Cross Word Puzzles – create puzzles easily

Cross Word Puzzles is a great tool for educators that is again offered for free by Read Write Think. I really love this tool for it allows you to make interesting puzzles very easily and at the instance of a click. Hey !!! you do not need to be a technology or math wizard to start using it. It is very simple to use and all it takes is filling up the boxes. I still remember years ago when i wanted to create a synonyms puzzle it took me almost five hours to come up with the columns, grids, clues and words and now i can do the same work in 15 mints , you see how technology is changing our life for the BEST.

How can i get started using Cross Word Puzzles

Head over to Cross Word Puzzles main page
Click on get started
Fill in your name and select the grade

Click on create your own or you can choose of theirs
Give a name to your puzzle
add words to it then click on create puzzle
Now you can click on add clues to clue your words
click on finish and you will have your finalized crossword at your hand for printing.
Please read this little note from Cross Word Puzzles :

The tool also includes a Play mode with crossword puzzles for students in grades K–12. Included with each puzzle are a For Teachers page with troubleshooting help and ideas for use as well as a Tips & Hints page designed to scaffold students' learning and help them do the research necessary to solve the puzzle.

Applications of Cross Word Puzzles in education

Crossword puzzles is a great tool for educators. It will help them improve their students’ thinking powers. Students can use it to revise their content area like vocabulary and grammar. I would really recommend it for you if you are a language teacher , students will benefit a lot from it and by the end of the year they will have memorized a huge number of vocabulary items just by playing Crossword puzzle.If you are teaching elementary or higher students then you can let them use it to create their own puzzles and share it with their colleagues. It can be so much fun while learning is taking place smoothly.
That’s it about Cross Word Puzzles – create puzzles easily.

Wise Mapping: a great mind maps creation tool

Wise Mapping is a great tool for educators. I am including it among the educative mind maps tools in this blog because of the important features it offers to its users. Educators can benefit from this service a lot.
Wise Mapping is a free online mind maps editor that allows you to create and share your mind maps with others.

Some features of Wise Mapping

Here is a list of the main features that Wise Mapping offers to its users :

• It is free


• It is easy to use


• It has an interactive interface


• It requires a sign up


• It allows you to create and edit colorful and complex mind maps using just mouse and keyword


• It lets you customize your maps by changing the border, text,shape and background color of your notes


• It has a sophisticated authoring editor to help you manage your maps


• You can share or save your mind maps right from the editor


• You can make your mind maps either private or public


• You can embed the image of your map anywhere you want online

How can i get started using Wise Mapping ?

To learn how to start working on Wise Mapping you need to head over to its main page and sign up for a free account .
Watch this tutorial video to learn more

Applications of Wise Mapping in education

Wise Mapping is, just like all the other educative Mind Mapping tools i have covered here ,  very important in education for It develops visual thinking for students and stimulate more interaction from their parts. Students love when they are visually engaged and Wise Mapping can just help them stay focused on content. I love this tool and i recommend that you start using it to create mind maps to share with your students. Why not even introduce it to them and let them start using it as well.
That’s it about Wise Mapping: a great mind maps creation tool.
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Present.me: Mix slides and Videos in Presentations

Present.me is a great web 2.0 tool. It allows its users to record and share their presentations using their webcams. It is really one of the best presentation app available online . You can now embed your power point files into slideshows and record yourself  talking or explaining your slides and the result is an awesome slideshows illustrated with your video clips . I love this website and i would really recommend that you give it a try.

 

Some features of Present.me

Here are the main features that Present.me offers to its users  :

• It has a free basic account


• It requires a sign up


• It allows you to integrate your recordings into slides


• It supports just PPT files


• It is easy to use


• It is very simple


• You can record up to 15 mints


• You are allowed just 10 recordings in a month with a 50mb upload limit, if you want more you can upgrade your account.


• You can share your presentations with whomever you want


• You can also password protect your slides


• If you want to learn more about Present.me visit their homepage .

Applications of Present.me in education

Present.me is a great presentation tool that educators can use in their classrooms .As a teacher, i can for example, upload a PowerPoint that i want to share with my students and record a 10 mint video explaining the main points in the slideshow and then embed all in Present.me to generate an engaging video slideshow that students will interact with more than they would with just plain PPT.
That’s it about Present.me: Mix slides and Videos in Presentations.
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corkboard: discover and share anything online

Corkboard is a cool web2.0 tool for educators . It allows you to create corkboards to help you organize your postings . For instance you can create ‘Books I Read’ Corkboard and put all of your books related postings in there . It is very handy and practical and above all it is free to use . It looks like Wallwisher and Dropbox but simpler than them all .

Some features of Corkboard

Here is a list of all the features that Corkboard offers to its users :

• It is free


• It is very easy to use


• It has an intuitive interface


• It allows you to create and organize your corkboards very easily


• You can invite your facebook or corkboard contacts to view or edit your postings


• You can add comments to your corkboards


• You can also attach image to your corkboard


• You can build your community of people sharing the same interests


• You can also share what you post on your facebook wall


• You can subscribe to corkboards that interest you


• You can check postings of other users


• You can message your friends and send them postings


• It has a mobile version for mobile device  users

How can i get started using Corkboard ?

Head over to Corkboard main page

1. Sign in for a free account or use your facebook account to open one


2. Click on Add a Corkboard to create your corkboard file


3. Give it a name


4. Attach an image to it


5. Click on add postings


6. Choose the kind of posting you want to make :

For example i will choose a note

Fill in the title, description , URL, and attach a photo
Choose you privacy settings
Click on create postings

Applications of Corkboard in education

Corkboard is a great tool for educators . Teachers can use it to create their own corkboards and share it with their students . They can for example create a classroom corkboard where to include all the links , lesson plans , events , images of relevant interest to students and then invite them to view it . Students too can use it to collaborate with each other on specific corkboards or join other students from around the world and start interacting with them .
That’s it about Corkboard : Discover and Share Anything Online.
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instablogg : create instant blog posts

Instablogg is a cool website . It allows its users to create instant blog posts and share them with others . Instablogg is very easy to use and does not require any sign up or installation software . You can start right away writing your posts and sharing them . It is a great way for students to share articles and assignments with each others or with their teachers .

Some features of Instablogg

Here are the main features that Instablogg offers to its users :

• It is free


• It is user friendly


• It does not require any sign up or download


• It has a wonderful authoring tool


• You can share the link of your post with your friends


• you can also share it via facebook and twitter


• You can make your posts either public or private


• You can also enable or disable comments

How can i get started using Instablogg ?

Head over to Instablogg main page

1. Fill in the title of your post


2. Write the body of your post


3. Select the privacy setting


4. Enable or disable comments


5. Click ‘ save and continue editing’

Applications of Instablogg in education

Instablogg is a very good alternative to official blogging platforms for those who are too lazy to create their own blogs . It is also perfect for freelance writers who love to write about anything they feel like writing about without having to stick to a particular niche . Students also find it helpful as it is very simple to use and they can work on it at ease . Teachers can use it to test students writing skills . It is also a good tool for assignments and classroom projects .
That’s it about Instablogg : Create Instant Blog Posts .
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PhotoPeach : Create Rich Media Slideshows for Free

A picture is worth a thousand words and the use of pictures in education is very crucial for they communicate  what words could not convey . So in my research for the photo editing , hosting and sharing tools i stumbled upon this nice application called PhotoPeach .

PhotoPeach is a free  online service that allows it users to create media rich slideshows .What i like the most about this tool is the fact that it supports background music .Integrating audio into photo slideshows makes them quite engaging and presentable .

Some features of PhotoPeach ?

Here are the main features that PhotoPeach offers to its users :

• It is free but it also has a premium edition with more features .


• It requires a sign up


• It is easy to use and very simple


• It allows you to create multimedia rich slideshows


• It supports background music , comments and captions


• You can share your slideshows using email, IM, Twitter or Facebook.


• You can also embed them in your blog or website


• You can upload your photos or import them from Picasa or facebook

How can i get started using PhotoPeach ?

Log on to PhotoPeach main page and sign up for a free account
1- Upload photos

2- Arrange photos

3- Add Music

4- Done
Click "Finish" and your slideshow is ready.
Now, add captions on the slideshow, and try embedding slideshow into your blog, facebook, myspace, or posting to twitter with the buttons below

Applications of PhotoPeach in education

We can use PhotoPeach in several ways when it comes to education . We can use it to create engaging slideshows and let students watch them and then add comments . We can use them to teach abstract concepts and review materials .
That’s it about PhotoPeach : Create Rich Media Slideshows for Free .
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Storify : Create Compelling stories out of Social Media

Storify is a great web2.0 tool . It is an application that allows  users to create engaging stories out of tweets . You can also  create stories using social media and turn what people post on social media into compelling stories .

 

Some features of Storify

Storify offers a bunch of free features to its users :

• It is completely free


• It requires a sing up but you can use your twitter account to access it


• You can form , narrate , describe and tell stories


• You can  find and piece together publicly available content from Twitter, Flickr,Facebook, YouTube and other sites


• can also add text and embed the resulting collages of content on their own sites

Here is a great article about Storify featured in New York Times under the title : Filtering the Social Web to Present News Items .

How can i get started using Storify ?

Head over to storify main page and sign up for a free account or use your twitter account .
Watch this tutorial video to learn more

Applications of Storify in education

We can use Storify in education to create stories out of the tweets and articles we find online and then present them to students in interactive forms . I really like the concept on which Storify is built and i am quite sure that if you try you would love it too .
That’s it about Storify : Create Compelling stories out of Social Media .
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Squareleaf : Whiteboard sticky notes to organize your tasks

Squareleaf is an intuitive whiteboard where you can arrange and store your to do lists in the form of sticky notes . I like this tool because of the options it offers to us in education and that’s why i decided to add it to the To Do List Tools i am assembling here .

Some features of Squareleaf

Here are the main things that Squareleaf offers to its users :

• It is free for now


• It requires a quick registration


• It provides a range of sticky notes


• It lets you arrange your notes easily and quickly


• It lets you adjust the size and colors of your sticky notes


• You can select different patterns to fit your sticky notes

How can i get started using Squareleaf ?

Head over to Squareleaf main page and sign up for a free account
Let me now walk you through the different steps you need to take to create your notes .


I will not be repeating the same thing i said about how to use to do list services in education . Check out the other posts namely Todoist and see how we can use these tools in the classroom with our students .
That’s it about Squareleaf : Whiteboard sticky notes to organize your tasks.

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TikiToki :Create Timelines for Students Accomplishments .

TikiToki is a great application for multimedia timelines making . It allows its users to create stunning animated timelines. TikiToKi is very easy to use and above all its basic version is completely free .

Some features of TikiToki

Here are the main features that TikiToki offers to its users :

• It is free


• It requires a sign up


• It is easy to use


• It had a user friendly interface


• It lets you create  beautiful, interactive timelines that include videos and image galleries


• You can upload images from your computer or a flicker account

How can i get started using TikiToki ?

Head over to TikiToki main page

1. Sign up for a free a account


2. Click on create a timeline


3. Fill in the info

1. Put your cursor on any box and a pop up window will show up where you can read the instructions related to what you have to do to fill that box


2. After you have finished providing all the necessary info for your timeline click on save and that’s  it .

Applications of TikiToki in education

TikiToki is a great tool in education . Students can use it to create timelines of their learning . For instance , students create a timeline at the start of their school year and include in it links , media , study units , grades and marks and everything else and by the end of the year they will have a record of what they have and have not accomplished during the whole year . It is a great way for learners to reflect upon their learning .
That’s it about TikiToki :Create Timelines for Students Accomplishments .
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Join.me ; share your screen with students

Join.me  is a free service that allows its users to connect together and share their screens . Using Join.me Mac and Windows users will be able to see what is going on on each others screens . It supports up to 250 people . To start using it you need to download and run the app . This service has a basic version and a paid version . But the basic version is enough for us here . here is a snapshot of the difference between paid and free versions ;

How can I get started using Join me ?

Head over to Join.me main page and download the app
Once downloaded , you need to give the nine digit access numbers to your collaborators to start seeing your screen and collaborating with you .
It is very simple to use and you do not need any advanced tech knowledge to do that

Applications of Join.me in education

Join. me is a great tool that we can use in education with our students . Teachers can use it to share their screen with their students when explaining a part of a lesson or to walk them through a step by step tutorial or virtual presentations . students can also use it to collaborate with each other on projects and classroom assignments .
That’s it about Join.me ; share your screen with students

toonti; build a powerful social community

Toonti is a great social networking site . It lets you create a powerful social community and personalize it easily . Toonti resembles the other social networking tools I have covered here earlier namely ; Tiducate and Fridge . Toonti has a bunch of features that make it one of the useful tools to be tried in education .

Some features of Toonlit

These are the main features that characterize Toonti service ;

• It is completely free
• It requires a registration
• It has a user friendly interface
• It lets you create your own study groups
• It lets you share news and photos with others
• You can manage your clubs and associations
• You can interact with others via the message board
• You can also make your groups either private or public

How can I get started using Toonlit ?

Head over to Toonti main page and sign up for a free account
Watch this tutorial video to learn more how to use Toonti

Fridge; Keep your students fresher

Update on 29/01/2012


Fridge has been acquired by google and is closed now here is what google said :

ridge is closing up shop, while the product and team are folded into Google+. We look forward to continuing the vision of creating great fresh and exciting social group experiences for users across the web.

Fridge is another website that allows its users to create their own social networks . It is like Twiducate but with  more options . I am introducing this tool here because of the importance of social networking in education and how beneficial it is to our students if used in the right way . Fridge lets you have access to a set of useful options that facilitate your online interaction with your group members .

Some features of Fridge

Here is  a set of the main features that Fridge offers to its users ;

• It is free at least until this moment
• It requires a sign up
• It has an interactive and simple to use interface
• It lets you create your own social networks and invite others to join in
• You can create multiple separate groups using your Fridge account
• You can share photos , videos, messages and events with friends
• It lets you organize all your work in one place
• It allows you to stay in touch with others using the web , email or mobile device
• It lets you create both private and public groups

How can I get started using Fridge ?

Head over to Fridge main page and sign in for a free account
Watch this tutorial video to learn more how to use Fridge

 

Applications of Fridge in education

The advantages of Fridge in Education are the same as The ones already mentioned in this very same section for Twiducate ; social Neworks in education . I would recommend that you read this section to learn more how to use this and other social networks in education .
That’s it about Fridge; Keep your students fresher

Here are all the educative web2.0 tools i have covered so far in this blog .I have organized them into different categories , select the category you want and explore the tools

1. Presentation/Mapping Tools

2. Organizing / Collaborative Tools

3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

6. Video Tools

7. Teacher Resources

8. Best of The Rest

Strip Generator ;The Easiest Way to Create Comic Strips

Strip Generator is a great web2.0 site in education . It lets you create your own comic strips with such an ease that anyone with a little technology knowledge would do it in a couple of minutes . Cartoon strips are a good way of teaching and students show more interaction when strips are included in a lesson part . This is  why I am introducing Strip Generator for you to try it with your students .Create professional looking strips and share them with your students and let them enjoy their learning .

Some features of Strip Generator

Here are the main features that Strip Generator offers to its users ;

• It is free and has premium features if you want to upgrade but the basic version is generously enough for us here
• It requires a sign up if you want to save and claim your strips
• it has a very user friendly drag and drop  interface
• it provides frames, characters , items , text and speech bubbles
• You can publish and share your strips on the usual social networking sites and embed them for classroom blogs and wikis .

How can I get started using Strip Generator ?

Head over to Strip Generator main page and sign up for a free account
Watch these tutorial videos to learn how to use Strip Generator

The first video

The second video

 

 

Applications of Strip Generator in education

Strip Generator is a very important tool to include in our teaching . We can use it to revise and consolidate knowledge students have captured during a course study . We can also use it to give homework to students , they would love to work on different cartoons to create their own strips while working on their assignments . I personally think that Strip Generator is a great application for students to work on .
That’s it about Strip Generator ; The Easiest Way to Create Comic Strips

Here are all the educative web2.0 tools i have covered so far in this blog .I have organized them into different categories , select the category you want and explore the tools

1. Presentation/Mapping Tools

2. Organizing / Collaborative Tools

3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

6. Video Tools

7. Teacher Resources

8. Best of The Rest

sketchcast:a free online whiteboard to create and share

Sketchcast is a great site for both teachers and students . It allows its users to sketch something on a whiteboard and illustrate it with an audio recording before sharing with others . Sketchcast offers a new way of online communication that is licensed under the Creative Commons .

Some features of Sketchcast

Here is a list of features that Sketchcast provides for its users ;

• It is free
• It requires a sign up
• It allows you to create sketches and send them to others
• It lets you attach your recorded audio clip to your sketches
• You can embed your sketches in your website or blog
• You can create your Sketchcast channel and let other interact with you
• Grow you community  by letting people subscribe to your RSS feed

watch this tutorial to learn more

Applications of Sketchcast in education

Sketchcast is a great web2.0 tool in education . We can use it to

1. create tutorials for our students
2. Explain grammatical structures , math formula in the form of doodles
3. We can even create cartoonic characters and let students invent dialogues and use their imaginative skills to come up with situations  to enrich and use real language
4. it can also be used as a drawing tool

You can think of other ways to use it with your student just make sure you give it a try .

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Wallwisher: a great digital online notice board

Wallwisher is an online notice board maker .It is one of the organizational tools i like the most . It is free and very simple to use . With Wallwisher notes have never been this easy .

Some features of Wallwisher

Here are the main features that Wallwisher offers to its users :

• It is completely free
• It does require a quick sign up
• It is very simple and has a user-friendly interface
• It allows you to use images,music , text , video
• You can make your wall private or public
• You can allow others to add to your notes too
• It provides a wide range of nice themes
• You can share your wall with the others

How can i get started using Wallwisher ?

First  head over to Wallwisher main page
now watch this tutorial video to learn more

Applications of Wallwisher in education

Wallwisher is great for educators . teachers can use it to organize their notes and share them with their students . Students can  use it to collaborate on the same projects . It is a great tool for enhancing team work and digital wisdom we badly need for the 21st century students .
That’s it about Wallwisher : A Great Digital Onl;ine Notice Board

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3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

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8. Best of The Rest

Creaza : Easy Multimedia Creating, Editing and Publishing Tool

Creaza is a multimedia editing ,creating and publishing tool .Creaza provides free tools to edit your multimedia without having to download any software . It actually offers a great educational platform for teachers where they can have the complete freedom to model their audio and video materials as they wish .

Some features of Creaza

Here is a list of what Creaza offers to its users :
It is partly free and the free version allows for 25MB storage capacity which is enough for short projects
It requires a sign up
It allows you to tell your stories using Cartoonic characters with speech bubbles
It lets you create and edit sound and audio clips
It allows you to create engaging mind maps with links , notes and tasks attached
It does not require any software installation
It lets you create good movies with high resolution
It also combines themed artwork with user content
You can share your presentations via a generated link , for free users they can not export or download their work but just share it using a link .

How can i get started using Creaza ?

Head over to Creaza main page and register there for free
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to use it

Applications of Creaza in Education

Creaza is a good web2.0 tool for educators . They can use its free version to create interactive and engaging videos to embed in their teaching . It is also a great tool for enhancing students creativity using the storytelling option it offers . A teacher suggests or starts a story and then students use their imaginations to complete the rest of the story using cartoons and speech bubbles .
Tha’s it about Creaza : Easy Multimedia Creating , Editing and Publishing Tool .

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slatebox :a real-time diagram tool

Slatebox is another great presentation and online mind mapping tool . It allows its users the freedom to create as many nodes and maps as possible . It is still in beta and  all free now but premium versions are coming soon too .

Some features of Slatebox

Here are the main features that Slatebox offers to its users :

• It is partly free
• it is simple to use and has a very user-friendly interface
• It allows you to bed slates and embed them anywhere
• It is reliable and many browsers support it

• It lets you Customize your slates : colors, shapes, sizes — from connecting lines to nodes to the backgrounds.

• It does not require any plugins
• It allows you to Embed, enmesh, or simply link to your slates and share them with the world.

How can i get started using Slatebox ?

First head over to Slatebox main page and sign up or use one of these account


Click on ‘new slate’ button and select the theme you want


Click on ‘ double click ‘ to choose what kind of node you want


Double click in the empty space to create a node
use the right hand bar to “

1. customize the shape of your node
2. embed image or video
3. select the lines , borders and text
4. change the background image , colour and border

Click on ‘ properties ‘ button to give it a title and description and choose privacy settings


click on ‘ collaborate’ to allow collaboration


Once you have finished with your slate click embed button on the top bar

if you want to export it as an image click on ‘ export’ button


Applications of Slatebox in education

Slatebox is a very important tool that we need to introduce to our students .Students can use it to create their own slates and mind maps and brainstorm ideas about a certain topic .They can also work in groups to create slate relating to a given assignment . They can collaborate while they are working on their slates using the collaborative option that slatebox offers . There are many other ways you can think of in which Slatebox can be used in the classroom .
That’s it about Slatebox: a Real Time Diagram Tool .

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• Gliffy : a great diagram software for educators
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• prezentit : a great presentation software for your students

Here are all the educative web2.0 tools i have covered so far in this blog .I have organized them into different categories , select the category you want and explore the tools :

1. Presentation/Mapping Tools

2. Organizing / Collaborative Tools

3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

6. Video Tools

7. Teacher Resources

8. Best of The Rest

wridea : the best way to manage your ideas online

Wridea is an idea management service and a brainstorming tool . It allows its users to Create new idea entries in seconds, update details, discuss in depth with your friends and organize your data under different categories. Wridea can be a very useful tool for teachers and students . lets go through some of its features

Some features of Wridea

here is a set of features that Wridea offers to its users :

• It is completely free
• It is very basic tool and simple to use
• It has all the major authoring tools and editing symbols
• It allows you to organize ideas and group them into different categories
• It lets you share your ideas with others
• It is interactive in the sense that you can start discussions and collaboration on your ideas
• it lets you  create beautiful brainstorming  sceneries

How can i get started using Wridea ?

Head over to Wridea and sign up for your free account
Once you are signed in then watch this tutorial video to learn how to use this tool

Applications of Wridea in education

Wridea is just as important in education as  all the other brainstorming tools we have been covering here . Students can use it to jot down their notes about lessons for later revisions . They can also use it to catch new ideas and organize them into categories and then share them with their colleagues . This is a great collaborative tool that will enhance students to work in pairs and engage in healthy classroom discussions .
That’s it about Wridea : The best way to manage your ideas online

Here are all the educative web2.0 tools i have covered so far in this blog .I have organized them into different categories , select the category you want and explore the tools :

1. Presentation/Mapping Tools

2. Organizing / Collaborative Tools

3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

6. Video Tools

7. Teacher Resources

Museum Box :The educative way to master the web

Musuem Box is another great organizational web2.0 tool . It allows its users to create their own boxes and fill them with information in the form of document sheets , videos ,pictures,  links , audio clips etc . It is really a solid tool for building a strong virtual argument or explanation of a subject .
This is the definition Musuem Box creator has provided for their website :

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

Some features of Museum Box

Museum box offers a set of interesting features to its users , among these features we can site for example :

• It is completely free
• It requires a quick sign up process
• It has a great and engaging interface
• It allows you to integrate text files ,videos , audio clips
• It allows you to search others’ boxes and interact with them through leaving feedback in their pages
• You can share your boxes online with others

How can i get started using Museum Box ?

Head on to Museum Box main page and click on start


The rest of this tutorial is to be continued in this short video or the slideshow beneath it .

How to use Museum Box

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Applications of Museum Box in education

Museum Box is a very important website that educators should be using . It , among all it does  , develops students critical thinking , which is a pillar skill in the learning process . Museum Box also helps students learn how to assess data and how to investigate the learning materials they need .using this tool increases students potential for engaging in healthy debates and help them explore and develop issues and ideas .
That;s it about Museum Box :The educative way to master the web
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Here are all the educative web2.0 tools i have covered so far in this blog .I have organized them into different categories , select the category you want and explore the tools :

1. Presentation/Mapping Tools

2. Organizing / Collaborative Tools

3. Google / ResearchTools

4. Audio/Image/Music Tools

5. Converting/Writing/Storytelling Tools

6. Video Tools

7. Teacher Resources

8. Best of The Rest

citebite : educators’web2.0 tool for creating and publishing quotes

Citebite is a very important web2.0 application in education . It allows its users to link directly to quotes on WebPages . If it happens that you come across an interesting  paragraph in a certain webpage that you want to share with your students or friends just highlight the targeted  chunk of text and paste it into Citebite together with the source URL and send the link to whomever you want to share this text with . Once they click on the link they would instantly  access the website and see the highlighted text you want them to read .

Some features of Citebite

Citebite is a very good and handy web2.0 tool that is :

• completely free .
• simple and easy to use .
• has a friendly interface .
• allows you to share URLs of important sites .
• it lets you highlight interesting content and share it with others .
• does not require any sign up .
• It has a bookmarklet tool to drag to your toolbar to use whenever you want .
• It also has a Firefox extension to add to your Firefox adds-on .

How can i get started using Citebite ?

Log on to Citebite main page
Paste the selected text you want to share with others in the “ quote” box


Paste the source URL of that text


click on “make citebite”

Applications of Citebite in education

As an educator i feel so happy to have discovered  this web20 tool . We can use it in our daily work with our students in different ways . We can for example use Citebite to share important articles or parts of these articles with students .Citebite is also very important in drawing students’ attention to certain chunks of text or paragraphs . It is also very useful for doing research papers and classroom projects .
That’s it about Citebite : Educators’ web2.0 tool for creating and publishing quotes .
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