LT+Reviews

[|Dipity] - This website is a wonderful resource for developing timelines for classroom projects, or for teachers who want to display a visual in their class. It is helpful for classrooms who use a lot of graphic organizers to aid in instruction and it is also for visual learners. I will definitely use this website in the future to aid in my classroom instruction.

[|Gliffy] - This is another graphic organizer website, with expanded features. With Gliffy teachers and students can make flow charts, floor plans, blue prints, concept maps, brainstorming webs, SWOT Analysis grids and more. This is a great site for education and non-education purposes. For education it allows for visual learning and instruction in a wide variety of subjects. For non-education purposes, Gliffy allows you to map out business plans, computer network diagrams, technical engineering drawings, which allows for a diverse group of people to take advantage of this site.

[|Animoto] - This website helps you develop a video with your own pictures. It is almost like creating an online slideshow. It is a very cool site because you can select your own music, change the theme and timing of your video and you can share your video on the internet. The site is not only useful for projects in the classroom, it can be great for maketing your own business or sharping your skills in graphic design.

[|TeacherTube] - This is youtube's younger sibling built for educators. Teachertube is a great website dedicated to best practices and resource sharing via video. It is useful because it is another mode that educators can use for research and the development of the their profession.

[|Remix America] - This website is like animoto and youtube but allows you to watch and create videos from an American History perspective. You can take events that are current or in the past and create a video about them, using existing video, pictures and speeches or sounds. This will be a great tool for me to use in an American History class for projects and in instruction.

[|Xtranormal] - This is a great website for speech, English or social studies classes. It allows you to type in a script, choose a video/animation to go along with that particular script and then it plays for you. In an English class students could create stories and make a movie, and in history students could re-create speeches. Overall, xtranormal is a pretty cool website that allows students and teachers to be creative.

[|Skype] - Skype is an online video conferencing website. It essentially allows people to talk to one another online. It has a feature that allows video conferencing, in which you can see who you are talking to and it is a free service if you are calling another computer. I use this tool myself and find it useful when family is overseas and cannot be accessible by cell phone. Skype can be useful in the classroom, with having discussion with scientist or experts from around the world.

[|Zamzar] - Zamzar is a great tool for converting files. You can convert movies, pdfs and other files to be formatted for your computer, you can also save your files on this site, to use and manage them. It is useful for students who do not have email, jump drives or different computer processor at home.

[|Zoomerang] - This website is a great online survey tool. It can be used for formative and summative assessments or as tool for teachers to see whether they are doing a good job as a teacher.

[|Toondoo] - Toondoo is an easy to use cartoon maker. Students and teachers can use this site to create cartoons for classroom projects, artwork or as introductions into instructional material. The website has pictures available to use, all the user has to do is add content and arrange their cartoon how they want to. Overall, I believe Toondoo to be useful for a myraid of things in the classroom.