Tools+to+Try

[|Awesome Highlighter]- Lets you text on the web and then gives you a shortened link to the highlighted page. Can be emailed; added to WordPress; Facebook, Twitter and more. 2000 character limit per highlight/ highlight as many times as you like on a page/ no download required.

[] - description of what this tool does

Print What you Like - //free// online editor that lets you format any web page for printing. [] - Demo on how to use Print What you Like You need to sign up for an account and it will save clips for you so that you can create a page using numerous websites.

**Files we will practice with today:** [] - Information about Europe on Wikiepedia



Tagxedo - According to their website...."turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text".

Tagxedo - Frequently Asked Questions

[] - Gettysburg Address

Qwiki - top rate type of search engine that has a Wikipedia-like page with a narrative of videos, photos, and audio clips relating to the topic.Like Wikipedia, users can contribute content to a Qwiki and embed Qwikis on third party websites.

ISSUU- .Allows users to upload documents, pdf files, powerpoints, etc. and creates flashy online books that can be flipped and read easily. Look for publications on all types of subjects created by others.

**Examples of Files on ISSUU:** [] - **School Handbook** [] - **PowerPoint from 5th grades student entitled "My Favorite Presidents"** [] - **PowerPoint Project on "Christmas Around the World" done by a student.**

**Ideas on how to use ISSUU:** [] - **Video from an elementary school teacher explaining how to use Issuu in the elementary classroom** [] - **web 2.0 project ideas on Issuu**

**Files we will practice with today:** **First we will save the Summer Reading List file from the Archdiocese to our computer desktop in order to have to something to add to our new ISSUU account.** Summer Reading List

[] - This website is the link for Archdiocese Elementary Curriculum. We will go to this site and download a copy of your specific curriculum area.

Jog the Web- Create short learning tasks along the lines of Web scavenger hunts.Allows you to store and share website url's in one place to make presentation and student access easier.

**PACT CLASS JOG** PACT] Summer Tech Class

Symbaloo - a simple online start page that lets you easily organize and access favorite sites and web services on one page.

**PACT CLASS SYMBALOO**

Wallwisher [] - FAQ about Wallwisher [] - ways to use in the classroom

[] - Wallwisher from Wednesday's Class [] - Wallwisher from Tuesday's Class [] -Wallwisher from Monday's Class