Useful+Sites

|| a great site with a massive range of web 2.0 tools for schools || http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ ||  ||
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 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:Picture-1.gif width="160" height="115" caption="Picture-1.gif" link="http://www.wordle.net/"]] || 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. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. || [] ||
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:Picture_1.png width="239" height="118" caption="Picture_1.png" link="cogdogroo:Dominoe 50 Ways"]] || A wiki site that gives examples of 50 different tools for presenting stories & explains pluses and minuses of each. Also, gives tips on story writing. Good prompter for students. || http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+50+Ways ||
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:Picture_2.png caption="Picture_2.png" link="theconnectedclassroom:home"]] || A wiki site by Kristin Hokanson to show teachers ways that they can create a "Connected" Classroom for their students. It is growing into a collection of presentations surrounding the ideas of using technology and web 2.0 as tools to create constructivist learning experiences for all students. || http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/ ||


 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:Picture_3.png width="238" height="30" caption="Picture_3.png" link="http://www.visuwords.com/"]] || A cool visual thesaurus that helps students to make connections. Lots of different applications. || [] ||
 * [[image:qualitysoftware.gif]] || Software recommended by New Zealand teachers for use in schools and early childhood programmes. Software includes social software, freeware and non-freeware. || @http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz/ ||
 * [[image:Picture_1.gif width="209" height="70"]] || this site allows to record a message then email oruse an embed code. Great for recording student voice. || http://www.vocaroo.com ||
 * [[image:Picture_2.gif width="150" height="153" link="http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=357/clientId=1/?mId=0.4"]] || Oddcast - a site which allows you to create your own avatars for free. You can take a picture of yourself, add voice and or text and then publish it.

Great creative tool for students to record 'student voice.' || http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=357/clientId=1/?mId=0.4 ||
 * || Powerpoint 07 explained in plain english. Handy tutorials. || http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/ppt07/ ||
 * [|NEWSEUM] || A preview of the front page of newspapers across the world. Click on Oceania to see our local papers. Click on the dot to see a larger preview. || http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/ ||