Tools

=QR codes- quick response []= =Before We Start...= Poll Everywhere- [|http://www.polleverywhere.com] The basic plan is free. It allows an **unlimited** number of polls, and up to 30 votes per poll. The free plan includes really great features: Live PowerPoint polls, web voting, widgets, Twitter, downloadable results, and more.

=Web 2.0 Tools=

This isn't enough for you? See [|Go2Web20.net] for a directory of Web 2.0 apps and tools.

We are using a wiki and here is an example of how schools use a wiki to share and collaborate across the country.- http://monsterproject.wikispaces.com

=Avatars =

Many online sites encourage a profile picture. It is good practice (and fun) to create avatars to use for profile pictures instead of actual photographs.
[|Dream Avatar Creator] [|Mr. PicassoHead] [|Otaku Avatar Maker]

__**Getting Organized**__
[|Flexadex] (Online address book) [|Tada Lists] (To do lists)

[|Del.icio.us] (example- http://del.icio.us/jkgorham) [|Furl] [|Ma.gnolia]
 * Social Bookmarking** (Common Craft Video- [|Social Bookmarking in Plain English])

[|Google Reader] A [|quick tour] of Google Reader iGoogle (Personalized Google home page) [|Netvibes] [|Pageflakes] [|Second Brain]
 * RSS** (Common Craft Video- [|RSS in Plain English])

__Sharing and Publishing__
[|21 Classes]- Free classroom blogs [|Edublogs]- Free education blogs [|Blogger]
 * Blogs** (Common Craft Video- [|Blogs in Plain English])

__Photo Sharing__ (Common Craft Video-[|Online Photo Sharing in Plain English]) [|Flickr] [|Photobucket]

__Video Sharing__ [|Ustream.tv] - live and archived video broadcasting (example- http://www.ustream.tv/willrich45) YouTube: [|http://www.youtube.com] Google Video: [|http://video.google.com/] [|TeacherTube] [|Hula]

__Podcasting__ An instructional example- [] Librivox: [|http://www.librivox.org] [|National Geographic Podcasts] [|NPR Podcasts] [|iTunes Podcasts]

__Creativity Tools__
[|Animoto] media type="custom" key="593983" [|VoiceThread] Voice Thread Example- [] More VoiceThread Examples [|New Haircut] [|Grandparents' Day] [|Color Poems] [|Jack's Monster Cards]

[|Blabberize] media type="custom" key="3821295" [|Gizmoz] A sample movie- []

[|Voki] (example embedded on this ning profile page- http://vsteonline.ning.com/profile/SheilaT) media type="custom" key="3459356" __ Image Generators __

[|Flagrant Disregard's Flickr Toys] [|Image Chef] [|Add Letters Sign Generators] [|MagMyPic] (mock magazine covers) [|TypoGenerator] (Create a poster from images and letters) [|Swivel] (Quickly create graphs with data) [|Says It.com] [|Glass Giant's Make pictures] [|Text 2 Pic] [|Spell with Flickr] [|Amaztype] (create words from stacks of books) [|Graffiti Creator] [|Picnik] (if you don't have PhotoShop) [|Wordle] (tag cloud generator)

__Social Networking__
Social Networking (Common Craft Video- http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking) Ning- Social Networking with a Purpose- [|VSTE Ning] and [|Classroom 2.0] [|Facebook] Common Craft Video- [|Twitter in Plain English] [|Twitter]...What are you doing right now? (example- [|http://twitter.com/JaneneG)] Other fun ones- [] []

[|Library Thing] (Reading, books) [|IgoUgo] (Travel) [|TripAdvisor] (Travel) [|Why08] (Politics) [|PurpleTrail] (Event planning) [|evite] (Event planning) [|Kollecta] (For collectors)
 * Personal Interest**