There are two versions of Glogster. Open source Glogster and EDU Glogster. On both versions, students can create digital posters that are dynamic and interactive. In the EDU version, students are kept together by class so that they may collaborate in a safe and secure virtual classroom. A teacher can register up to 200 students in the Glogster EDU Basic version. In the open version of Glogster, students can collaborate with any user that has registered.
Have students use a valuable 21st century skill of collaboration. They can collaborate on presentations, word processing documents, spreadsheets, and more. Over 7,000 MB of free storage space! eMail can be created as well but Google docs can be utilized without email. mail.google.com docs.google.com
Students can access this site using the user name ridley and the password ridley. They can search for and download copyright friendly video clips for research and presentations. These video clips can be played alone or inserted into a powerpoint, Keynote, or Google Doc.
Storybird is an online service that allows you to create virtual storybooks with words
and pictures. Soon to release teacher accounts. Until they are released a teacher can
do the following:
1. Set everyone up on your account: one username, one email, multiple users. It's messy but thousands of teachers are using this approach right now.
2. Many teachers have set up two accounts: one teacher and one "class" account (the class account email is typically a secondary Gmail account or something similar). The students then share the class account since one account can have simultaneous users and Storybirds in play.
3. If you have the kids sign up using the parental tool, you can have multiple accounts attached to one email. Have them sign up here: http://storybird.com/accounts/kids-signup/
Create a digital conversation around a video or still image. Teachers should sign up at http://ed.voicethread.com for a free education account. Create a voicethread by following 3 simple steps provided on the website. Post the link to the voicethread and have students follow the attached directions to post their comments.
Teachers can set up an advertisement free wikispace on which they can collaborate with students. Use the discussion tab on each page to post discussion topics for students to respond. Students can also edit, post, and work on each page. Students can sign up for a wiki account and request to join the teacher's wikispace OR a .csv file can be uploaded so that students do not need an email account to join. suggestion: usernames and passwords could be the same as those they use for Powerschool. www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Tips from EMAC
