5. +Useful+Sites

Great for students to record 'student voice' in a creative manner. || http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=357/clientId=1/?mId=0.4 ||
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 * [[image:web-2.0.gif width="118" height="100" caption="Cool Tools For Schools" link="cooltoolsforschools/home"]] || a great site with a massive range of web 2.0 tools for schools || http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * [[image:Picture-1.gif width="160" height="115" 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. || http://www.wordle.net/ ||
 * [[image:Picture_1.png width="239" height="118" 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: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:Picture_3.png width="238" height="30" link="http://www.visuwords.com/"]] || A cool visual thesaurus that helps students to make connections. Lots of different applications. || http://www.visuwords.com/ ||
 * [[image:http://blogs.vusd.org/tlieberman/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mywebspiration-logo1.png width="247" height="63" link="http://www.mywebspiration.com/"]] || A site where you can use visual organisers, planners etc Make your own or use templates then store or share them. || [] ||
 * [[image:Picture_2.gif width="226" height="231" link="@http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=357/clientId=1/?mId=0.4"]] || Oddcast - lets you create your own avatars, add voice, or text and then publish to a website or email.
 * [[image:Picture_2.gif width="226" height="231" link="@http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/application_UI/doorId=357/clientId=1/?mId=0.4"]] || Oddcast - lets you create your own avatars, add voice, or text and then publish to a website or email.
 * [[image:mixbook.png]] || Create online books where students can write add their own pieces to templates and enhance through images. You can grab the embed code and insert it into a wiki. || http://www.mixbook.com/ ||
 * || A Powerpoint 07' tutorial site in plain english. || http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/ppt07/ ||
 * Star Wars Crawl Creator || Make any text a star wars start up || http://www.starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/ ||
 * Multiple Intelligences Test ||  || http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm ||
 * Myths and legends story creator ||  || http://myths.e2bn.org/story_creator/ ||
 * Great brain Training games ||  || http://www.proprofs.com/games/ ||