || Tagul is a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds that are fully interactive with Google search engine. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Able to embed in a wiki, website etc... || Allows you to upload PowerPoint files, picture files, movie files and more to the Voice Thread program. Once files are uploaded, users can record commentary by either plain audio or webcam. You can also type in text and use the doodle tool. Students are also allowed to interact with the presentation. Great for collaboration! || Skype can be used for text chatting and audio and video calling. You can easily send files while you are chatting and it costs nothing to call anywhere in the world (just bandwidth!). || Fotobabble brings the power and emotion of human voice to social media across web, mobile and social networks. Talking Photos, Fotobabble’s first mobile/web application, lets users add voice to images in seconds, and share their voice-powered Talking Photos through Wikis, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, email etc.... ||
 * LINKS**
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 * || [|Net Safe] ||
 * [[image:shapeimage_2.png width="102" height="80" link="http://www.thinkquest.org"]] || **ThinkQuest**
 * [[image:glob.png width="93" height="76" link="http://www.globalschoolnet.org/"]] || **Global SchoolNet - Linking Kids Around The World**
 * [[image:globalC.png width="89" height="64" link="http://www.epals.com/"]] || **Global Community - Where Learners Connect**
 * [[image:maths.png width="96" height="48" link="http://www.mathletics.co.nz"]] || **Mathletics**
 * [[image:logo.jpg width="90" height="74" link="cooltoolsforschools:Collaborative Tools"]] || **Cool Tools for Schools**
 * [[image:skool.png width="91" height="63" link="http://www.skoolaborate.com/"]] || **Skoolaborate **
 * [[image:tig.png width="90" height="64" link="http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/"]] || **Taking It Global - Education**
 * [[image:bird.png width="93" height="47" link="http://littlebirdtales.com/"]] || **Little Bird Tales**
 * [[image:story-jumper.jpg width="101" height="46" link="http://www.storyjumper.com/"]] || **StoryJumper**
 * [[image:storybird.png width="102" height="31" link="http://storybird.com/"]] || **StoryBird**
 * [[image:ZooBurst.jpg width="90" height="69" link="http://www.zooburst.com"]] || **ZooBurst**
 * [[image:shout.png width="93" height="50" link="http://shoutlearning.org/"]] || **Shout!**
 * [[image:word.png link="http://www.wordle.net/"]] || **Wordle**
 * [[image:Tagul-Image.png width="93" height="82" link="http://tagul.com"]] || **Tagul**
 * [[image:Voicethread-1.jpg width="98" height="48" link="http://voicethread.com/"]] || **Voicethread**
 * [[image:skype_logo_1_m.jpg width="97" height="49" link="tp://www.skype.com/intl/en/home"]] || **Skype**
 * [[image:foto.png width="98" height="51" link="http://www.fotobabble.com"]] || **Fotobabble**