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Here are so WEB 2.0 tools and what I think of their usefulness 1.[| Rubistar]: When I found Rubistar I was thrilled. Making arubric ca be complicated and tme consuming. Rubistr does a lot of the work for you and generats some great criteria throughout all the subjects. The projects are divided into different subjects and skills, you type info you're basic info and BAM! it creates a good rubric for you. While not perfect it can at least give you a great place to start. My favorite project rubrics and ones I may use in the futurewere for a map, oral report, game an timeline. 8/10

2. [|Quizstar]:While not as handy as Rubistar, Quizstar works similar and ca generate some nice quizzes. My only cmplaint would be that quizzes can be so personalized, I will probably prefer just to make them myself, depending on the situation. 6.5/10

3.[|Digital History] : This site has it all for history teachers. From an online textbook, lots of timelines, links to games, and resouces for teachers and students it's like an encyclopedia for historical teaching resources! My favorite aspect is an interactive section called Xplorations tht explores numerous aspects of history wih interactve links to ifo and even primary documents. Fantastic! 9.5/10

4. [|Awesome Highlighter]: A tool that's quite simple but genius at the same time. Awesome highlighter allowsstudents and teachers to highlight info on the screen. This could be useful when teachers are exploring the web or showcasing something on the web with thier students and students can highlight info for a research or any other project. It makes seperating the good info on the web that much easier. 6.5/10

5. [|Xtranormal]: At first Xtranormal's usefulness comes into question. But after some xploration I found the historical figures pack and watched a couple of projects people have made. The potential for this tool to make visually engaging projects in any subject is endless and I'm sure the students would get a kick out of making a project out of this. Lincoln/Douglas debates anyone? 7/10

6. [|Jeopardy Labs]: The genius of this almost speaks for itself. As a future social studies teacher, being able to make subject focused jeopardy games without the cumbersomeness of power point with the ease of the Jeopardy Labs tools, I know this will be used by me for sure! 9/10

7. [|Blabberize]: I ultimately chose Blabberize over Voki because of the ability to use basically any picturesyou want or have. It's usefulness is questionable but I could see impementing this with historical figures or even contemporary politics and politicians. Scienceand Lit teaches could probably find some usefulness as well. 6/10

8. [|Inflation Calculator]: Once again quite a simple tool, studens aways have a curiosity about what it costs then and now. Some great comparisons, especially in history, can be made with this handy little tool. 6/10

9. [|Newspaper Clipping Generator]: This is quite an interesting tool. While its potential is limted (its not the greatest setup for such a unique tool), kids love to give their unique pespective on many interestting events. Although I would probably rathe allow them to use something like Xtanormal or Blabbrize instead. 4/10

10. [|Teacher Tacklebox]: Teacher Tacklbox is a limited but niced tool to have. It's got great organization and links to great web sites. It would just be nicer to see more. 6/10