Choosing the Right Tools

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What resources will fit your objectives the best? Consult the following chart to help you determine which tools or resources you can use for your lessons and projects. Feel free to add to this chart as you see fit!

For a GREAT website that does just this with Web 2.0 tools, visit Cool Tools for Schools.

I want to... I want my students to...		We can use...
create/write		Comic Life, Blogs, VoiceThread, iMovie, GarageBand, Keynote, Letter Pop, PowerPoint, Pixie, Digiital Scrapbooks, Perk Up Your Projects, Web 2.0 Tools, -
present		Google Presentations, Prezi, PowerPoint, iMovie, Keynote, GarageBand, Inspiration/Kidspiration, Digital Scrapbooks, Perk Up Your Projects...-
make music		GarageBand, iMovie, Web 2.0 Tools, Recording ... -
submit assignments online		Moodle, Google Docs, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, Web 2.0 Tools, ...-
bring the world into my classroom		Google Earth, Virtual Tours, Streaming Video, RSS, Video Conferencing,Skype ... -
make a website		iWeb, Moodle, Google Pages, Weebly.com, Freewebs.com, Blogs, Wikis, Digital Scrapbooks... -
make a poster		Glogster, Big Huge Labs, GeoGreetings
make a character		Animoto, Avatars, Blabberize,
collaborate		Wikis, Google Docs, VoiceThread, Ning, Skype, Digital Scrapbooks... -
save & share resources		Social Bookmarking, Zotero, Google Notebook , ... -
research online		Custom Google Search Page, Primary Sources, Works Cited Citations
communicate online		Moodle, Blogs, Wikis, Ning, Skype, Video Conferencing, ... -

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Page Credit: Thanks to Dianne Krause from Wissahickon School District!