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**Web 2.0 Sites**


 * **Chatterous** http://www.chatterous.com / - chat room
 * **Today's Meet** [] - chat room
 * **Speak Like** [] - IM with built in translation
 * **Skype** [] - VOIP
 * **Tangler** http://www.tangler.com / - discussion board
 * **WiZiQ** http://www.wiziq.com / - online classroom
 * **Diigo** http://www.diigo.com / - social bookmarking (educator accounts @http://www.diigo.com/education )
 * **Edmodo** http://www.edmodo.com / - educational microblogging, collaborating, and communicating platform
 * **Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms** http://docs.google.com / - collaborating authoring of docs, spreadsheets, presentations, and data collection form
 * **Edmodo** [] - educational social network, grading platform, and collaboration resource
 * **Wikispaces** http://www.wikispaces.com / - free wikis (free educational wikis with no advertisements @http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers )
 * **Google Calendar** http://calendar.google.com / - collaborative calendar
 * **Moonk** http://www.moonk.com/ - media publishing (embedded players)
 * **Wix** http://www.wix.com/ - media publishing and embeddable Flash widgets
 * **ZooBurst** http://zooburst.com/ - digital storytelling
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">**Prezi** http://prezi.com/ - non-linear media presentation publishing
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">**Yodio** http://yodio.com/ - podcasting publishing and syndication
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**SlideShare** http://www.slideshare.net/ - presentation publishing
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Animoto** http://animoto.com/ - video creation and publishing (educator accounts http://education.animoto.com/)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Voicethread** http://voicethread.com/ - collaborative multimedia show publishing (upgrade to K12 educator status in My Account or consider Ed.Voicethread http://voicethread.com/about/k12/)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Glogster** EDU http://edu.glogster.com/ - multimedia digital poster publishing
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Blogger** http://www.blogger.com
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**EduBlogs** http://edublogs.org/ - blogging platforms
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Google Calendar** @http://www.google.com/calendar/ (shared calendar)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Wikispaces** http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers (ad-free wiki for K12)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Google Docs** @http://docs.google.com/ (shared document, spreadsheet and presentation authoring
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Box.net** http://www.box.net/ (shared storage)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Drop.io** http://drop.io/ (shared storage)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Diigo** http://www.diigo.com/ (social bookmarking and annotation)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**My Webspiration** [] (collaborative mind map)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Doodle** [] (scheduling application)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Buck Institute for Education - Project Management Tools** @http://www.pbl-online.org/ManagetheProject/ProjectPlanningTools/PlanningTools.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Buck Institute for Education - Project Checkpoints and Milestones** http://www.pbl-online.org/ManagetheProject/projectexplore/projectexplore4Charts/progresscheck.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Buck Institute for Education - Project Progress** @http://www.pbl-online.org/ManagetheProject/projectexplore/projectexplore4Charts/projectprogress.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Discovery Education streaming** @http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Voicethread** @http://voicethread.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Glogster** @http://www.glogster.com/edu/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Animoto**__ @http://education.animoto.com/ __
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__gizmoz.com__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__xtranormal.com__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">280 Slides
 * picsviewr.com

Check out these content-based resources to gain a sense of what the web has to offer.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Oswego Interactive Games: @http://resources.oswego.org/games/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Matisse for Kids:  http://www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NGA Kids: @http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: @http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">HyperHistory Online: @http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Volcanoes of the World: @http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Voyage on the Mayflower: @http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/index.htm
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Memorial Hall Museum Online:  http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html

Check out these product-based resources to gain a sense of what the web has to offer.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ColeyCast: @http://mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Digital Storytelling in the Scott County Schools: http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html  and @http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Museum Box: @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Myths and Legends Story Creator: @http://myths.e2bn.org/story_creator/
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Read-Write Think Student Materials: @http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Read-Write-Think Printing Press: @http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/readwritethink-printing-press-30036.html
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">VoiceThread: @http://voicethread.com/

@http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html

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@http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/educators.php

Presidential biographies

Authentic History

Primary Sources

History for music lovers

National Geographic

World History

Ancient History

Bill of Rights

Science Ideas

@http://www.pbs.org/topics/history/

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