Online Learning Tools

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Online Learning Tools

• Bob Logan
• logan_at_watertown.k12.wi.us
• http//www.watertown.k12.wi.us/IT

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Did You Know? (Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)
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Picking a Winner!

• As of February 2007
• Netcraft Web Survey identified 108,810,358
  websites that were publically available on the
  Internet
• Based on Yahoo and Netcraft indexes, there are an
  average of 273 web pages per website.
• 29.7 Billion web pages.
• How do we choose a good site?

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What I Didnt Choose

• Informational Sites
• Content Specific Sites
• Sites that Cost You

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So What, Then?
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Lets take a peak

• Student Center http//forstudents.net This is
  a closed learning environment that will give you
  the ultimate control of your learning space. As
  it is being developed in house, we are able to
  add the features that you want to see, making it
  a great choice for bringing your class into
  cyberspace.
• Wikispace http//wikispace.com wiki-wiki is
  Hawaiian for very fast. A wiki allows you to
  create a community edited site in a very simple
  and quick manner.
• Discovery Education Streaming (the artist
  formerly known as unitedstreaming) -
  http//www.streaming.discoveryeducation.com
  This site contains excellent video on demand
• Apangea Learning http//www.apangea.com A
  powerful
• Wisconsin Historical Society Images
  http//www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/ - Find
  photos and other primary resources, of virtually
  any era of Wisconsin History.
• Talk Shoe - http//www.talkshoe.com Talk Shoe
  is a service that allows you to create, join, or
  listen to live interactive discussions,
  conversations, podcasts, or audio blogs. Conduct
  an online discussion using your computer or cell
  phone and have it posted automatically to the web
  for anyone to access.
• Yack Pack - http//www.yackpack.com/ Discussion
  board that allows voice instead of text.
• Ning - http//www.ning.com/ - This allows you to
  create your own social networking group on
  whatever topic you wish.
• Teacher Tube - http//www.teachertube.com/ This
  is Youtube for teachers. Not nearly as many
  resources, but it is moderated and unblocked (at
  least it was last week).
• resources that can be used in virtually any
  curricular area.
• Filamentality - http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fi
  l/ Create online 'filaments' that organize a
  topic for you to use in your classroom.
• Thinkfinity - http//thinkfinity.com/
  Collection of excellent resources, portals, and
  lessons in a variety of subjects and across the
  K-12 curriculum.