A List of Possible Web Tools for You

Wesley Fryer from Moving at the Speed of Creativity’s blog shared 30 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers.  I love compiling lists of potential resources because when I have down time I am able to check them out and add them to my teaching.  After this Web 2.0 class I feel that I will have a lot of resources to give my colleagues if they are curious about one of these tools. 

This list is simple because it lists the tool and gives you a bullet list of characteristics about the site.  I was able to look at the characteristics that the creators, Mike Agostinelli and Jason Neiffer, and quickly determine if a tool was worth my time.  It is also available in a podcast.

Open Educational Resources or OER Commons is one that I haven’t heard of before.   You can look up resources by subject and grade level.  I was quickly browsing through and found a 100’s Day video geared toward first graders.  When I become a member of OER I am able to rate the material, save it to my folder, and evaluate it.  As a visitor I am able to see the “background essay” or why the skill is important, discussion questions, and which standards it is linked to.  In my five minutes of searching the site I found a useful Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators.

NeoK12 is the same kind of site as OER.  I searched in the Health and Nutrition section.  I found printables, quizzes, puzzles, videos, and pictures that could be used in class.  My favorite part is that it offers to help me create a presentation.  When I clicked on it the picture search was “nutrition” and it brought up available photos from Flickr under creative commons attribution license.  And I was impressed with the selection of pictures as well.  It then brings up a Wikipedia article.  Then I can edit the presentation, view, and save it.  I thought this was a neat resource because it could save time searching the entire Internet. 

Check out the 30 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers and see what other web tools you could be utilizing. I haven't even looked at all of the suggestions, so bookmark it and check it out in your free time.